3Com FE100 manual Dell PowerEdge Cluster Installer Data Card and Checklist

Dell PowerEdge Cluster Installer Data Card and Checklist

Instructions: Before installing the Microsoft Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition operating system with clustering, use this checklist to gather information and ensure the preparation required for a successful installation. Ensure that all equipment is present and properly cabled and that you know how to install Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition.

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‡For the optional PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller, the RAID level and logical drives are configured and ini- tialized on the internal hard-disk drives.

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Cable the system hardware for clustering.

Low-level configuration of the QLogic host bus adapters.

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‡The driver version for the Intel Pro/100B (for PowerEdge 4300 systems) is 2.22 or later; the driver version for the Intel Pro/100+ (for PowerEdge 6300 and 6350 systems) is 3.00 or later.

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QLogic firmware version 1.23 or later.

A 1024-MB partition has been created for the Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition system hard-disk drive.

Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0 installed.

Windows NT Service Pack revision: __________________

The clusfixi.exe and scsifixi.exe hotfixes have been applied to the nodes (for Windows NT Service Pack 3 only).

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‡License type: _________________ Number: __________________

‡Network names for these computers: Node 1 ___________________ Node 2 ___________________

‡Domain type has been chosen (Primary Domain Controller, Backup Domain Controller, or stand-alone).

‡Administrator user name: _________________

‡Administrator password: _________________

‡Network participation has been wired to the network.

‡Microsoft IIS has been installed (optional).

‡All network adapters have been found and accepted.

‡Network protocol is TCP/IP only. Uncheck any others.

‡SNMP service has been added.

‡DHCP server is not selected.

‡TCP/IP address for each NIC:

Node 1, NIC 1 __________________ NIC 2 ___________________

Node 2, NIC 1 __________________ NIC 2 ___________________

‡The subnet masks for NIC 1 and NIC 2 are different. Subnet masks for the NIC 1s should match. Subnet masks for the NIC 2s should match.

Node 1, NIC 1 __________________ NIC 2 ___________________

Node 2, NIC 1 __________________ NIC 2 __________________

Cluster Data Sheet B-3