Dell F-Series manual Windows 2000 Cluster Installation Overview

7.Install Windows NT Service Pack 6a or later.

See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Platform Guide for more informa- tion on the latest supported service pack.

8.Install the miniport driver for the Fibre Channel HBAs in each node.

9.Install the QLogic Fibre Channel configuration utility.

10.Install Dell OpenManage Application Transparent Failover (ATF) on each node and reboot.

11.Install Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Data Agent) on each node.

12.Install Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor or Dell OpenManage Data Administra- tor on node A. From node A, configure the RAID level on the storage system.

13.Using Windows NT Disk Administrator, partition, format, and assign drive letters to the Fibre Channel hard-disk drives in the shared storage system. Repeat drive letter assignments on node B.

14.Install and configure the MSCS software on each node. Before rebooting, you must reinstall the service pack.

NOTICE: To avoid damage to the system, do not reboot the nodes until you reinstall the service pack.

NOTE: If you reinstall MSCS, you must reinstall the Windows NT service pack.

15.Verify the functionality of the cluster.

16.Configure the Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Agent) to run in a cluster environment.

17.Install and set up your application programs.

18.Install the Dell OpenManage Cluster Assistant With ClusterX software from the management console (optional).

19.Record the configuration of the cluster on the cluster data sheets provided in the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.

Windows 2000 Cluster Installation Overview

The following is an overview sequence for installing Windows 2000 on a PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100. Specific steps are provided throughout this document.

1.Add NICs, HBAs, RAID controllers (optional), SCSI hard-disk drives, Fibre Channel hard-disk drives, and other components to the existing system hardware to meet the requirements for a PowerEdge Cluster F-Series. For more information on upgrading existing non-clustered systems to a cluster configuration, see the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide.

2.Cable the system hardware for clustering.

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