Dell FE200/FL200, FE100/FL100 manual Windows NT 4.0 Cluster Installation Overview, C H A P T E R

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Installation Overview

This chapter provides an overview of installing a PowerEdge FE100/FL100 and FE200/FL200 Cluster configuration with Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0 or Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating systems. More detailed instructions are provided later in this document.

NOTICE: Before installing the cluster, ensure that your site can handle the power requirements of the cluster equipment. Contact your Dell sales rep- resentative for information about your region’s power requirements.

WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service technicians. Before working inside the system, see the safety instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or death.

Windows NT 4.0 Cluster Installation Overview

This section provides an overview sequence for installing Windows NT 4.0 on a PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 or FE200/FL200. Specific steps are provided throughout this document.

NOTE: If you are installing a cluster configuration with multiple clusters attached to a single PowerVault Fibre Channel storage system, see the cluster consolidation basic installation procedure in the Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide.

1.Add network interface controllers (NICs), host bus adapters (HBAs), redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers (optional), small computer system interface (SCSI) hard-disk drives, Fibre Channel hard-disk drives, and other com- ponents to the existing system hardware to meet the requirements for a PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 or FE200/FL200 configuration.

NOTE: For more information on upgrading existing non-clustered systems to a cluster configuration, see Chapter 9,“Upgrading to a Cluster Configuration.”

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