PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100

Datacenter Server Support Configuration

Requirements

The following tables provide configuration information for the following cluster com- ponents and configurations:

Cluster nodes

Shared storage systems

SAN-attached clusters

Required Configuration Requirements for the PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server

Table 1-6 provides the cluster component requirements for a PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration.

Table 1-6. Cluster Node Requirements

Rule/Guideline

Description

 

 

Platform

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with

 

two to four homogeneous PowerEdge 8450 sys-

 

tems with basic input/output system (BIOS) version

 

A04 per cluster

Processors

Two to eight Pentium® III 700 megahertz (MHz)

 

central processing units (CPU) with 2 megabytes

 

(MB) of cache per system

Memory (RAM)

Minimum of 2 GB up to 32 GB random access

 

memory (RAM) per system

Host bus adapters (HBA)

Two identical QLogic 2200/66 HBAs per cluster

 

node.

 

Both copper and Fibre Channel HBAs are sup-

 

ported.

Internal hard-disk drives

Minimum of two logical drives with a minimum of

 

9 GB storage on each logical volume

Cluster interconnect

Giganet cLAN with card level A01 and driver

(private network)

version 4.1.1

 

Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC

 

with driver version 1.29.0.0

Public network

Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter with

 

driver version 2.19.219.0

 

Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC

 

with driver version 1.29.0.0

 

 

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