Table 1-6. Cluster Node Requirements (continued)

Rule/Guideline

Description

 

 

RAID controller

One PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller 2/DC

 

(PERC 2/DC) with firmware version 1.01 and driver

 

version 2.62

Cluster management

Dell OpenManage™ Cluster Assistant With

(optional)

ClusterX®, version 3.0.1 with Service Pack 2 or later

Remote server

Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card (DRAC)

management (optional)

with firmware version 2.3 and driver version 2.3.0.4

Operating systems

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with

 

the latest Service Pack and hotfixes

 

(one licensed copy per cluster node)

 

 

Shared Storage Requirements for the PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server Configuration

Table 1-7 provides the clustering requirements for the PowerEdge Cluster FE100/ FL100 Datacenter Server.

Table 1-7. PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Shared Storage Requirements

Rule/Guideline

Description

 

 

Disk array

PowerVault 650F with firmware version 5.11.09

Storage processors

Two identical PowerVault storage processors, each

 

with a minimum of 2 GB RAM

Standby power supplies

Dual standby power supplies required

Supported RAID levels

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5, and RAID 1/0

Tape library (optional)

PowerVault 130T digital linear tape (DLT) library with

 

driver version 1.0

 

 

NOTICE: Dell recommends that you use a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) level other than RAID 0 for your PowerVault shared storage system. RAID 0 does not provide the level of availability required for the quorum resource. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for your PowerVault storage system for more information about setting up RAID lev- els for the system.

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