6.During the installation, check the appropriate box to install the Cluster Service files when prompted.

NOTICE: Do not configure the Cluster Service in this step.

7.Configure the public and private networks in each node, and place each network on separate subnets with static Internet protocol (IP) addresses.

NOTE: The public network refers to the NIC used for client connections. The pri- vate network refers to the cluster interconnect that connects the cluster nodes together.

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

9.Install the QLogic Fibre Channel configuration software on each node and reboot.

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 Admin- istrator on node 1.

13.Reboot node 1 and shutdown all other nodes.

14.From node 1, configure the RAID level on the storage system and then reboot node 1.

15.Run Microsoft Windows 2000 Disk Management and format and assign drive letters to the Fibre Channel hard-disk drives in the shared storage system.

16.Verify disk access and functionality to all new hard-disk drives in the shared stor- age system.

17.Power off the node.

18.Repeat steps 15 through 17 on all other nodes for each shared volume. NOTE: You do not have to reformat the disks.

19.Power on node 1 and configure the Cluster Service.

20.After the Cluster Service has started on node 1, power on all other cluster nodes and then install Cluster Service on these nodes.

21.Verify the functionality of the cluster.

22.Configure the failover for each cluster node.

23.Install and setup your application programs.

24.Record the configuration of the cluster using the data sheets in Appendix B, “Cluster Data Sheets.”

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FL100, FE100 specifications

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