This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware, storage, and storage area network (SAN) components for your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE400 solution. The configuration information in this document is specific to the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition operating systems.
This document covers the following topics:
•Configuration information for installing peripheral hardware components, such as HBAs, NICs, and PCI adapter cards into Cluster FE400 configurations
•Configuration rules and guidelines for
•Best practices
NOTE: Configurations not listed in this document may not be certified or supported by Dell or Microsoft.
NOTE: In this guide and in other cluster documentation, the Microsoft Cluster Service (for Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition) is also referred to as MSCS.
Supported Cluster Configurations
This section provides information about supported cluster configurations for your PowerEdge cluster configuration.
The Cluster FE400 solution supports the following configurations:
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•Clusters with up to eight nodes running the Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition operating system.
Table
NOTE: Each cluster node must be of the same system model and have two or more processors.
Table
PowerEdge | Supported | Supported Storage Systems Supported Cluster Interconnect (for the |
Cluster | PowerEdge | Private Network) |
| Systems |
|
FE400 | 1550, 1650, 1750, | Dell EMC CX600 |
| 1800, 1850, 2500, | Dell EMC CX400 |
| 2550, 2600, 2650, | Dell EMC CX200 |
| 2800, 2850, 4400, | |
| 4600, 6400, 6450, |
|
| 6600, 6650, and |
|
| 8450 |
|
Any NIC supported by the system.
NOTE: All nodes in the same cluster must use homogeneous (identical) NICs for the cluster interconnect.
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