Cluster Nodes

Table 1-3 lists the hardware requirements for the cluster nodes.

Table 1-3. Cluster Node Requirements

Component

Minimum Requirement

 

 

Cluster nodes

Two supported PowerEdge systems running Windows 2000 Advanced

 

Server operating system.

 

or

 

Two supported PowerEdge systems running Windows Server 2003

 

operating system.

Processors

At least two processors for each cluster node.

RAM

At least 256 MB of RAM installed on each cluster node for Windows

 

2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.

 

At least 512 MB RAM installed on each cluster node for Windows

 

Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition.

On-board hard drive

For the internal drives, you can use any RAID controller or SCSI

controller

adapter supported by the server platform.

 

Two disk drives are required for mirroring (RAID 1) and at least three

 

disk drives are required for disk striping with parity (RAID 5).

 

NOTE: Dell strongly recommends that you use hardware-based RAID or

 

software-based disk-fault tolerance for the internal drives. At least 4 GB

 

disk space is required for Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition.

Clustered RAID adapter

Up to two PERC 4/DC or two PERC 4e/DC cards for each cluster node.

 

Dell recommends placing your RAID adapters on separate I/O busses to

 

improve availability and performance.

 

See the Platform Guide for more information about supported

 

PowerEdge systems.

Network adapters

Minimum of two network interfaces: one for the public network (client

 

LAN connections) and another for the private network (cluster

 

interconnect).

 

The network adapters installed in each cluster node must be identical

 

and supported by the server platform.

 

 

Cluster storage

PowerEdge Cluster SE500W configurations support up to four PowerVault 22xS storage systems per cluster.

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