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Installation Overview

This section provides installation overview procedures for configuring your cluster running the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server, or Windows Server™ 2003 operating system.

1Ensure that your cluster meets the requirements as described in "Before You Begin."

2Select a domain model that is appropriate for your corporate network and operating system. See "Selecting a Domain Model" for more information.

3Reserve static IP addresses for your cluster resources and components. The resources and components include:

Public network

Private network

Cluster virtual servers

You will use these IP addresses when you install the Windows operating system and MSCS.

See "Assigning Static IP Addresses to Your Cluster Resources and Components" for more information.

4Configure the internal hard drives in your cluster nodes.

See "Configuring the Internal Drives in Your Cluster Nodes" for more information.

5Install and configure the Windows operating system.

The Windows operating system must be installed on both of the cluster nodes. Each cluster node must have its own licensed copy of the Windows operating system and Certificate of Authenticity attached.

See "Installing and Configuring the Windows Operating System" for more information.

6Install or update the PERC RAID adapter drivers.

The PERC RAID adapter drivers allow your cluster nodes to communicate with the shared storage systems.

See "Updating the Windows Driver for the PERC RAID Adapter" for more information.

7Install and configure the storage management software.

See the documentation included with your Array Manager software or available at the Dell Support website (located at support.dell.com) for more information.

8Configure the hard drives on the shared storage system(s).

See "Configuring and Managing Virtual Disks" for more information.

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Dell SE500W manual Installation Overview

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