Dell SE500W manual Upgrading Your System to a Cluster Configuration, Certification Requirements

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Upgrading Your System to a Cluster Configuration

This section provides additional procedures for upgrading your non-clustered system to a Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster SE500W solution with the cluster components currently installed in your system. These cluster configurations include the Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server, and Windows Server™ 2003 Enterprise Edition operating systems with MSCS.

Certification Requirements

All hardware components of the PowerEdge Cluster SE500W must pass Microsoft Windows Hardware Qualification Labs (MS WHQL) certification. Each cluster configuration must be certified and qualified against the latest MSCS certification program.

Before You Begin

Before you upgrade your non-clustered system to a Cluster SE500W solution:

Back up the data on your cluster nodes.

Verify that your cluster hardware and storage systems meet the minimum system requirements for a Cluster SE500W as described in "System Requirements."

Verify that your cluster hardware and storage systems are installed and configured properly as explained in the following sections:

"Cabling Your Cluster Hardware"

"Preparing Your Systems for Clustering"

Dell certifies and supports only Cluster SE500W solutions that are configured with the Dell products described in this guide. For a description of the PowerEdge cluster components, see the Platform Guide.

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SE500W specifications

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