Dell SE500W manual Supported Cluster Configurations

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This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware components to your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster SE500W solution. The configuration information in this document is specific to Microsoft® Windows® 2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server™ 2003 operating systems.

This document provides the following information:

•Dell PowerVault™ storage systems and PowerEdge systems that support Cluster SE500W configurations

•Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slot information for installing Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) controllers in your cluster nodes

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) is also referred to as Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS).

NOTE: Reference to Windows Server 2003 in this guide, implies reference to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise and Enterprise x64 Editions, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise and Enterprise x64 Editions, unless explicitly stated.

Supported Cluster Configurations

This section provides information about supported configurations for your PowerEdge cluster.

Table 1-1 provides a list of supported cluster configurations for the Cluster SE500W solutions running Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows Server 2003.

NOTE: Two cluster nodes in the same cluster must be of the same system model.

Table 1-1. Supported Cluster Configurations

PowerEdge	Supported	Supported Storage Systems	Supported Cluster Interconnect (for the
Cluster	PowerEdge Systems		Private Network)
SE500W	1650, 1750, 1800,	PowerVault 220S and 221S	Any Network Interface Card (NIC)
	1850, 1950, 2600,		supported by the system
	2650, 2800, 2850,		NOTE: All nodes in the same cluster must use
	2900, 2950, 4600,		homogeneous (identical) NICs for the cluster
	6600, 6650, 6800,		interconnect. NIC teaming on the Private
	6850		Interconnect is not supported.

NOTE: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition are supported on PowerEdge 1800, 1850, 1950, 2800, 2850, 2900, 2950, 6800, and 6850 systems only.

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