Table of Contents, Continued

 

6

Hardware Installation ............................

49

 

Checklist .........................................................................

49

 

Installation Steps.............................................................

50

 

Step 1 Unpack.................................................................

51

 

Step 2 Power Down ........................................................

51

 

Step 3 Configure Motherboard .......................................

51

 

Step 4 Install Cache Memory..........................................

52

 

Step 5 Set Jumpers..........................................................

53

 

MegaRAID Express 500 Card Layout............................

53

 

Step 6 Set Termination ...................................................

56

 

SCSI Termination ...........................................................

57

 

Step 7 Install MegaRAID Express 500...........................

60

 

Step 8 Connect SCSI Cables...........................................

61

 

Step 9 Set Target IDs......................................................

62

 

Device Identification on MegaRAID Express 500 .........

63

 

Step 10 Power Up...........................................................

64

 

Step 11 Run MegaRAID BIOS Setup.............................

64

 

Step 12 Install the Operating System Driver...................

65

 

Summary.........................................................................

66

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Cluster Installation and Configuration 67

 

Software Requirements...................................................

67

 

Hardware Requirements .................................................

68

 

Installation and Configuration ........................................

69

 

Driver Installation Instructions under Microsoft

 

 

Windows 2000 Advanced Server ...................................

70

 

Network Requirements ...................................................

75

 

Shared Disk Requirements..............................................

75

 

Cluster Installation..........................................................

76

 

Installing the Windows 2000 Operating System.............

77

 

Setting Up Networks.......................................................

77

 

Configuring the Cluster Node Network Adapter ............

79

 

Configuring the Public Network Adapter .......................

80

 

Verifying Connectivity and Name Resolution ................

80

 

Verifying Domain Membership ......................................

81

 

Setting Up a Cluster User Account.................................

82

 

Setting Up Shared Disks.................................................

83

 

Configuring Shared Disks...............................................

84

 

Assigning Drive Letters ..................................................

84

 

Verifying Disk Access and Functionality .......................

85

 

Cluster Service Software Installation..............................

86

 

Configuring Cluster Disks ..............................................

89

 

Validating the Cluster Installation ..................................

95

 

Configuring the Second Node.........................................

95

 

Verify Installation...........................................................

96

 

SCSI Drive Installations .................................................

97

 

Configuring the SCSI Devices........................................

97

 

Terminating the Shared SCSI Bus ..................................

97

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