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Page 3 - Platform Guide; Windows; Two-node clusters running the Microsoft; Supported Cluster Configurations

Platform Guide 3 This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware, storage, and storage area network (SAN) components for your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE400 solution. The configuration information in this document is specific to the Microsoft ® Windows ® 2000 Adv...

Page 4 - Obtaining More Information; See the; High-Availability Cluster Configurations; Service Pack Support; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; for the most; HBA Support for PowerEdge Cluster FE400 Configurations

4 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com Obtaining More Information See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE400 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for a detailed list of related documentation. High-Availability Cluster Configurations This section provides information about the supported operat...

Page 5 - Fibre Channel Switches; A maximum of 16 switches may be used in a SAN.; Rules and Guidelines; Supported HBAs for Cluster FE400 Configurations

Platform Guide 5 Fibre Channel Switches • Dual (redundant) fabric configurations are required. • A maximum of 16 switches may be used in a SAN. • A minimum of two and a maximum of eight Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) may exist between any two directly communicating switches. A single ISL is permitted onl...

Page 6 - Operating systems and service packs; Maximum Distance Between Cluster Nodes; inside the system. See your PowerEdge

6 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com • Operating systems and service packs • Hardware, drivers, firmware, or BIOS for the NICs, HBAs, and any other peripheral hardware components • Systems management software, such as Dell OpenManage™ systems management software and EMC Navisphere ® sto...

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8 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com 2500 1-2 PCI 64 bit, 66 MHz 3-5 PCI 64 bit, 33 MHz 6-7 PCI 32 bit, 33 MHz 2550 1-3 PCI 64 bit, 33 MHz 2600 1 PCI 32 bit, 33 MHz 2-5 PCI-X 64 bit, 100 MHz 6-7 PXI-X 64 bit, 133 MHz 2650 1 PCI-X 64 bit, 100 MHz 2-3 PXI-X 64 bit, 133 MHz NOTE: Slot 1 mu...

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10 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com 1650 Any Emulex LP982Emulex LP9802QLogic QLA2340 Install the HBAs in any available PCI slots. 1750 Any Emulex LP982Emulex LP9802QLogic QLA2340 Install the HBAs in any available PCI or PCI-X slots. 1800 N/A Emulex LP982Emulex LP9802QLogic QLA2340 Ins...

Page 11 - PCIe

Platform Guide 11 Attaching Your Cluster to a Shared Storage System Through Direct-Attach Configuration This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your cluster nodes to the shared storage system using a direct connection (without Fibre Channel switches).In a direct-attach configura...

Page 12 - Direct-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines

12 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com Table 1-5. Direct-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines Rule/Guideline Description Primary storage Each Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition cluster can support up to 22 unique drive letters for shared logical dr...

Page 13 - Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System to a SAN; SAN-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines

Platform Guide 13 Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System to a SAN This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your PowerEdge cluster nodes to the shared storage systems through a Dell | EMC SAN using redundant Fibre Channel switch fabrics. Rules and Guidelines The rules and gu...

Page 14 - Best Practices; Incorrect TimeOutValue setting in the Registry.; LPUtilNT for Windows Server 2003 version 1.7a12 or later.

14 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com Obtaining More Information See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE400 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for more information about SAN-attached clusters. You can also see the Dell Support website at support.dell.com . Best Practices This section prov...

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Platform Guide 15 HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\Disk\TimeOutValue The disk TimeOutValue setting is the timeout value set by Windows for storage system I/O operations. The Dell | EMC Fibre Channel storage environment requires 60 seconds for I/O operations. When you run the Cluster Configurat...

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16 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com e In the Available Adapters box, select the second HBA in the list. f Repeat step c and step d. g Reboot the cluster node. h Repeat step a through step g on each additional node. • The cluster disks are not initialized in Disk Management. On cluster...