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iii Contents MSCS Cluster Support for Dell PowerVault Storage Area Networks . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ....
Page 6 - Index; Figure 1-10. Example of a Three-Cluster Configuration Sharing a; Tables
iv Basic Installation Overview for Cluster Consolidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 Installing the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 Cluster Consolidation Switch Zoning Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 Example Configurations ...
Page 7 - Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-1 Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster F-Series SAN Guide This document supplements the information in the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/ FL100 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide and the Dell PowerVault™ storage area network (SAN) documentation for...
Page 8 - Direct-Attached Cluster
1-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide The following options are available for PowerEdge Cluster F-Series configurations: • Direct-attached cluster • SAN-attached cluster • Cluster consolidation The following sections provide detailed information and examples for these options. Direct-Attache...
Page 9 - Dell PowerVault 5xF Switches Zoning Guide; Cluster Consolidation
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-3 Zoning helps to segment a SAN into logical fabric subsets by setting up barriers between different operating environments, or between a cluster and other servers or clusters. By using switch zoning, you can attach multiple clusters to a ...
Page 10 - Figure 1-3. Cluster Consolidation Configuration; PowerVault SAN Components; PowerVault 650F, 651F, and 630F — Fibre Channel storage systems
1-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide Figure 1-3. Cluster Consolidation Configuration See “Cluster Consolidation Configurations,” found later in this document, for more information about supported configurations and installation procedures. PowerVault SAN Components Dell PowerVault SAN produ...
Page 11 - SAN-Attached Clusters
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-5 SAN-Attached Clusters SAN-attached clusters are cluster configurations in which you cable redundant Fibre Channel HBAs to a redundant Fibre Channel switch fabric. You make the connection to the storage system through the switch fabric. S...
Page 12 - SAN-Attached Cluster Rules and Guidelines; are
1-6 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide • Storage area network (SAN) — A configuration of computer and storage systems that incorporates dedicated Fibre Channel connectivity between the computer systems and storage. A SAN bypasses traditional network bottlenecks and sup-ports direct high-speed...
Page 13 - QLConfig version
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-7 NOTES: See “Installing the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility,” found later in this document, for information on installing QLConfig in SAN-attached cluster configurations. Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation software must not ...
Page 14 - Cluster Installation Overview; Windows NT 4.0 Cluster Installation Overview; Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Installation and Trou-
1-8 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide Cluster Installation Overview This section provides an overview sequence for installing PowerEdge Cluster F-Series systems with Windows NT 4.0 Ser ver, Enterprise Edition or Windows 2000 Advanced Ser ver operating systems. More detailed instructions are ...
Page 15 - Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Platform Guide; Windows 2000 Cluster Installation Overview; Dell
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-9 7. Install Windows NT Ser vice Pack 6a or later. See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Platform Guide for more informa- tion on the latest supported service pack. 8. Install the miniport driver for the Fibre Channel HBAs in each nod...
Page 16 - Windows 2000 Disk Management
1-10 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 3. If you are using hardware-based RAID for the internal SCSI hard-disk drives, con-figure them using the controller's BIOS utility. 4. Perform the low-level configuration of the HBAs. 5. Install and configure the Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server ...
Page 17 - Using Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Switches; SAN-Attached Cluster Configurations
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-11 18. Install Dell OpenManage Cluster Assistant With ClusterX from the management console (optional). 19. Record the configuration of the cluster on the cluster data sheets provided in the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Installation a...
Page 19 - Configurations With Two to Four PowerVault DPEs; not
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-13 Figure 1-6. Example of Cabling a PowerVault Storage System and a PowerVault 130T DLT Library NOTE: The PowerVault 35F Fibre Channel SCSI bridge, the PowerVault 130T DLT librar y, and their cables are made through a single switch fabric;...
Page 20 - Configurations With SAN Backup
1-14 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide Figure 1-7 provides an example of cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series nodes to four PowerVault 65 x F DPEs. Figure 1-7. Example of Cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to Four PowerVault 65xF DPEs Configurations With SAN Backup When using multiple Po...
Page 21 - Ensure the proper order of your cables.; Windows NT Disk Administrator; or
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-15 l Figure 1-8. Example of Cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to Four PowerVault 65xF DPEs and SAN Backup Using the PowerVault Fibre Channel Bridge and Tape Library Configuring Hard-Disk Drive Letters When Using Multiple Shared Stor...
Page 23 - Port worldwide name; F storage processors.; Physical switch fabric port number; Two PowerEdge Clusters Sharing a PowerVault SAN
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-17 NOTE: Using zoning in SAN configurations containing multiple MSCS clusters pre-vents the nodes from discovering a storage device that belongs to another cluster. For example, cluster nodes 1 and 2 that connect to shared storage system A...
Page 25 - Three PowerEdge Clusters Sharing a PowerVault SAN
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-19 Three PowerEdge Clusters Sharing a PowerVault SAN Figure 1-10 provides an example of a three-cluster configuration that shares a PowerVault 130T DLT library. Figure 1-10. Example of a Three-Cluster Configuration Sharing aPowerVault SAN ...
Page 27 - Cluster Consolidation Configurations
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-21 Figure 1-11. Example of Cabling Two PowerEdge Cluster F-SeriesSystems in a SAN Cluster Consolidation Configurations With Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation 3.0 software, you can partition a PowerVault 65 x F storage system into multi...
Page 28 - Cluster Consolidation Rules and Guidelines
1-22 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide Cluster Consolidation Rules and Guidelines Table 1-2 describes the important requirements for cluster consolidation configurations. Table 1-2. Cluster Consolidation Rules Rule/Guideline Description Number of supported clusters 10 cluster pairs (20 clust...
Page 29 - Basic Installation Overview for Cluster Consolidation
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-23 Basic Installation Overview for Cluster Consolidation NOTICE: Before installing the cluster, ensure that your site can handle the power requirements of the cluster equipment. Contact your Dell sales rep-resentative for information about...
Page 30 - Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Installation and Trouble-; Yes
1-24 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide The following is an overview of the necessary steps for configuring multiple PowerEdge F-Series clusters configured for cluster consolidation. See the PowerEdge Cluster F-Series documentation and the PowerVault storage system documentation for detailed ...
Page 31 - Installing the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility; Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Utilities
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-25 8. Configure zoning on the Fibre Channel switches by turning on the servers one at a time. Each zone consists of a cluster pair (2 servers), the PowerVault 65 x F, and the Fibre Channel-to-SCSI bridge (if that zone is participating in t...
Page 32 - Cluster Consolidation Switch Zoning Requirements
1-26 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 11. Click Next . 12. Read the displayed information, and click Next . 13. Select the destination folder, and click Next . 14. Click Finish . 15. After the Intel ® DMI 2.0 Ser vice Provider SDK Version 1.10 installation starts, click Next . 16. Read the ...
Page 34 - Example Configurations; F storage system and a pair of PowerVault 56F 16-port Fibre Channel
1-28 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide Example 2: A configuration with two clusters attached to a single PowerVault storage system would have two zones as shown in Figure 1-13. Figure 1-13. Example Showing Two Zones Example Configurations This section provides examples of supported configura...
Page 35 - F storage system. These five MSCS clusters also share the two
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-29 Figure 1-14 shows a configuration with five MSCS clusters sharing a single PowerVault 65 x F storage system. These five MSCS clusters also share the two PowerVault 130T tape libraries through the SAN with the use of the PowerVault 35F F...
Page 36 - F storage system. These ten MSCS clusters also share the two
1-30 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide Figure 1-15 shows a configuration with ten MSCS clusters sharing a single PowerVault 65 x F storage system. These ten MSCS clusters also share the two PowerVault 130T tape libraries through the SAN with the use of the PowerVault 35F Fibre Channel bridge...
Page 37 - F storage system, cluster five has its own storage
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-31 Figure 1-16 shows a configuration with six MSCS clusters. Clusters one through four share a single PowerVault 65 x F storage system, cluster five has its own storage system, and cluster six uses four storage systems. All six MSCS cluste...
Page 38 - Dell PowerVault Systems Zoning Guide; Upgrading to a Cluster Consolidation Configuration
1-32 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide Additional PowerEdge Cluster Maintenance Procedures The following sections provide procedures for maintaining your PowerEdge Cluster F-Series configurations. Using the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility for Storage Processor Failure The QLogic F...
Page 39 - Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-33 Click Cluster Disk , and then select the Driver tab. Change the startup set- ting for Cluster Disk from System to Disabled . d. For Windows NT Ser ver 4.0, Enterprise Edition, select the Services applet in the Control Panel . Change the...
Page 42 - upgrading to a cluster consolidation
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