Dell Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003- Installation Manual

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Contents 3 Contents Setting Up Your Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Installing the Operating System With Dell OpenManage Server Assistant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Configuring Your Cluster After Installing the Operating...

Page 5 - This document provides information about installing Microsoft

Installation Guide 5 This document provides information about installing Microsoft ® Windows ® Compute Cluster Server 2003 on your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster. It is intended for experienced IT professionals who need to configure the cluster solution, and for trained service technicians who perform upg...

Page 7 - Configuring Your Cluster After Installing the Operating System; Windows Server 2003 R2 Post-Setup Security Updates

Installation Guide 7 4 In the Home window, select Click here for server setup . a Set the date, time, and time zone for the server. b Configure the RAID controller. For internal drives, RAID 1 configuration is recommended. c Select the operating system, in this case, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 x6...

Page 8 - Promote System to Domain Controller and Install DNS

8 Installation Guide Promote System to Domain Controller and Install DNS NOTE: If you are using your system running Compute Cluster Server 2003 as a stand-alone device, or if a domain network is already installed, see "Install DHCP Server" for more information. 1 Click Start → Programs → Adm...

Page 9 - Install DHCP Server

Installation Guide 9 Install DHCP Server If you are using RIS, you must install and configure a DHCP server. The DHCP server is required for network installation of compute nodes. To install and configure the DHCP server: 1 Click Start → Programs → Administrative Tools → Manage Your Server . 2 In th...

Page 10 - Before You Install CCP; Ensure that you reboot the system after installing these updates.; Preparing a Partition for the RIS Server Images; Installing CCP

10 Installation Guide Before You Install CCP Before you begin installation of CCP, download and install the following Quick Fix Executables (QFEs) from Microsoft: • ICS QFE from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=55166 • RIS QFE from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=55167 • MMC 3.0 x64 ver...

Page 11 - Configuring CCP; After installing CCP on your cluster, a; Networking; To complete the tasks in the; Remote Installation Service

Installation Guide 11 Configuring CCP After installing CCP on your cluster, a To Do list appears. This section describes the steps to follow for completing the CCP configuration through the To Do list. Networking To complete the tasks in the Networking section: 1 Click Configure Cluster Network Topo...

Page 12 - Adding PowerEdge 1950-Specific Drivers to the RIS Image; and download the

12 Installation Guide 4 Click Manage Images (wizard) and click Next . Perform the following steps to add a new image. a Select Add New Image and click Finish . b When the wizard starts, click Next . c Select a destination for the remote installation folder and click Next . This destination should be...

Page 13 - textmode; Start

Installation Guide 13 To integrate these drivers into the RIS image, follow the instructions in this section. NOTE: Throughout this section, D:\ refers to the RIS image partition and C:\ refers to the system boot directory. 1 Open an explorer window. 2 Navigate to the image directory on the RIS imag...

Page 14 - MassStorageDrivers

14 Installation Guide 9 Copy the .inf and .sys files from the NIC driver directory, D:\RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\WINDOWS\$OEM$\$1\drivers\nic to D:\RemoteInstall\Setup\English\Images\WINDOWS\amd64 . 10 Extract the PERC 5/i drivers into the textmode directory. This may require running an exe...

Dell Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003- Installation Manual

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