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Chapter 9 Maintaining the Cluster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Connecting to Your PowerVault
Storage Systems Using Dell OpenManage Storage Management Software . . . . . 9-1
Connecting to the PowerVault Shared Storage Systems
Using Data Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-1
Connecting to Data Agent Using Data Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Identifying the Cluster Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2
Connecting to Data Agent Using Data Supervisor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Identifying the Device Name of the Storage Processor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Restoring Communications to a Failed Storage Device Using
Dell OpenManage ATF. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-3
Using the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Software for PowerVault
65xF Storage Processor Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Determining the RAID Levels of the Shared Disk Volumes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-4
Configuring Your Cluster Nodes Using
Windows 2000 Datacenter Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Adding a Third NIC to a Cluster Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-5
Changing the IP Address of a Cluster Node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-7
Uninstalling Cluster Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Running chkdsk /f on a Quorum Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Replacing a Cluster Node. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-8
Chapter 10 SAN Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
Overview of a PowerVault SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
PowerVault SAN Components for PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-1
SAN-Attached Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2
Fibre Channel Fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-3
Attaching a SAN-Attached Cluster Configuration to a Network . . . . . . . 10-4
Using Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Attaching a PowerVault Storage System to a SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Connecting the PowerEdge Cluster to a Single PowerVault
Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-6
Connecting a PowerVault 130T DLT Library and PowerVault 35F
Fibre Channel Bridge to a Cluster-Attached PowerVault SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Configuring Hard-Disk Drive Letters Using Multiple
Shared Storage Units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7
Additional PowerEdge Cluster Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Using the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility
for Storage Processor Failure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8
Appendix A Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
Troubleshooting Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2