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CHAPTER 2
Installation Overview
This chapter provides an overview for installing and implementing a Dell
PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configurations. More detailed
instructions are provided later in this document.
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 your region's power requirements.
WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained
service technicians. Before working inside the system, see the safety
instructions in your Dell PowerEdge System Information document to avoid
a situation that could cause serious injury or death.
The following chapter provides an overview for installing Microsoft Windows 2000
Datacenter Server on the PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server.
To install Windows 2000 Datacenter Server on the PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100
Datacenter Server cluster, perform the following steps:
1. Add network interface controllers (NIC), host bus adapters (HBA), redundant
array of independent disks (RAID) controllers, small computer system interface
(SCSI) hard-disk drives, Fibre Channel hard-disk drives, and other components to
the existing system hardware to meet the requirements for a Dell PowerEdge
Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration.
2. Cable the system hardware for clustering.
3. Configure RAID for the internal SCSI hard-disk drives using the RAID controller’s
basic input/output system (BIOS) utility.
4. Create the low-level configurations and configure the hardware settings for the
host bus adapter (HBA), and ensure that the sum of the execution throttle values
does not exceed 240 and that each value does not exceed 90.
NOTE: See the Dell PowerVault SAN Administrator’s Guide for critical information
on performing low-level configurations and setting the execution throttle settings
on your HBAs.
5. Install and configure the Windows 2000 Datacenter Server operating system
with the latest Service Pack and hotfixes (if applicable) on each node.