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Platform Guide 1-5
Guidelines
When configuring your cluster, both cluster nodes must contain identical versions of the
following:
• Operating systems and service packs
• Hardware drivers for the network adapters, HBAs, and any other peripheral hardware
components
• Management utilities, such as Dell OpenManage systems management software
• Fibre Channel HBA BIOS
Obtaining More Information
See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE200 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
included with your cluster configuration or installing hardware configurations running
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition.
Installing Peripheral Components in Your
Cluster Node PCI Slots
This section provides configuration information for adding HBAs, a DRAC II or III, and
RAID controllers into your cluster node PCI slots.
Table 1-4 provides configuration information for the PowerEdge 1550, 1650, 2500, 2550,
2600, 2650, 4400, 4600, 6400, 6450, 6600, 6650, and 8450 cluster nodes.
CAUTION: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained service
technicians. See the safety instructions in your System Information Guide before
working inside the system to avoid a situation that could cause serious injury or
death.
Table 1-4. PCI Slot Assignments for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes
PowerEdge
System
PCI Buses HBA DRAC II or III RAID Controller
1550 PCI bus 1: PCI slot 1 is 64-bit,
66 MHz
PCI bus 2: PCI slot 2 is 64-bit,
66 MHz
Install HBAs in any PCI
slot.
N/A N/A