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Platform Guide 3
This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware, storage,
and storage area network (SAN) components for your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE400 solution.
The configuration information in this document is specific to the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000
Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition operating systems.
This document covers the following topics:
• Configuration information for installing peripheral hardware components, such as HBAs,
NICs, and PCI adapter cards into Cluster FE400 configurations
• Configuration rules and guidelines for direct-attached or SAN-attached configurations
• Best practices
NOTE: Configurations not listed in this document may not be certified or supported by Dell or Microsoft.
NOTE: In this guide and in other cluster documentation, the Microsoft Cluster Service (for Windows 2000
Advanced Server or Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition) is also referred to as MSCS.
Supported Cluster Configurations
This section provides information about supported cluster configurations for your
PowerEdge cluster configuration.
The Cluster FE400 solution supports the following configurations:
• Two-node clusters running the Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 Advanced Server operating
system.
• Clusters with up to eight nodes running the Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
operating system.
Table 1-1 provides a list of supported cluster configurations for the Cluster FE400 systems running
Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition.
NOTE: Each cluster node must be of the same system model and have two or more processors.
Table 1-1. Supported Cluster Configurations
PowerEdge
Cluster
Supported
PowerEdge
Systems
Supported Storage Systems Supported Cluster Interconnect (for the
Private Network)
FE400 1550, 1650, 1750,
1800, 1850, 2500,
2550, 2600, 2650,
2800, 2850, 4400,
4600, 6400, 6450,
6600, 6650, and
8450
Dell | EMC CX600
Dell | EMC CX400
Dell | EMC CX200
Any NIC supported by the system.
NOTE: All nodes in the same cluster must
use homogeneous (identical) NICs for the
cluster interconnect.