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PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100
Datacenter Server Support Configuration
Requirements
The following tables provide configuration information for the following cluster com-
ponents and configurations:
• Cluster nodes
• Shared storage systems
• SAN-attached clusters
Required Configuration Requirements for the PowerEdge
Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server
Table 1-6 provides the cluster component requirements for a PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration.
Table 1-6. Cluster Node Requirements
Rule/Guideline Description
Platform Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with
two to four homogeneous PowerEdge 8450 sys-
tems with basic input/output system (BIOS) version
A04 per cluster
Processors
Two to eight Pentium
®
III 700 megahertz (MHz)
central processing units (CPU) with 2 megabytes
(MB) of cache per system
Memory (RAM) Minimum of 2 GB up to 32 GB random access
memory (RAM) per system
Host bus adapters (HBA) Two identical QLogic 2200/66 HBAs per cluster
node.
Both copper and Fibre Channel HBAs are sup-
ported.
Internal hard-disk drives Minimum of two logical drives with a minimum of
9 GB storage on each logical volume
Cluster interconnect
(private network)
• Giganet cLAN with card level A01 and driver
version 4.1.1
• Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC
with driver version 1.29.0.0
Public network
• Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter with
driver version 2.19.219.0
• Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC
with driver version 1.29.0.0