Dell FL100 Server User Manual


 
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Preface
This guide provides information about the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100
Datacenter Server solution. This information includes procedures for installing, config-
uring, and troubleshooting the hardware and software components of PowerEdge
Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configurations.
The chapters and appendixes in this guide are summarized as follows:
Chapter 1, “Getting Started,” provides an overview of PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server.
Chapter 2, “Installation Overview,” provides an overview of the installation pro-
cess for PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configurations.
Procedures are located throughout this guide.
Chapter 3, “Preparing PowerEdge and PowerVault Systems for Clustering“pro-
vides information on adding peripherals and Fibre Channel host bus adapters.
Chapter 4, “Cabling the Cluster Hardware,“provides instructions for properly
cabling the system hardware components.
Chapter 5, “Configuring Storage Systems (Low-Level Configuration),“provides
information for configuring software and external shared storage.
Chapter 6, “Configuring the System Software“provides the software configura-
tion options necessary for setting up the cluster.
Chapter 7, “Installing Cluster Management and Systems Management Soft-
ware,“provides information on software tools for configuring and administering a
cluster including how to run Cluster Administrator locally on a cluster node and
how to install it on a remote console.
Chapter 8, “Upgrading Your PowerEdge System to a Cluster Configuration,“pro-
vides procedures for upgrading your noncluster system to a PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration if the components of the cluster
hardware are already present.
Chapter 9, “Maintaining the Cluster“provides information on maintaining
PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configurations.
Chapter 10, “SAN Components,” provides detailed information on storage area
network (SAN)-attached cluster configurations for the Dell PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration.