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NOTES: See “Installing the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility,” found later in
this document, for information on installing QLConfig in SAN-attached cluster
configurations.
Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation software must not be running on cluster
nodes.
With SAN 3.0, you can configure a SAN of up to 20 servers and 8 storage systems.
Fibre Channel
switches supported
PowerVault 50F, 51F, and 56F.
Fibre Channel switch
firmware
For 50F, version 1.6d5-dell or later; for 51F and 56F, ver-
sion 2.1.7 or later.
Fibre Channel HBA
supported
QLogic 2100/33, 2200/33, or 2200/66 megahertz (MHz)
HBA (copper cabling). HBAs within a single cluster must
be the same.
QLogic driver
version
Version 7.04.08 or later for Windows NT.
Version 7.04.08 or later for Windows 2000.
QLConfig version Version 1.24 or later. See “Installing the QLogic Fibre
Channel Configuration Utility,” found later in this docu-
ment, for information on installing QLConfig.
PowerVault
firmware version
Version 5.11.08 or later. All PowerVault storage systems
must be running the same version of firmware.
Operating system Each cluster attached to the SAN can run either
Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition or
Windows 2000 Advanced Server. A SAN configuration
with one or more clusters running Windows 2000 and
one or more clusters running Windows NT is supported.
Windows NT or
Windows 2000 ser-
vice pack
Windows NT configurations require Service Pack 6a or
later. Windows 2000 configurations require the latest
supported service pack. See the Dell PowerEdge Clus-
ter FE100/FL100 Platform Guide for more information
on the latest supported service pack.
PowerVault 530F
SAN appliance
Not supported.
Table 1-1. Rules and Guidelines for SAN-Attached Clusters (continued)
Rule/Guideline Description