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1-8 Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide
Cluster Installation Overview
This section provides an overview sequence for installing PowerEdge Cluster F-Series
systems with Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition or Windows 2000 Advanced
Server operating systems. More detailed instructions are provided later in this
document.
NOTICE: Before installing the cluster, ensure that your site can handle the
power requirements of the cluster equipment. Contact your Dell sales rep-
resentative for information about your region’s power requirements.
WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained
service technicians. Before working inside the computer system, see the
safety instructions in your PowerEdge system documentation to avoid a
situation that could cause serious injury or death.
Windows NT 4.0 Cluster Installation Overview
The following is an overview sequence for installing Windows NT 4.0 on a PowerEdge
Cluster FE100/FL100.
1. Add NICs, HBAs, redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controllers
(optional), SCSI hard-disk drives, Fibre Channel hard-disk drives, and other com-
ponents to the existing system hardware to meet the requirements for a
PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 configuration.
For more information on upgrading existing non-clustered systems to a cluster
configuration, see the
Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Installation and Trou-
bleshooting Guide
.
2. Cable the system hardware for clustering.
3. If you are using hardware-based RAID for the internal SCSI hard-disk drives, con-
figure them using the controller’s basic input/output system (BIOS) utility.
4. Perform the low-level configuration of the HBAs.
5. Install and configure the Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition operating
system on each node. Configure the public and private NIC interconnects in each
node, and place the interconnects on separate Internet protocol (IP) subnetworks
using static IP addresses.
NOTES: Public refers to the NIC used for client connections. Private refers to the
dedicated cluster interconnect.
If you are using Giganet cluster local area network (cLAN) Host Adapters or a
Giganet cLAN Cluster Switch, see the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100
Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for more information.
6. Install the device driver for the integrated video controller.