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support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-23
Basic Installation Overview for Cluster Consolidation
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.
Operating system All clusters attached to a single PowerVault 65xF stor-
age system must be running either Windows NT Server
4.0, Enterprise Edition or Windows 2000 Advanced
Server. A mixture of operating systems within a cluster
is not supported.
Windows NT or
Windows 2000
service 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.
Disks Each cluster has its own set of disks within the
PowerVault Fibre Channel disk array and cannot have
access to any other cluster’s disks.
SAN support A cluster consolidation configuration consists of no
more than 10 clusters or 20 individual servers in several
combinations. For example, you can have a configura-
tion consisting of 5 clusters (10 servers) and 10
stand-alone servers for a total of 20 servers.
Standalone servers A mixture of standalone servers and cluster server
pairs on the cluster consolidation storage system is not
supported.
Additional software
application programs
Dell OpenManage ATF version 2.2.0.0 or later for Win-
dows NT; version 2.3.2.5 or later for Windows 2000.
Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Data Agent)
version 4.1.4.0 or later.
Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor version 3.02.19 or
later, or Dell OpenManage Data Administrator
version 3.02.19 or later.
Table 1-2. Cluster Consolidation Rules
(continued)
Rule/Guideline Description