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Introduction 15
Cluster Nodes
Table 1-3 lists the hardware requirements for the cluster nodes.
Cluster storage
PowerEdge Cluster SE500W configurations support up to four PowerVault 22xS storage systems
per cluster.
Table 1-3. Cluster Node Requirements
Component Minimum Requirement
Cluster nodes Two supported PowerEdge systems running Windows 2000 Advanced
Server operating system.
or
Two supported PowerEdge systems running Windows Server 2003
operating system.
Processors At least two processors for each cluster node.
RAM At least 256 MB of RAM installed on each cluster node for Windows
2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition.
At least 512 MB RAM installed on each cluster node for Windows
Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition.
On-board hard drive
controller
For the internal drives, you can use any RAID controller or SCSI
adapter supported by the server platform.
Two disk drives are required for mirroring (RAID 1) and at least three
disk drives are required for disk striping with parity (RAID 5).
NOTE: Dell strongly recommends that you use hardware-based RAID or
software-based disk-fault tolerance for the internal drives. At least 4 GB
disk space is required for Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition.
Clustered RAID adapter Up to two PERC 4/DC or two PERC 4e/DC cards for each cluster node.
Dell recommends placing your RAID adapters on separate I/O busses to
improve availability and performance.
See the Platform Guide for more information about supported
PowerEdge systems.
Network adapters Minimum of two network interfaces: one for the public network (client
LAN connections) and another for the private network (cluster
interconnect).
The network adapters installed in each cluster node must be identical
and supported by the server platform.
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