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30 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
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Installation Overview
This section provides installation overview procedures for configuring your cluster running the
Microsoft
®
Windows
®
2000 Advanced Server, or Windows Server™ 2003 operating system.
1
Ensure that your cluster meets the requirements as described in "Before You Begin."
2
Select a domain model that is appropriate for your corporate network and operating system.
See "Selecting a Domain Model" for more information.
3
Reserve static IP addresses for your cluster resources and components.
The resources and components include:
• Public network
• Private network
• Cluster virtual servers
You will use these IP addresses when you install the Windows operating system and MSCS.
See "Assigning Static IP Addresses to Your Cluster Resources and Components" for
more information.
4
Configure the internal hard drives in your cluster nodes.
See "Configuring the Internal Drives in Your Cluster Nodes" for more information.
5
Install and configure the Windows operating system.
The Windows operating system must be installed on both of the cluster nodes. Each cluster
node must have its own licensed copy of the Windows operating system and Certificate of
Authenticity attached.
See "Installing and Configuring the Windows Operating System" for more information.
6
Install or update the PERC RAID adapter drivers.
The PERC RAID adapter drivers allow your cluster nodes to communicate with the shared
storage systems.
See "Updating the Windows Driver for the PERC RAID Adapter" for more information.
7
Install and configure the storage management software.
See the documentation included with your Array Manager software or available at the
Dell Support website (located at
support.dell.com
) for more information.
8
Configure the hard drives on the shared storage system(s).
See "Configuring and Managing Virtual Disks" for more information.
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