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    Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster SE100, SE200, and SL200 PL ATFORM GUIDE ™ ww w .dell.com support.dell.com[...]

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    Notes, Notices, Cautions, and Warnings Throughout this guide, blocks of text may be accompanied by an icon and printed in bold type or in italic type. These blocks are notes, notices, cautions, and warnings, and they are used as follows: NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your computer system. NOTICE: A N[...]

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    iii Contents PowerEdge Cluster SE100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Windows 2000 Advanced Server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Windows NT 4.0 Server , Enterprise Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 W indows NT 4[...]

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    support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide 1 Dell ™ P owerEdge ™ Cluster SE100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uid e This guide p rovides the latest information on using M icrosoft ® W indows NT ® Server 4.0 , E nterprise Editi on operating system and Windows ® 2000 Advanced Server oper- ating system f or[...]

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    2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide P owerEdge Cluster SE10 0 The PowerEdge Cluster SE 100 supports clustering with Windows NT Server 4.0 , Enterprise Edition or Windows 2000 Advanced Serve r . See the following sections for information on supported configurations and service pa cks (SPs) for your Windows operating sy[...]

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    support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide 3 W indows NT 4.0 Service Pack Support Windows NT SP 6.0a or later is recommended for PowerEdge Cluster SE 10 0 s ystems. NOTE: Both nodes must be configured with similar drivers (network interface control- lers [NIC], redundant array of independent disks [RAID] contr[...]

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    4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide Adding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 6300 or 6350 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 coul[...]

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    support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide 5 Y our PowerEdge Cluster SE200 and S L2 00 system supports the following PowerEdge servers as cluster nodes in homogeneous pairs (same server) with Windows 2000 Advanced Server: • PowerEdge 2400 • PowerEdge 2450 • PowerEdge 4400 • PowerEdge 6 400 • PowerEdg[...]

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    6 Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack Support Windows NT SP 6.0a or later is recommended for PowerEdge Cluster SE200 and SL200 systems. NOTE: Both nodes must be configured with similar drivers (NIC, RAID controlle r, and so on), utilities (Dell OpenManage s uite, PowerConsole, and so on), fir[...]

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    support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide 7 • N IC s — Y ou can install NICs in any available PCI slot . • DRAC 2 — I f you are currently using a DRAC 2 or p lan to use one in the future , install it in PCI slot 6 . NOTE: T o make sure that the SCSI or RAID controller attached to the boot drives initi[...]

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    8 Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide A dding Peripherals Required for PowerEdge 4400 Cluster Nodes 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 th[...]

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    support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide 9 • P CI buses — PCI bus 1: PCI slot 1 is 32-bit, 33-MHz — PCI bus 2: PCI slots 2 through 5 are 64-bit, 33-MHz — PCI bus 3: PCI slots 6 and 7 are 64-bit, 33/66-MHz • RAID co ntrollers — R AID controllers can be installed in any available 32-bit, 33-MHz or [...]

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    10 Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide • RAID co ntrollers — Install the RAID controller for the server ’ s internal drives in PCI slot 1 . — In stall additional RAID controllers in any available 64-bit, 33-MHz or 32-bit, 3 3-M Hz P CI slot. — If you use multiple RAID controllers and there are available slots,[...]

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    support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide 11 • Storage array description for each storage array • Service tag information for each cluster component • Connectivity information to indicate the SCSI connector (A or B) on each shared storage system t hat connects to the RAID controller channel (A or B) o n[...]

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    12 Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide PowerEdge Cluster SE100 Configuration Matrix Cluster Type PowerEdge Cluster SE 100 Cluster Name Installer Date Installed Applications Location Notes Node PowerEdge Server Model Windows NT Name Node 1 Node 2 Storage Array Description (Drive letters, RAID types, applications/data ins[...]

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    support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide 13 PowerEdge Cluster SE200/SL200 C onfiguration Matrix Cluster Type PowerEdge Cluster SE200 or SL200 Cluster Name Installer Date Installed Applications Location Notes Node PowerEdge Server Model Windows NT Name Node 1 Node 2 Storage Array Description (Drive letters, R[...]

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    14 Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE 100, SE200 , and SL200 Platform G uide[...]