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www .dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster SE400 and SL400 Platform Guide[...]
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that he lps you make better use of your computer . NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either po tential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury , or death. _______________[...]
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Platform Gui de 1-1 This document provide s information for inst alling and conn ecting peripheral hardwar e components to your Dell™ P owerEdge™ Cluster SE400 and SL400 systems. The configuration information in this document is specific to Microsoft ® Wi n d o w s N T ® Server 4.0, Enterprise Edition and W indows ® 2000 Advanced Server oper[...]
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1-2 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com Rules and Guidelines When configuring your cluster , both cluster nodes must cont ain identical versions of the following: • Operating systems and service packs • Hardware drivers for the NICs, R AID contro llers, and any other peripheral hardwar e components • Management utilities, such as [...]
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Platform Gui de 1-3 Service Pack Support W indows NT Server 4.0 Service P ack 6a (SP6a) or later is r ecommended for Cluster SE400 and SL400 systems. W indows 2000 Advan ced Server Service P ack 2 (SP2) or later are recommended for Cluster SE400 and SL400 systems. Y ou can download the latest service pack from the Microsoft website located at www .[...]
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1-4 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com T able 1-3. PCI/PCI- X Slot Assignm ents for Power Edge Cluster Nodes Pow er E dg e System PCI Buses RAID Controller NICs DRAC II or III 1550 Bus 1: 64 bit, 66 MHz. Bus 2: 64 bit, 66 MHz. Install in any available PCI slot. Install in any available 64-bit PCI slot. Dell recommends installing Emule [...]
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Platform Gui de 1-5 2500 Bus 1: PCI slots 6 and 7 are 32 bit, 33 MHz. Bus 2: PCI slots 3, 4, and 5 are 64 bit, 33 MHz. Bus 3: PCI s lots 1 and 2 are 64 bit, 66 MHz. Install in any available PCI slot. Install in any available 64-bit PCI slot. Dell recommends installing Emule x cLAN adapters in PCI slot 3, 4, or 5. If you ar e currently using a DRA C[...]
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1-6 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com 2600 PCI slot 1 is 32 bit, 33 MHz. Bus 2: PCI/PCI - X slot 7 is hot- pluggable 64 bit, up to 133 MHz. Bus 3: PCI/PCI - X slot 6 is hot- pluggable 64 bit, up to 133 MHz. Bus 4: PCI/PCI - X slots 4 and 5 are hot-pluggable 64 bit, up to 100 MHz. Bus 5: PCI/PCI - X slots 2 and 3 are hot-pluggable 64 b[...]
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Platform Gui de 1-7 4600 PCI slot 1 is 32 bit, 33 MHz. Bus 1: PCI/PCI - X slots 2 and 3 are hot-pluggable 64 bit, up to 100 MHz. Bus 2: PCI/PCI - X slots 4 and 5 are hot-pluggable 64 bit, up to 100 MHz. Bus 3: PCI/PCI - X slots 6 and 7 are hot-pluggable 64 bit, up to 100 MHz. Install in any available 64-bit, 33-MHz or 32-bit, 33-MHz PCI slot. Insta[...]
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1-8 Platform Guide www .dell.com | support.dell.com 6600 Bus 1: PCI slot 1 is 32 bit, 33 MHz. Bus 2: PCI/PCI - X slots 2 and 3 are 64 bit, up to 100 MHz. Bus 3: PCI/PCI - X slots 5, 6, and 7 are 64 bit, up to 100 MHz. Bus 4: PCI/PCI - X slots 8, 9, 10, and 11 are 6 4 bit, up to 100 MHz. Install in any available slot. Install in any available slot. [...]
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Platform Gui de 1-9 P owerEdge Cluster SE400 and SL400 Configuration Matrix F orm The following form can be attached to the back of each cluster node or rack and used by the system installer to r ecord important informatio n about the cluster har dware on each cluster component. If you need to call Dell for tec hnical support, complete this form be[...]
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1-10 Platform Gui de www .dell.com | support.dell.com T able 1-4. P owerEdge Cluster SE400 and SL400 Configuration Matrix F orm Cluster T ype PowerEdge Cluster SE400 or SL400 Cluster Name Installer Date Installed Applications Loc ati on Notes Node Power Edge System Model Windows Name Node 1 Node 2 Storage Array Description (Drive Letters, RAID- T y[...]
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Platform Gui de 1-11 PCI Slot Number PCI Slot Description Adapter Installed (PERC 3/DC, NIC, and so on) Use (Public Network, Private Network, Shared Storage, Internal Drives) PCI slot 1 PCI slot 2 PCI slot 3 PCI slot 4 PCI slot 5 PCI slot 6 PCI slot 7 PCI slot 8 PCI slot 9 PCI slot 10 PCI slot 11[...]
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1-12 Platform Gui de www .dell.com | support.dell.com[...]