Dell FE100, FE200 User Manual
CHAPTER 2
Installation Overview
This chapter provides an overview of installing a PowerEdge FE100/FL100 and
FE200/FL200 Cluster configuration with Windows NT Server, Enterprise Edition 4.0
or Windows 2000 Advanced Server operating systems. More detailed instructions
are provided later in this document.
NOTICE: Before installing the cluster, ensure that your site can handle the
power requirements of the cluster equipment. Contact your Dell sales representative for information about your region’s power requirements.
WARNING: Hardware installation should be performed only by trained
service technicians. Before working inside the system, see the safety
instructions in your PowerEdge System Information document to avoid a
situation that could cause serious injury or death.
Windows NT 4.0 Cluster Installation Overview
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This section provides an overview sequence for installing Windows NT 4.0 on a
PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 or FE200/FL200. Specific steps are provided
throughout this document.
NOTE: If you are installing a cluster configuration with multiple clusters attached to a
single PowerVault Fibre Channel storage system, see the cluster consolidation basic
installation procedure in the Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide.
1. Add network interface controllers (NICs), host bus adapters (HBAs), redundant
array of independent disks (RAID) controllers (optional), small computer system
interface (SCSI) hard-disk drives, Fibre Channel hard-disk drives, and other components to the existing system hardware to meet the requirements for a
PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 or FE200/FL200 configuration.
NOTE: For more information on upgrading existing non-clustered systems to a
cluster configuration, see Chapter 9,“Upgrading to a Cluster Configuration.”
Installation Overview 2-1
2. Cable the system hardware for clustering.
If you are using Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel switches, see the Dell PowerEdge
Cluster F-Series SAN Guide for more information.
3. If you are using hardware-based RAID for the internal SCSI hard-disk drives, configure them using the controller’s basic input/output system (BIOS) utility.
4. Perform the low-level configuration of the HBAs.
5. Install and configure the Windows NT 4.0 Server, Enterprise Edition operating
system on each node.
6. Configure the public and private NIC interconnects in each node, and place the
interconnects on separate Internet protocol (IP) subnetworks using static IP
addresses.
NOTES: “Public” refersto the NIC used for client connections. “Private” refers to
the dedicated cluster interconnect.
If you are using Giganet cluster local area network (cLAN) Host Adapters or a
Giganet cLAN Cluster Switch, see “Using Giganet for Cluster Interconnect (PowerEdge Cluster FL100/FL200)” in Chapter 4 for more information.
7. Install the device driver for the integrated video controller.
8. Install Windows NT Service Pack 6a or later.
NOTE: See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 and FE200/FL200 Platform
Guide for more information on the latest supported service pack.
9. Install the miniport driver for the Fibre Channel HBAs in each node.
10. Install the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration software.
11. Install the storage management software and failover driver that is appropriate for
your storage system.
For the PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100, perform the following steps:
a. Install Dell OpenManage Application Transparent Failover (ATF) software on
each node and reboot.
b. Install Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Data Agent) on each node.
c. Install Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor or Dell OpenManage Data Admin-
istrator on node A.
For the PowerEdge Cluster FE200/FL200, perform the following steps:
a. Install QLDirect on each node and reboot.
b. Set the failover path in the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration software on
each node.
c. Reboot each node.
2-2 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
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