Dell Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 Installation Manual

Microsoft® Windows® Compute

Cluster Server 2003

Installation Guide

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Setting Up Your Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installing the Operating System With Dell OpenManage Server Assistant

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Configuring Your Cluster After Installing the Operating System

Windows Server 2003 R2 Post-Setup Security Updates Promote System to Domain Controller and Install DNS Install DHCP Server Authorize the DHCP Server

Before You Install CCP

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Preparing a Partition for the RIS Server Images

Installing CCP

Configuring CCP

Networking Remote Installation Service

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Adding PowerEdge 1950-Specific Drivers to the RIS Image

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This document provides information about installing Microsoft® Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003 on your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster. It is intended for experienced IT professionals who need to configure the cluster solution, and for trained service technicians who perform upgrade and maintenance procedures. This document also addresses readers who are new to clustering and covers the following topics:

• Setting up your hardware

• Installing the operating system with Dell OpenManage™ Server Assistant

• Configuring your system after installing the operating system

• Before you install Compute Cluster Pack (CCP)

• CCP Installation

• CCP Configuration

Setting Up Your Hardware

Compute Cluster Server 2003 is supported on PowerEdge 1950 systems and embedded Broadcom network devices (as both the public interface and the cluster interconnect). The supported external storage is Dell PowerVault™ MD1000 attached to a PowerEdge Expandable RAID Controller (PERC) 5/e.

A cluster running Compute Cluster Server 2003 comprises of a single head node and one or more compute nodes. The head node controls the access to the cluster. Figure 1-1 gives an example of the topology through which the head node and the compute nodes are connected in a network. For more information about network configuration using Compute Cluster Server 2003, see the Microsoft Support website at support.microsoft.com.

The recommended configurations for the head node and compute nodes are:

• Head node

– Disable hyperthreading in BIOS.

– Disable Pre-boot eXecution Environment (PXE) on both network interfaces.

– Connect the primary network interface to the cluster switch.

– Connect the secondary network interface to the public or intranet network.

• Compute nodes

– Disable hyperthreading in BIOS.

– Ensure that PXE is enabled on the primary network interface (NIC 1).

– Ensure that the boot order has the primary network interface before the local hard drive.

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