Dell SE500W User Manual

Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster

SE500W Systems

Platform Guide

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This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware components to your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster SE500W solution. The configuration information in this document is specific to Microsoft

Windows® 2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server™ 2003 operating systems.

This document provides the following information:

• Dell PowerVault™ storage systems and PowerEdge systems that support Cluster SE500W configurations

• Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) slot information for installing Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) controllers in your cluster nodes

NOTE: Configurations not listed in this document may not be certified or supported by Dell or Microsoft.

NOTE: In this guide and in other cluster documentation, the Microsoft Cluster Service (for Windows 2000

Advanced Server or Windows Server 2003) is also referred to as Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS).

NOTE: Reference to Windows Server 2003 in this guide, implies reference to Windows Server 2003 Enterprise

and Enterprise x64 Editions, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise and Enterprise x64 Editions, unless explicitly stated.

Supported Cluster Configurations

This section provides information about supported configurations for your PowerEdge cluster.

Table 1-1 provides a list of supported cluster configurations for the Cluster SE500W solutions running Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows Server 2003.

NOTE: Two cluster nodes in the same cluster must be of the same system model.

Table 1-1. Supported Cluster Configurations

PowerEdge Cluster

SE500W 1650, 1750, 1800,

NOTE: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise x64 Edition and Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition

are supported on PowerEdge 1800, 1850, 1950, 2800, 2850, 2900, 2950, 6800, and 6850 systems only.

Supported PowerEdge Systems

1850, 1950, 2600, 2650, 2800, 2850, 2900, 2950, 4600, 6600, 6650, 6800, 6850

Supported Storage Systems Supported Cluster Interconnect (for the

Private Network)

PowerVault 220S and 221S Any Network Interface Card (NIC)

supported by the system

NOTE: All nodes in the same cluster must use

homogeneous (identical) NICs for the cluster interconnect. NIC teaming on the Private Interconnect is not supported.

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