Dell FE200/FL200 manual

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    suppo rt.d ell.c om Installa tion O verview 2-1 CH APTE R 2 Installati on Overview Thi s c hapter p rovides a n ov erview of i nst all ing a P ow erEdge FE1 00/FL1 00 and FE200/FL200 Cluster conf igurati on wi th Wi ndows NT Ser v er , Enterprise Edi tion 4.0 or Window s 200 0 Adv anced Server ope r ati ng syst ems. More detailed i nstruct ions are[...]

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    2-2 Install atio n and T roub leshoot ing G uide 2. Cable the sy stem har dware for clust ering. If yo u a re using Dell P ow erV ault Fi br e Cha nnel switc hes , s ee the De l l P ower Edge Cl ust er F - Se ries SA N Gu ide f or m or e info rm atio n. 3. If yo u are usi ng hardw are-based RAI D fo r the intern al SCSI har d-disk dri ves, con- fig[...]

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    suppo rt.d ell.c om Installa tion O verview 2-3 d. Instal l Del l Ope nM anage A rra y Man ager on eac h node. A dial og box appea rs, asking y ou if the P ower V ault 660F wil l be used i n an MSCS cl uster withou t storag e consol idatio n. Select Ye s . e. R eboot node A. 12. Shu t d ow n no d e B. 1 3. F rom node A, con figure the RAI D le vel [...]

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    2-4 Install atio n and T roub leshoot ing G uide NO TE: If y ou are installi ng a clu st e r config uration wit h m ult i p l e clust ers at tac hed to a singl e P ower V ault Fibr e Channel stora ge syst em, see the clu ster cons olidation bas ic installati on procedur e in the Dell P owe rEdge Clus ter F -Ser ies SAN Gui de. 1 . Add NI Cs, HB As,[...]

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    suppo rt.d ell.c om Installa tion O verview 2-5 Fo r t h e Po werEdg e Clust er FE200/FL200 , pe rform the f ollo wing steps : a. Instal l QLDi r e ct on eac h n ode and reboot. b. Set the f ailo ver path i n the QL ogic Fibre Chan nel Configur ation sof t wa re on eac h node. c. R eboot eac h node. d. Instal l Del l Ope nM anage A rra y Man ager o[...]

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    2-6 Install atio n and T roub leshoot ing G uide[...]