Dell SE200 manual

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          Th rougho ut this gui de, bloc ks of te xt ma y be accom panied b y a n icon an d printed i n bold type or in italic type. T hese bloc ks ar e notes, no tices, c autions, and w arnings , and the y are used as f ollo ws: NO TE: A N[...]

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    iii  PowerEdg e Cluster S E100 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Windows 2000 Adv anced Serve r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Windows NT 4.0 Serv er, Enterpris e Edition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-[...]

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    1 -2 Dell P owerEdge Cluste r SE1 0 0, S E200, and SL20 0 Platform Guide     Th e P o werE dge Cluster SE1 0 0 supports clu stering with Windows NT Se r ver 4.0 , Enterpris e Edition or Window s 200 0 A dv anced Ser ver . See the f ollo wing s ections for inf ormati on on sup port[...]

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    support .dell.com Dell P ow erE dge Cl uste r SE1 00, SE2 00, and SL2 00 Plat for m Gui de 1 -3     Windows NT SP 6.0a or later is rec ommende d for P ow erEdg e Cluster SE1 0 0 systems. NO TE: Both nodes mus t be confi gured with simi lar dr[...]

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    1 -4 Dell P owerEdge Cluste r SE1 0 0, S E200, and SL20 0 Platform Guide  ! "# $ '%  '%& $%& '     ?[...]

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    support .dell.com Dell P ow erE dge Cl uste r SE1 00, SE2 00, and SL2 00 Plat for m Gui de 1 -5  Installation instr uctions f or hardw are config uration s using Wi ndo ws 20 00 Ad va nced Ser v er can be foun d in the Dell P ow erEdge Cluster SE1 0 0, SE200, and SL[...]

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    1 -6 Dell P owerEdge Cluste r SE1 0 0, S E200, and SL20 0 Platform Guide  P o werE dge 6450 - 6350  P o werE dge 8450 - 6350  P o werE dge 8450 - 6450     Windows NT SP 6.0a or later is re commende d f or P owe rEdge Clus ter SE200 and [...]

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    support .dell.com Dell P ow erE dge Cl uste r SE1 00, SE2 00, and SL2 00 Plat for m Gui de 1 -7  RAID controllers — RAID co ntroll ers ca n be in st alled in any av ailabl e PCI sl ot. — If y ou use mu ltiple RAID controlle rs and the re are slot s a vaila ble, D ell recom - mends i nstalling the RA ID contro llers o n separate P CI buse s t[...]

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    1 -8 Dell P owerEdge Cluste r SE1 0 0, S E200, and SL20 0 Platform Guide  NICs — NICs can be ins talled in an y av ailable PCI sl ot. Dell recomme nds that Giganet cLAN ad apte rs be in st alle d in PC I slot s 1 or 2.  DRA C 2 — If you ar e curre ntly u sing a D RA C 2 or p lan to use one in th e future, i nst al l it in PC I slo t 2. NO[...]

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    support .dell.com Dell P ow erE dge Cl uste r SE1 00, SE2 00, and SL2 00 Plat for m Gui de 1 -9  DRA C 2 — If you ar e curre ntly u sing a D RA C 2 or p lan to use one in th e future, i nst al l it in PC I slo t 7 . NO TE: T o make sure that the SCSI o r RAID controll er at t ac hed to the boot driv es initial izes first, y ou ma y ha ve to c [...]

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    1 -1 0 Dell P owerEdge Cluste r SE1 0 0, S E200, and SL20 0 Platform Guide  ! "# $ -& !  $%& '    [...]

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    support .dell.com Dell P ow erE dge Cl uste r SE1 00, SE2 00, and SL2 00 Plat for m Gui de 1 -1 1   ! "# $   %%.. '%..! Th ere are no PCI slot req uiremen[...]

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    1 -12 Dell P owerEdge Cluste r SE1 0 0, S E200, and SL20 0 Platform Guide       Cluster Type PowerEdge C luster SE100 Cluster Name Ins talle r Date Inst alled Applica tions Locat ion Notes Node Powe rEdge Server Mod[...]

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    support .dell.com Dell P ow erE dge Cl uste r SE1 00, SE2 00, and SL2 00 Plat for m Gui de 1 -1 3         Cluster Type PowerEdge C luster SE200 or SL200 Cluster Name Ins talle r Date Inst alled Applic[...]

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