DELL FE100 User Manual

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This chapter provides an overview of the following information for the 
Dell

™

 PowerEdge

™

 Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration:

Microsoft

®

 Windows

®

 2000 Datacenter Server operating system

Configuration and operation

Cluster identification

Failover options

Minimum system requirements

Support configuration requirements

Windows 2000 Datacenter Server is geared specifically for organizations implement-
ing and managing enterprise applications that require high availability and high 
performance. Typical application usages include large data warehouses, server con-
solidation, online transaction processing (OLTP), and modeling/simulation. 

Windows 2000 Datacenter Server provides all of the features included with Microsoft 
Windows 2000 Advanced Server, along with the following additional features:

Two-to-four-node clustering—provides high availability of applications through 
failover to another node in the cluster

Support for up to 32-way symmetrical multiprocessing (SMP)—the operating sys-
tem distributes the processing workload with up to 32 central processing units 
(CPUs)

Support for up to 32 gigabyte (GB) random access memory (RAM) on the physi-
cal address extension (PAE)-capable PowerEdge 8450 system—improves 
multiple application performance

Winsock Direct—optimizes Internet protocol (IP) performance

Process Control management tool—improves server resource management