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PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 
Datacenter Server Support Configuration 
Requirements
The following tables provide configuration information for the following cluster com-
ponents and configurations:
•
Cluster nodes
•
Shared storage systems
•
SAN-attached clusters
Required Configuration Requirements for the PowerEdge 
Cluster FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server
Table 1-6 provides the cluster component requirements for a PowerEdge Cluster 
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server configuration. 
Table 1-6.  Cluster Node Requirements 
Rule/Guideline
Description
Platform
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with 
two to four homogeneous PowerEdge 8450 sys-
tems with basic input/output system (BIOS) version 
A04 per cluster
Processors
Two to eight Pentium
®
 III 700 megahertz (MHz) 
central processing units (CPU) with 2 megabytes 
(MB) of cache per system
Memory (RAM)
Minimum of 2 GB up to 32 GB random access 
memory (RAM) per system
Host bus adapters (HBA)
Two identical QLogic 2200/66 HBAs per cluster 
node. 
Both copper and Fibre Channel HBAs are sup-
ported.
Internal hard-disk drives
Minimum of two logical drives with a minimum of 
9 GB storage on each logical volume
Cluster interconnect 
(private network)
•
Giganet cLAN with card level A01 and driver 
version 4.1.1
•
Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC 
with driver version 1.29.0.0
Public network
•
Intel PRO/1000 Gigabit Server Adapter with 
driver version 2.19.219.0
•
Broadcom NetExtreme Gigabit Ethernet NIC 
with driver version 1.29.0.0