DELL FE100 User Manual

Table 1-7 provides the clustering requirements for the PowerEdge Cluster FE100/
FL100 Datacenter Server.

NOTICE: Dell recommends that you use a redundant array of independent 
disks (RAID) level other than RAID 0 for your PowerVault shared storage 
system. RAID 0 does not provide the level of availability required for the 
quorum resource. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for your 
PowerVault storage system for more information about setting up RAID lev-
els for the system.

RAID controller

One PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller 2/DC 
(PERC 2/DC) with firmware version 1.01 and driver 
version 2.62

Cluster management 
(optional)

Dell OpenManage™ Cluster Assistant With 
ClusterX

®

, version 3.0.1 with Service Pack 2 or later

Remote server 
management (optional)

Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card (DRAC) 
with firmware version 2.3 and driver version 2.3.0.4

Operating systems

Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with 
the latest Service Pack and hotfixes
(one licensed copy per cluster node)

Disk array

PowerVault 650F with firmware version 5.11.09

Storage processors

Two identical PowerVault storage processors, each 
with a minimum of 2 GB RAM

Standby power supplies

Dual standby power supplies required

Supported RAID levels

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5, and RAID 1/0

Tape library (optional)

PowerVault 130T digital linear tape (DLT) library with 
driver version 1.0