DELL FL100 User Manual

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This chapter describes how to perform the following procedures: 

Preparing for Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server installation

Configuring the cluster nodes in a Windows 2000 domain

Configuring the Windows 2000 Cluster Service

Configuring the public and private networks

Installing and configuring your Windows 2000 Datacenter Server network (which 
includes information on Dell OpenManage software and using the Windows 
2000 Disk Management tool)

Verifying cluster readiness

Configuring the Dell OpenManage Managed Node (Data Agent) for a cluster envi-
ronment and cluster failover

Configuring failover and failback support

Before installing Microsoft

 

Windows 2000 Datacenter Server on your cluster nodes, 

you must perform the following procedures:

Review the minimum system software and hardware requirements for 
implementing Windows 2000 Datacenter Server on a Dell PowerEdge Cluster 
FE100/FL100 system
(see Chapter 1, “Getting Started”)

Review and perform the installation procedures
(see Chapter 2, “Installation Overview”)

Prepare the PowerEdge and PowerVault systems for clustering 
(see Chapter 3, “Preparing PowerEdge and PowerVault Systems for Clustering”)

Cable the cluster hardware 
(see Chapter 4, “Cabling the Cluster Hardware”)