DELL FE300 User Manual

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This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware, 
storage, and storage area network (SAN) components to your Dell™ PowerEdge™ 
Cluster FE300 system. The configuration information in this document is specific to 
the Microsoft

®

 Windows

®

 2000 Advanced Server operating system. 

This document covers the following topics:

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Configuration information for installing peripheral hardware components, such as 
HBAs, NICs, and PCI adapter cards into PowerEdge Cluster FE300 configurations

•

Configuration rules and guidelines for direct-attached or SAN-attached configurations

 NOTICE: Configurations not listed in this document may not be certified or supported 

by Dell or Microsoft.

 NOTICE: In this guide and in other cluster documentation, the Microsoft Cluster 

Service (for Windows 2000 Advanced Server) is also referred to as MSCS.

Supported Cluster Configurations

This section provides information on supported cluster configurations for your PowerEdge 
cluster configuration.

Table 1-1 provides a list of supported cluster configurations for the PowerEdge Cluster 
FE300 systems running Windows 2000 Advanced Server.

 NOTICE: Two-node clusters must be of the same system model.

Obtaining More Information

See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE300 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for a detailed 
list of related documentation.

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PowerEdge 
Cluster

Supported 
PowerEdge 
Systems

Supported Storage 
Systems

Supported Cluster 
Interconnect HBA (for the 
Private Network)

FE300

1550, 1650, 2500, 
2550, 2600, 2650, 
4400, 4600, 6400, 
6450, 6600, 6650, 
and 8450

Dell | EMC FC4700-2
Dell | EMC FC4500

Any Ethernet NIC supported 
by the system platform
NOTE: Both cluster nodes 
must use homogeneous 
(identical) Ethernet NICs for 
the cluster interconnect.