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v Safe ty Instruc ti on s U se the following sa fe t y gui delines to help protect your computer syst e m f rom pot ent ial damage and t o ensure your own pe r sonal safe t y .
vi W hen W or k in g I ns ide the C om puter B efore t aking t he c ove r s off of t he c om put er, pe rform t he fol lowing st eps i n the sequenc e i ndicated: 1. T urn off t he com p ut er and any p eripheral s. 2. D i sconnect the com put er an d pe r i phe ra l s fr om thei r p ower s ou rces.
vii W hen Usi ng the C omputer Sys t em A s you us e t he c om puter system, observe the fol l owing saf ety guide l i ne s: • If your com puter has a vol tage selection sw i t c h on the power s up.
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ix Pre fa ce A bout Th i s G u ide T his gui de provides i nforma t ion about i nst alling, config- uri ng, a nd tr oubleshooting t he har dware and softwar e com ponents of the D e ll P owerEdge Cl us t er .
x • A ppendix G, “ War r anties a nd R eturn Policy ,” descr ibes t he w a rr anty informa t i on pe r t aining t o t he syst em . O t h er Doc u men t at io n Y ou M a y Ne e d Y ou may need to.
xi N OTE : A N OTE i ndicates important information t hat hel ps y ou m ake be t ter use of the computer system. T y pog r aph ical Conv e ntio ns T he fol lowing list de fi nes (where appropria t e) .
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xiii Co nt e nt s Chapter 1 Ge ttin g Sta rte d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1- 1 Powe r E dge C luster Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 Mi nimum Syst em Re qui rements .
xiv Ch a p te r 3 Configu ring t he Clu ste r Sof tware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -1 Low -Level Software Configurat i on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 -1 I mpor tant Sys te m Warning .
xv Chapter 4 Ru nni ng A p p lic ations on a C lust er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4- 1 Setting Up Applica t i ons Soft ware to R un on the Clus t er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
xvi A ppe nd i x E Regulato ry C o mplian ce. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1 Regula tor y Standards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . E-1 CE N otice .
xvii Figur e B-4. A ttachi ng the R a ck- Moun t i ng Hardware on the Network Swit ch . . . B-6 Figur e D-1. Pow e rEdge Clus ter Confi gura t i on Ma tr ix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . D - 2 Ta b le T a ble 5-1. Troubleshoot ing . . . . .
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Getting Started 1-1 Chapter 1 Ge tt ing St a rte d T he Dell ® Pow er Edge ® C lus t er is a n en t erpr i se syst em tha t i m pl ements clustering technology based on the Mi crosoft ® W i ndow s NT ® Server , Ente r pr ise E diti on 4.0 opera t i ng system and Mic ros oft W i ndows N T Cl ust er Server .
1-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide F igu r e 1- 1. Power Edge Cl ust er L ayout M ini m um Syst em Re qui reme nts N OTE : I f you ar e upgrading an exi s t i ng syste m to a P ow erEdg e C lus ter , check t his list t o en sur e that your upgrade meet s t hes e re quir ements .
Getting Started 1-3 — At leas t thr ee SC SI hard- di sk dr i ves i n each SDS 100 s t ora ge s yst em to support RAID 5 functionalit y . Mi c r osoft Clus t e r Server currently suppor t s onl y the Mi cr osoft W i ndo w s N T fi le syst em (NT FS) for m at for th e shar ed stor age subsys tem.
1-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide 8. C onfigure the pub l i c and private NIC int e r c on- nects i n each n ode an d place the int erconnect s on se para te IP subn e t w o r k s.
Getting Started 1-5 F igu re 1-2. Back V i ew of a P owe r E dge 4200 C l uster N ode Se tt in g U p t h e Clus ter Ha rd w a re T he P owerEdge Cl ust er can be set up in either a free- st anding configurat i on or i nstalled in a Del l R ac k-M ountable Soluti ons enc losure.
1-6 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide Se tting U p th e Sh a red Sto r age Su bsys tem Ha rd- Di sk Dr iv es If your Pow er-Edge C l uster cons i sts of .
Cabling the Cluster Hardware 2-1 Chapter 2 C ab li n g th e Clus ter Ha rd w a re T he Del l PowerEdge Cluster must be i nstalled and cabl ed c orr ec t ly to ensure that the clust er functions prop- erly . This cha pt er instructs you on how t o cable your system ha r dw are for a cl uster configuration.
2-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide Fi gur e 2 - 1. Cab l i ng a C l u ste r ed S yste m With One P o w er Ed ge S DS 100 St or age Syst em 1.
Cabling the Cluster Hardware 2-3 T w o SD S 1 00 St or age Sy stem s C ab l e d t o a S in g le R A I D C o n t r o l l er C onnec t i ng the clus t e r to two SDS 100 storage s ys t ems is si mil a r t o conne cting to a single SD S 100 st orage system.
2-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide T w o SD S 1 00 St or age Sy stem s C abl e d t o Dual RAI D Co ntrol ler s T o ca bl e cluster nodes with dual RAI.
Cabling the Cluster Hardware 2-5 S MB Ca b l ing T he SMB connec t or enables a host Powe r Edge system t o provi de syst em-level m anagement of the s t ora ge syst em (s). N OTE : The SDS 100 storage sys t em is connected to only one of t he t wo Powe rEdge sy stems in th e cl uster .
2-6 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide F igu r e 2- 6. Cablin g t he Netw ork S w i t c h net wor k switch L AN connect ion s to client syst e m s nod e- .
Cabling the Cluster Hardware 2-7 P owe r C abli ng O bse rve the following wa rni ngs when conne ct ing the pow er cabl e s t o your PowerEdge Cl ust er system: Fi gur e 2-7 illustrates the pr oper power cabling of the Pow er Edge Clus t er components.
2-8 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide Fi g ur e 2 -7. P owe rE d g e C lu ste r P ow e r C abl ing r e dundant po w er sup pl ies on one AC pow er s tri .
Configuring the Cluster Software 3-1 Chapter 3 Co nf ig ur ing t he C lus t e r Soft wa r e T hi s cha pt er pr ovi des informat i on about confi gur ing the Dell P ow erE dge C luster system software . T his gui de does not provide inst r uct ions for installing the opera t i ng system or the cl ust er software.
3-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide T his w ar ning alerts you to the pos si bility of da t a loss if certain pr ecautio ns ar e not t aken to pr otect the i nt egr i ty of the dat a on your c lus ter .
Configuring the Cluster Software 3-3 H igh - Level S oft wa re C onfi gurat ion When t he SC SI drives and R AID levels have been set up, W i ndows N T Ser ver Ente r prise Edition ca n be inst a lled and configur ed. A num ber of ope rat ing s yst em conf i gur a - tions m us t be se t dur i ng t he i ns t al lation to enable clust er i ng.
3-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide When a pack et gets sent a cross the net work from a loca l cl i ent , the sourc e and des tination IP addresses of the packet a re insert ed in th e IP header .
Configuring the Cluster Software 3-5 U p d ati n g t h e NIC Dri ve r D ell r ecom mends t hat you use Wi ndow s N T N I C driver vers ion 2.22 or l at er for the Intel Pr o100B network con- tr oller . Per form the following procedure on both clus t er nodes t o upda te the NIC driver : 1.
3-6 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide SCSI C ontr ol le r ID s T he SD S 100 st or age system of t he cl us t e r ha s t wo RAID cont r oll ers connec t ed to the sa m e channe l . In this s e tup, each cont roller m ust be assig ned a un ique SC SI I D num - ber .
Configuring the Cluster Software 3-7 C l u ste r Serv ic e T he C luster Service performs most of t he cl us t er functionalit y , i ncluding m em bership management, com m uni cation managem ent , and fail-over manage- me nt .
3-8 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide S e tt i ng U p t he Quorum Resourc e A quor um r e sour ce is typically a hard-disk drive i n the shar ed s t orag.
Configuring the Cluster Software 3-9 Rebu ild Op era tion in R AI D Co ns ole T he fol lowing conditions appl y to the way PowerE dge R AID Cons ol e handles r ebui lds of hard-disk drive s i n a cl u.
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Running Applications on a Cluster 4-1 Chapter 4 Ru nni ng Ap pli cat io ns on a Cl us t er T hi s s ection pr ovi des gener al inf orm a t i on about con- fi guring and r unni ng applications sof tware on the Powe r E dge C luster .
4-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide 3. Use the Ne w R esourc e wiza rd to cr eate a di sk resour ce. T o start the N ew Resou r ce w i zard, ri ght-click an y group or r e source , p oi nt to New , and th en sele ct Resou rce from the subme nu.
Running Applications on a Cluster 4-3 9. Set the R esour ce T yp e as Fi le Share. S e lect bot h nod e s as pos s i ble ow ners . Se t F i l e Share D i sk, Fi l e Sh ar e IP , and F i l e Shar e N etName as t h e depen- den cies f or X YZ File s. T hen t yp e the shar e name and s hare p ath i n the Para met ers t ab .
4-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide j. C lick C ancel to cl ose the Add P r int e r wizar d. N OTE : D o not add the pri nter at this point. Identical pri nt er por ts m ust be set up on both nodes befor e t he pr inte r can be added.
Running Applications on a Cluster 4-5 R unning ch kdsk /f o n a Q u or um Di sk Th e ch kds k c omma nd wi th t he /f ( “ fix”) option cannot be r un on a de vi ce on w hich an open f i l e handle i s ac t ive.
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T roubleshooting 5-1 Chapter 5 T r oub le sh oot i ng T hi s cha pt er pr ovi des general troubl eshoot ing inform a - tion for t he Del l PowerEdge Cluster .
5-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide T he re dundant arra y of i ne xpen- si ve disks ( R AID) dr i ves in the SDS 100 s t ora ge s yst em are not access i ble by one of t he cluster nodes, or the shar ed st orage subsys tem is not functioning proper ly with the cl us t er soft w ar e.
T roubleshooting 5-3 O ne or more of t he SCSI control - le r s ar e not dete ct ed by the syst em . The cont rol lers h ave c on- fli ctin g SCSI I Ds.
5-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide T he di a l ogue box Snmp.exe - Entry Point Not Found appear s duri ng system st ar t-up.
Upgrading to a Cluster Configuration A-1 Appendix A Up gr ad in g to a Cl us ter Co nf ig u ra tion T hi s appendi x pr ovi des inst r uct ions for upgrading your noncl uster s ystem t o a PowerEdge Clus t er if com ponent s of t he cl uster hardware are al ready prese nt .
A-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide Y ou may choose to ins t al l a st andar d PowerEdge E xpa ndabl e RA ID Controller as the se cond R AID cont r oll er in your system instea d of a cluster-enabled R AID cont r ol l er.
Upgrading to a Cluster Configuration A-3 I nstall i ng and Conf i gur in g t he C l uster S of twa re Ins t ruc tions on insta l ling the Microsoft W indows N T Server, Ent er prise Edition 4.0 operating system and cl ustering softwa r e ar e provi de d i n the Microsoft docu- ment ation that acco m panied t he softwa re.
A-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide N I C s inst al led in the same node must reside on se par ate subnet works . T he re fore, the second NIC added to a cl uster node m us t have a diff er ent network I nt er net Pro- toc ol (I P) address than the fi rs t NI C on the same node.
Stand-Alone and Rack Configurations B-1 Appendix B St a nd -Al one a nd R ac k C onf i gur a ti ons T he Del l PowerEdge Cluster ca n be s et up in a fl oor- st anding (stand-a l one) c onfi guration or can be mounte d in a Dell Ra ck- Mountable Solutions encl osur e.
B-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide S upporte d St and- Al one Configura tions Fi gur es B-1 a nd B-2 show t he s t and- a l one c onfigurations of the Pow er Edge Clus t e r that Del l supports.
Stand-Alone and Rack Configurations B-3 F igu r e B- 1. Sup porte d S t an d-Alone Conf i gur at ion s W i th One S DS 100 Stor age Sys tem C onf igu r a t i on 1 C onfig uration 2 ne twork sw itch P .
B-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide F igu r e B- 2. Sup porte d S t an d-Alone Conf i gur at ion s W i th T w o SD S 1 00 S to rag e S yst ems C onfi g.
Stand-Alone and Rack Configurations B-5 S up ported R a c k Conf i gurat i on D ell supports on e configurat ion of the De l l PowerEdge C luste r m ounted in a D ell r ack.
B-6 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide R a ck-Moun ti ng the N et work Swit c h For the 3Com S uperst ack II S wit ch 3000 TX to be acce s- si ble to t he.
Cluster Data Sheet C-1 Appendix C Cl us ter Da ta S he et T he da t a s he e t on the fol lowing page i s pr ovided for the syst em install er t o tear o ut and use to r ecord pert inent inf ormation about t he D e l l Pow e rEdge Clus t er . Have this form av ailabl e when ca l ling D ell T echnic al Assi stance .
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Cluster Data Sheet C-3 Cluster ord er n u m ber: ____________________ S o ft wa r e a n d Fi rm w a re ❑ Dell P ow erE dge E xpandable RA ID Controller clust er firmware revision: ______________________ ❑ The I nt el P ro100B driver re vision is 2.
C-4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide ❑ TCP/ I P addres s for each N I C : N ode 1, NIC 1 __________________ N I C 2 ___________________ N ode 2, NIC 1 __________________ N I C 2 ___________________ ❑ The s ubnet masks for N I C 1 and N I C 2 a re di f fe r ent .
PowerEdge Cluster Configuration Matrix D-1 Appendix D Po we rEd ge C lust e r Co nfig urati on Mat r ix T he Cl us t er C onfigur at ion Matrix f orm , which is show n on the following page , i s atta.
D-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide F igu r e D- 1. Pow er Edg e C lus ter Con f i gur at io n M a t rix D el l C omp uter Co rpora tion Dat e:____ ___.
Regulatory Compliance E-1 Appendix E Reg u la t or y Comp lian ce R e gul ato r y St anda r ds D ell Pow er Edge Cluster has been te st ed and c er tified to the f oll owing standards: • IEC 950:1991 + A 1:1992 + A2:1993 + A3:1995 • E N60950:1992 + A1:1993 + A 2: 1993 + A 3:1995 • E M K O-TSE (74-SEC) 207/94 • Mi ti Ordi nance No.
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Safety Information for T echnicians F-1 Appendix F Saf et y I n for mat i o n fo r T e ch nici ans B efore you pe r f orm a ny procedures on t he P ow erE dge C luste r equi pment , re ad the follow i ng warni ngs f or your pers onal saf e t y a nd t o pr event dam age to the sys tem f r om el ectrostatic di s charge (ESD).
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Warranties and Return Policy G-1 Appendix G Wa rra ntie s a nd Ret ur n P o licy L i mi t ed Th re e- Y ea r W a rran ty (U.S . a n d C an a da Only ) D ell Computer Corpor at ion (“Dell”) m anuf .
G-2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide C o v era ge D u r i n g Ye ars T w o an d T h ree D ur ing t he second and third ye ar s of thi s l imited war- ra.
Warranties and Return Policy G-3 ri s k of l oss or damage during shi pm ent. Y ou m ay r eturn sof t w are for re fund or credit only if the sealed package cont aining t he di s ket te(s) or CD(s) is unopened.
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Index 1 I ndex A A pex s w itch cabling, 2-7 appl i cat ions setting up to run on a cluster, 4-1 audi ence l evel, ix B basi c input /output system. See BI OS BI OS disabling on a RAID cont rol ler, 3.
2 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide E electrost atic di scharge. Se e ES D ES D about, vi preventing, vi, F-1 expansion cards placement on PCI bus, 1-4, .
Index 3 Powe r E dge C luster checking the functionality, 3- 5 components, 1-1 getting started, 1-1 installation overview, 1-3 la y out , 1-2 minimum system requirements, 1-2 Powe r E dge R AID Console rebuild operation, 3-9 using the maximize feature, 3-8 Powe r E dge S calable Disk System 100.
4 Dell PowerEdge Cluster (Po werEdge 4200) Installation and T roubleshooting Guide T ta pe bac kup for clust er ed systems, 4-5 tr oubleshoot i ng cl u st er mode failure, 5-2 connecting to a cluster .
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