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www .dell.com | support.dell.com Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE655Wi Sy stems Platform Guide.
Notes, Notices, and Cautions NOTE: A NOTE indicates important i nformation that helps you make better use of your computer . NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential da mage to hardware or loss of data an d tells you how to avoid the problem. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for propert y damage, personal injury , or death.
Contents 3 Contents Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Supported Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 iSCSI Initiator Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Platform Guide 5 This document provides informat ion for installing and connecting pe ripheral hardwar e, storage, and Internet small computer system interface (iSCSI) network components to y our Dell™ P owerEdge™ clu ste r FE 65 5W i sol ut ion .
6 Platform Guide NOTE: Broadcom 5708 Gigabit dual-port NIC controller is only supported wi th PowerEdge 1955 sy stem and it can be enabled to use the TOE capability . NOTE: Dell|EMC CX3-10c, CX3-20c, and CX3-40c storage sy st ems represent a combo feature of iSCSI and Fibre Channel technologies.
Platform Guide 7 Rules and Guidelines When you are connecting two or mor e P owerEdge 1855/ 1955 server enclosures in a cluster consider the parameters in this section, All cluster nodes must contain .
8 Platform Guide Rules and Guidelines The rules and guidelines described in T able 1 -2 apply to direct-attached clusters. T able 1-2. Direct-Attached C lusters Rules and Guidelines Rule/Guideline Description Operating system Each direct-attached cluster must run W indows Server 2003 or W indows Server 2003, x64 operating system.
Platform Guide 9 Attaching Y our Cluster Shared Storage Sy stem through iSCSI Switch-Attached Configuration This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your P owerEdge cluster nodes to the shared storage systems through an iSCSI switch-attached confi guration using redundant Ethernet switch fabrics.
10 Platform Guide Obtaining More Information F or more information about iSCSI-based clusters, see Dell P owerEdge Cluster FE655Wi Systems Installation and T roubleshooting Guide located on the Dell Support website at support.
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