Dell FE500 IA64 SYSTEMS User Manual
Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster  
FE500-IA64 Systems  
Platform Guide  
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Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster  
FE500-IA64 Systems  
Platform Guide  
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Notes, Notices, and Cautions  
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COMMENT  
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June 2004  
P/N N5828  
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Supported Cluster Configurations.  
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HBA Support for PowerEdge Cluster FE500W-IA64 Configurations .  
Fibre Channel Switches .  
Rules and Guidelines .  
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Installing Peripheral Components in Your Cluster Node PCI Slots  
Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System in a  
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Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System to a SAN.  
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Tables  
Table 1-1.  
Table 1-2.  
Table 1-3.  
Supported Cluster Configurations  
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PCI Slot Assignments for  
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Table 1-4.  
Table 1-5.  
Direct-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines .  
SAN-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines .  
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Contents  
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Contents  
This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware, storage,  
and storage area network (SAN) components to your Dell™ PowerEdge™ Cluster FE500W-IA64  
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solution. The configuration information in this document is specific to the Microsoft Windows  
Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for 64-bit Itanium-based Systems operating system.  
This document covers the following topics:  
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Configuration information for installing peripheral hardware components, such as storage  
systems, HBAs, NICs, and PCI adapter cards into Cluster FE500W-IA64 configurations  
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Configuration rules and guidelines for direct-attached configurations  
Configuration rules and guidelines for SAN-attached configurations  
NOTE: Configurations not listed in this document may not be certified or supported by Dell or Microsoft.  
NOTE: In this guide and in other cluster documentation, the Microsoft Cluster Service is also referred to  
as MSCS.  
Supported Cluster Configurations  
This section provides information about supported cluster configurations for your PowerEdge  
cluster configuration.  
Table 1-1 provides a list of supported cluster configurations for the Cluster FE500W-IA64 systems  
running Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for 64-bit Itanium-based Systems.  
NOTE: Each cluster node must be of the same system model and have two or more processors.  
Table 1-1. Supported Cluster Configurations  
PowerEdge  
Cluster  
Supported  
PowerEdge  
Systems  
Supported Storage Systems Supported Cluster Interconnect (for the  
Private Network)  
FE500W-IA64 7250  
Dell | EMC CX300  
Dell | EMC CX500  
Dell | EMC CX700  
Any Ethernet NIC supported by  
the system.  
NOTE: All nodes in the same cluster  
must use homogeneous (identical)  
Ethernet NICs for the  
cluster interconnect.  
Obtaining More Information  
See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE500W-IA64 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for a detailed  
list of related documentation.  
Platform Guide  
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High-Availability Cluster Configurations  
This section provides information about the supported operating systems, HBAs, and HBA drivers  
for your cluster configuration.  
NOTICE: All cluster nodes in a Cluster FE500W-IA64 solution must run the same operating system.  
NOTICE: HBAs must be identical if they are installed in clusters using redundant paths. Cluster  
configurations are tested and certified using identical HBAs installed in all of the cluster nodes.  
Using dissimilar HBAs in your cluster nodes is not supported.  
Service Pack Support  
At the time this document was printed, a service pack was not available for the Windows  
Server 2003 Enterprise Edition for 64-bit Itanium-based Systems operating system. However,  
hotfix KB818877 and the most recent StorPort hotfix are required. These hotfixes will be  
incorporated into Service Pack 1 when it is available.  
See Knowledge Base articles KB818877 and KB838894, the current StorPort hotfix at this time,  
located on the Microsoft support website at www.microsoft.com for more information.  
HBA Support for PowerEdge Cluster FE500W-IA64 Configurations  
The Cluster FE500W-IA64 configuration supports the QLogic QLA2340 HBA. No additional  
HBAs are supported.  
See "Installing Peripheral Components in Your Cluster Node PCI Slots" for PCI slot recommendations.  
Fibre Channel Switches  
When you are configuring your Cluster FE500W-IA64 solution, use the following guidelines:  
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Dual (redundant) fabric configurations are required.  
A maximum of 16 switches may be used in a SAN.  
A minimum of two and a maximum of eight Inter-Switch Links (ISLs) may exist between any  
two directly communicating switches. A single ISL is permitted only when connecting to a  
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remote switch in a EMC MirrorView™ configuration.  
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A maximum of three hops (the number of ISLs each data frame must traverse) may exist  
between a host and a storage system.  
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Rules and Guidelines  
When configuring your cluster, all cluster nodes must contain identical versions of the following:  
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Operating systems and service packs  
Hardware drivers, firmware, or BIOS for the NICs, HBAs, and any other peripheral  
hardware components  
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Systems management software, such as Dell OpenManage™ systems management software  
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and EMC Navisphere storage management software  
Maximum Distance Between Cluster Nodes  
Table 1-2 lists the maximum cable lengths that are used in a Cluster FE500W-IA64 configuration.  
Table 1-2. Maximum Cable Lengths  
Cable Configuration/Type  
Maximum Cable Length  
• HBA to a switch  
300 meters using multimode fiber at 2Gb/sec.  
• HBA to a storage system NOTE: You can increase the total distance between a server and a storage  
system by using switch ISLs.  
• Fibre Channel switch to a  
storage system  
• Copper Gigabit Ethernet 100 meters  
Optical Gigabit Ethernet  
550 meters  
NOTE: You can extend this distance by using switches and VLAN technology  
Maximum Latency Between Cluster Nodes  
The maximum latency for a round-trip network packet between nodes is 500 milliseconds.  
Obtaining More Information  
See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE500W-IA64 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for  
installation instructions about hardware configurations running Windows Server 200, Enterprise  
Edition for 64-bit Itanium-based Systems.  
Installing Peripheral Components in Your  
Cluster Node PCI Slots  
This section provides configuration information for adding HBAs, a DRAC III, and  
RAID controllers into your cluster node PCI slots.  
Table 1-3 provides configuration information for the supported PowerEdge cluster nodes.  
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove and access any of the  
components inside the system. See your PowerEdge System Information Guide for complete information  
about safety precautions, working inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.  
Platform Guide  
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Table 1-3. PCI Slot Assignments for PowerEdge Cluster Nodes  
PowerEdge PCI Buses/Segments  
System  
HBA  
DRAC III  
RAID Controller  
7250  
PCI-X bus 0: PCI slot 1  
For dual HBA  
Install the new or Install the RAID  
existing DRAC III controller in PCI  
in slot 1. slot 1, 2, 3, or 4.  
through 3 are 64-bit, 100 MHz configurations,  
install the HBAs  
PCI-X bus 1: PCI slots 4 and 5  
on separate 64-bit  
are 64-bit, 100 MHz; PCI slot 6  
PCI buses to  
is 64-bit, 133 MHz  
balance the load  
PCI-X bus 2: PCI slots 7 and 8  
on the system.  
are 64-bit, 133 MHz  
Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System in a  
Direct-Attach Configuration  
This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your cluster nodes to the shared storage  
system using a direct connection (without Fibre Channel switches).  
In a direct-attached configuration, both cluster nodes are connected directly to the storage system.  
Rules and Guidelines  
The rules and guidelines described in Table 1-4 apply to direct-attached clusters.  
Table 1-4. Direct-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines  
Rule/Guideline  
Description  
Primary storage  
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for 64-bit Itanium-based Systems  
can support more than 22 shared logical drives through mount points.  
Only one storage system can be direct-attached to the cluster.  
QLogic QLA2340.  
Fibre Channel  
HBAs supported  
QLogic driver version  
Operating system  
Storport driver 9.00.17 or later.  
Each direct-attached cluster must run Windows Server 2003, Enterprise  
Edition for 64-bit Itanium-based System.  
Dell | EMC CX300  
core software  
2.06.300 or later.  
2.06.500 or later.  
Dell | EMC CX500  
core software  
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Table 1-4. Direct-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines (continued)  
Rule/Guideline  
Description  
Dell | EMC CX700  
core software  
2.06.700 or later; however, Access Logix™ Option 01.01.5 or later must be  
installed and enabled if two clusters or a mix of clustered and nonclustered  
hosts are direct-attached to the CX700.  
Additional software  
application programs  
EMC Navisphere Agent 6.6 or later.  
EMC Navisphere Manager 6.6 or later.  
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EMC PowerPath 3.0.6 or later.  
EMC AdminSnap version 2.10.06 or later  
(not supported on the Dell | EMC CX300).  
QLogic SANsurfer SANblade Manager for Windows version 2.0.29 or later.  
Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System to a SAN  
This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your PowerEdge cluster nodes to the  
shared storage systems through a Dell | EMC SAN using redundant Fibre Channel switch fabrics.  
Rules and Guidelines  
The rules and guidelines described in Table 1-5 apply to SAN-attached clusters.  
Table 1-5. SAN-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines  
Rule/Guideline  
Description  
Primary storage  
Windows Server 2003, Enterprise Edition for 64-bit Itanium-based Systems  
can support more than 22 shared logical drives through mount points.  
Up to four Dell | EMC Fibre Channel disk arrays are supported per cluster  
in a SAN environment.  
Fibre Channel  
Redundant switch fabrics required.  
Single-initiator zoning.  
switch configuration  
Fibre Channel  
switch zoning  
Fibre Channel  
Dell | EMC DS-16B2 (Brocade SilkWorm 3800), Brocade SilkWorm 3200.  
switches supported  
Fibre Channel  
switch firmware  
Version 3.1.2a or later.  
Fibre Channel  
QLogic QLA2340.  
HBAs supported  
QLogic driver version  
Storport driver 9.00.17 or later.  
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Table 1-5. SAN-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines (continued)  
Rule/Guideline  
Description  
Operating system  
Each cluster attached to the SAN must run Windows Server 2003,  
Enterprise Edition for 64-bit Itanium-based Systems.  
Dell | EMC CX300 core  
software  
2.06.300 (with Access Logix Option 01.01.5 or later installed and Access  
Control enabled) or later.  
Dell | EMC CX500 core  
software  
2.06.500 (with Access Logix Option 01.01.5 or later installed and Access  
Control enabled) or later.  
Dell | EMC CX700 core  
software  
2.06.700 (with Access Logix Option 01.01.5 or later installed and Access  
Control enabled) or later.  
Additional software  
application programs  
EMC Navisphere Agent 6.6 or later.  
EMC Navisphere Manager 6.6 or later.  
EMC PowerPath 3.0.6 or later.  
EMC MirrorView version 1.85.5 or later  
EMC SnapView™ version 2.03.5 or later  
QLogic SANsurfer SANblade Manager for Windows version 2.0.29 or later.  
Obtaining More Information  
See the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE500W-IA64 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for more  
information about SAN-attached clusters. You can also see the Dell Support website at  
support.dell.com  
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See the Dell PowerEdge 7250 Systems Product Guide for information about installing peripheral  
system components and servicing your PowerEdge 7250 systems.  
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