This document provides information for installing and connecting peripheral hardware, storage,
and storage area network (SAN) components to your Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS Fibre Channel
Cluster solution. The configuration information in this document is specific to the Microsoft
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Windows
Storage Server 2003, Enterprise Edition 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) in NAS cluster 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
Storage Server 2003, Enterprise Edition) is also referred to as MSCS.
Supported Cluster Configurations
This section provides information about supported cluster configurations for your NAS cluster
configuration.
Table 1-1 provides a list of supported cluster configurations for NAS cluster systems.
NOTE:
Each cluster node must be the same system model and have two or more processors.
Table 1-1. Supported Cluster Configurations
Supported
Supported Storage Systems Supported Cluster Interconnect
PowerVault
NAS Systems
770N, 775N
Dell | EMC CX600,
Dell | EMC CX400, and
Dell | EMC CX200
Obtaining More Information
See the Dell PowerVault NAS Fibre Channel Cluster Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
for a detailed list of related documentation.
HBA (for the Private Network)
Any Ethernet NIC supported
by the system
NOTE:
All nodes in the same
cluster must use homogeneous
(identical) Ethernet NICs for the
cluster interconnect.
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