Shared Storage Requirements For The Poweredge Cluster Fe100/Fl100 Datacenter Server Configuration - Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE100 User Manual

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Table 1-6. Cluster Node Requirements (continued)
Rule/Guideline
RAID controller
Cluster management
(optional)
Remote server
management (optional)
Operating systems
Shared Storage Requirements for the PowerEdge Cluster
FE100/FL100 Datacenter Server Configuration
Table 1-7 provides the clustering requirements for the PowerEdge Cluster FE100/
FL100 Datacenter Server.
Table 1-7. PowerEdge Cluster FE100/FL100 Shared Storage
Requirements
Rule/Guideline
Disk array
Storage processors
Standby power supplies
Supported RAID levels
Tape library (optional)
NOTICE: Dell recommends that you use a redundant array of independent
disks (RAID) level other than RAID 0 for your PowerVault shared storage
system. RAID 0 does not provide the level of availability required for the
quorum resource. See the Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for your
PowerVault storage system for more information about setting up RAID lev-
els for the system.
Description
One PowerEdge Expandable RAID controller 2/DC
(PERC 2/DC) with firmware version 1.01 and driver
version 2.62
Dell OpenManage™ Cluster Assistant With
®
ClusterX , version 3.0.1 with Service Pack 2 or later
Dell OpenManage Remote Assistant Card (DRAC)
with firmware version 2.3 and driver version 2.3.0.4
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server with
the latest Service Pack and hotfixes
(one licensed copy per cluster node)
Description
PowerVault 650F with firmware version 5.11.09
Two identical PowerVault storage processors, each
with a minimum of 2 GB RAM
Dual standby power supplies required
RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 3, RAID 5, and RAID 1/0
PowerVault 130T digital linear tape (DLT) library with
driver version 1.0