Hi,

The complete lsting od the Dell Cluster documentation can be found here:

Depending on your specific hardware and Operating System, you will need one of these links:

PowerEdge Cluster SE500

PowerEdge Cluster SE400 (Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Windows Server 2003)

PowerEdge Cluster SE400/SL400 (Windows NT)

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Hi,

Thanks a lot of your response. We have Dell PowerVault 220/221S SCSI Enclosure (U320) attached to 2 PowerEdge 2650 with the accessories : 2X Dell PERC4/DC Raid Controller card for PV22XS, 2X ZEMM CARD, SCSI, REDUNDANT, PV22XS, 2X4M VHDCI to SCSI Connection cable, 8X 73GB Ultra320 (10K RPM, 80-pin) SCSI Hard Drive (2x 73Gb Raid1 for Quorum disk, 2x 73GB Raid1 for log file, 3x 73Gb Raid5 for DATA, 1x 73Gb for Hotspare), 2x SCSI External cable for SCSI cluster, 1x cross over UTP cable. Which model SE500 or SE400 I can build up ?
Thanks in advance,

Hi,

I do not have much experience with the clususter configuration, but from your hardware configuration it appears the SE500 is the one you need to use. The SE500 supports the U320 Scsi speeds.

I have yet to get a response from Dell's tech support to the following email I sent them on Jan 8, 2004:

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We have four PowerEdge 1750 servers with the PERC4 controller.
One of the 1750's controller is connected directly to our PowerVault. The
PERC4 BIOS is configured such that Clustering is on, and BIOS is off. In this
configuration, the 1750 will not boot off of the PowerVault because it doesn't
know that it can. If I turn the PERC4 BIOS on, the 1750 can boot from it.
But, from what I was told previously, I can't use the PowerVault as a shared
drive between two servers with the PERC4 BIOS on.

So, my question is there some way for the 1750 to boot off of the PowerVault
with its PERC4 BIOS turned off? What I am doing in the mean time is booting
off of a CDROM or floppy. Thanks for any clarification.
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Was I misinformed about the PERC4 BIOS having to be turned off for clustering?

Hi,

There are 2 things here which need clarification.

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1. Which Perc 4 are you refering? The Perc 4/di (the default embedded controller) is not cluster capable. The optional Perc 4/dc is cluster capable.

2. In a cluster configuration, you want to boot to the internal drives on the embedded controller. The Perc 4/dc will have the BIOS disabled and control the PowerVault.

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