Installation overview – Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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See "

Installing and Configuring the Shared Storage System

" for more information.

4. Cable the system hardware for clustering.

See "

Cabling Your Cluster Hardware

" for more information.

5. Configure the storage system(s) as described in your storage system documentation.

6. Configure the PERC cards as described in your PERC card documentation.

7. Configure RAID for the internal SCSI hard drives, configure the hard drives using the controller's BIOS utility or Dell

OpenManage™ Array Manager.

Installation Overview

This section provides installation overview procedures for configuring your cluster running the Microsoft® Windows® Storage

Server 2003 operating system.

1. Ensure that your cluster meets the requirements as described in "

Before You Begin

."

2. Select a domain model that is appropriate for your corporate network and operating system.

See "

Selecting a Domain Model

" for more information.

3. Reserve static IP addresses for your cluster resources and components.

The resources and components include:

Public network

Private network

Cluster virtual servers

See "

Assigning Static IP Addresses to Your Cluster Resources and Components

" for more information.

4. Install or update the PERC drivers.

The PERC drivers allow your cluster nodes to communicate with the shared storage systems.

See "

Updating the PERC Card Driver

" for more information.

5. Configure the hard drives on the shared storage system(s).

See "

Configuring and Managing Virtual Disks

" for more information.

6. Configure the MSCS software.

The MSCS software is the clustering component of the Windows operating system that provides the failover capabilities

for the cluster.

See "

Installing and Configuring MSCS

" for more information.

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