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