Dell PowerEdge FE600W Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

Dell PowerEdge FE600W Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual Manual pdf 7 page image

Introduction 7IntroductionA Dell™ Failover Cluster combines specific hardware and softwarecomponents to provide enhanced availability for applications and servicesthat are run on the cluster. A Failover Cluster is designed to reduce thepossibility of any single point of failure within the system that can cause theclustered applications or services to become unavailable. It is recommendedthat you use redundant components like server and storage power supplies,connections between the nodes and the storage array(s), and connections toclient systems or other servers in a multi-tier enterprise applicationarchitecture in your cluster.This document provides information to configure your Dell|EMC CX3-seriesfibre channel storage array with one or more Failover Clusters. It providesspecific configuration tasks that enable you to deploy the shared storage foryour cluster.For more information on deploying your cluster with Windows Server 2003operating systems, see the Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft WindowsServer 2003 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide located on the DellSupport website at support.dell.com. For more information on deployingyour cluster with Windows Server 2008 operating systems, see theDell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Installation andTroubleshooting Guide located on the Dell Support website atsupport.dell.com.For a list of recommended operating systems, hardware components, anddriver or firmware versions for your Dell Failover Cluster, see the Dell ClusterConfiguration Support Matrix on the Dell High Availability website atwww.dell.com/ha.