Dell PowerVault MD3600f Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

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Introduction 71IntroductionThis document provides information for installing and managing your clustersolution using Dell PowerVault MD3600f and MD3620f storage systems. It isintended for experienced IT professionals who configure a cluster solutionand for trained service technicians who perform upgrade and maintenanceprocedures. This document also addresses readers who are new to clustering.OverviewThe Dell PowerEdge Cluster with Microsoft Windows Server FailoverClustering combines specific hardware and software components to provideenhanced availability for applications and services that run on the cluster. Afailover cluster is designed to reduce the possibility of any single point offailure within the system that can cause the clustered applications or servicesto become unavailable. It is recommended that you use redundantcomponents like system and storage power supplies, connections between thenodes and the storage array(s), connections to client systems, or othersystems in the multi-tier enterprise application architecture in your cluster.This guide addresses the configuration of your Dell MD3600f and MD3620fFibre Channel storage arrays for use with one or more Windows Serverfailover clusters. It provides information and specific configuration tasks thatenable you to deploy the shared storage for your cluster.For more information on deploying your cluster, see the Dell Failover Clusterswith Microsoft Windows Server Installation and Troubleshooting Guide atsupport.dell.com/manuals.NOTE: Throughout this document:• Windows Server 2008 refers to Microsoft Windows Server 2008 x64 EnterpriseEdition or Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Enterprise Edition.• Dell PowerVault MD36x0f storage array refers to both Dell PowerVaultMD3600f and Dell PowerVault MD3620f storage arrays.For a list of recommended operating systems, hardware components, anddriver or firmware versions for your Dell Windows Server Failover Cluster, seethe Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices at dell.com/ha.