Dell PowerEdge FE600W User manual

www.dell.com | support.dell.com
Dell|EMC CX3-series
Fibre Channel Storage Arrays With
Microsoft®Windows Server®
Failover Clusters
Hardware Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide

Notes, Notices, and Cautions
NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use
of your computer.
NOTICE: A NOTICE indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of
data and tells you how to avoid the problem.
CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potential for property damage, personal
injury, or death.
___________________
Information in this document is subject to change without notice.
© 2008 Dell Inc. All rights reserved.
ReproductioninanymannerwhatsoeverwithoutthewrittenpermissionofDellInc.isstrictlyforbidden.
Trademarks used in this text: Dell, theDELL logo, PowerEdge, PowerVault, and Dell OpenManage
are trademarks of Dell Inc.; Active Directory, Microsoft,Windows,Windows Server,and
Windows NTareeithertrademarksorregisteredtrademarksofMicrosoftCorporationintheUnited
States and/or other countries.; EMC, EMC ControlCenter, Navisphere,and PowerPath are
registered trademarks and Access Logix, MirrorView, SAN Copy, and SnapView are trademarks of
EMC Corporation.
Other trademarks and trade names may be used in this document to refer to either the entities
claiming the marks and names or their products. Dell Inc. disclaims any proprietary interest in
trademarks and trade names other than its own.
April 2008 Rev A00

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cluster Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Supported Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Power Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling Your Cluster for Public and
Private Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling the Public Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling the Private Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
NIC Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cabling the Storage Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cabling Storage for Your
Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cabling Storage for Your
SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

4Contents
3 Preparing Your Systems for
Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Cluster Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installing the Fibre Channel HBAs. . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers. . . . . . 42
Implementing Zoning on a Fibre Channel
Switched Fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using Zoning in SAN Configurations
Containing Multiple Hosts . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Using Worldwide Port Name Zoning . . . . . . . . 43
Installing and Configuring the
Shared Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Access Logix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Access Control . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Storage Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Navisphere Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Navisphere Agent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
EMC PowerPath. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Enabling Access Logix and Creating
Storage Groups Using Navisphere 6.x . . . . . . . 50
Configuring the Hard Drives on the
Shared Storage System(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Optional Storage Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Updating a Dell|EMC Storage System for
Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Installing and Configuring a Failover Cluster . . . . . . 56

Contents 5
A Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
B Cluster Data Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
C Zoning Configuration Form . . . . . . . . . . . 65

6Contents

Introduction 7
Introduction
A Dell™ Failover Cluster combines specific hardware and software
components to provide enhanced availability for applications and services
that are run on the cluster. A Failover Cluster is designed to reduce the
possibility of any single point of failure within the system that can cause the
clustered applications or services to become unavailable. It is recommended
that you use redundant components like server and storage power supplies,
connections between the nodes and the storage array(s), and connections to
client systems or other servers in a multi-tier enterprise application
architecture in your cluster.
This document provides information to configure your Dell|EMC CX3-series
fibre channel storage array with one or more Failover Clusters. It provides
specific configuration tasks that enable you to deploy the shared storage for
your cluster.
For more information on deploying your cluster with Windows Server 2003
operating systems, see the Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide located on the Dell
Support website at support.dell.com. For more information on deploying
your cluster with Windows Server 2008 operating systems, see the
Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide located on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
For a list of recommended operating systems, hardware components, and
driver or firmware versions for your Dell Failover Cluster, see the Dell Cluster
Configuration Support Matrix on the Dell High Availability website at
www.dell.com/ha.

8Introduction
Cluster Solution
Your cluster implements a minimum of two node clustering to a maximum of
either eight nodes (for Windows Server 2003) or sixteen nodes
(for Windows Server 2008) clustering and provides the following features:
• 8-Gbps, 4-Gbps, and 2-Gbps Fibre Channel technology
• High availability of resources to network clients
• Redundant paths to the shared storage
• Failure recovery for applications and services
• Flexible maintenance capabilities, allowing you to repair, maintain, or
upgrade a node or storage system without taking the entire cluster offline
Implementing Fibre Channel technology in a cluster provides the following
advantages:
• Flexibility — Fibre Channel allows a distance of up to 10 km between
switches without degrading the signal.
•
Availability — Fibre Channel components use redundant connections
providing multiple data paths and greater availability for clients.
•
Connectivity — Fibre Channel allows more device connections than
Small Computer System Interface (SCSI). Because Fibre Channel devices
are hot-pluggable, you can add or remove devices from the nodes without
taking the entire cluster offline.
Cluster Hardware Requirements
Your cluster requires the following hardware components:
• Servers (cluster nodes)
• Storage Array and storage management software

Introduction 9
Cluster Nodes
Table 1-1 lists the hardware requirements for the cluster nodes.
NOTE: For more information about supported systems, HBAs and operating system
variants, see the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrix on the Dell High
Availability website at www.dell.com/ha.
Table 1-1. Cluster Node Requirements
Component Minimum Requirement
Cluster nodes A minimum of two identical PowerEdge servers are required.
The maximum number of nodes that is supported depends
on the variant of the Windows Server operating system used
in your cluster, and on the physical topology in which the
storage system and nodes are interconnected.
RAM The variant of the Windows Server operating system that is
installed on your cluster nodes determines the minimum
required amount of system RAM.
HBA ports Two Fibre Channel HBAs per node, unless the server employs
an integrated or supported dual-port Fibre Channel HBA.
Where possible, place the HBAs on separate PCI buses to
improve availability and performance.
NICs At least two NICs: one NIC for the public network and
another NIC for the private network.
NOTE: It is recommended that the NICs on each public network
are identical, and that the NICs on each private network are
identical.
Internal disk
controller
One controller connected to at least two internal hard drives
for each node. Use any supported RAID controller or disk
controller.
Two hard drives are required for mirroring (RAID 1) and at
least three are required for disk striping with parity (RAID 5).
NOTE: It is strongly recommended that you use
hardware-based RAID or software-based disk-fault tolerance
for the internal drives.

10 Introduction
Cluster Storage
Table 1-2 lists supported storage systems and the configuration requirements
for the cluster nodes and stand-alone systems connected to the storage
systems.
Table 1-3 lists hardware requirements for the storage processor enclosures (SPE),
disk array enclosures (DAE), and standby power supplies (SPS).
Table 1-2. Cluster Storage Requirements
Hardware Components Requirement
Supported storage
systems
One to four supported Dell|EMC storage systems. See
Table 1-3 for specific storage system requirements.
Cluster nodes All nodes must be directly attached to a single storage
system or attached to one or more storage systems
through a SAN.
Multiple clusters and
stand-alone systems
Can share one or more supported storage systems using
optional software that is available for your storage system.
See "Installing and Configuring the Shared Storage
System" on page 45.
Table 1-3. Dell|EMC Storage System Requirements
Processor
Enclosure
Minimum Storage Possible Storage
Expansion
SPS
CX3-10c SPE One DAE3P-OS with
at least five and up to
15 hard drives
Up to three DAE with a
maximum of 15 hard
drives each
Two per SPE and
DAE3P-OS
CX3-20c SPE One DAE3P-OS with
at least five and up to
15 hard drives
Up to seven DAE with a
maximum of 15 hard
drives each
Two per SPE and
DAE3P-OS
CX3-20f SPE One DAE3P-OS with
at least five and up to
15 hard drives
Up to seven DAE with a
maximum of 15 hard
drives each
Two per SPE and
DAE3P-OS
CX3-40c SPE One DAE3P-OS with
at least five and up to
15 hard drives
Up to 15 DAE with a
maximum of 15 hard
drives each
Two per SPE and
DAE3P-OS