Cluster Nodes - Dell PowerEdge Use Manual

Cluster Nodes

Table 1-4 lists the hardware requirements for the server modules in the
PowerEdge server enclosure.
Table 1-4. Cluster Node Requirements
Component
Cluster nodes
RAM
Fibre Channel
mezzanine card
iSCSI mezzanine
card
Gigabit Ethernet
(cluster networks)
RAID controller
(optional)
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Minimum Requirement
Two to eight PowerEdge server modules running the appropriate
Windows Server 2003 operating system edition as described in
Table 1-1
At least 512 MB of RAM installed per server module
If the cluster is configured with a Fibre Channel shared storage
system, at least one dual-port Fibre Channel mezzanine card per
server module
If the cluster is configured with an iSCSI shared storage system,
at least one dual-port Gigabit Ethernet mezzanine card per
server module
At least two Gigabit Ethernet interfaces per server module
One controller connected to two internal hard drives for each
server module in a RAID 1 configuration
NOTE:
It is strongly recommended that you use hardware-based
RAID or software-based disk-fault tolerance for the internal drives.