DELL EMC AX4-5 Manuale Utente

Preparing Your Systems for Clustering

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Preparing Your Systems for 
Clustering

 

CAUTION: 

Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove and access 

any of the components inside the system. See the safety information that shipped 
with your system for complete information about safety precautions, working 
inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.

Cluster Configuration Overview

1 Ensure that your site can handle the cluster’s power requirements. 

Contact your sales representative for information about your region's 
power requirements.

2 Install the systems, the shared storage array(s), and the interconnect 

switches (example: in an equipment rack), and ensure that all these 
components are powered on.

 

NOTE: 

"Preparing your systems for clustering" section of Dell Failover Clusters with 
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide 

or Dell 

located on the Dell Support website at 

support.dell.com/manuals.

3 Deploy the operating system (including any relevant service pack and 

hotfixes), network adapter drivers, and storage adapter drivers (including 
Multipath I/O drivers(MPIO)) on each of the systems that will become 
cluster nodes. Depending on the deployment method that is used, it may 
be necessary to provide a network connection to successfully complete this 
step. 

 

NOTE: 

To help in planning and deployment of your cluster, record the relevant 

cluster configuration information in the "Cluster Data Form" on page 55 and 
zoning information in the "Zoning Configuration Form" on page 57.