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Preparing Your Systems for Clustering 35

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: For more information on step 3 to step 7 and step 10 to step 13, see

"Preparing your systems for clustering" section of Dell Failover Clusters with

Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide or Dell

Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Installation and

Troubleshooting Guide 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.