Server 2003, enterprise edition, Installing and configuring mscs, Configuring the shared disks for the data disk(s) – Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual
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NOTE:
After you create the virtual disk and the virtual disk is initialized by the PERC 3 controller, you must
reboot the system.
4. Write a signature on the new disk.
5. Using the new disk, create a volume, assign a drive letter, and format the disk in NTFS.
See your Array Manager documentation for information about configuring the shared disk.
Configuring the Shared Disks for the Data Disk(s)
1. Open Array Manager.
2. Locate three or more hard drives of the same size in the external storage system(s).
3. Create a RAID 5 virtual disk using at least three hard drives.
See your Array Manager documentation for information on installing a virtual disk.
NOTE:
After you create the virtual disk and the virtual disk is initialized by the PERC 3 controller, you must
reboot the system.
4. Write a signature on the new disk.
5. Using the new disk, create a volume, assign a drive letter, and format the disk in NTFS.
To configure the shared disks for the data disks on data volume 2, repeat the steps for configuring the shared disks for other
data volumes.
Configuring the Hot Spare
The hot spare is a failover hard drive for any of the internal hard drives in the external storage system. If one of the hard
drives in the storage system fails, the responsibilities of the failed disk will automatically fail over to the hot spare.
1. Open Dell OpenManage Array Manager.
2. Assign a global hot spare disk.
See your Array Manager documentation for more information.
Configuring Cluster Networks Running Windows Storage Server
2003, Enterprise Edition
When you install and configure a cluster running Windows Storage Server 2003, Enterprise Edition, the software installation
wizard automatically assigns and configures the public and private networks for your cluster. You can rename a network,
allow or disallow the cluster to use a particular network, or modify the network role using Cluster Administrator. Dell
recommends that you configure at least one network for the cluster interconnect (private network) and one network for all
communications. Additionally, Dell recommends that you use a Gigabit Ethernet network adapter for the private network.