Dell PowerVault 770N (Deskside NAS Appliance) User Manual

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The New Server Cluster Wizard window appears.

4. Click Next to continue.

5. Follow the procedures in the wizard, and then click Finish.

6. Add the additional node to the cluster:

a. Turn on the remaining node.

b. Click the Start button, select Programs

Administrative Tools, and then double-click Cluster Administrator.

c. From the File menu, select Open Connection.

d. In the Action box of the Open Connection to Cluster, select Add nodes to cluster.

e. In the Cluster or server name box, type the name of the cluster or click Browse to select an available cluster from the list,

and then click OK.

The Add Nodes Wizard window appears.

If the Add Nodes Wizard does not generate a cluster feasibility error, go to

step f

.

If the Add Nodes Wizard generates a cluster feasibility error, go to "

Adding Cluster Nodes Using the Advanced Configuration

Option

."

f. Click Next to continue.

g. Follow the procedures in the wizard and click Finish.

Adding Cluster Nodes Using the Advanced Configuration Option

If you are adding additional nodes to the cluster using the Add Nodes wizard and the nodes are not configured with identical internal storage

devices, the wizard may generate one or more errors while checking cluster feasibility in the Analyzing Configuration menu. If this situation

occurs, select Advanced Configuration Option in the Add Nodes wizard to add the nodes to the cluster.

To add the nodes using the Advanced Configuration Option:

1. From the File menu in Cluster Administrator, select Open Connection.

2. In the Action box of the Open Connection to Cluster, select Add nodes to cluster. and then click OK.

The Add Nodes Wizard window appears.

3. Click Next.

4. In the Select Computers menu, click Browse.

5. In the Enter the object names to select (examples), type the names of one to seven systems to add to the cluster, with each

system name separated by a semicolon.

6. Click Check Names.

The Add Nodes Wizard verifies and underlines each valid system name.

7. Click OK.

8. In the Select Computers menu, click Add.

9. In the Advanced Configuration Options window, click Advanced (minimum) configuration, and then click OK.

10. In the Add Nodes window, click Next.

11. In the Analyzing Configuration menu, Cluster Administrator analyzes the cluster configuration.

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