Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) User Manual

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See "

Selecting a Domain Model

" for more information.

3. Reserve static IP addresses for your cluster resources and components.

The resources and components include:

Public network

Private network

MSCS software

Cluster-aware applications running on the cluster

You will use these IP addresses when you install or configure MSCS. See "

Assigning Static IP Addresses to Your Cluster Resources and

Components

" for more information.

4. Install or update the HBA drivers.

The HBA drivers allow your cluster nodes to communicate with the shared storage systems.

See "

Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers

" for more information.

See the Platform Guide for the specific HBA driver versions required for your Windows operating system.

5. Install and configure the storage management software for your storage systems.

These software applications help you manage the communications between the cluster nodes and the storage systems.

See the documentation included with your Dell | EMC storage system or at the Dell Support website located at support.dell.com for

more information.

6. Configure the hard drives on the shared storage system(s).

After you bind the LUNs using EMC® ControlCenter™ Navisphere Manager™ software, you can partition and format the hard drives and

assign drive letters.

See "

Configuring the Hard Drives on the Shared Storage System(s)

" for more information.

7. Configure the MSCS software.

The MSCS software is the clustering component of the Windows operating system that provides the failover capabilities for the cluster.

See "

Installing and Configuring MSCS

" for more information.

8. Verify cluster functionality. Ensure that:

Your cluster components are communicating properly with each other.

MSCS is started.

See "

Verifying Cluster Functionality

" for more information.

9. Verify cluster resource availability.

Use Cluster Administrator to check the running state of each resource group.

See "

Verifying Cluster Resource Availability

" for more information.

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