Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 35)

10. Right-click the drive icon again and select Format from the submenu.
11. Under Volume Label, enter a descriptive name for the new volume; for example, Disk_Z or Email_Data.
12. In the dialog box, change the file system to NTFS, select Quick Format, and click Start.
NOTE: The NTFS file system is required for shared-disk resources under MSCS.
13. Click OK at the warning.
14. Click OK to acknowledge that the format is complete.
15. Click Close to close the dialog box.
16. Repeat step 3 through step 15 for each remaining drive.
17. Close Disk Management.
18. Shut down node 1.
19. Perform the following steps on the remaining node:
a. Turn on the node.
b. Open Disk Management.
c. Assign the drive letters to the drives.
d. Reassign the drive letter, if necessary.
To reassign the drive letter, repeat step 7 through step 9 .
e. Power down the node.
Configuring Hard Drive Letters When Using Multiple Shared Storage Systems
Before installing MSCS, ensure that both nodes have the same view of the shared storage systems. Because each node has access to hard
drives that are in a common storage array, each node must have identical drive letters assigned to each hard drive.
See " Assigning Drive Letters " for more information.
NOTE: Drive letters A through D are reserved for the local system.
To ensure that hard drive letter assignments are identical:
1. Ensure that your cables are attached to the shared storage devices in the proper sequence.
You can view all of the storage devices using Windows Storage Server 2003 Disk Management or Dell OpenManage™ Array Manager.
Windows 2000 Disk Management displays all of the accessible disks from the first HBA, followed by all of the accessible disks from the
second HBA. The disks attached to a port with a lower port number on the Fibre Channel switch are displayed first, followed by those
with a higher port number.
2. To maintain proper drive letter assignments, ensure the first HBA detected by each node is connected to the first switch or SP-A and
the second detected HBA is connected to the second switch or SP-B.
See " Cabling Your Power Supplies " in " Cabling Your Cluster Hardware " for the location of SP-A and SP-B on the CX-series storage
systems.
3. Go to " Formatting and Assigning Drive Letters and Volume Labels to the Disks ."
Formatting and Assigning Drive Letters and Volume Labels to the Disks