Dell AX4-5 - Manual (Page 18)

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Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
6 Install or update the storage connection drivers.
For more information on connecting your cluster nodes to a shared storage
array, see "Preparing Your Systems for Clustering" in the Dell Failover
Cluster Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting Guide that
corresponds to your storage array on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
For more information on the corresponding supported adapters and
driver versions, see the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices
located on the Dell High Availability Clustering website at
www.dell.com/ha.
7 Install and configure the storage management software.
See the documentation included with your storage system or available at
the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
8 Configure the hard drives on the shared storage system(s).
See "Configuring and Managing LUNs" in the Dell Failover Cluster
Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting Guide corresponding to your
storage array on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com.
9 Install and configure Failover Clustering feature.
See "Configuring Your Failover Cluster" on page 29.
10 Verify cluster functionality. Ensure that:
• The cluster components are communicating properly.
• Cluster Service is started.
11 Verify cluster resource availability.
Use the Failover Cluster MMC to check the running state of each
resource group.
The following subsections provide detailed information for the steps in the
"Installation Overview" on page 17 that is specific to the Windows Server
2008 operating system.