Dell AX4-5 - Manual (Page 20)

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Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
Installing and Configuring the Windows
Operating System
NOTICE:
Windows standby mode and hibernation mode are not supported in
cluster configurations. Do not enable either mode.
1 Ensure that the cluster configuration meets the requirements listed in
"Cluster Configuration Overview" on page 15.
2 Cable the hardware.
NOTE:
Do not connect the nodes to the shared storage systems at this time.
For more information on cabling your cluster hardware and the storage
array that you are using, see "Cabling Your Cluster Hardware" in the Dell
Failover Cluster Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for
the specific storage array on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
3 Install and configure the Windows Server 2008 operating system on
each node.
4 Ensure that the latest supported version of network adapter drivers is
installed on each cluster node.
5 Configure the public and private network adapter interconnects in each
node, and place the interconnects on separate IP subnetworks using static
IP addresses. See "Configuring Windows Networking" on page 21.
For information on required drivers, see Dell Cluster Configuration
Support Matrices located on the Dell High Availability website at
www.dell.com/ha.
6 Turn off all the cluster nodes and connect each cluster node to the shared
storage.
For more information on cabling your cluster hardware and the storage
array that you are using, see "Cabling Your Cluster Hardware" in the Dell
Failover Cluster Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting Guide for
the specific storage array on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
7 If required, configure the storage software.
8 Reboot node 1.