Dell AX4-5 - Manual (Page 21)

Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
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9 From node 1, go to the Windows Disk Management application, write the
disk signature, partition the disk, format the disk, and assign drive letters
and volume labels to the hard drives in the storage system.
For more information, see "Preparing Your Systems for Clustering" in the
Dell Failover Cluster Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
for the specific storage array on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com.
10 On node 1, verify disk accessibility and functionality on all shared disks.
Verify disk access by performing the following steps on the second node:
a Turn on the node.
b Modify the drive letters to match the drive letters on node 1.
This procedure allows the Windows operating system to mount the
volumes.
c Close and reopen Disk Management.
d Verify that the Windows operating system can access the file systems
and the volume labels.
11 Install and configure the Failover Clustering feature from the Server
Manager.
12 If required, install and setup the application programs.
13 Enter the cluster configuration information on the Cluster Data Form in
the Dell Failover Cluster Hardware Installation and Troubleshooting
Guide for your corresponding storage array on the Dell Support website at
support.dell.com (optional).
Configuring Windows Networking
You must configure the public and private networks in each node before you
install Failover Clustering on the nodes. The following subsections introduce
you to some principles and procedures necessary for the networking
prerequisites.
Windows Server 2008 also introduces IPv6 support for clustering. You can
have both node-to-node (private) as well as node-to-client (public)
communication over IPv6. For more details on using IPv6, see "Configuring
IPv6 addresses for Cluster Nodes" on page 24.