Dell AX4-5 - Manual (Page 34)

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Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
1 In the Failover Cluster Management console, right-click on Failover
Cluster Management, click Manage a Cluster, and select or specify the
cluster you want to configure.
2 Click Services and Applications and click Configure a Service or
Application under Actions.
3 Follow the instructions in the wizard to specify the service or application
that you want to configure for high availability. When prompted, enter the
following information:
• A name for the clustered service or application. This name is
registered in DNS and associated with the IP address for this clustered
service or application.
• Any IP address information that is not automatically supplied by your
DHCP settings.
• The storage volume or volumes that the clustered service or
application should use.
• Any specific information for the service or application that you are
configuring.
4 Click View Report if you want to see the report for the tasks performed.
Verifying Failover of a Clustered Service or Application
After you have configured a service or application for high availability using
the instructions above, you can verify the failover of the clustered service or
application:
1 In the Failover Cluster Management console, right-click on Failover
Cluster Management, click Manage a Cluster, and select or specify the
cluster you want to configure.
2 Under Services and Applications, click on the service or application for
which you want to test failover.
3 Under Actions, click Move this service or application to another node.
4 Check if the service or application comes online on the other node.