Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 67)

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Using MSCS
Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS Systems SCSI Cluster Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Cluster Objects
Cluster Networks
Network Interfaces
Cluster Nodes
Groups
Cluster Resources
File Share Resources
Failover and Failback
This section provides information about Microsoft® Cluster Service (MSCS). This section is intended to be an overview of
MSCS and provides information about the following:
Cluster objects
Cluster networks
Network interfaces
Cluster nodes
Groups
Cluster resources
File share resources
Failover and failback
For information about specific MSCS procedures, see the MSCS online help.
NOTE: In this guide and in other cluster documentation, the quorum resource is also referred to as the quorum disk.
Cluster Objects
Cluster objects are the physical and logical units managed by MSCS. Each object is associated with the following:
One or more properties, or attributes, that define the object and its behavior within the cluster.
A set of cluster control codes used to manipulate the object's properties.
A set of object management functions used to manage the object through MSCS.
Cluster Networks
A network performs one of the following roles in a cluster: