Dell AX4-5 - Manual (Page 15)

Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
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Preparing Your Systems for
Clustering
CAUTION:
Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove and access
any of the components inside the system. See your safety information shipped with
your system for complete information about safety precautions, working inside the
system, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.
Cluster Configuration Overview
NOTE:
For more information on step 1, step 2, and step 9, see the "Preparing Your
Systems for Clustering" section of the Dell Failover Hardware Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide
for the specific storage array on the Dell Support site at
support.dell.com. For more information on step 3 to step 7 and step 10 to step 14,
see this chapter.
1 Ensure that your site can handle the cluster’s power requirements. For
more information.
Contact your sales representative for information about your region's
power requirements.
2 Install the systems, the shared storage array(s), and the interconnect
switches (example: in an equipment rack), and ensure that all these
components are powered on.
3 Deploy the operating system (including any relevant service pack and
hotfixes), network adapter drivers, and storage adapter drivers (including
MPIO drivers) on each of the systems that you want to configure as cluster
nodes. Depending on the deployment method that is used, it may be
necessary to provide a network connection to successfully complete this step.
NOTE:
To help planning and deployment of your cluster, record the relevant
cluster configuration information in the "Cluster Data Form" and "Zoning
Configuration Form" of Dell Failover Cluster Hardware Installation and
Troubleshooting Guide for the specific storage array on the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com.