Dell AX4-5 - Manual (Page 3)

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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Features of Failover Clusters Running
Windows Server 2008
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Supported Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cluster Components and Requirements . . . . . . 10
Operating System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cluster Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cluster Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 Preparing Your Systems for
Clustering
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Cluster Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Selecting a Domain Model . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuring Internal Drives in the Cluster Nodes . . . . 19
Installing and Configuring the Windows
Operating System
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