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Syncro CS 9361-8i and Syncro CS 9380-8e Solution User Guide 
October 2014
Chapter 2: Creating the Cluster
Creating the Cluster in Windows
2.2 Creating the Cluster in Windows
The following subsections describe how to enable cluster support, and how to enable and validate the failover
configuration while running a Windows operating system.
2.2.1 Prerequisites for Cluster Setup
2.2.1.1 Clustered RAID Controller Support
Support for clustered RAID controllers is not enabled by default in Microsoft Windows Server 2012 or Microsoft
Windows Server 2008 R2.
To enable support for this feature, please consult with your server vendor. For additional information, visit the Cluster
in a Box Validation Kit for Windows Server site on the Microsoft Windows Server TechCenter website for Knowledge
Base (KB) article 2839292 on enabling this support.
2.2.1.2 Enable Failover Clustering
The Microsoft Server 2012 operating system installation does not enable the clustering feature by default. Follow
these steps to view the system settings, and, if necessary, to enable clustering.
1. From the desktop, launch Server Manager.
2. Click Manage and select Add Roles and Features.
3. If the Introduction box is enabled (and appears), click Next.
4. In the Select Installation Type box, select Role Based or Feature Based.
5. In the Select Destination Server box, select the system and click Next.
6. In the Select Server Roles list, click Next to present the Features list.
7. Make sure that failover clustering is installed, including the tools. If necessary, run the Add Roles and Features
wizard to install the features dynamically from this user interface.
8. If the cluster nodes need to support I/O as iSCSI targets, expand File and Storage Services, File Services and
check for iSCSI Target Server and Server for NFS.
During creation of the cluster, Windows automatically defines and creates the quorum, a configuration database that
contains metadata required for the operation of the cluster. To create a shared VD for the quorum, see the instructions
in
Section 2.1, Creating Virtual Drives on the Controller Nodes .
NOTE The best practice is to create a small redundant VD for the quorum. A
size of 500 MB is adequate for this purpose.
To determine if the cluster is active, run MSM and look at the Dashboard tab for the controller. The first of two nodes
that boots shows the cluster status as Inactive until the second node is running and the MSM dashboard on the first
node has been refreshed.
NOTE To refresh the MSM dashboard, press F5 or select Manage > Refresh
on the menu.
The following figure shows the controller dashboard with Active peer controller status.