Avago Technologies MegaRAID SCSI 320-0 (520-0 CH) - Manual (Page 71)

Installing Clusters under Windows 2000 4-13
Copyright © 2003-2008 by LSI Corporation. All rights reserved.
4.7 Installing Clusters under Windows 2000
During installation, some nodes are shut down, and other nodes are
rebooted. This ensures uncorrupted data on disks attached to the shared
storage bus. Data corruption can occur when multiple nodes try to write
simultaneously to the same disk that is not yet protected by the
cluster software.
Table 4.1 shows which nodes and storage devices must be powered on
during each step.
Before installing the Cluster Service software, perform the following steps.
Step 1. Install Windows 2000 Advanced Server or Windows 2000
Datacenter Server on each node.
Step 2. Set up networks.
Step 3. Set up disks.
Important: These steps must be completed on every cluster node
before proceeding with the installation of Cluster Service on
the first node.
To configure the Cluster Service on a Windows 2000-based server, you
must be able to log on as administrator or have administrative
Table 4.1 Nodes and Storage Devices
Step Node 1 Node 2 Storage Comments
Set up Networks On On Off Ensure that power to all storage devices on
the shared bus is turned off. Power on
all nodes.
Set up Shared Disks On Off On Power down all nodes. Next, power on the
shared storage, then power on the first
node.
Verify Disk Configuration Off On On Shut down the first node. Power on the
second node.
Configure the First Node On Off On Shut down all nodes. Power on the first
node.
Configure the Second
Node On On On Power on the second node after the first
node was successfully configured.
Post-installation On On On All nodes must be active.