Dell EMC AX4-5 Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

36 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering4 Establish the physical network topology and the TCP/IP settings fornetwork adapters on each server node to provide access to the clusterpublic and private networks.5 Configure each cluster node as a member in the same Microsoft®Windows Active Directory® Domain.NOTE: You can configure the cluster nodes as Domain Controllers. For moreinformation, see “Selecting a Domain Model” section of Dell Failover Clusterswith Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Installation and Troubleshooting Guideor Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Installation andTroubleshooting Guide located on the Dell Support website atsupport.dell.com/manuals.6 Establish the physical storage topology and any required storage networksettings to provide connectivity between the storage array and the serversthat will be configured as cluster nodes. Configure the storage system(s) asdescribed in your storage system documentation.7 Use storage array management tools to create at least one logical unitnumber (LUN). The LUN is used as a cluster Quorum disk for WindowsServer 2003 Failover cluster and as a Witness disk for Windows Server2008 Failover cluster. Ensure that this LUN is presented to the servers thatwill be configured as cluster nodes.NOTE: For security reasons, it is recommended that you configure the LUN ona single node as mentioned in step 8 when you are setting up the cluster.Later, you can configure the LUN as mentioned in step 9 so that other clusternodes can access it.8 Select one of the systems and form a new failover cluster by configuringthe cluster name, cluster management IP, and quorum resource. For moreinformation, see "Preparing Your Systems for Clustering" on page 35.NOTE: For Windows Server® 2008 Failover Clusters, run the ClusterValidation Wizard to ensure that your system is ready to form the cluster.9 Join the remaining node(s) to the failover cluster. For more information,see "Preparing Your Systems for Clustering" on page 35.10 Configure roles for cluster networks. Take any network interfaces that areused for iSCSI storage (or for other purposes outside of the cluster) out ofthe control of the cluster.11 Test the failover capabilities of your new cluster.