Dell PowerVault NX1950 Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

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10 IntroductionIf the Windows Firewall settings are restored to the default values either dueto user action or because of a system restore, you must reset the firewall portexceptions for the cluster setup to be successful. Dell provides a batch filethat sets the required port exceptions to deploy, manage, and use thePowerVault NX1950 cluster solution. For instructions to download and executethe batch file, see the Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Deployment Guide.NOTICE: Ensure that you perform the procedure described in theDell PowerVault NX1950 Systems Deployment Guide to avoid system failure.Configuration ToolsThe following tools assist in the configuration of the storage array and theDell PowerVault NX1950 storage systems and enable them to operate as acluster.• The Dell Storage Initialization Wizard communicates with the storagearray and ensures that set up is complete.• The Microsoft Windows Unified Data Storage Server 2003, Enterprise x64Edition provides the following:– The PowerVault NX1950 Initial Configuration Tasks wizard — Thiswizard helps you to configure the PowerVault NX1950 storage systemto be a part of the cluster.– For cluster administration and troubleshooting, the operating systemprovides a graphical user interface (GUI) tool — ClusterAdministrator (also referred to as Cluadmin.exe) and a commandline interface (CLI) tool — cluster.exe. For more information aboutthese tools, see "Cluster Administration and Management" onpage 11.– Microsoft Cluster Setup tools — The Windows Unified Data StorageServer 2003, Enterprise x64 Edition provides cluster configuration andmanagement tools for advanced users. The features of these tools arebeyond the scope of this document. For more information about thesefeatures and functionality, see the Microsoft Support website atsupport.microsoft.com.