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Chapter 10 Configuring a High Availability Cluster
Creating a Cluster
Adding an Unconfigured SN 5428-2 Storage Router
To add a new, unconfigured SN 5428-2 to the existing cluster, perform the following steps:
Step 1 Respond to the prompts from the SN 5428-2 initial system configuration script. When prompted to select
HA configuration mode, choose clustered. When prompted for cluster name, enter the name of the
existing cluster. At the end of the initial system configuration script, the storage router automatically
reboots.
Step 2 When the storage router restarts, it communicates with the other member of the cluster to obtain current
cluster configuration information. Once the storage router is completely restarted, verify the new cluster
configuration. Issue the show cluster command to verify the cluster name and confirm that the
SN 5428-2 is exchanging heartbeats with the other member of the cluster.
Step 3 To verify that both storage routers in the cluster include the same cluster configuration elements, issue
the following commands from the principal storage router in the cluster:
• show aaa
• show accesslist all
• show scsirouter all from bootconfig
• show vlan
• show vtp
Issue the same commands from the SN 5428-2 just added to the cluster. The displays should be the same.
Step 4 Use the setup configuration wizard, other CLI commands, or the GUI to complete SN 5428-2
configuration. If you are participating in Fibre Channel switched fabric zoning with the storage router,
configure for zoning using the procedures described in Chapter 5, “Configuring Fibre Channel
Interfaces.”
Step 5 (Optional) Save any changes made to the configuration by issuing the appropriate save command with
the bootconfig keyword, which updates the bootable configuration for the SN 5428-2 and notifies all
storage routers in the cluster of the configuration changes.
Step 6 (Optional) To divide the workload between the storage routers in the cluster, you can manually fail over
selected SCSI routing instances using the failover scsirouter command. See Chapter 11, “Maintaining
and Managing the SN 5428-2 Storage Router,” for more information about failing over SCSI routing
instances.