Reference Guide

32 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
Create a Server Cluster
A server cluster is a collection of servers. A server that is a member of a server
cluster is referred to as a cluster node. Volumes can be mapped directly to a
server cluster. All volumes mapped to a server cluster are automatically
mapped to all nodes in the cluster.
1 From the system tree in the Storage Management window, select the
Servers node.
2 From the shortcut menu, select Create Server Cluster .
3 Choose Add Existing Server .
4 Expand a server folder to view servers within the folder, if necessary, and
select a server.
5 Click Continue .
The Create Server Cluster window is displayed.
6 Repeat step 3 through step 5 until all the servers are added to the Server
Cluster.
7 Once the Create Server Cluster window displays all the servers for this
server cluster, click
Continue .
A window allowing you to name the server cluster is displayed.
8 Name the server cluster or accept the default. Add notes if necessary.
9 Click Continue .
If volumes were mapped to individual server nodes, the system displays a
list of mapped volumes and asks you to select volumes to map to the server
cluster.
NOTE: The following are the default system selections:
• except boot volumes, the system selects all volumes mapped to the server
nodes
• boot volumes are not selected to be mapped to the server cluster
10 Click Continue .
11 Click Create Now .
12 On the next window, map volumes or click Close .
The server cluster is displayed in the system tree.