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Storage configuration
This section describes the process for creating virtual disks available through the shared PERC8, and
assigning the disks to the corresponding server node(s). These are the shared disks used in the
installation of failover clustering. Virtual disks are required for the operating system to pass the
validation steps of the cluster creation steps in the Cluster validation and creation section of this guide.
Creating virtual disks
This example creates two disks for cluster use, meeting the minimum of two virtual disks required to
create a Hyper-V cluster. One disk is used for the cluster-shared disk quorum and the second disk is
used as the Cluster Shared Volume (CSV) in the Hyper-V cluster configuration (see the section titled:
Creating a virtual disk for CSV use). This guide creates a single RAID 1 virtual disk for the cluster-shared
quorum drive and a single RAID 10 virtual disk for the CSV; however you may use the RAID level
appropriate for your environment.
Creating a virtual disk for quorum use
1. Expand Chassis Overview > Storage on the Chassis Management Controller web interface.
2. Select the Storage submenu.