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Test the failover capabilities of your new cluster.

NOTE: For Windows Server 2008 Failover Clusters, you can also use the

Cluster Validation Wizard.

Configure highly-available applications and services on your failover

cluster. Depending on your configuration, this may also require providing

additional LUNs to the cluster or creating new cluster resource groups.

Test the failover capabilities of the new resources.

Configure client systems to access the highly available applications and

services that are hosted on your failover cluster.

Installation Overview

Each node in your Dell Windows Server failover cluster should have the same

release, edition, service pack, and processor architecture of the Windows

Server operating system installed. For example, all nodes in your cluster may

be configured with Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition. If the

operating system varies among nodes, it is not possible to configure a failover

cluster successfully. It is recommended to establish system roles prior to

configuring a failover cluster, depending on the operating system configured

on your cluster.

For a list of recommended operating systems, hardware components, and

driver or firmware versions for your Dell Windows Server Failover Cluster,

see the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices located on the Dell High

Availability Clustering website at www.dell.com/ha.

For more information on deploying your cluster with the Windows Server

2003 operating systems, see the Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows

Server 2003 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide on the Dell Support

website at support.dell.com.

For more information on deploying your cluster with the Windows Server

2008 operating systems, see the Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows

Server 2008 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide on the Dell Support

website at support.dell.com.

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