Deployment Guide

4 Contents
Cabling the Cluster in Direct-Attached
Redundant Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cabling the Cluster in Network-Attached
Redundant Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Connecting a PowerEdge Cluster to Multiple
PowerVault MD3000i Storage Systems
. . . . . . . 29
3 Preparing Your Systems for
Clustering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Cluster Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installation Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Installing the iSCSI NICs
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Installing the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
. . 35
Installing and Configuring the Storage
Management Software
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Installing and Configuring the Shared
Storage System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing and Configuring a Failover Cluster
. . . . 63
A Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Troubleshooting Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Known Issues
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
B Cluster Data Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
C iSCSI Configuration Worksheet
. . . . . . . 77
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
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