Reference Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Virtual Servers and Resource Groups . . . . . . . . 7
Quorum Resource
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Solution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Supported Cluster Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Components and Requirements
. . . . . . . 9
Operating System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Cluster Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
2 Preparing Your Systems for
Clustering
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cluster Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installation Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Selecting a Domain Model
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Configuring the Nodes as Domain Controllers
. . . 17
Configuring Internal Drives in the Cluster Nodes
. . . . 17
Installing and Configuring the
Microsoft Windows Operating System
. . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring Windows Networking
. . . . . . . . . . . 20
Assigning Static IP Addresses to
Cluster Resources and Components
. . . . . . . . 20
Configuring IP Addresses for the
Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Verifying Communications Between Nodes
. . . . 23
Configuring the Internet Connection Firewall
. . . 24