Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 Administrator Guide

Managing the ProLiant Cluster HA/F500
5-8 ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for MA8000 Administrator Guide
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2. If you are installing new hard drives, insert them into the external storage unit at
this time. Allow the new hard drives to spin up.
3. Open the HSG80 Storage window. If you have installed a new hard drive, then
get the storage system to recognize that new drive.
4. Create the new logical unit. After creating the logical unit, exit the utility.
5. Power up Node B. Log on to an account with administrator rights.
6. Wait for Node B to join the cluster.
7. Shut down and power off Node A. Wait for the cluster resources to failover
to Node B.
Alternate Configuration of Hard Disks
1. Open Hyperterminal.
2. Connect to the storage unit.
3. Enable access for the new disks on their given port.
Configuring a New NTFS Volume
1. Open Disk Administrator or Disk Management for Windows 2000. A pop-up
window displays informing you that a new disk has been added. Click OK on the
pop-up window to update the system configuration.
2. A pop-up window displays asking if you want to assign a disk signature to the
new disk. Click Yes for the newly created logical volume.
NOTE: For Windows 2000 do not upgrade the volume to a dynamic disk. Leave the
volume as a basic disk. Dynamic disks are not supported for cluster shared storage disks.
3. The newly added disk displays as free space in the Disk Administrator or Disk
Management window. Create one partition on the entire disk volume.
NOTE: Do not sub-partition the logical volume using Windows Disk Administrator or Disk
Management for Windows 2000.