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Syncro CS 9286-8e Solution User Guide
March 2013
Chapter 3: Creating the Syncro CS 9286-8e Configuration
Creating Virtual Drives on the Controller Nodes
5. In the Select Destination Server box, select the system and click Next.
6. In the Select Server Roles list, click Next to present the Features list.
7. Make sure that failover clustering is installed, including the tools. If necessary, run the Add Roles and Features
wizard to install the features dynamically from this user interface.
8. If the cluster nodes need to support I/O as iSCSI targets, expand File and Storage Services, File Services and
check for iSCSI Target Server and Server for NFS.
The Server Manager includes a configuration validator under Server Manager> Tools> Failover Cluster
Manager…Validate a Configuration. Refer to the Microsoft documentation for more detailed information.
During creation of the cluster, Windows automatically defines and creates the quorum, a configuration database that
contains metadata required for the operation of the cluster. To create a shared VD for the quorum, see the instructions
in Section 3.3, Creating Virtual Drives on the Controller Nodes.
NOTE The recommended best practice is to create a small redundant VD for
the quorum. A size of 500 MB is adequate for this purpose.
To determine if the cluster is active, run MSM and look at the Dashboard tab for the controller. The first of two nodes
that boots shows the cluster status as Inactive until the second node is running and the MSM dashboard on the first
node has been refreshed.
NOTE To refresh the MSM dashboard, press F5 or select Manage > Refresh
on the menu.
The following figure shows the controller dashboard with Active peer controller status.
Figure 8 Controller Dashboard: Active Cluster Status
3.3 Creating Virtual Drives on the Controller Nodes
The next step is creating VDs on the disk drives.
The HA-DAS cluster configuration requires a minimum of one shared VD to be utilized as a quorum disk to enable
Microsoft operating system support for clusters. Refer to the MegaRAID SAS Software User Guide for information about
the available RAID levels and the advantages of each one.