Chapter 7: Deploying the Compute Cluster
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Deployment Guide
Introduction
Perform the tasks described in this section once. You must be logged in with a domain
account that has administrator privileges.
Creating a cluster
To create a cluster, perform the following high-level tasks on the compute and
management servers that you are going to add to the cluster:
1.
Validate the configuration.
2.
Create a Hyper-V host cluster.
Verify that the configuration meets the guidelines for failover clustering:
1.
Run the following command:
Test-Cluster –Node "Node1", "Node2" -Include "Storage",
Inventory, Network, "System Configuration"
After the test is complete, the results are displayed.
2.
If any messages indicate failures with the tests, resolve the issues before
continuing.
Run the following command to create a two-node cluster with a static IP address.
The IP address is required
for the cluster’s management connection.
New-Cluster –Name <"ClusterName"> –Node "Node1", "Node2" –
StaticAddress
<IPaddress>
Establishing VM-to-SAN connectivity
The Hyper-V Virtual FC feature enables a VM to connect directly to a SAN through a
virtualized FC adapter. Establishing connectivity to the SAN by using a virtual FC adapter
is a two-step process:
1.
Create a SAN.
2.
Add a virtual FC adapter to the VM and connect it to the SAN.
Create a SAN:
1.
On the Windows
Start
screen, click
Server Manager
.
2.
Select
Tools
>
Hyper-V Manager
.
3.
In the
Action
pane, click
Virtual SAN Manager
.
4.
Click
Create
.
5.
In the
Name
field, enter the name for the new SAN.
6.
In the
Notes
field, enter any important information for the SAN.
Validate the
configuration
Create a Hyper-V
host cluster
Create a SAN
