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Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
The following sub-sections describe steps that enable you to establish
communication between the cluster nodes and your shared Dell|EMC AX4-5i
storage array, and to present disks from the storage array to the cluster. The
following installation procedures are discussed in the subsequent sections:
•
"Installing the iSCSI NICs" on page 30
•
"Installing the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator" on page 30
•
"Modifying the TCP Registry Settings" on page 31]
•
"Installing EMC
®
PowerPath
®
" on page 31
•
"Configuring the Shared Storage System" on page 32
•
"Installing and Configuring a Failover Cluster" on page 41
Installing the iSCSI NICs
It is recommended that you install the latest supported version of the driver.
If the NIC driver requires any service packs or hotfixes to be installed along
with the operating system, install them at this time.
For information about supported NICs and drivers, see the
Dell Cluster
Configuration Support Matrices
located on the Dell High Availability Cluster
website at
www.dell.com/ha
.
Installing the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator
1
Use a web browser and go to the Microsoft Download Center website at
www.microsoft.com/downloads
.
2
Search for
iscsi initiator
.
3
Select and download the latest supported initiator software and related
documentation for your operating system.
NOTE:
For the latest supported Software Initiator version, see the
Dell Cluster
Configuration Support Matrices
located on the Dell High Availability Cluster
website at
www.dell.com/ha
.
4
Double-click the executable file. The installation wizard launches. In the
Welcome
screen, click
Next
.
5
In the following screens select the
Initiator Service
,
Software Initiator
,
and
Microsoft MPIO Multipathing Support for iSCSI
options. Click
Next
to continue with the installation.
