Installation Overview - Dell PowerVault MD3600f Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

11 Test the failover capabilities of your new cluster.
NOTE:
12 Configure highly-available applications and services on your failover
cluster. Depending on your configuration, this may also require providing
additional LUNs to the cluster or creating new cluster resource groups.
Test the failover capabilities of the new resources.
13 Configure client systems to access the highly available applications and
services that are hosted on your failover cluster.

Installation Overview

Each node in your Dell Windows Server failover cluster must have the same
release, edition, service pack, and processor architecture of the Windows
Server operating system installed. For example, all nodes in your cluster may
be configured with Windows Server 2008 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition. If the
operating system varies among nodes, it is not possible to configure a failover
cluster successfully. It is recommended to establish system roles prior to
configuring a failover cluster, depending on the operating system configured
on your cluster.
For a list of recommended operating systems, hardware components, and
driver or firmware versions for your Dell Windows Server Failover Cluster,
see the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices at dell.com/ha.
For more information on deploying your cluster with the Windows Server
2008 operating systems, see the Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide at
support.dell.com/manuals.
You can also use the Cluster Validation Wizard.
Preparing Your Systems for Clustering
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