Configuring Shared Disks; Verifying Disk Access And Functionality; Configuring Cluster Service Software; Creating A Cluster - HP ProLiant 300 Series Administration Manual

Configuring shared disks

Use the WebUI to configure additional shared disk resources. Verify that all shared disks are formatted
as NTFS and are designated as Basic.
Additional shared disk resources are automatically added into the cluster as physical disk resources
during the installation of cluster services. Each physical disk resource will reside in its own cluster group.

Verifying disk access and functionality

Write a file to each shared disk resource to verify functionality.
At this time, shut down the first node, power on the next node and repeat the Verifying Disk Access and
Functionality step above for all cluster nodes. When it has been verified that all nodes can read and
write from the disks, turn off the cluster nodes and power on the first, and then continue with this guide.

Configuring cluster service software

Clustering is installed by default. It is necessary to configure the cluster by launching Cluster Administrator.
Follow the steps in the next section to configure the cluster. It is possible to add seven additional cluster
nodes for an eight node cluster. Refer to the associated Storage Array documentation to determine the
number of cluster nodes that are supported by the specific array in use under Windows Storage Server
2003.

Creating a cluster

From the WebUI, click the Cluster tab:
Figure 94 Cluster tab
1. Click Advanced Cluster Management to launch a Remote Desktop session.
2. Log into the Remote Desktop session.
3. Click OK when the error message regarding a cluster failure is displayed.
4. Select File > New > Cluster.
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