Dell PowerEdge Cluster SE500W Installation And Troubleshooting Manual page 47

5 In the dialog box, create a partition the size of the entire drive (the default) and then
click OK.
NOTE:
The MSCS software allows only one node to access a logical drive at a time. If a logical
drive is partitioned into multiple disks, only one node is able to access all the partitions for that
logical drive. If each node must access a separate disk, two or more logical drives must be present
in the storage system.
6 Click Yes to confirm the partition.
7 With the mouse pointer on the same icon, right-click and select Change Drive Letter and
Path from the submenu.
8 Assign a drive letter to an NTFS volume or create a mount point.
To assign a drive letter to an NTFS volume:
Click Edit and select the letter you want to assign to the drive (for example, z).
a
Click OK.
b
Go to step 9.
c
To create a mount point:
Click Add.
a
Click Mount in the following empty NTFS folder.
b
Type the path to an empty folder on an NTFS volume, or click Browse to locate it.
c
Click OK.
d
Go to step 9.
e
9 Click Yes to confirm the changes.
10 Right-click the drive icon again and select Format from the submenu.
11 Under Volume Label, enter a descriptive name for the new volume; for example, Disk_Z or
Email_Data.
12 In the dialog box, change the file system to NTFS, select Quick Format, and click the Start
button.
NOTE:
The NTFS file system format is required for shared-disk resources under MSCS.
13 Click OK at the warning.
14 Click OK to acknowledge that the format is complete.
15 Click Close to close the dialog box.
16 Repeat step 3 through step 15 for each remaining drive.
17 Close Disk Management.
18 Shut down node 1.
19 Turn on node 2.
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