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10. Power on the joining node. (You will join this node to the cluster.)
11. Go to "Networking setup" on page 37.
12. In the Cluster Setup wizard, click Joining Node.
13. In the First Node Information panel, enter the name of the first node.
14. If prompted to confirm the Administrator name and password, enter that
You will see a message that configuration takes a few minutes. When configuration
completes, the Cluster Administration function starts.
You have now completed cluster setup.

Configuring clusters

This section contains procedures to assist you in configuring basic cluster functions.
It is assumed that the cluster installation procedures in "Cluster setup" on page 40
have completed without errors, and both cluster nodes are running.
It is recommended that you review the Cluster Administration Guide, located in the
IBM NAS Admin in the Cluster Tools folder, before continuing with the following
steps.

Configuring cluster state and properties

You must complete the following steps to reset the size of the logfile and set the
priority and purpose of the private network.
1. Select Cluster Administration, located in IBM NAS Admin, in the Cluster Tools
2. The cluster name appears in the left panel. Click the cluster name to see the
3. Right-click the cluster name and select Properties.
7. If you are prompted to select a user account, enter the user name and
password for the domain account that you want the cluster service to use.
8. If you are prompted to select a disk on which to store cluster checkpoint and
log files, do the following:
a. Select the disk on which the Quorum is located (for instance, G, if this is
what you specified earlier) and click Next.
b. Click Finish at the Cluster Information panel.
9. Cluster configuration completes for the first node.
information and click Finish.
folder.
If prompted for a cluster name, enter the name of the cluster, and then click
Open.
status of the cluster nodes in the right pane. The state of both nodes should be
"Up".
a. Select Quorum Disk, and change the Reset quorum log at: field from 64 KB
to 4096 KB.
b. Select Network Priority to view all networks acknowledged by the cluster
server, then select the private network connection and move it to the top for
cluster communication priority by clicking the Move Up button.
This provides internal communication to the private network before attempts
are made to communicate over any public networks that are installed. Do
not change the communication options for the public network adapters as
they should support both network and cluster traffic.
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