Dell PowerVault MD3600f Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual page 68

Table A-1. General Cluster Troubleshooting
Problem
One of the nodes takes
a long time to join the
cluster.
Or
One of the nodes fails
to join the cluster.
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Troubleshooting
Probable Cause
The node-to-node
network has failed due to
a cabling or hardware
failure.
Long delays in node-to-
node communications
may be normal.
One or more nodes may
have the Internet
Connection Firewall
enabled, blocking Remote
Procedure Call (RPC)
communications between
the nodes.
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Corrective Action
Check the network cabling.
Ensure that the node-to-node
interconnection and the public
network are connected to the
correct NICs.
Verify that the nodes can
communicate with each other by
running the ping command from
each node to the other node. Try
both the host name and
IP address when using the ping
command.
Configure the Internet
Connection Firewall to allow
communications that are
required by the Microsoft
Failover Clustering and the
clustered applications or services.
For more information, see the
Microsoft Knowledge Base article
KB883398 at
support.microsoft.com.