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Chapter 5. Configuring Red Hat Cluster With
2. At the bottom of the right frame (labeled Properties), click the Add a Cluster Node button.
Clicking that button causes a Node Properties dialog box to be displayed. The Node
Properties dialog box presents text boxes for Cluster Node Name and Quorum Votes
(refer to Figure 5.5, "Adding a Member to a New
Figure 5.5. Adding a Member to a New Cluster
3. At the Cluster Node Name text box, specify a node name. The entry can be a name or an IP
address of the node on the cluster subnet.
Note
Each node must be on the same subnet as the node from which you are running
the Cluster Configuration Tool and must be defined either in DNS or in the
/etc/hosts
Note
The node on which you are running the Cluster Configuration Tool must be
explicitly added as a cluster member; the node is not automatically added to the
cluster configuration as a result of running the Cluster Configuration Tool.
4. Optionally, at the Quorum Votes text box, you can specify a value; however in most
configurations you can leave it blank. Leaving the Quorum Votes text box blank causes the
quorum votes value for that node to be set to the default value of
5. Click OK.
6. Configure fencing for the node:
a. Click the node that you added in the previous step.
b. At the bottom of the right frame (below Properties), click Manage Fencing For This
Node. Clicking Manage Fencing For This Node causes the Fence Configuration dialog
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