Updating A Dell|Emc Storage System For Clustering; Installing And Configuring A Failover Cluster - Dell PowerEdge FE600W Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

Updating a Dell|EMC Storage System for
Clustering
If you are updating an existing Dell|EMC storage system to meet the cluster
requirements for the shared storage subsystem, you may need to install
additional Fibre Channel disk drives in the shared storage system. The size
and number of drives you add depend on the RAID level you want to use and
the number of Fibre Channel disk drives currently in your system.
See your storage system's documentation for information on installing Fibre
Channel disk drives in your storage system.
Upgrade the core software version that is running on the storage system or
enable Access Logix. For specific version requirements, see the Dell Cluster
Configuration Support Matrix on the Dell High Availability website at
www.dell.com/ha.

Installing and Configuring a Failover Cluster

After you have established the private and public networks and have assigned
the shared disks from the storage array to the cluster nodes, you can configure
the operating system services on your Dell Failover Cluster. The procedure to
configure the Failover Cluster depends on the version of the Windows Server
operating system that is running on the system.
For more information on deploying your cluster with Windows Server 2003
operating systems, see the Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows
Server 2003 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide located on the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com.
For more information on deploying your cluster with Windows Server 2008
operating systems, see the Dell Failover Clusters with Microsoft Windows
Server 2008 Installation and Troubleshooting Guide located on the Dell Support
website at support.dell.com.
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