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System Setup and Configuration for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 2-13 Verifying Network Client Failover After you have verified that each server node is running correctly as a part of the cluster, the next step is to verify that network clients can interact with the cluster. The following steps will lead you through this validation procedure. 1. Ensure both server nodes are running, and use Cluster Service to verify that all groups and resources are online. 2. For each hard drive in the shared storage, Cluster Service automatically creates a cluster group that consists of a single resource, the hard drive. Using Cluster Administrator, add an IP address as another resource to one of these groups. (DO NOT use the Cluster Group.) Save the changes and return to the main Cluster Administrator screen. 3. Open a DOS window on a network client machine. 4. Ensure the network client can access the IP address added in Step 2. From the network client, execute a PING command using the cluster IP address as the argument. NOTE: Regardless of whether you are using WINS or DHCP, you can execute the DOS command "PING" to check the connection. The client has successfully accessed the cluster resource if you get a response similar to: Reply from : bytes=xx time=xxxms TTL=xx The client has not successfully accessed the cluster resource if you get a response of: Reply from : Destination host unreachable 5. Following the completion of the PING command, use Cluster Administrator to perform a manual failover of the cluster group that contains the IP address. 6. After the manual failover completes, execute the PING command again.

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System Setup and Configuration for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
2-13
Verifying Network Client Failover
After you have verified that each server node is running correctly as a part of
the cluster, the next step is to verify that network clients can interact with the
cluster.
The following steps will lead you through this validation procedure.
1.
Ensure both server nodes are running, and use Cluster Service to verify
that all groups and resources are online.
2.
For each hard drive in the shared storage, Cluster Service automatically
creates a cluster group that consists of a single resource, the hard drive.
Using Cluster Administrator, add an IP address as another resource to
one of these groups. (DO NOT use the Cluster Group.) Save the changes
and return to the main Cluster Administrator screen.
3.
Open a DOS window on a network client machine.
4.
Ensure the network client can access the IP address added in Step 2.
From the network client, execute a PING command using the cluster
IP address as the argument.
NOTE:
Regardless of whether you are using WINS or DHCP, you can execute the DOS
command
“
PING
”
to check the connection.
The client has successfully accessed the cluster resource if you get a
response similar to:
Reply from <IP Address>: bytes=xx time=xxxms TTL=xx
The client has not successfully accessed the cluster resource if you get a
response of:
Reply from <IP Address>: Destination host unreachable
5.
Following the completion of the PING command, use Cluster
Administrator to perform a manual failover of the cluster group that
contains the IP address.
6.
After the manual failover completes, execute the PING command again.