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Configuring Cluster Services, Smart Array Cluster Controller, Start, Programs, Administrative Tools

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System Setup and Configuration for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server 3. Select the Smart Array Cluster Controller to configure the shared storage hard drives. Refer to the HP Array Configuration Utility User Guide on the Documentation CD for detailed information. NOTE: Microsoft recommends creating a 500-MB quorum drive to store cluster information. The quorum drive may be a logical drive that is part of an array. 4. Select Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Computer Management. Then select Disk Management to create volumes out of the logical drives after the shared storage system drives are configured. Be sure to write a disk signature, assign drive letters, and format the volumes as NT File System (NTFS). IMPORTANT: Do not upgrade the logical drives from Basic to Dynamic. Cluster Services for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server does not support dynamic disks. 5. Close Disk Management and shut down the first server. 6. Power on the second server. 7. Select Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Computer Management. Then select Disk Management. Review the drive letters and change if necessary to be the same as the first server. 8. Shut down the second server. Configuring Cluster Services To configure the cluster services: 1. Power on the first server. 2. Install and configure the Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) component of Windows 2000 Advanced Server. NOTE: Refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server documentation for details on installing and configuring Cluster Services. 3. Install Service Pack 3 or later and reboot the server when prompted. HP ProLiant DL380 Generation 3 Packaged Cluster Setup and Installation Guide 3-5

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System Setup and Configuration for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
3.
Select the
Smart Array Cluster Controller
to configure the shared storage hard
drives. Refer to the
HP
Array Configuration Utility User Guide
on the
Documentation CD for detailed information.
NOTE:
Microsoft recommends creating a 500-MB quorum drive to store cluster
information. The quorum drive may be a logical drive that is part of an array.
4.
Select
Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Computer Management.
Then
select
Disk Management
to create volumes out of the logical drives after the
shared storage system drives are configured. Be sure to write a disk signature,
assign drive letters, and format the volumes as NT File System (NTFS).
IMPORTANT:
Do not upgrade the logical drives from Basic to Dynamic. Cluster Services
for Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server does not support dynamic disks.
5.
Close
Disk Management
and shut down the first server.
6.
Power on the second server.
7.
Select
Start, Programs, Administrative Tools, Computer Management.
Then
select
Disk Management.
Review the drive letters and change if necessary to be
the same as the first server.
8.
Shut down the second server.
Configuring Cluster Services
To configure the cluster services:
1.
Power on the first server.
2.
Install and configure the Microsoft Cluster Services (MSCS) component of
Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
NOTE:
Refer to the Windows 2000 Advanced Server documentation for details on
installing and configuring Cluster Services.
3.
Install Service Pack 3 or later and reboot the server when prompted.
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