3.6.0 Matrix Server Installation Guide (5697-7079, February 2008)

Chapter 3: Install PolyServe Matrix Server 11

If you will be using a client PC outside the matrix to administer your

matrix, you will also need to install the stand-alone Management Console

package on that PC.

1. Set Up the DNS Hostname

Each server running Matrix Server must be able to resolve its hostname in

DNS. Matrix Server uses the first address returned by DNS as the server’s

name in the matrix.

When configuring DNS, keep the following guidelines in mind:

• If you have multiple public networks across the cluster, only one of

the interfaces should be registered in DNS, and all nodes need to be

registered on the same network.

• Do not list any DNS servers for the private (non-routed or non-client

reachable) NICs. For the private NICs and any other public NICs,

uncheck the configuration option to “register this connection’s

addresses in DNS.”

• If you are using dynamic DNS, we recommend that you choose one

public NIC to set up as a DNS client. Then list the DNS server(s) in the

configuration for this NIC. (Static DNS entries may be preferable to

dynamic DNS.)

• If you are using DHCP, be sure to use DHCP reservations so that the

servers’ IP addresses will not change over time.

• If you are using DHCP, the DNS and hostname will be set up correctly

if DHCP has been configured to do this.

If you are not using dynamic DNS or DHCP, you can use static entries to

set up DNS. Use one of the following methods to set up the hostname on

each server:

• Set up a DNS suffix. Select My Computer > Properties > Network

Identification > Properties. On the Identification Changes window,

select More. Then, on the DNS Suffix and NetBIOS Computer Name

window, type the fully qualified domain name as the “Primary DNS

suffix of this computer.”