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Chapter 4 Creating and Administering Clusters 53
About QuickClusters
QuickClusters offer a simple and automated way to create and configure clusters, and
an alternative to creating and configuring clusters manually with Apple Qadministrator.
QuickClusters with enabled unmanaged support will auto-configure themselves
and use any available unmanaged services on the same local network (subnet).
QuickClusters listen for unmanaged service advertisements and may mark or
remember any of them for later use.
Creating QuickClusters
You can create and modify QuickClusters in the Apple Qmaster pane in
System Preferences.
1 Open the Apple Qmaster pane in System Preferences.
2 Under “Share this computer as,” click “QuickCluster with services.”
3 Optionally, you can configure a number of settings before you turn on the processing
services. (See “Options in the Apple Qmaster Pane in System Preferences” on page 45.)
Note: It’s easiest to do this now because you can’t make these settings when
processing services are enabled. To make these settings after services have been
enabled, you need to turn off the services, make the settings, and then turn the
services on again.
4 Click Start Sharing.
This creates a QuickCluster with this computer as its controller.