Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

Preparing Your Systems for Clustering 15

Installation Overview

This section provides installation overview procedures for configuring a

cluster running the Microsoft

Windows Server

2003 operating system.

NOTE: Storage management software may vary and use different terms than those

in this guide to refer to similar entities. For example, the terms "LUN" and "Virtual

Disk" are often used interchangeably to designate an individual RAID volume that is

provided to the cluster nodes by the storage array.

Ensure that the cluster meets the requirements as described in "Cluster

Configuration Overview."

Select a domain model that is appropriate for the corporate network and

operating system.

See "Selecting a Domain Model" on page 19.

Reserve static IP addresses for the cluster resources and components,

including:

• Public network

• Private network

• Cluster virtual servers

Use these IP addresses when you install the Windows

operating system

and MSCS.

Configure the internal hard drives.

See "Configuring Internal Drives in the Cluster Nodes" on page 20.

Install and configure the Windows operating system.

The Windows operating system must be installed on all of the nodes. Each

node must have a licensed copy of the Windows operating system, and a

Certificate of Authenticity.

See "Installing and Configuring the Microsoft Windows

Operating System" on page 20.