Users Guide

Setting Up Your Cluster 13

Setting Up Your Cluster

This section provides information about the prerequisites and the procedure

to set up your Dell™ PowerVault™ NX1950 cluster solution.

NOTE: For known issues and fixes regarding configuring and managing your

cluster, see "Important Information" on page 39.

Configuring Your Cluster

The PowerVault NX1950 cluster solution provides the following wizards to

ensure that the solution is configured appropriately:

•The

Dell Storage Initialization

Wizard

—

automates all storage

communication required for the PowerVault NX1950 Initial

Configuration Tasks wizard to communicate with the array.

•The

PowerVault NX1950 Initial Configuration Tasks

wizard —

walks

you through the steps necessary to perform configuration tasks like

deploying the PowerVault NX1950 cluster solution.

•The

Microsoft Management Console for Storage

—

is a utility for all

storage-related activities.

NOTE: Throughout this document and in the GUI, Microsoft

Management

Console for Storage and PowerVault NX1950 Management Console are

synonymous.

It is recommended that you follow the sequence of steps in Table 2-1 to

successfully create a cluster.