Logic MegaRAID Express User's Guide

Appendix C Cluster Configuration with a Crossover Cable
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C Cluster Configuration with a Crossover
Cable
When you are installing the Cluster Service on the first node in a server cluster, Setup
may not detect the network adapter that is connected with a crossover cable. The icon in
Network and Dial-up Connections
that represents the network adapter connected to the
crossover cable is displayed with a red X, and the
Network cable unplugged
icon in
displayed on the taskbar.
You may also receive one of the following error messages:
During installation:
Only a singled Adapter is configured for internal cluster use. If
you have multiple adapters you may reconfigure them to avoid a
single point of failure.
Or, depending on the network role designated on other network adapters that are detected:
No network adapter was configured for internal cluster use.
The reason for this is because Media Sense is a default feature in Windows 2000 that
removes bound protocols from an adapter sensed as "down" or "disconnected." Because
the second node is powered off to avoid contention on the shared disk, Media Sense flags
the network as "disconnected" because there is no end-to-end signal. During installation,
the Cluster Service does not detect the adapter because there are no protocols bound to
the adapter.