Dell SE500W manual Using Mscs, Cluster Objects, Cluster Networks

Using MSCS

This section provides information about Microsoft® Cluster Service (MSCS). This section is intended to be an overview of MSCS and provides information about the following:

•Cluster objects

•Cluster networks

•Network interfaces

•Cluster nodes

•Groups

•Cluster resources

•Failover and failback

For information about specific MSCS procedures, see the MSCS online help.

NOTE: In this guide and in other cluster documentation, the quorum resource is also referred to as the quorum disk.

Cluster Objects

Cluster objects are the physical and logical units managed by MSCS. Each object is associated with the following:

•One or more properties, or attributes, that define the object and its behavior within the cluster

•A set of cluster control codes used to manipulate the object's properties

•A set of object management functions used to manage the object through MSCS

Cluster Networks

A network performs one of the following roles in a cluster:

•A network that carries internal cluster communication

•A public network that provides client systems with access to cluster application services

•A public-and-private network that carries both internal cluster communication and connects client systems to cluster application services

•Neither a public nor private network that carries traffic unrelated to cluster operation

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