Dell CX4 manual Troubleshooting

Table A-1. General Cluster Troubleshooting (continued)

Problem	Probable Cause	Corrective Action
One of the nodes	The node-to-node	Check the network cabling. Ensure
takes a long time to	network has failed due	that the node-to-node interconnection
join the cluster.	to a cabling or	and the public network are connected
or	hardware failure.	to the correct NICs.
One of the nodes	One or more nodes	Configure the Internet Connection
	may have the Internet	Firewall to allow communications that
fail to join
	Connection Firewall	are required by the Microsoft® Cluster
the cluster.
	enabled, blocking	Service (MSCS) and the clustered
	Remote Procedure	applications or services.
	Call (RPC)	See Microsoft Knowledge Base article
	communications
		KB883398 at the Microsoft Support
	between the nodes.
		website at support.microsoft.com for
		more information.
	Long delays in	Verify that the nodes can communicate
	node-to-node	with each other by running the ping
	communications may	command from each node to the other
	be normal.	node. Try both the host name and IP
		address when using the ping
		command.

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