Dell ISCSI manual Installation Overview, Additional Information For Installing iSCSI NICs

12.Configure highly-available applications and services on your Failover Cluster. Depending on your configuration, this may also require providing additional volumes to the cluster or creating new cluster resource groups. Test the failover capabilities of the new resources.

13.Configure client systems to access the highly-available applications and services that are hosted on your Failover Cluster.

Installation Overview

Each cluster node in the Failover Cluster must have the same release, edition, service pack, and processor architecture of the Windows Server operating system installed. For example, all nodes in your cluster may be configured with the Windows Server 2003 R2, Enterprise x64 Edition operating system. If the operating system varies among nodes, it may not be possible to configure a Failover Cluster successfully. It is recommended that you establish server roles prior to configuring a Failover Cluster, depending on the operating system configured on your cluster.

For a list of Dell PowerEdge systems, iSCSI NICs, supported list of operating system variants, and specific driver and

firmware revisions, see the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices at dell.com/ha.

The following sub-sections describe steps that enable you to establish communication between the cluster nodes and your shared Dell EqualLogic PS series storage array(s), and to present disks from the storage array(s) to the cluster:

•Installing the iSCSI NICs

•Installing the Host Integration Tools

•Installing the Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator

•Modifying the Registry Settings

•Configuring the Shared Storage Array(s)

•Installing and Configuring a Failover Cluster

Additional Information For Installing iSCSI NICs

•It is recommended that you install the latest and compatible service packs or hotfixes of the NIC driver.

•For optimal performance benefit, it is recommended that you enable Flow Control and Jumbo Frames on each NIC and switch that handles iSCSI traffic.

•For information about supported NICs and drivers, see the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices at dell.com/ha.

Host Integration Tools

The Host Integration Tools include:

Remote Setup Wizard Enables you to initialize an EqualLogic PS Series storage array and to set up and configure

	access to a Dell EqualLogic PS Series group. The wizard also enables you to configure
	multipath I/O on the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 operating system.
Multipath I/O Device	Enables you to configure multiple redundant network paths between a system running the
Specific Module	Windows operating system and EqualLogic PS Series group volumes for high availability and
(DSM)	high performance.
Auto-Snapshot	Enables you to implement Microsoft Volume Snapshot Service (VSS) to create snapshots,
Manager/Microsoft	clones, and replicas to provide point-in-time protection of critical data for supported
Edition (ASM/ME)	applications, including Microsoft SQL Server, Exchange Server, Hyper-V, and NTFS file shares.
	The Auto-Snapshot Manager is a VSS Requestor and includes a VSS Provider.

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