7.2Benefits of Clusters
Clusters provide three basic benefits:
•Improved application and data availability
•Scalability of hardware resources
•Simplified management of large or rapidly growing systems
7.3Installation and Configuration
Use the following procedure to install and configure your system as part of a cluster.
1.Unpack the controller, following the instructions in Chapter 6.
2.Set the hardware termination for the controller as “always on”. See Section 6.2.4.3, “J4/J5 Termination Enable,” page
3.Configure the IDs for the drives in the enclosure.
4.Install one controller at a time. Press <Ctrl> <M> at BIOS initialization to configure the options instep 5 – step 11. Do not attach the disks yet.
5.Set the controller to Cluster Mode in the Objects > Adapter > Cluster Mode menu.
6.Disable the BIOS in the Objects > Adapter > Enable/Disable BIOS menu.
7.Change the initiator ID in the Objects > Adapter > Initiator ID menu.
8.Power down the first server.
9.Attach the controller to the shared array.
10.Configure the first controller to the desired arrays using the Configure > New Configuration menu.
Note: Use the whole array size of any created array. Do not create partitions of different sizes on the RAID arrays from the BIOS Configuration Utility (<Ctrl><M>), because they
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