Administrator Guide

Note For clustering, it is required to have at least two NICs in each server that is participating in the cluster. One NIC will be used for data transfer, another one will be used for inter-server communication (“heartbeating”). It is required that data NICs should be connected to one subnet while heartbeating NICs should be connected to another subnet. Do not mix different types of NICs on the same subnet since it may lead to an improper cluster operation and could result into an inability to reconfigure your cluster.

Note Please make sure that all of the appliances participating in cluster have static IP addresses before setting up clustering. With IP addresses obtained via DHCP, cluster setup may fail or function improperly.

To configure cluster

1.Click Storage, located on the main menu.

2.Click Build at the bottom of the screen.

3.Build new cluster window appears.

4.Pick cluster type from appropriate combo box.

5.Pick heartbeating interface from appropriate combo box.

6.Pick other Appliances (also called slave servers or nodes) you would like to include into cluster from the list. For remote Appliances, use the Search for Remote… button.

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Storageflex 3945N manual To configure cluster, Build new cluster window appears