Campus cluster: Connecting the two nodes
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Campus cluster: Connecting the two nodes

Make the necessary connections between the two sites after you configure the Microsoft cluster. The cluster is already active on Server A, so Microsoft clustering is now in control of the cluster storage on Server A, and both nodes of the storage cannot be accessed at the same time by the operating system.

To connect the two nodes

  1. Connect corresponding cables between the three network cards on the two sites.
  2. Connect the two switches at the two sites through the storage interconnect.
  3. Test the connectivity between the two sites. Test the IP addresses of all the network adapter cards in the cluster. Bring up the command window and type ping ipaddress, where the ipaddress is the corresponding network adapter in the other node.
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