Teach you how to install and configure a server cluster system

Today, the dealers we talked about in our program provided us with detailed steps to install and configure the server cluster system. Below, let's teach you how to configure the server cluster system!

1. Cluster server installation and configuration:
Steps
Node1
Node2
Storage
Notes
Installation Configuration System

Power on

Power-on

Power-off

Check that all storage devices on the shared bus are powered off and power up each node.

1.1 Installing Windows Server 2003 Operating System

Install Windows Server 2003 operating system separately on Server 1 and Server 2. Installation To begin the installation process, start directly from the Windows Server 2003 CD. Your CD-ROM must support a bootable CD.

Note: When configuring partitions and formatting drives, the data on the server's hard drive will be corrupted.

1.1.1 Starting the Installation

The installer creates a disk partition on a computer running Windows Server 2003, formats the drive, and then copies the installation files from the CD to the server.
Note: These instructions assume that Windows Server 2003 is installed on a computer that is not already running Windows. Some installation steps may vary if you upgrade from an earlier version of Windows.

The detailed steps are as follows:

1. Insert the "Windows Server 2003 CD" into your CD-ROM drive.

2. "restart" the computer. When prompted, press any key to boot from the CD.

This will start installing Windows Server 2003.

3. In the "Welcome to Setup" screen, press the "Enter" key.

4. Read the license agreement, if accepted, press "F8" key.

Note: If an earlier version of Windows Server 2003 is already installed on this server, a message may appear asking if you want to repair the drive. Press the "Esc" button to proceed with the installation without repairing the drive.

5. Follow the instructions to delete all existing disk partitions. The exact steps may vary depending on the number and type of existing partitions on your computer. Continue to delete the partition until all disk space is marked as "unpartitioned space."

6. After all disk space is labeled as "Unpartitioned space", press "C" key to create a partition (if applicable) in unallocated space on a disk drive in. When

7. In the "Create disk partition size (MB)" prompt, type 20480, and then press the "Enter" key.

8. After you create a partition, press the "Enter" key "new (not used)."

9. "Use NTFS file system partition & lt; fast & gt;", then press the "Enter" key.

The Windows Server 2003 installer formats the partition and then copies the files from the Windows Server 2003 Server CD to the hard drive. The computer will restart and the Windows Server 2003 installer will proceed with the installation.

1.1.2 Completing the Installation

Using the Windows Server 2003 Installation Wizard to Continue Installation

1. The Windows Server 2003 Installation Wizard detects and installs the device. This may take a few minutes, during which time your screen may flicker.

2. In the "Regional and Language Options" dialog box, change your locale (typically, if the United States, you do not need to make changes), and then click "Next."

3. In the "Custom Software" dialog box, in the "Name" box, type "Mike Nash", the "Unit" box, type "Reskit". Click Next.

4. In the provided text box, type "product key" (at the back of the packaging box Windows Server 2003 CD), and then click "Next."

5. In the "Authorization Mode" dialog box, select the appropriate licensing mode for your organization, and then click "Next."

6. In the "Computer Name and Administrator Password" dialog "Computer Name" box, type the new computer name "HQ-CON-DC-01", then click "Next."

Best Practices: To facilitate the steps in these guides, the system administrator password is left blank and no password is set. This is not an acceptable security practice. Always set a password when installing a server for a production network. By default, Windows Server 2003 requires a complex password to be set.

7. When the "Windows Installer" prompt, click "Yes" to confirm the settings blank administrator password.

8. When necessary, in the "Date and Time Settings" dialog box, correct the current date and time, and then click "Next."

9. In the "Network Settings" dialog box, make sure the "Typical Settings" and click "Next."

10. In the "Workgroup or Computer Domain" dialog box (default is "no"), click "Next."

Note: You can specify a domain name at this time, but this guide will use the Configure Server Wizard to create a domain name later.

Windows Server 2003 installation continues and configures the required components. This may take a few minutes.

11. Server "Restart" and load the operating system from the hard drive.

1.1.3 set the second disk drive

must be formatted space to install Windows Server 2003 has not been divided, then the operating system can access it. Disk and partition management is done through the Computer Management snap-in in the Microsoft Management Console. The following steps assume that the second disk drive is in use; modify the process accordingly for the second partition.

Preparing a second disk drive

Warning: Formatting a partition destroys all data on that partition. Make sure the correct partition is selected.

1. Click the "Start" button, point to "Administrative Tools", and then click "Computer Management".

2. To define and format the unpartitioned space, click "Disk Management."

3. Right-click on the disk 1 "unassigned."

4. To define a partition, click "New Partition" and then click "Next" to continue.

5. Select "Primary Partition" (default), and then click "Next" to continue.

6. Click "Next", the "partition size (MB)" is set to the default value.

7. For the "drive letter assigned to the" select "D", and then click the "Next" to continue.

8. In "with the following settings Format this partition", click "Perform a quick format." Click Next, then click Finish to complete the configuration of the second disk drive. Once complete, the disk allocation should look similar to what is shown in Figure 2.

Figure 2. Disk Management
9. Close the "Computer Management" console.