The easiest way to install and configure the Windows Cluster server is to do so when you first configure an integrated server. Use the Install Windows server (INSWNTSVR) command with the following parameters that specify the cluster configuration information:
For more information about installing the integrated server, see Install Windows 2000 Server or Windows Server 2003.
After you run the INSWNTSVR command (and the integrated Windows server install completes) and before you install the Windows Clustering service on the Windows side, you must perform additional configuration steps on the integrated server console. For more information, see Prepare Windows before installing Windows Cluster service.
Cluster name:
The Cluster name (CLU) parameter provides the name that the cluster will be known by. This is used by administrators to connect to the cluster and represents the group of independent network server nodes which will work together as a single system. The name entered for the cluster name is also used as the name of the network server storage space that is created and will serve as the quorum resource for the cluster.
Cluster configuration:
The Cluster configuration parameter (CLUCFG) is used to define the cluster and configure the quorum resource network server storage space. Additionally, this information is used to validate that any secondary nodes have the correct i5/OS™ configuration necessary to create the virtual cluster connections for the shared storage devices and the virtual Ethernet port that will be used for the private clustering interconnect. The cluster configuration value of *CLU will retrieve the cluster configuration from the existing quorum resource network server storage space specified on the CLU parameter,