Bringing up the cluster

Turn on the power to each disk shelf in the cluster.

Turn on the power to both filers.

At the prompt on each console, enter the following command:

boot

Result

The filer begins the boot process, booting to the system prompt.

Check the status of the cluster by entering the following command on each console:

cf status

Result

You should see the following output:

cluster monitor not initialized.

Enable the cluster licenses on your filers, as described in "Enabling and licensing clustering on your filers."

Enable the licenses on the local filer using the following command:

license option=code

option is the feature you want to license.

code is the license code you received for the cluster feature.

The following additional licenses must be the same on both filers. These licenses are purchased separately.

• Clustering
• CIFS
• HTTP
• NFS

Reboot the filer by entering the following commands:

halt

boot

Repeat Steps 1 and 2 for the partner filer.

On each console, enter the following command:

cf enable

Result

Clustering is enabled, but not configured.

Check the status of your cluster using the following command:

cf status

Result

You should see the following output:

Clustering enabled, filer 2 is up.

Configure your cluster as described in Configuring the cluster.