Step 1: Preparing your equipment

To prepare your system cabinets for clustering, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Remove the front and rear doors and side panels from the system cabinets, as described in the 42U System Cabinet Guide. You should only remove the panels from the sides that will be connected. If you have a single system cabinet, go to Step 3.
2	Connect the system cabinets. See the 42U System Cabinet Guide.
3	Connect the nodes to your network. See the F800 Series Hardware Guide.
4	Go to section Step 3: Cabling the nodes together.

To prepare your new equipment for clustering, complete the following steps.

Step	Action
1	Install both nodes in the equipment rack. See the F800 Series Hardware Guide.
2	Label the FC-AL interfaces, where appropriate, then install the disk shelves in the equipment rack, then set the disk shelf IDs. See the appropriate disk shelf guide for your Fibre Channel disk shelf.
3	Connect the nodes to your network. See the F800 Series Hardware Guide.
4	Go to section Step 2: Cabling the Channel A loops.