Bringing up the cluster

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

Turn on the power to both filers and press the Delete key during the memory test.

From the prompt, run the diagnostics program by entering the following command:

sys-diag

Result

The diagnostics program loads. You should run the diagnostics that check your FC-AL adapters and cluster interconnect adapter. See the Diagnostics Guide for more information.

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 your 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 clustering and other licenses on both filers by using the following command on the local and partner nodes:

license option=code

option is the feature you want to license.

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

Reboot both filers by entering the following console command:

reboot

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 from the local node:

Cluster enabled, filer 2 is up.

Result

You should see the following output from the partner node:

Cluster enabled, filer 1 is up.

Configure your cluster as described in Configuring the cluster.