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For more information on installing Dell OpenManage ATF, Dell OpenManage Managed
Node Agent, Dell OpenManage Data Supervisor, or Dell OpenManage Data Adminis-
trator, see the PowerVault documentation that came with the storage system.
Configuring Shared Drives Using the Windows 2000 Disk
Management Tool
For disk configuration, Windows 2000 uses a disk management tool called Computer
Management located at Administrative Tools—> Computer Management.
The following subsection explains how to use Computer Management to assign drive
letters and format hard-disk drives on the shared storage system.
Assigning Drive Letters and Formatting Drives on the Shared Storage
System
Windows 2000 Cluster Service recognizes the logical drives of the shared storage
system only if the drives are partitioned, formatted using Windows NT File System
(NTFS), assigned drive letters, and configured as basic disks (as opposed to dynamic
disks). Also, the assigned drive letters for each shared storage partition must be iden-
tical on both nodes.
To assign drive letters and format shared hard-disk drives, perform the following
steps:
1. Cl i ck t he Start button, select Programs, select Administrative Tools, and click
Computer Management.
2. Select the Disk Management folder to display Windows drive configuration set-
tings. If you are using the Disk Management tool for the first time, the Write
Signature and Upgrade Disk wizard appears.
A list of all shared drives is displayed in the Disk to Write Signature window.
NOTE: If the Upgrade Disk wizard does not appear and the unformatted drives
are not visible, verify that the updated HBA driver is installed and that the Cluster
Service is not installed and running on another cluster node. If the Cluster
Service is running on another cluster node, you cannot configure the shared
storage disks.
3. Click the check box for each disk, and then click Next.
4. In the Select disks to be upgraded window, deselect all checked boxes.
5. Click Next.
The disk configuration information appears.
NOTICE: The upgrade procedure creates dynamic disks or volumes
from the selected disks that can not be used by Cluster Service. Before
you proceed to the following step, ensure that the disks are not being
upgraded by deselecting each disk.