Running cluster validation

Now that we are inside Failover Cluster Manager, you will notice a list of tasks available to launch under the Management section of the console, near the middle of your screen:

Before we can configure the cluster itself or add any server nodes to it, we must first validate our hardware configuration. Failover clustering is a pretty complex set of technologies, and there are many places where misconfigurations or inconsistencies could set the whole cluster askew. Your intentions behind setting up a cluster are obviously for reliable redundancy, but even a simple mistake in the configuration of your member servers ...

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