Configuring Cluster Networks

After the cluster is created, several steps should be taken to improve cluster management. One of these tasks includes customizing the cluster networks. Each node in the cluster should have the same number of network adapters and each adapter should have already been renamed to describe a network or to easily identify which network a particular network adapter belongs to. After the nodes are added to the failover cluster for each network card in a cluster node, there will be a corresponding cluster network. Each cluster network will be named by default as Cluster Network 1, Cluster Network 2, and so forth for each network. Each network can be renamed and can also be configured for use by the cluster and clients, for ...

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