Adding a cluster: Panel help

You can access the Adding a Cluster panel by selecting the Add a Cluster action from the task list and clicking Go on the Viewing Clusters panel.

Fields

You can update the following fields:

Cluster IP Address (IPv4 or IPv6)

Enter the IP address of the cluster to manage with the SAN Volume Controller Console. The SAN Volume Controller Console supports both IPv4 and IPv6 address formats. For IPv6 addresses, the following formats are supported:

Eight colon-separated groups of four hexadecimal digits; for example, 1234:1234:abcd:0123:0000:0000:7689:6576
Eight colon-separated groups of hexadecimal digits with leading zeros omitted; for example, 1234:1234:abcd:123:0:0:7689:6576
Zero suppression format; for example, 1234:1234:abcd:123::7689:6576
Note: You can only suppress one set of zeros in an address.

Note: To use IPv6 address formats in Microsoft® Windows® environments, Microsoft Windows 2003 or later is required.

Create (Initialize) Cluster

Select this to complete the cluster-creation process that was started from the front panel of the node.

Important: If the cluster is already in use and you are adding the cluster to the list of managed clusters for this installation of the SAN Volume Controller Console, do not select the Create (Initialize) Cluster check box.

Actions

The following actions are available:

OK: Click this button to add a cluster.
Cancel: Click this button to exit this panel without adding a cluster.