Installation check-list

Narrative form, but pretty comprehensive.
http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/searchSQLServer/downloads/SQL_Cluster_Ezine_Final_needs_URL.pdf
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"Alberto Brivio" <a.brivio@.adb.it> wrote in message
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> Dear ALL,
> I have a two-node win2003 cluster where I'm going to install SQL server
> 2005.
> Please, anyone of you could give me a link where I can find documentation
> about installation steps?
>
> Regards
> Alberto Brivio
>
Geoff,
I have been reading the article and have a question. On page 4 at the very
bottom, you said that for a two-node cluster a crossover cable is good for
the cluster private network. It makes me wondering how do you do the
connection if there are more than two nodes. A switch with all the nodes as
peer?
"Geoff N. Hiten" wrote:

> Narrative form, but pretty comprehensive.
> http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/searchSQLServer/downloads/SQL_Cluster_Ezine_Final_needs_URL.pdf
>
> --
> Geoff N. Hiten
> Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
> Microsoft SQL Server MVP
>
> "Alberto Brivio" <a.brivio@.adb.it> wrote in message
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>
|||Switch, hub, pretty much anything works as long as it suports IP multicast.
The actual communication volume is very low. That would be a perfect use
for an old RG-58 Ethernet cable, if you could find cards that still
supported that connection. As I noted, you will need to have the cluster
private network on a separate subnet. Don't route it or register the
connections in DNS.
Geoff N. Hiten
Senior SQL Infrastructure Consultant
Microsoft SQL Server MVP
"SQL Question" <SQLQuestion@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Geoff,
> I have been reading the article and have a question. On page 4 at the
> very
> bottom, you said that for a two-node cluster a crossover cable is good for
> the cluster private network. It makes me wondering how do you do the
> connection if there are more than two nodes. A switch with all the nodes
> as
> peer?
> "Geoff N. Hiten" wrote: