Verifying prerequisites for cluster setup

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Verify the prerequisites for setting up the cluster.

  • Ensure that the 10 GbE port that you connect to and the cluster nodes' NIC connections are within the same VLAN or broadcast domain.
  • Ensure that the switch supports multicast (required for the IBM® Storage Defender Data Protect auto-discovery function).
  • The laptop used to configure the cluster must be configured with one NIC only. If the laptop has multiple NICs configured, disable all but one to set up the cluster.
  • OS X requirements:
    • Bonjour (for Windows, which provides mDNS service discovery to resolve the name)
    • Safari browser (for Mac OS)