Create the First Node for a Cluster of Physical and Virtual Machines

The first node in a standby host setup is a physical machine.

For information about setting up a physical machine that participates in an WSFC cluster, see the Failover Cluster for Windows documentation.

Procedure

• ♦ Set up the physical machine using the settings listed in the table.

  Component	Requirement
  Windows Cluster Administrator application	Advanced minimum configuration if Windows 2012 is used.
  Storage	Access to the same storage on a SAN as the ESXi host on which the corresponding virtual machine will run.
  Operating system	Installed on each physical machine.