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 1. Hardware 
 Check Server Hardware 
 Check SAN/DAS connectivity 
 Check Network connectivity 
 2. Installation Operating System 
 Partition System Disk 
 Installation Windows Server 20...  
 Installation of required Hotfi...  
 Installation of Proliant Suppo...  
 Installation of SQL XML & MS X...  
 Install MPIO 
 3. Active Directory infrastructur...  
 Creation of Service User Accou...  
 Assign proper rights 
 4. Preparing systems 
 Install MS DTC and COM+ compon...  
 Add Service accounts in Local ...  
 Configure NIC Binder order 
 Configure the protocols used p...  
 Install Disk Systems 
 5. Installation of Cluster 
 First Node 
 Second Node 
 Additional nodes 
 Verify Cluster 
 Post installation tasks 
 6. Configure Cluster Server 
 MS DTC Service 
 Test Cluster 
 7. Installation of SQL 
 Installation of SQL on first n...  
 Installation SQL Workstation C...  
 Installation of an additional ...  
 Installation Service Pack 1 
 Install Updated Books On Line 
 8. Post installation Tasks 
 Database file location 
 Database tuning 
 Moving TEMPDB transaction log 
 Moving master transaction log 
 9. Use full links 
 Cluster 
3. Active Directory infrastructure Priority 3
This step presumes that Active Directory is already up and running on the platform on which you 're working.
As a part of the AD-Design we should have an Organization Unit (OU) dedicated for user accounts which will contain the service accounts for the cluster and SQL instances.
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