Configure all the Windows Server nodes in your cluster to use IPv4 addresses only. You can either disable IPv6 (see How to disable IPv6 or its specific components in Windows) or set the preference to IPv4.
Ensure that the host's fully-qualified domain name ("FQDN") resolves to an IPv4 address as follows:
To verify that IPv4 is set to
preferred, enter:ipconfig /allThe system should display:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . . : Description . . . . . . . . . . .: Intel(R) PRO/1000 MT Network Connection Physical Address. . . : XX-XX-XX-XX-XX DHCP Enabled. . . .. . . . . .: No Autoconfiguration Enabled .. . . : Yes IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . .. . : 10.0.0.2(Preferred) Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . .: 255.255.255.0 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . .: 10.0.0.100 DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . .: 10.10.0.101 NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . .: Enabled
To flush the DNS cache, enter:
ipconfig /flushdnsTo verify that the hostname of the system resolves to the correct IP address, enter:
ping -a 10.0.0.2The system should display:
Pinging win08r2-node1.HWXsupport.com 10.0.0.2 with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128 Reply from 10.0.0.2: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
