Assumptions About How Administrators Set Up the Server

The cluster administrator must configure the server with a highly available IP address (one that is not tied to a particular machine in the cluster) and a port number. The cluster administrator must publish this network address to prospective clients. The CRNP does not define how this server name is made available to clients. The cluster administrator either uses a naming service, which enables clients to find the network address of the server dynamically, or adds the network name to a configuration file for the client to read. The server runs within the cluster as a failover resource type.