You are configuring a Windows Server 2016 failover cluster in a workgroup.

Before installing one of the nodes, you run the ipconfig /all command and receive the following output.



You need to ensure that Server1 can be added as a node in the cluster.

What should you do?

A. Configure a DNS suffix.

B. Enable NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

C. Change the Node Type to Broadcast.

D. Assign a static IP address.

Explanation:

In addition to the pre-requisites of Single-domain clusters, there are additional pre-requisites for Multi-domain or Workgroup clusters in the Windows Server 2016 including Primary DNS Suffix Requirements.

• Each cluster node needs to have a primary DNS suffix.
• For Multi-domain Clusters: The DNS suffix for all the domains in the cluster, should be present on all cluster nodes…

Note: Failover Clusters can now be created in the following configurations:

• Single-domain Clusters: Clusters with all nodes joined to the same domain
• Multi-domain Clusters: Clusters with nodes which are members of different domains
• Workgroup Clusters: Clusters with nodes which are member servers / workgroup (not domain joined)

References:

Workgroup and Multi-domain clusters in Windows Server 2016