# Topology

So, taking into account that we'll need:

* An Active Directory Domain
* 2-nodes (which means my 2 servers in the cluster) joined to said domain
* A witness

We can easily create a 3-server setup:

* 1 server to be DC and witness
* 2 servers who are our 2 converged nodes.

As you can see in my crude drawing below:

* My physical Windows 10 host
* My 3 servers: 2 nodes and my witness being run virtually on my Windows 10 host
* A virtualised server who's running on HC Node 1, with HC Node 2 actually being in cluster as a failover/hot-standby for computational power,storage and networking.&#x20;

![](https://3108435343-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-Lp2rB1gAFhoLXwsXIIR%2F-Lp2rDugz51IbJxnu7OE%2F-Lp2sDfq6NGy2nJG_aE2%2Ftopology2.png?generation=1568801884692429\&alt=media)

So let's head over to server number 1: the DC.

Hint: Make sure all integration services are enabled so you can easily copy paste between host and your VMs
