You might get an error after creating a cluster resource indicating that smdr.novell is not registered with SLP for cluster resources, but the smdr.novell service for the node is registered.
Error: "cluster--<212>: Read ResVol error -603"
The first time a cluster resource is created, smdrd cannot figure it out. Restart smdrd. Thereafter, smdrd is aware of the cluster resource. and advertise it correctly.
Log in to the server as the root user, open a terminal console, then enter
novell-smdrd restart