the server and, if that succeeds, try connecting to the monitor's port
using you tool of choice (telnet, nc,...).
-**Does ``ceph -s`` run and obtain a reply from the cluster?**
+**Does ceph -s run and obtain a reply from the cluster?**
If the answer is yes then your cluster is up and running. One thing you
can take for granted is that the monitors will only answer to a ``status``
enough to form a quorum (keep in mind that a quorum if formed by a majority
of monitors).
-**What if ``ceph -s`` doesn't finish?**
+**What if ceph -s doesn't finish?**
If you haven't gone through all the steps so far, please go back and do.