First cluster - Server 2012 r2 - storage spaces issues

Hi Everyone
   We just purchased two new servers (Lenovo RD640's) and an external SAS JBOD enclosure (the Lenovo SA120), and we would like to set up a 2012 r2 failover cluster with clustered storage spaces as the shared storage.  Currently they are
on their own domain with the virtual active directory server residing locally on one of the servers.
   Preface: I've created and destroyed the cluster and storage spaces multiple times trying to solve this issue, so I don't know if I may have "leftovers" from those attempts now causing issues for me.
  I can create the cluster, and it passes validation, and can create a clustered storage pool, but every time I try to create a virtual disk (either through the Failover cluster manager, the server manager, or powershell), it won't attach.  If
I try to manually attach it I get the message: "Error attaching or detaching virtual disk: Failed to attach virtual disk to <node name>. Access denied"
Finally (and I don't know if this is related or not), when in storage spaces on the server manager, there is a gold banner at the top that says "Incomplete communication with cluster <cluster name>. The following cluster nodes or clustered roles
might be offline or have connectivity issues: <cluster name>"
 I'm logged in with full domain administrator credentials, and have been running my head against this wall for a few days now.  Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks for your responses. Here is what I have to report:
When I destroy the cluster, and create the storage spaces on just one of the two servers (with the other server powered down), I'm able to create the storage pool - using all the HDDs and SSDs - and virtual disks (both tiered and non-tiered) without issue. 
As soon as I create the cluster again, the virtual disks become "detached", and I'm back to the situation described initially.
@Apamnapat, here's the output of the powershell commandlets you suggested:
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-storagepool | fl *
Usage                             : Other
OperationalStatus                 : OK
HealthStatus                      : Healthy
ProvisioningTypeDefault           : Fixed
SupportedProvisioningTypes        : {Thin, Fixed}
ReadOnlyReason                    : None
RepairPolicy                      : Parallel
RetireMissingPhysicalDisks        : Auto
WriteCacheSizeDefault             : Auto
FileSystem                        : Unknown
Version                           : Windows Server 2012 R2
ObjectId                          : {1}\\CBC116\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StoragePool.ObjectId
                                    ="{1cca13ee-d45c-11e3-80b5-806e6f6e6963}:SP:{1cca13ef-d45c-11e3-80b5-806e6f6e6963}"
PassThroughClass                  :
PassThroughIds                    :
PassThroughNamespace              :
PassThroughServer                 :
UniqueId                          : {1cca13ef-d45c-11e3-80b5-806e6f6e6963}
AllocatedSize                     : 24962849046528
ClearOnDeallocate                 : False
EnclosureAwareDefault             : False
FriendlyName                      : Primordial
IsClustered                       : False
IsPowerProtected                  : False
IsPrimordial                      : True
IsReadOnly                        : False
LogicalSectorSize                 :
Name                              :
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription             :
PhysicalSectorSize                :
ResiliencySettingNameDefault      : Mirror
Size                              : 25264456597504
SupportsDeduplication             : False
ThinProvisioningAlertThresholds   : {70}
WriteCacheSizeMax                 : 107374182400
WriteCacheSizeMin                 : 0
PSComputerName                    :
CimClass                          : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_StoragePool
CimInstanceProperties             : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties               : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
Usage                             : Other
OperationalStatus                 : OK
HealthStatus                      : Healthy
ProvisioningTypeDefault           : Fixed
SupportedProvisioningTypes        : Fixed
ReadOnlyReason                    : None
RepairPolicy                      : Parallel
RetireMissingPhysicalDisks        : Auto
WriteCacheSizeDefault             : Auto
FileSystem                        : Unknown
Version                           : Windows Server 2012 R2
ObjectId                          : {1}\\CBC116\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StoragePool.ObjectId
                                    ="{3407c278-597d-4d38-b877-b2eff1e8a936}:SP:{05303524-5f93-4829-b84a-44955d1eb28e}"
PassThroughClass                  :
PassThroughIds                    :
PassThroughNamespace              :
PassThroughServer                 :
UniqueId                          : {05303524-5f93-4829-b84a-44955d1eb28e}
AllocatedSize                     : 24962849046528
ClearOnDeallocate                 : False
EnclosureAwareDefault             : False
FriendlyName                      : Primordial
IsClustered                       : True
IsPowerProtected                  : False
IsPrimordial                      : True
IsReadOnly                        : False
LogicalSectorSize                 :
Name                              :
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription             :
PhysicalSectorSize                :
ResiliencySettingNameDefault      : Mirror
Size                              : 25264456597504
SupportsDeduplication             : False
ThinProvisioningAlertThresholds   : {70}
WriteCacheSizeMax                 : 107374182400
WriteCacheSizeMin                 : 0
PSComputerName                    :
CimClass                          : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_StoragePool
CimInstanceProperties             : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties               : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
Usage                             : Other
OperationalStatus                 : OK
HealthStatus                      : Healthy
ProvisioningTypeDefault           : Fixed
SupportedProvisioningTypes        : Fixed
ReadOnlyReason                    : None
RepairPolicy                      : Parallel
RetireMissingPhysicalDisks        : Auto
WriteCacheSizeDefault             : Auto
FileSystem                        : Unknown
Version                           : Windows Server 2012 R2
ObjectId                          : {1}\\CBC116\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StoragePool.ObjectId
                                    ="{3407c278-597d-4d38-b877-b2eff1e8a936}:SP:{48e0189b-db8c-11e3-80d3-f80f41fcd134}"
PassThroughClass                  :
PassThroughIds                    :
PassThroughNamespace              :
PassThroughServer                 :
UniqueId                          : {48e0189b-db8c-11e3-80d3-f80f41fcd134}
AllocatedSize                     : 17179869184
ClearOnDeallocate                 : False
EnclosureAwareDefault             : False
FriendlyName                      : Storage Pool
IsClustered                       : True
IsPowerProtected                  : False
IsPrimordial                      : False
IsReadOnly                        : False
LogicalSectorSize                 : 512
Name                              :
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription             :
PhysicalSectorSize                : 4096
ResiliencySettingNameDefault      : Mirror
Size                              : 24951612506112
SupportsDeduplication             : False
ThinProvisioningAlertThresholds   : {70}
WriteCacheSizeMax                 : 107374182400
WriteCacheSizeMin                 : 0
PSComputerName                    :
CimClass                          : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_StoragePool
CimInstanceProperties             : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties               : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-virtualdisk | fl *
Usage                             : Other
NameFormat                        :
OperationalStatus                 : Detached
HealthStatus                      : Unknown
ProvisioningType                  : Fixed
ParityLayout                      : Rotated Parity
Access                            : Read/Write
UniqueIdFormat                    : Vendor Specific
DetachedReason                    : By Policy
WriteCacheSize                    : 1073741824
ObjectId                          : {1}\\CBC116\root/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_VirtualDisk.ObjectId
                                    ="{3407c278-597d-4d38-b877-b2eff1e8a936}:VD:{48e0189b-db8c-11e3-80d3-f80f41fcd134}{
                                    c1894936-db95-11e3-80d5-f80f41fcd134}"
PassThroughClass                  :
PassThroughIds                    :
PassThroughNamespace              :
PassThroughServer                 :
UniqueId                          : 364989C195DBE31180D5F80F41FCD134
AllocatedSize                     : 7516192768
FootprintOnPool                   : 8589934592
FriendlyName                      : Disk Witness
Interleave                        : 262144
IsDeduplicationEnabled            : False
IsEnclosureAware                  : False
IsManualAttach                    : True
IsSnapshot                        : False
LogicalSectorSize                 : 512
Name                              :
NumberOfAvailableCopies           :
NumberOfColumns                   : 8
NumberOfDataCopies                : 1
OtherOperationalStatusDescription :
OtherUsageDescription             :
PhysicalDiskRedundancy            : 1
PhysicalSectorSize                : 4096
RequestNoSinglePointOfFailure     : False
ResiliencySettingName             : Parity
Size                              : 7516192768
UniqueIdFormatDescription         :
PSComputerName                    :
CimClass                          : ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage:MSFT_VirtualDisk
CimInstanceProperties             : {ObjectId, PassThroughClass, PassThroughIds, PassThroughNamespace...}
CimSystemProperties               : Microsoft.Management.Infrastructure.CimSystemProperties

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