Cabling Storage For Your San-Attached Cluster - Dell PowerVault MD3600f Hardware Installation And Troubleshooting Manual

Cabling Two Two-Node Direct-Attached Clusters to an MD36x0f Storage System
The following steps are an example of how to cable a two two-node cluster.
1 In the first cluster, connect cluster node 1 to the storage system:
Install a cable from cluster node 1 HBA port 0 to the Fibre Channel
a
port on the MD36x0f RAID controller module 0, port In-0.
Install a cable from cluster node 1 HBA port 1 to the Fibre Channel
b
port on the MD36x0f RAID controller module 1, port In-0.
2 In the first cluster, connect cluster node 2 to the storage system:
Install a cable from cluster node 2 HBA port 0 to the Fibre Channel
a
port on the MD36x0f RAID controller module 0, port In-1.
Install a cable from cluster node 2 HBA port 1 to the Fibre Channel
b
port on the MD36x0f RAID controller module 1, port In-1.
3 In the second cluster, connect cluster node 1 to the storage system:
Install a cable from cluster node 1 HBA port 0 to the Fibre Channel
a
port on the MD36x0f the RAID controller module 0, port In-2.
Install a cable from cluster node 1 HBA port 1 to the Fibre Channel
b
port on the MD36x0f RAID controller module 1, port In-2.
4 In the second cluster, connect cluster node 2 to the storage system:
Install a cable from cluster node 2 HBA port 0 to the Fibre Channel
a
port on the MD36x0f RAID controller module 0, port In-3.
Install a cable from cluster node 2 HBA port 1 to the Fibre Channel
b
port on the MD36x0f RAID controller module 1, port In-3.

Cabling Storage for Your SAN-Attached Cluster

A SAN-attached cluster is a cluster configuration where all cluster nodes that
are attached to a single storage system or to multiple storage systems through
SAN use a redundant switch fabric.
SAN-attached cluster configurations provide more flexibility, expandability,
and performance than direct-attached configurations.
For more information on Fibre Channel switch fabrics, see "Implementing
Zoning on a Fibre Channel Switched Fabric" on page 45.
Figure 2-6 shows an example of a two node SAN-attached cluster.
Figure 2-7 shows an example of an sixteen-node SAN-attached cluster.
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