Dell PowerVault MD3000i Support Note page 19

Netwo ork-Attached d Solutions
You ca an also cable y your host serve
an ind dustry-standard d 1 GB Ethern
RAID controller can n support up to
session n. This solutio on supports eit
either single or dual controller mo
Figure e 4 shows how up to 16 stand
single MD3000i RAI ID controller m
Ethern net connection n to the netwo
ensure es full redunda ancy if one of t
hosts c can be similarl ly attached to
config gurations the s ervers can be c
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Any co ombination of f clusters and s
Figure 4. Up to 16 SAN N-Configured Se
1 up to 16 stan dalone 2
host servers
4 MD3000i RA AID
Enclosure (si ngle
controller)
Dell Po werVault Data M MD3000i Support
ers to the MD3 3000i RAID co
net switch. By u using an Ether
o 16 hosts sim ultaneously wi
ther single-pat h or dual-path
odules.
dalone servers can be attach
module throug gh a network.
ork allow two s eparate physic
the paths fail. Figure 5 show
a dual MD300 00i RAID cont
configured to f form clusters:
003 cluster supp ports up to 8 n
008 supports up p to 16 nodes
standalone serv vers can be use
ervers, Single-Pa ath Data, Single
IP SAN (Gigabit 3
Eth hernet switch)
5 cor rporate, public
or private network k
t Matrix l
ontroller iSCSI I ports through
rnet switch, th he MD3000i
ith multiple co onnections pe
h data configur rations, as wel
hed (via multip ple sessions) to
Hosts that hav ve a second
cal paths for ea ach host, whic
ws how the sam me number of
troller. In Figu ure 5 for SAN
nodes
ed to access th he MD3000i.
Controller (Sim plex)
Ethernet t
managem ment port
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