Dell CX4 manual Cabling the Public Network, Network Connections Description

Table 2-1. Network Connections

Network Connection	Description
Public network	All connections to the client LAN.
	At least one public network must be configured for Mixed
	mode for private network failover.
Private network	A dedicated connection for sharing cluster health and
	status information only.

Figure 2-3 shows an example of cabling in which dedicated network adapters in each node are connected to each other (for the private network) and the remaining network adapters are connected to the public network.

Figure 2-3. Example of Network Cabling Connection

public network

public network adapter

private network adapter

private network

cluster node 1 cluster node 2

Cabling the Public Network

Any network adapter supported by a system running TCP/IP may be used to connect to the public network segments. You can install additional network adapters to support additional public network segments or to provide redundancy in the event of a faulty primary network adapter or switch port.

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