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Figure 1-7 provides an example of cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series nodes to four PowerVault 65xF DPEs.

PowerVault Fibre Channel switch 1

Cluster	Cluster
node 1	node 2
	cluster interconnect

PowerVault Fibre

Channel switch 2

PowerVault	PowerVault	PowerVault	PowerVault
storage	storage	storage	storage
system 1	system 2	system 3	system 4

Figure 1-7. Example of Cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to Four PowerVault 65xF DPEs

Configurations With SAN Backup

When using multiple PowerVault 65xF DPEs and SAN backup with your cluster, the following requirements apply:

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All PowerVault 65xF systems must use the same firmware revision. Contact your Dell representative for more information on storage system firmware.

Redundant Fibre Channel switch fabrics are required.

Figure 1-8 provides an example of cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series nodes to PowerVault 65xF DPEs and SAN backup using the PowerVault Fibre Channel bridge and tape library.

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