Dell CX4 manual

Dell/EMC CX4-series

Fibre Channel Storage Arrays

With Microsoft®Windows

Server® Failover Clusters

Hardware Installation

and Troubleshooting

Guide

Contents

Main Notes, Cautions, and Warnings Contents 1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware. . . . . . . . 15 4 3 Preparing Your Systems for Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Page Page Introduction Cluster Solution Cluster Hardware Requirements Cluster Nodes Table1-1 lists the hardware requirements for the cluster nodes. NOTE: 10 Cluster Storage Page Supported Cluster Configurations Direct-Attached Cluster SAN-Attached Cluster Other Documents You May Need Page Cabling Your Cluster Hardware Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor Cabling the Power Supplies 16 Cabling Your Cluster for Public and Private Networks Cabling the Public Network Cabling the Private Network NIC Teaming Cabling the Storage Systems Cabling Storage for Your Direct-Attached Cluster Page 22 Page Page Cabling Storage for Your SAN-Attached Cluster Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Page Obtaining More Information Page Page Preparing Your Systems for Clustering Cluster Configuration Overview Page Installation Overview Installing the Fibre Channel HBAs Installing the Fibre Channel HBA Drivers Implementing Zoning on a Fibre Channel Switched Fabric Using Zoning in SAN Configurations Containing Multiple Hosts Using Worldwide Port Name Zoning Page Installing and Configuring the Shared Storage System Access Control Storage Groups NOTE: Navisphere Manager Navisphere Agent EMC PowerPath Enabling Access Control and Creating Storage Groups Using Navisphere Page Configuring the Hard Drives on the Shared Storage System(s) Optional Storage Features Updating a Dell/EMC Storage System for Clustering Installing and Configuring a Failover Cluster Page Troubleshooting Page Page Page Page Page Zoning Configuration Form Page Cluster Data Form 64 Index A C D E H K L M N S T W Z