Dell CX4 manual Cabling a Cluster to a Dell/EMC Storage System

Cabling a Cluster to a Dell/EMC Storage System

Each cluster node attaches to the storage system using two Fibre optic cables with duplex local connector (LC) multimode connectors that attach to the HBA ports in the cluster nodes and the storage processor (SP) ports in the Dell/EMC storage system. These connectors consist of two individual Fibre optic connectors with indexed tabs that must be aligned properly into the HBA ports and SP ports.

CAUTION: Do not remove the connector covers until you are ready to insert the connectors into the HBA port, SP port, or tape library port.

Cabling a Two-Node Cluster to a Dell/EMC Storage System

NOTE: The Dell/EMC storage system requires at least 2 front-end fibre channel ports available on each storage processor.

1Connect cluster node 1 to the storage system:

a Install a cable from cluster node 1 HBA port 0 to the first front-end fibre channel port on SP-A.

b Install a cable from cluster node 1 HBA port 1 to the first front-end fibre channel port on SP-B.

2Connect cluster node 2 to the storage system:

a Install a cable from cluster node 2 HBA port 0 to the second front-end fibre channel port on SP-A.

b Install a cable from cluster node 2 HBA port 1 to the second front-end fibre channel port on SP-B.

Cabling Your Cluster Hardware

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