Contents 3
Contents

1 Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cluster Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Supported Cluster Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware. . . . . . . . 15

Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . 15
Cabling the Power Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cabling Your Cluster for Public and Private
Networks. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Public Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cabling the Private Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NIC Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling the Storage Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling Storage for Your Direct-Attached
Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling Storage for Your SAN-Attached
Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25