Dell CX4 manual HBA ports, Sw0

Figure 2-10. Cabling a SAN-Attached Cluster to the Dell/EMC CX4-120 or CX4-240

cluster node 1 cluster node 2

0 1

HBA ports (2)

HBA ports (2)
0	1

sw0

SP-B SP-A

3	1	3	1
2		2
1	0	1	0
0		0

sw1

CX4-120 or CX4-240 storage system

Cabling a SAN-Attached Cluster to the Dell/EMC CX4-480 or CX4-960 Storage System

1Connect cluster node 1 to the SAN:

a Connect a cable from HBA port 0 to Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0). b Connect a cable from HBA port 1 to Fibre Channel switch 1 (sw1).

2Repeat step 1 for each additional cluster node.

3Connect the storage system to the SAN:

a Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to the first front- end fibre channel port on SP-A.

b Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to the first front- end fibre channel port on SP-B.

c Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to the second front-end fibre channel port on SP-A.

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