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32 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware

Figure 2-12. Cabling a SAN-Attached Cluster to the Dell\EMC CX4-960

Cabling Multiple SAN-Attached Clusters to a Dell/EMC Storage System

To cable multiple clusters to the storage system, connect the cluster nodes to

the appropriate Fibre Channel switches and then connect the Fibre Channel

switches to the appropriate storage processors on the processor enclosure.

For rules and guidelines for SAN-attached clusters, see the Dell Cluster

Configuration Support Matrix on the Dell High Availability website at

www.dell.com/ha.

NOTE: The following procedures use Figure2-10, Figure 2-11, and Figure 2-12 as

examples for cabling additional clusters.

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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