Dell EMC AX4-5 manual HBA ports, AX4-5F storage system Cabling Your Cluster Hardware

aInstall a cable from cluster node 2 HBA port 0 to SP-A Fibre port 1(second fibre port).

bInstall a cable from cluster node 2 HBA port 1 to SP-B Fibre port 1(second fibre port).

Figure 2-5 and Figure 2-6 illustrate the method of cabling a two-node direct-attached cluster to an AX4-5F and AX4-5FX storage system respectively.

NOTE: The cables are connected to the storage processor ports in sequential order for illustrative purposes. While the available ports in your storage system may vary, HBA port 0 and HBA port 1 must be connected to SP-A and SP-B, respectively.

Figure 2-5. Cabling a Two-Node Cluster to an AX4-5F Storage System

cluster node 1 cluster node 2

0 1

HBA ports (2)	HBA ports (2)
SP-B	SP-A

		A
		B
0 Fibre	1 Fibre	0	1 Fibre
		A
		B

AX4-5F storage system

1 0

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Cabling Your Cluster Hardware