Contents 3
Contents

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

Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Nodes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cluster Storage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Supported Cluster Configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling the Private Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NIC Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling the Storage Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling Storage for Your
Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling Storage for Your
SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cabling a SAN-Attached Cluster to an
AX4-5F Storage System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27