Dell EMC AX4-5I manual

Cabling Multiple iSCSI SAN-Attached Clusters to a DellEMC Storage System

To cable multiple clusters to the storage system, connect the cluster nodes to the appropriate iSCSI switches and then connect the iSCSI switches to the appropriate storage processors on the processor enclosure.

For rules and guidelines for iSCSI SAN-attached clusters, see the Dell Cluster Configuration Support Matrices located on the Dell High Availability Cluster website at www.dell.com/ha.

Cabling Multiple iSCSI SAN-Attached Clusters to the AX4-5i Storage System

NOTE: The following procedure uses Figure 2-8 as an example for cabling additional clusters.

1In the first cluster, connect cluster node 1 to the iSCSI network.

a Connect a network cable from iSCSI NIC 0 (or NIC port 0) to the network switch 0 (sw0).

b Connect a network cable from iSCSI NIC 1 (or NIC port 1) to the network switch 1 (sw1).

2In the first cluster, repeat step 1 for each node.

3For each additional cluster, repeat step 1 and step 2.

4Connect the storage system to the iSCSI network.

a Connect a network cable from the network switch 0 (sw0) to SP-A iSCSI port 0.

b Connect a network cable from the network switch 0 (sw0) to SP-B iSCSI port 1.

c Connect a network cable from the network switch 1 (sw1) to SP-A iSCSI port 1.

d Connect a network cable from the network switch 1 (sw1) to SP-B iSCSI port 0.

Connecting a PowerEdge Cluster to Multiple Storage Systems

You can increase your cluster storage capacity by attaching multiple storage systems to your cluster using redundant iSCSI networks. PowerEdge cluster systems can support configurations with multiple storage units attached to the clustered nodes. In this scenario, the MSCS software can fail over disk drives in any cluster-attached shared storage array between the cluster nodes.

Cabling Your Cluster Hardware

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