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MSCS Cluster Support for Dell PowerVault Storage Area Networks . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 Cluster Consolidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 PowerVault SAN Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4SAN-Attached Clusters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

SAN-Attached Cluster Rules and Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Cluster Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Windows NT 4.0 Cluster Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Windows 2000 Cluster Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Using Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

SAN-Attached Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Connecting a Single PowerEdge Cluster to a Single PowerVault 65xF

Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Connecting a PowerVault 130T DLT Library and PowerVault 35F

Fibre Channel Bridge to a Cluster-Attached PowerVault SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

Connecting a Single PowerEdge Cluster to Multiple

PowerVault 65xF DPEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Configurations With Two to Four PowerVault DPEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13 Configurations With SAN Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14

Configuring Hard-Disk Drive Letters When Using Multiple Shared

Storage Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15 Connecting Multiple PowerEdge Clusters to a PowerVault SAN. . . . . . . . . . 1-16 Two PowerEdge Clusters Sharing a PowerVault SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17 Three PowerEdge Clusters Sharing a PowerVault SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19

Configurations With Multiple SAN-Attached Clusters, Each Using

Multiple PowerVault 65xF DPEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20 Cluster Consolidation Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21 Cluster Consolidation Rules and Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22

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