Index

Figures

Tables

Basic Installation Overview for Cluster Consolidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23 Installing the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26 Cluster Consolidation Switch Zoning Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27 Example Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29

Additional PowerEdge Cluster Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33

Using the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility for Storage

Processor Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33 Upgrading to a Cluster Consolidation Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33

Figure 1-1.

Direct-Attached Cluster Configuration

. 1-2

Figure 1-2.

SAN-Attached Cluster Configuration

. 1-3

Figure 1-3.

Cluster Consolidation Configuration

. 1-4

Figure 1-4.

How a SAN-Attached PowerEdge Cluster Uses

 

 

Networking Segments

. 1-5

Figure 1-5.

Example of Cabling a Single PowerEdge Cluster With Two

 

 

PowerVault Fibre Channel Switches

1-12

Figure 1-6.

Example of Cabling a PowerVault Storage System and a

 

 

PowerVault 130T DLT Library

1-13

Figure 1-7.

Example of Cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to

 

 

Four PowerVault 65xF DPEs

1-14

Figure 1-8.

Example of Cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to Four

 

 

PowerVault 65xF DPEs and SAN Backup Using the PowerVault

 

 

Fibre Channel Bridge and Tape Library

1-15

Figure 1-9.

Example of a Two-Cluster Configuration Sharing a

 

 

PowerVault 130T DLT Library

1-18

Figure 1-10. Example of a Three-Cluster Configuration Sharing a

 

 

PowerVault SAN

1-19

Figure 1-11. Example of Cabling Two PowerEdge Cluster F-Series

 

 

Systems in a SANS

1-21

Figure 1-12. Example Showing Two Zones

1-28

Figure 1-13. Example Showing Two Zones

1-29

Figure 1-14.

Five MSCS Clusters Sharing a PowerVault 65xF Storage System . 1-30

Figure 1-15.

Ten MSCS Clusters Sharing a PowerVault 65xF Storage System. .

1-31

Figure 1-16.

Multiple Cluster, Multiple Storage SAN Environment Example . . .

1-32

Table 1-1.

Rules and Guidelines for SAN-Attached Clusters

. 1-6

Table 1-2.

Cluster Consolidation Rules

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