Dell PowerEdge - Default Chapter; Table of Contents; Contents

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Supported PowerEdge Blade Server
Cluster Components
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PowerEdge Server Enclosure
. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Network-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Blade Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cluster Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
2 Cabling Your Blade Cluster Hardware. . . 25
Cabling Your Cluster For Public and
Private Networks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cabling the Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cabling the Public Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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