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Figure 2-3. Cabling One PowerEdge M1000e Server Enclosure to the CX3-20 Storage
Processor Enclosure (SPE)
Cabling One PowerEdge Server Enclosure to Multiple Storage Systems
You can increase your cluster storage capacity by attaching two storage
systems to your cluster using a redundant switch fabric. PowerEdge cluster
systems can support configurations with two storage units attached to
clustered servers. In this scenario, the Microsoft
®
Cluster Services (MSCS)
software can fail over disk drives in any cluster-attached shared storage array
between the cluster nodes.
1 Fibre Channel switch module in I/O
bay C1
5 Fibre Channel switch module in I/O
bay C2
2 SP-B 6 SP-A
3 0Fibre 7 0Fibre
4 1Fibre 8 1Fibre
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