Dell PowerVault MD3200i - Table of Contents

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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cluster Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Storage Management Software . . . . . . . 9
Supported Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware . . . . . . . . 15
Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . 15
Cabling the Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cabling Your Public and Private Networks
. . . . . . . 18
Cabling Your Public Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling Your Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . 19
Using Dual-Port Network Adapters
for Your Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
NIC Teaming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling the Storage Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cabling the Cluster in Direct-Attached
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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