4 Contents
Cabling Your Private Network . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Using Dual-Port Network Adapters for
Your Private Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
NIC Teaming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cabling the Storage Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cabling Storage for Your
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Cabling Storage for Your
SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Connecting a PowerEdge Cluster to
Multiple PowerVault MD3600f or MD3620f
Storage Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
3 Preparing Your Systems
for Clustering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Cluster Configuration Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Installation Overview
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Installing Supported Fibre Channel HBAs
. . . . . . . . 44
Installing Fibre Channel HBA
on Your Host Server
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Customizing HBA Drivers and
Firmware Settings
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Implementing Zoning on a Fibre
Channel Switched Fabric
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
World Wide Name Zoning
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Switch Zoning Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Setting Up Zoning on the Fibre Channel
Switch Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Installing the Storage Management Software
. . . . . 47
Configuring the Shared Storage System
. . . . . . . . . 48
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