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Figure 2-4. Cabling a Two-Node Direct-Attached Cluster to a PowerVault MD36
x
0f
Storage System
NOTE: The SAS out port provides SAS connection for cabling to MD1200 or
MD1220 expansion enclosure(s).
Cabling a Four-Node Direct-Attached Cluster to an MD36x0f Storage System
You can configure a cluster with more than two nodes in a direct-attached
configuration using a PowerVault MD36x0f storage system. The MD36x0f
storage system can support up to four-node direct-attached cluster.
The following example explains how to cable a four-node direct-attached
cluster:
1
Connect cluster node 1 to the storage system:
a
Install a cable from cluster node 1 HBA port 0 to the Fibre Channel
port on the MD36
x
0f RAID controller module 0, port In-0.
Corporate, public, or
private network
cluster node1
cluster node2
SAS out port (2)
RAID controller module 0
RAID controller module 1
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