36 K2 Storage Cabling Guide 03 September 2009
Chapter 2 Cable K2 devices
Dell 1950 GS for Level 35 basic K2 SAN
These cabling instructions apply to the following:
• Dell 1950 PowerEdge Server on a Level 35 basic (non-redundant) K2 SAN.
12
Gb 2Gb 1
To control port
on GigE switch
FTP: To control port
on GigE switch.
Do not use if optional NH server
is present to handle FTP traffic.
12
Gb 2Gb 1
1
2
To media (iSCSI)
ports on GigE switch
To control port
on GigE switch
Media File System Server
Metadata (database) Server
iSCSI Bridge
Roles:
iSCSI Bridge
NAS Server
(FTP Server if NH
server is not present)
Roles:
Fibre Channel
to RAID controller
To media (iSCSI)
ports on GigE switch
Fibre Channel
to RAID controller