Cabling the dell|emc san gateway solution – Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual
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Cabling Your Solution
NOTE:
After performing the procedures in this document to install the
PowerVault NX1950 storage system, to successfully set up the PowerVault
NX1950 storage systems as a cluster, see the Dell PowerVault NX1950 Systems
Cluster Installation and Troubleshooting Guide on the documentation website
at www.dell.com/ostechsheets.
After cabling the solution, turn on the storage enclosure and then the
attached server(s).
Cabling the Dell|EMC SAN Gateway Solution
Ensure that your PowerVault NX1950 storage system is cabled to the
storage area network (SAN) properly and that each QLE2462 Fibre
Channel HBA port has access to the Dell|EMC storage arrays on which
you want to provision storage.
For more information, see the Dell|EMC storage array documentation.
NOTE:
The procedure for cabling the PowerVault NX1950 storage system and
your SAN is similar to the procedure for cabling any server with a QLE2462
Fibre Channel HBA. Figure 2-3 illustrates an example of cabling the
PowerVault NX1950 storage solution.
The PowerVault NX1950 storage solution supports single-node and
multiple-node (up to eight nodes) cluster configurations.
Figure 2-3.
SAN Gateway Solution Configuration
1
NIC port A to Gb Ethernet
switch (optional)
4
Port 2 on HBA to SAN
2
NIC port B to Gb Ethernet
switch (optional)
5
Port 1 on HBA to SAN
3
Gb1 and Gb2 to Gigabit
Ethernet switch(es)
6
DRAC port to Ethernet switch
for lights-out management
1 2
6
3
5
4
PowerVault NX1950 storage system