Dell PowerVault 770N (Deskside NAS Appliance) User Manual

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Cabling Multiple SAN-Attached Clusters to a Dell | EMC Storage System

To cable two clusters to the storage system, connect the cluster nodes to the appropriate Fibre Channel switches and then

connect the Fibre Channel switches to the appropriate storage processors on the processor enclosure.

See the Platform Guide for rules and guidelines for SAN-attached clusters.

NOTE:

The following procedures use

Figure 5-3

,

Figure 5-4

, and

Figure 5-5

as examples for cabling additional clusters.

Cabling Multiple SAN-Attached Clusters to the CX200 Storage System

1. In the first cluster, connect cluster node 1 to the SAN.

a. Connect a cable from HBA0 to Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0).

b. Connect a cable from HBA1 to Fibre Channel switch 1 (sw1).

2. In the first cluster, repeat

step 1

for each node.

3. For each additional cluster, repeat

step 1

and

step 2

.

4. Connect the storage system to the SAN.

a. Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to SP-A port FE A.

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