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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Hardware Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cluster Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Supported Cluster Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SAN-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . 13
2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware . . . . . . . . 15
Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . 15
Cabling the Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cabling Your Cluster for Public and
Private Networks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Public Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling the Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NIC Teaming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling the Storage Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling Storage for Your
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling Storage for Your
SAN-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cabling a SAN-Attached Cluster to an
AX4-5F Storage System
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27