Setting Up Iscsi Cluster With Dell Powervault Md3000I Storage System And Dell Powervault Md1000 Expansion Enclosures; Cabling Your Iscsi Storage System - Dell PowerVault MD3000i Bedienungsanleitung

Setting Up iSCSI Cluster with Dell PowerVault
MD3000i Storage System and Dell PowerVault
MD1000 Expansion Enclosures

Cabling your iSCSI Storage System

Direct-attached iSCSI clusters are limited to two nodes only.
Figure 4-1. Cabling iSCSI Direct-Attached Clusters
standalone (one or
two) host server
corporate, public
or private network
Ethernet
management port (2)
To configure your nodes in a direct-attached configuration see Figure 4-1,
and perform the following steps:
1 Connect one CAT 5e/6 cable from a port (iSCSI HBA or NIC) of node 1
to the In-0 port of RAID controller 0 in the
storage enclosure.
2 Connect one CAT 5e/6 cable from the other port (iSCSI HBA or NIC)
of node 1 to the In-0 port of RAID controller 1 in the
MD3000i storage enclosure.
3 Connect one CAT 5e/6 cable from a port (iSCSI HBA or NIC) of node 2
to the In-1 port of RAID controller 0 in the
storage enclosure.
iSiSCSI Cluster Setup for Dell PowerVault MD3000i and MD1000
two-node cluster
MD3000i RAID Enclosure
(dual controller)
CAT 5e/6 Gigabit NIC for management
CAT 5e/6 Gigabit NIC iSCSI ports
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