Dell CX4 Server User Manual


 
20 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware
Cabling Storage for Your Direct-Attached Cluster
A direct-attached cluster configuration consists of redundant Fibre Channel
host bus adapter (HBA) ports cabled directly to a Dell/EMC storage system.
Figure 2-4 shows an example of a direct-attached, single cluster configuration
with redundant HBA ports installed in each cluster node.
Figure 2-4. Direct-Attached Cluster Configuration
cluster node
private network
public network
cluster node
storage system
Fibre
Channel
connections
Fibre Channel
connections