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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Hardware Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Cluster Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Supported Cluster Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
SAN-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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
. . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cabling the Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 19
NIC Teaming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling the Storage Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Cabling Storage for Your Direct-Attached
Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cabling Storage for Your SAN-Attached
Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25