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1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Hardware Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cluster Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
NICs Dedicated to iSCSI
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Ethernet Switches Dedicated to iSCSI
. . . . . . . . 9
Supported Cluster Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
iSCSI SAN-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware . . . . . . . . 13
Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . 13
Cabling the Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cabling Your Cluster for Public and
Private Networks
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Cabling the Public Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Cabling the Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 17
NIC Teaming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Storage Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cabling Storage for Your
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cabling Storage for Your
iSCSI SAN-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . 20