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support.dell.com Dell PowerEdge Cluster F-Series SAN Guide 1-13
Figure 1-6. Example of Cabling a PowerVault Storage System and a
PowerVault 130T DLT Library
NOTE: The PowerVault 35F Fibre Channel SCSI bridge, the PowerVault 130T DLT
library, and their cables are made through a single switch fabric; their operation is not
redundant. Therefore, tape backups may be incomplete if one of these components
fails.
Connecting a Single PowerEdge Cluster to Multiple
PowerVault 65xF DPEs
With the use of redundant PowerVault Fibre Channel switch fabrics, the PowerEdge
Cluster F-Series systems support configurations with multiple storage units attached
to a single pair of clustered servers. In this scenario, the MSCS software can fail over
disk drives in each cluster-attached PowerVault 65xF shared storage array between
the two cluster nodes.
Configurations With Two to Four PowerVault DPEs
When using multiple PowerVault 65xF storage arrays with your cluster, the following
rules apply:
•
Two to four PowerVault DPEs can be used with the cluster nodes.
•
All PowerVault 65xF systems must use the same firmware revision. Contact your
Dell representative for more information on storage system firmware.
•
Redundant Fibre Channel switch fabrics are required.
•
Dell OpenManage Storage Consolidation software must not be running on clus-
ter nodes.
PowerEdge
server
PowerVault 130T
PowerVault
storage system
Fibre Channel
bridge
PowerVault 56F
Fibre Channel
switch
PowerEdge
server
cluster interconnect
PowerVault 56F
Fibre Channel
switch