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MSCS Cluster Support for Dell PowerVault Storage Area Networks . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1
Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Cluster Consolidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
PowerVault SAN Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
SAN-Attached Clusters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
SAN-Attached Cluster Rules and Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Cluster Installation Overview. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Windows NT 4.0 Cluster Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8
Windows 2000 Cluster Installation Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9
Using Dell PowerVault Fibre Channel Switches. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
SAN-Attached Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Connecting a Single PowerEdge Cluster to a Single PowerVault 65xF
Storage System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11
Connecting a PowerVault 130T DLT Library and PowerVault 35F
Fibre Channel Bridge to a Cluster-Attached PowerVault SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Connecting a Single PowerEdge Cluster to Multiple
PowerVault 65xF DPEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Configurations With Two to Four PowerVault DPEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Configurations With SAN Backup. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Configuring Hard-Disk Drive Letters When Using Multiple Shared
Storage Units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Connecting Multiple PowerEdge Clusters to a PowerVault SAN. . . . . . . . . . 1-16
Two PowerEdge Clusters Sharing a PowerVault SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-17
Three PowerEdge Clusters Sharing a PowerVault SAN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Configurations With Multiple SAN-Attached Clusters, Each Using
Multiple PowerVault 65xF DPEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-20
Cluster Consolidation Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Cluster Consolidation Rules and Guidelines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22