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Basic Installation Overview for Cluster Consolidation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-23
Installing the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-26
Cluster Consolidation Switch Zoning Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-27
Example Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Additional PowerEdge Cluster Maintenance Procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
Using the QLogic Fibre Channel Configuration Utility for Storage
Processor Failure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
Upgrading to a Cluster Consolidation Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-33
Index
Figures Figure 1-1. Direct-Attached Cluster Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2
Figure 1-2. SAN-Attached Cluster Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3
Figure 1-3. Cluster Consolidation Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4
Figure 1-4. How a SAN-Attached PowerEdge Cluster Uses
Networking Segments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5
Figure 1-5. Example of Cabling a Single PowerEdge Cluster With Two
PowerVault Fibre Channel Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12
Figure 1-6. Example of Cabling a PowerVault Storage System and a
PowerVault 130T DLT Library. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13
Figure 1-7. Example of Cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to
Four PowerVault 65xF DPEs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-14
Figure 1-8. Example of Cabling PowerEdge Cluster F-Series Nodes to Four
PowerVault 65xF DPEs and SAN Backup Using the PowerVault
Fibre Channel Bridge and Tape Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-15
Figure 1-9. Example of a Two-Cluster Configuration Sharing a
PowerVault 130T DLT Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-18
Figure 1-10. Example of a Three-Cluster Configuration Sharing a
PowerVault SAN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-19
Figure 1-11. Example of Cabling Two PowerEdge Cluster F-Series
Systems in a SANS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-21
Figure 1-12. Example Showing Two Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-28
Figure 1-13. Example Showing Two Zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-29
Figure 1-14. Five MSCS Clusters Sharing a PowerVault 65xF Storage System . 1-30
Figure 1-15. Ten MSCS Clusters Sharing a PowerVault 65xF Storage System. . 1-31
Figure 1-16. Multiple Cluster, Multiple Storage SAN Environment Example . . . 1-32
Tables Table 1-1. Rules and Guidelines for SAN-Attached Clusters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6
Table 1-2. Cluster Consolidation Rules. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-22