Dell PowerVault MD3000i - Manual (Page 18)

18 ׀ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix
Dual Path Data Configuration
In Figure 3, up to two servers are directly attached to the MD3000i RAID controller
module. If the host server has a second Ethernet connection to the array, it can be attached
to the iSCSI ports on the array’s second controller. This configuration provides improved
availability by allowing two separate physical paths for each host, which ensures full
redundancy if one of the paths fail.
Figure 3. One or Two Direct-Attached Servers (or Two-Node Cluster), Dual-Path Data, Dual Controllers
(Duplex)
1 standalone (one or
two) host server 2 two-node cluster 3 Ethernet
management port
4 MD3000i RAID
Enclosure (single
controller) 5 corporate, public or
private network