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Cabling Your Cluster Hardware

Figure 2-3 shows an example of cabling in which dedicated network adapters
in each node are connected to each other (for the private network) and the
remaining network adapters are connected to the public network.

Figure 2-3.

Example of Network Cabling Connection

Table 2-1.

Network Connections

Network Connection

Description

Public network

All connections to the client LAN.

At least one public network must be configured for
Mixed mode for private network failover.

Private network

A dedicated connection for sharing cluster health and
status information only.

cluster node 1

cluster node 2

public network

public
network
adapter

private network

private
network
adapter