Dell AX4-5 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
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Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cluster Solution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cluster Storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Supported Cluster Configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Direct-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
SAN-Attached Cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Other Documents You May Need . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware
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13
Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . 13
Cabling the Power Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cabling Your Cluster for Public and
Private Networks
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Cabling the Public Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Private Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
NIC Teaming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cabling the Storage Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Cabling Storage for Your
Direct-Attached Cluster
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Cabling Storage for Your
SAN-Attached Cluster
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Cabling a SAN-Attached Cluster to an
AX4-5 Storage System
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