Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 29)

Installing a PowerVault 775N NAS Cluster Minimum
Configuration
The following cluster components are required for a minimum system cluster configuration using the PowerVault 775N NAS
Cluster:
Table 2-5 provides the hardware requirements for a PowerVault 775N NAS cluster minimum configuration.
Figure 2-8 shows a minimum system configuration for a PowerVault 775N NAS Cluster.
See " Minimum System Requirements " for more information.
Table 2-5. PowerVault 775N NAS Cluster Minimum Configuration Hardware Requirements
Cluster Component Hardware Requirement
PowerVault 775N NAS
systems
Two homogeneous (identical) PowerVault 775N NAS systems that support clusters
Operating system Windows Storage Server 2003, Enterprise Edition
RAID controllers One supported PERC installed in both systems for the external storage system(s)
Shared storage systems One PowerVault 21xS or 22xS storage system with at least nine hard drives reserved for the
cluster
Private network cabling One Ethernet cable attached to a network adapter in both systems for the private network
Public network cabling One Ethernet cable attached to a network adapter in both systems for the public network
Figure 2-8. Minimum System Configuration of a PowerVault 775N NAS Cluster