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Cabling Your Blade Cluster
Hardware
NOTE: The cluster nodes represent the individual server modules in your Dell™
PowerEdge™ server enclosure. The designations namely, node 1 and node 2 and
the server enclosure are used for illustrative purposes only. The system and the
storage components in your cluster configuration may vary.
Cabling Your Cluster For Public and Private
Networks
The network interface cards (NICs) in the cluster nodes provide at least two
network connections for each node, as described in Table 2-1.
Figure 2-1 shows an example of network cabling for a PowerEdge M1000e
server enclosure in which dedicated NICs in each server module are internally
connected to each other through a Gigabit Ethernet switch module (for the
private network) and the remaining NICs are connected to the public
network
Table 2-1. Network Connections
Network
Connection Description
Public network • All connections to the client LAN.
• The 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.
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