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Dell PowerVault 770N (Deskside NAS Appliance) User Manual

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Figure 5-3

and

Figure 5-4

illustrate how to cable a SAN-attached cluster to the CX200 and CX400 storage systems,

respectively.

Figure 5-5

illustrates how to cable a SAN-attached cluster to a CX600 storage system.

Table 5-2. Storage System Cabling Description

Storage

System

SP Ports

Fiber Optic Cables

Required

Cabling Description

CX200

One port per storage

processor

2

Attach one cable from each storage processor port to the

Fibre Channel switch.

CX400

Two ports per storage

processor

4

CX600

Four ports per storage

processor

8

Cabling a SAN-Attached Cluster to a Dell | EMC CX200 Storage System

1. Connect cluster node 1 to the SAN.

a. Connect a cable from HBA0 to Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0).

b. Connect a cable from HBA1 to Fibre Channel switch 1 (sw1).

2. Repeat

step 1

for each cluster node.

3. Connect the storage system to the SAN.

a. Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to SP-B port FE A.

b. Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 1(sw1) to SP-A port FE A.

Figure 5-3. Cabling a SAN-Attached Cluster to the Dell | EMC CX200 DPE