Dell PowerVault 775N (Rackmount NAS Appliance) - Manual (Page 48)

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Installing Your Cluster in a Direct-Attached Environment
Dell™ PowerVault™ NAS Fibre Channel Cluster Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide
Before You Begin
Connecting the Storage Systems to Your Cluster
Before You Begin
Verify that your cluster hardware and storage systems installed and configured properly as explained in the following
sections:
" Cabling Your Cluster Hardware "
" Preparing Your Systems for Clustering "
NOTICE: Microsoft® Windows® standby mode and hibernation mode are not supported in cluster configurations. Do
not enable either mode.
Connecting the Storage Systems to Your Cluster
This section provides information for connecting your cluster to one or more storage systems using direct-attached cable
connections.
Direct-Attached Cluster
A direct-attached cluster configuration consists of redundant Fibre Channel HBAs cabled directly to a Dell | EMC storage
system. Direct-attach configurations are self-contained and do not share any physical resources with other server or storage
systems outside of the cluster.
Figure 4-1 shows an example of a direct-attached, single cluster configuration with redundant HBAs installed in each cluster
node.
Figure 4-1. Direct-Attached Cluster Configuration