Deployment Guide

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Figure 1-1. Hardware Connections for a SAN-attached Fibre Channel Cluster
Table 1-4. Fibre Channel Hardware Interconnections
Cluster Component Connections
PowerEdge system
node
One CAT 5e/6 cable from public NIC to the local area
network (LAN)
One CAT 5e/6 cable from private Gigabit NIC to
Gigabit Ethernet switch (private network)
One CAT 5e/6 cable from redundant private Gigabit
NIC to redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch (private
network)
One optical cable from optical HBA 0 to Fibre
Channel switch 0 and one optical cable from HBA 1 to
switch 1
Dell | EMC CX3-10c, CX3-20, CX3-20F, CX3-40, CX3-40F, CX3-80, CX4-
120, CX4-240, CX4-480, CX4-960, and AX4-5F Fibre Channel storage
systems
Public network
PowerEdge systems
(Oracle database)
Gb Ethernet switches (private network)
Dell | EMC Fibre
Channel switches
(SAN)
CAT 5e/6 (copper Gigabit NIC)
CAT 5e/6 (copper Gigabit NIC)
Fiber optic cables
Additional fiber optic cables