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Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Supported PowerEdge Blade Server
Cluster Components
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PowerEdge Server Enclosure
. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Supported Cluster Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Switch-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Blade Server Requirements
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cluster Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . 23
2 Cabling Your Blade Cluster
Hardware
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cabling Your Cluster For Public and
Private Networks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Cabling the Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Cabling the Public Network . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Cabling the Storage Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Direct-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Network-Attached Cluster
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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