Deployment Guide

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Connecting a PowerEdge Cluster to Multiple PowerVault MD3000i
Storage Systems
You can increase your cluster storage capacity by attaching multiple storage
systems to your cluster using redundant network switches. The PowerEdge
cluster systems support configurations with multiple PowerVault MD3000i
storage systems attached to clustered systems. In this scenario, the Failover
Cluster software can fail over disk drives in any cluster-attached shared
storage system between the cluster nodes.
Figure 2-7. Network-Attached Redundant Cluster Configuration With Multiple Storage
Arrays
NOTE: n=8 for Windows Server 2003 and n=16 for Windows Server 2008
public network
private network
two to n nodes
IP SAN (dual
Gigabit Ethernet
switch
IP SAN (dual
Gigabit Ethernet
switch
storage systemstorage system
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