Reference Guide

12 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware
Figure 2-1. Power Cabling Example With Two Power Supplies in PowerEdge Systems
Cabling Your Cluster for Public and Private
Networks
The network adapters in the cluster nodes provide at least two network
connections for each node. See
Ta b le 2-1.
Table 2-1. Network Connections
Network Connection Description
Public network All connections to the client LAN.
At least one public network must be configured for Mixed
mode for private network failover.
Private network A dedicated connection for sharing cluster health and
status information only.
Compellent
Storage
Center -
controller 1
Compellent
Storage
Center -
controller 2
primary power supplies on one
AC power strip [or one AC PDU
(not shown)]
cluster node 1
cluster node 2
redundant power supplies on
one AC power strip [(or one AC
PDU not shown)]