Reference Guide
20 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware
Each HBA port is cabled to a port on a Fibre Channel switch. One or more
cables connect from the outgoing ports on a switch to a storage controller on
a Compellent storage system.
1
Connect cluster node 1 to the SAN:
a
Connect a cable from HBA port 0 to Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0).
b
Connect a cable from HBA port 1 to Fibre Channel switch 1 (sw1).
2
Repeat step 1 for each additional cluster node.
3
Connect the storage system to the SAN:
a
Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to the first front-
end fibre channel port on the Storage Center Controller 1.
b
Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to the first front-
end fibre channel port on the Storage Center Controller 2.
c
Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 1 (sw1) to the second
front-end fibre channel port on the Storage Center Controller 1.
d
Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 1 (sw1) to the second
front-end fibre channel port on the Storage Center Controller 2.
Add more cables to support port failover and provide more bandwidth:
e
Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to the third front-
end fibre channel port on the Storage Center Controller 1.
f
Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 0 (sw0) to the third front-
end fibre channel port on the Storage Center Controller 2.
g
Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 1 (sw1) to the fourth
front-end fibre channel port on the Storage Center Controller 1.
h
Connect a cable from Fibre Channel switch 1 (sw1) to the fourth
front-end fibre channel port on the Storage Center Controller 2.