Owner's Manual

10 Deployment Guide
Verifying Cluster Hardware and Software Configurations
Before you begin cluster setup, verify the hardware installation, communication interconnections, and
node software configuration for the entire cluster. The following sections provide setup information for
hardware and software Fibre Channel cluster configurations.
Fibre Channel Cluster Setup
Your Dell Professional Services representative completed the setup of your Fibre Channel cluster. Verify
the hardware connections and the hardware and software configurations as described in this section.
Figure 1-1 and Figure 1-3 show an overview of the connections required for the cluster, and Table 1-4
summarizes the cluster connections.
Figure 1-1. Hardware Connections for a Fibre Channel Cluster
Dell|EMC Fibre Channel
storage systems
client systems
PowerEdge systems
(Oracle Database)
Gb Ethernet switches (private network)
Dell|EMC Fibre Channel switches
(SAN)
LAN/WAN
CAT 5e/6 (public NIC)
CAT 5e/6 (copper gigabit NIC)
fiber optic cables
additional fiber optic cables