Owner's Manual

12 Fibre Channel Cluster Setup
Figure 2-1. Hardware Connections for a Fibre Channel Cluster
Table 2-1. Fibre Channel Hardware Interconnections
Cluster
Component
Connections
Dell™
PowerEdge™
system node
• One Category 5 enhanced (CAT 5e) or CAT 6 cable from the
public NIC to the LAN
• One CAT 5e or CAT 6 cable from the private Gigabit NIC to the
Gigabit Ethernet switch
• One CAT 5e or CAT 6 cable from a redundant private Gigabit NIC
to a redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch
• One fiber optic cable from HBA 0 to Fibre Channel switch 0
• One fiber optic cable from HBA 1 to Fibre Channel switch 1
Client Systems
Gigabit Ethernet Switches
(private network)
WAN/LAN
PowerEdge Systems
(Oracle Database)
Dell/EMC Fibre
Channel Storage
Systems
Dell/EMC Fibre Channel Switches (SAN)
CAT 5e/6 (Public NIC)
CAT 5e/6 (Copper Gigabit NIC)
Fiber Optic Cables
Additional Fiber Optic Cables