Owner's Manual
14 Fibre Channel Cluster Setup
Cabling Your Fibre Channel Storage System
Depending on your requirements, you can configure your Oracle database
Fibre Channel cluster storage system in one of the following configurations:
• Direct-attached Fibre Channel (see Figure 2-2)
• Four-port SAN-attached Fibre Channel (see Figure 2-3)
The following sections describe the cabling requirements for these
configurations.
Direct-Attached Fibre Channel Configuration
To configure your nodes in a direct-attached Fibre Channel configuration:
1
Connect one optical cable from HBA 0 on node 1 to port 0 of SP-A.
2
Connect one optical cable from HBA 1 on node 1 to port 0 of SP-B.
3
Connect one optical cable from HBA 0 on node 2 to port 1 of SP-A.
4
Connect one optical cable from HBA 1 on node 2 to port 1 of SP-B.
See Figure 2-2 for the cable connections in a SAN-Attached Fibre Channel
cluster.
Figure 2-2. Cabling in a Direct-Attached Fibre Channel Cluster
1
0
1
0
0
0
1
1
Two HBA Ports for Node 2
Two HBA Ports for Node 1
SP-ASP-B
Dell/EMC CX4-480 Fibre Channel Storage