Owner's Manual

12 Fibre Channel Cluster Setup
Figure 2-1. Hardware Connections for a SAN-attached Fibre Channel Cluster.
Table 2-1. Fibre Channel Hardware Interconnections
Cluster Component Connections
Dell™PowerEdge™
system node
• One Category 5 enhanced or Category 6 (CAT 5e/6) cable from
public NIC to the local area network (LAN).
• OneCAT 5e/6 cable from private Gigabit NIC to Gigabit
Ethernet switch (private network).
• One CAT 5e/6 cable from redundant private Gigabit NIC
to redundant Gigabit Ethernet switch (private network).
• One optical cable from optical host bus adapter (HBA) 0 to Fibre
Channel switch 0 and one optical cable from HBA 1 to switch 1.
Dell/EMC Fibre
Channel storage
system
• One optical connection to each PowerEdge system’s HBA and
one optical connection to a port on each storage processor.
Gigabit Ethernet
switch
• One CAT 5e/6 connection to the private Gigabit NIC on each
PowerEdge system
• One CAT 5e/6 connection to the other Gigabit Ethernet switch.
Public Network
Gb Ethernet switches (private network)
LAN/WAN
PowerEdge systems
(Oracle database)
CAT 5e/6 (copper Gigabit NIC)
CAT 5e/6 (copper Gigabit (NIC)
Fiber optic cables
Dell/EMC Fibre Channel
switches (SAN)