Owner's Manual

iSiSCSI Cluster Setup for Dell PowerVault MD3000i and MD1000 21

Setting Up iSCSI Cluster with Dell PowerVault

MD3000i Storage System and Dell PowerVault

MD1000 Expansion Enclosures

Cabling your iSCSI Storage System

Direct-attached iSCSI clusters are limited to two nodes only.

Figure 4-1. Cabling iSCSI Direct-Attached Clusters

To configure your nodes in a direct-attached configuration see Figure 4-1,

and perform the following steps:

Connect one CAT 5e/6 cable from a port (iSCSI HBA or NIC) of node 1

to the In-0 port of RAID controller 0 in the

Dell PowerVault

MD3000i

storage enclosure.

Connect one CAT 5e/6 cable from the other port (iSCSI HBA or NIC)

of node 1 to the In-0 port of RAID controller 1 in the

Dell PowerVault

MD3000i storage enclosure.

Connect one CAT 5e/6 cable from a port (iSCSI HBA or NIC) of node 2

to the In-1 port of RAID controller 0 in the

Dell PowerVault

MD3000i

storage enclosure.

two-node cluster

Ethernet

management port (2)

corporate, public

or private network

standalone (one or

two) host server

MD3000i RAID Enclosure

(dual controller)

CAT 5e/6 Gigabit NIC for management

CAT 5e/6 Gigabit NIC iSCSI ports