Owner's Manual

Setting Up a Fibre Channel Cluster 27
Setting Up a Fibre Channel Cluster
WARNING: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section,
read the safety information that shipped with your system. For additional best
practices information, see the Dell Regulatory Compliance website at
www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.
This section helps you to verify the hardware connections, and the hardware
and software configurations of the Fibre Channel cluster.
Hardware Connections for a Fibre Channel
Cluster
Figure 3-1 illustrates the hardware connections of a Fibre Channel cluster.
Figure 3-1. Hardware Connections for a Fibre Channel Cluster
Client Systems
Gigabit Ethernet Switches
(private network)
WAN/LAN
Dell™ 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)
Fibre Optic Cables
Additional Fibre Optic Cables
DNS and DHCP
Server