Owner's Manual
Setting Up a Fibre Channel Cluster 29
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 3-2)
• Four-port SAN-attached Fibre Channel (see Figure 3-3)
Configuring Direct-Attached Fibre Channel
To configure the 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.
Figure 3-2 illustrates the cable connections in a direct-attached
Fibre Channel cluster.
Figure 3-2. Cabling in a Direct-Attached Fibre Channel Cluster
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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