Owner's Manual

Setting Up an iSCSI Cluster 39
Setting Up an iSCSI Cluster for
the Dell™ PowerVault™ MD3000i
and MD1000 Storage Enclosures
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 provides information and procedures for configuring your
Dell PowerEdge™ system and the PowerVault MD3000i and MD1000 storage
enclosures to function in a Oracle
®
Real Application Cluster (RAC)
environment.
Verify the hardware connections, and the hardware and software
configurations using the Supported Configuration section of the
Dell PowerVault MD3000i Support Matrix at support.dell.com/manuals.
Table 5-1. iSCSI Hardware Interconnections
Cluster Component Connections
PowerEdge system
node
• One CAT 5e/6 cable from public NIC to the local area
network (LAN)
• One CAT 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 CAT 5e/6 cable from iSCSI Gigabit NIC to Gigabit
Ethernet switch (iSCSI network)