Owner's Manual

40 Setting Up an iSCSI Cluster
Setting Up the Hardware
Direct-attached iSCSI clusters are limited to two nodes only.
Figure 5-1. Cabling iSCSI Direct-Attached Clusters
PowerVault MD3000i
storage system
• Two CAT 5e/6 cables connected to LAN (one from each
storage processor module) for the management interface
• Two CAT 5e/6 cables per storage processor for iSCSI
interconnect
NOTE: For additional information on the PowerVault MD3000i
storage enclosure, see the PowerVault MD3000i
documentation at support.dell.com/manuals.
PowerVault MD1000
storage expansion
enclosure (optional)
Additional SAS cable connections, as required for the
PowerVault MD1000 expansion enclosure
Table 5-1. iSCSI Hardware Interconnections (continued)
Cluster Component Connections
Standalone (One or Two) Host System
LAN/WAN
PowerVault MD3000i
RAID Enclosure
(Dual) Controller
Two-Node Cluster
Ethernet
Management
Port
CAT 5e/6 (Public NIC)
Fibre Optic Cables