Owner's Manual

Setting Up an iSCSI Cluster 41
To configure your nodes in a direct-attached configuration, see Figure 5-1,
and complete the following steps:
1
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 PowerVault MD3000i
storage enclosure.
2 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 PowerVault MD3000i
storage enclosure.
3 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 PowerVault MD3000i
storage enclosure.
4 Connect one CAT 5e/6 cable from the other port (iSCSI HBA or NIC) of
node 2 to the
In-1 port of RAID controller 1 in the PowerVault MD3000i
storage enclosure.
5 If applicable, connect two SAS cables from the two PowerVault MD3000
storage enclosures out ports to the two In ports of the first PowerVault
MD1000 expansion enclosure.
6 If applicable, connect two SAS cables from the two PowerVault MD1000
storage enclosures out ports to the
In-0 ports of the second MD1000
expansion enclosure.
NOTE: For information on configuring the PowerVault MD1000 expansion
enclosure, see the PowerVault MD3000i storage system documentation at
support.dell.com/manuals.
Switched iSCSI clusters can support up to eight nodes.