Owner's Manual

24 Setting Up a SAS Cluster
Figure 3-1. Cabling the Serial-Attached SCSI (SAS) Cluster and the Dell PowerVault
MD32
xx Storage Enclosure
Table 3-1. SAS Cluster 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)
• Two SAS connections to PowerVault MD32
xx system node
through the 6 Gbps SAS HBA
Private Network
PowerVault MD32
xx
Storage System
PowerEdge Systems
Two PowerVault
MD12
xx Expansion
Enclosures
CAT 5e/6 (Public NIC)
CAT 5e/6 (Copper Gigabit NIC)
SAS Cables
LAN/WAN
DNS and DHCP Server
Client Systems