Deployment Guide

Contents 3
Contents
1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Cluster Solution
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Hardware requirements:
. . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Cluster Nodes
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Cluster Storage
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cluster Storage Management Software
. . . . . . . 9
Supported Cluster Configurations
. . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Other Documents You May Need
. . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Cabling Your Cluster Hardware . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Mouse, Keyboard, and Monitor . . . . . . 17
Cabling the Power Supplies
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Cabling Your Public and Private Networks
. . . . . . . 20
Cabling Your Public Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Cabling Your Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . 21
Using Dual-Port Network Adapters for
Your Private Network
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
NIC Teaming
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Cabling the Storage Systems
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Cabling the Cluster in a Non-Redundant
Configuration
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
book.book Page 3 Tuesday, April 15, 2008 12:30 PM