Technical information

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7 FS Series NAS Configuration
In Section 5.1 we presented a high level view of the FS7500 NAS component architecture (See Figure
26 and Figure 27). In this section we provide detailed connection diagrams demonstrating how to
setup fully connected iSCSI SAN and client LAN connection paths for the FS7500 appliance.
7.1 FS7500 Connection Paths
The FS7500 appliance is comprised of two peer system controller nodes. In the required fully cabled
configuration, each controller node requires thirteen separate Ethernet cable connections. Thus a
single FS7500 appliance comprised of two controller nodes requires a total of 26 Ethernet
connections (four connecting to the client LAN switches and nine connecting to the iSCSI SAN fabric
switches.)
Figure 31 shows the client LAN connection paths.
Note: While it is possible to operate an FS7500 appliance in a partially cabled configuration, this
configuration is not supported by Dell. You should use a fully cabled configuration in a production
environment. You will also need to provision the required switch port count on the iSCSI SAN and
client LAN sides of the system to support a fully connected configuration.