Compaq ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 Administrator Guide

Overview of the ProLiant Cluster HA/F500
1-14 ProLiant Cluster HA/F500 for MA8000 Administrator Guide
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Multiple Cluster Configurations with Switches
Up to eight clusters can be combined into a single HA/F500 configuration with the
clusters accessing the same group of storage subsystems. A sample configuration
with four clusters is shown in Figure 1-9. The figure shows four storage subsystems.
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Figure 1-9: Multiple cluster configuration with switches