Compaq Parallel Database Cluster Model PDC/O2000 for Oracle8i and Windows 2000 Administrator Guide

Installation and Configuration 5-15
Compaq Confidential – Need to Know Required
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Installing Additional Redundant Fibre
Channel Fabrics
At this point, you have installed the hardware for one redundant Fibre Channel
Fabric or one redundant FC-AL. To add a second redundant Fibre Channel
Fabric to the PDC/O2000, install another set of the hardware required for one
redundant Fibre Channel Fabric, including:
■ Two or more Fibre Host Adapters in each server
■ Two or more Fibre Channel SAN Switches
■ Fibre Channel cables connecting the Fibre Host Adapters to the Fibre
Channel SAN Switches
■ One or more RA4000/RA4100 Arrays
■ Fibre Channel cables connecting the Fibre Channel SAN Switches to the
RA4000/RA4100 Arrays
■ GBIC-SW modules for Fibre Host Adapters, Fibre Channel SAN
Switches, and RA4000 Array Controllers
Installing Additional Redundant FC-ALs
To add a second redundant FC-AL to the PDC/O2000, install another set of
the hardware required for one redundant FC-AL, including:
■ Two or more Fibre Host Adapters in each server
■ Two or more Storage Hubs or FC-AL Switches
■ Fibre Channel cables connecting the Fibre Host Adapters to the Storage
Hubs or FC-AL Switches
■ One or more RA4000/RA4100 Arrays
■ Fibre Channel cables connecting the Storage Hubs or FC-AL Switches
to the RA4000/RA4100 Arrays
■ GBIC-SW modules for Fibre Host Adapters, Storage Hubs or FC-AL
Switches, and RA4000 Array Controllers