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

Cluster Architecture 2-67

Table 2-8

I/O Path Failure and Failover Scenarios in Redundant FC-ALs for Active/Standby

Configurations With Two or More RA4000/RA4100 Arrays

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Description of Failure Failover Response

The Fibre Channel cable

connection between the Storage

Hub or FC-AL Switch that is

connected to the active array

controllers and a Fibre Host

Adapter is broken.

Secure Path forces a complete failover to the standby I/O path

components, including the standby Fibre Host Adapter in each

node, the other Storage Hub or FC-AL Switch, the standby array

controller in the each RA4000/RA4100 Array, and Fibre Channel

cables.

The Fibre Channel cable

connection between the Storage

Hub or FC-AL Switch that is

connected to the standby array

controllers and a Fibre Host

Adapter is broken.

None

A Fibre Host Adapter connected to

the Storage Hub or FC-AL Switch

that is connected to the active

array controllers fails.