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Table 1-3. Direct-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines
Rule/Guideline
Dell | EMC CX400 core
software
Dell | EMC CX200 core
software
Additional software
application programs

Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System to a SAN

This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your NAS cluster nodes to the shared
storage systems through a Dell | EMC SAN using redundant Fibre Channel switch fabrics.

Rules and Guidelines

The rules and guidelines described in Table 1-4 apply to SAN-attached clusters.

Table 1-4. SAN-Attached Clusters Rules and Guidelines

Rule/Guideline
Primary storage
Secondary storage
Fibre Channel switch
configuration
Fibre Channel switch
zoning
Fibre Channel switches
Fibre Channel switch
firmware
Description
2.04.0 or later.
2.04.0 or later.
EMC Navisphere Agent 6.4 or later.
EMC Navisphere Manager 6.4 or later.
®
EMC PowerPath
3.00 (with 3.02 build 50 patch) or later.
EMC SnapView™ version 2.10.03 or later (not supported on the
Dell | EMC CX200).
Emulex Configuration Utility version 1.41a10 or later.
Description
Each NAS cluster can support up to 22 unique drive letters for shared
logical drives.
Up to four Dell | EMC Fibre Channel disk arrays are supported per
cluster in a SAN environment.
Up to two PowerVault 132T, 136T or 160T tape libraries.
Any system attached to the SAN can share these devices.
Redundant switch fabrics required.
Single-initiator zoning.
Dell | EMC DS-16B2 (Brocade SilkWorm 3800), Brocade
SilkWorm 3200, or Dell | EMC DS-24M2 (McData Spherion 4500).
Version 3.0.2m or later for Brocade 3200 and 3800.
Version 4.01.02 or later for McData.
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