Compaq ProLiant 6400R Compaq Parallel Database Cluster Model PDC/05000 for Ora - Page 39
Multiple Redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics, number of MA8000/EMA12000 Storage Subsystems. This limit is
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Cluster Architecture 2-15 Multiple Redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics The PDC/O5000 supports the use of multiple redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics within the same cluster. You would install additional redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics in a PDC/O5000 to: I Increase the amount of shared storage space available to the cluster's nodes. Each redundant Fibre Channel Fabric can connect to a limited number of MA8000/EMA12000 Storage Subsystems. This limit is imposed by the number of ports available on the Fibre Channel SAN Switches used. The storage subsystems are available only to the host adapters connected to that redundant Fibre Channel Fabric. I Increase the cluster's I/O performance. Adding a second redundant Fibre Channel Fabric to the cluster involves duplicating the hardware components used in the first redundant Fibre Channel Fabric. The maximum number of redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics you can install in a PDC/O5000 is restricted by the number of host adapters your Compaq servers support. Refer to the Compaq server documentation for this information. Figure 2-5 shows a two-node PDC/O5000 with two redundant Fibre Channel Fabrics. In this example, each redundant Fibre Channel Fabric has its own pair of host adapters in each node, a pair of Fibre Channel SAN Switches, and two MA8000/EMA12000 Storage Subsystems. In Figure 2-5, the hardware components that constitute the second redundant Fibre Channel Fabric are shaded.