Dell PowerVault MD3000i MD3000i Support Matrix - Page 18

Dual Path Data Configuration In Figure 3, up to two servers are directly attached to the MD3000i RAID controller module. If the host server has a second Ethernet connection to the array, it can be attached to the iSCSI ports on the array's second controller. This configuration provides improved availability by allowing two separate physical paths for each host, which ensures full redundancy if one of the paths fail. Figure 3. One or Two Direct-Attached Servers (or Two-Node Cluster), Dual-Path Data, Dual Controllers (Duplex) 1 standalone (one or 2 two-node cluster two) host server 3 Ethernet management port 4 MD3000i RAID Enclosure (single controller) 5 corporate, public or private network 18 ‫׀‬ Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix