Dell PowerVault MD3000i MD3000i Support Matrix - Page 19

Network-Attached Solutions You can also cable your host servers to the MD3000i RAID controller iSCSI ports through an industry-standard 1 GB Ethernet switch. By using an Ethernet switch, the MD3000i RAID controller can support up to 16 hosts simultaneously with multiple connections per session. This solution supports either single-path or dual-path data configurations, as well as either single or dual controller modules. Figure 4 shows how up to 16 standalone servers can be attached (via multiple sessions) to a single MD3000i RAID controller module through a network. Hosts that have a second Ethernet connection to the network allow two separate physical paths for each host, which ensures full redundancy if one of the paths fail. Figure 5 shows how the same number of hosts can be similarly attached to a dual MD3000i RAID controller. In Figure 5 for SAN configurations the servers can be configured to form clusters: • Microsoft Windows Server 2003 cluster supports up to 8 nodes • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 supports up to 16 nodes Any combination of clusters and standalone servers can be used to access the MD3000i. Figure 4. Up to 16 SAN-Configured Servers, Single-Path Data, Single Controller (Simplex) 1 up to 16 standalone 2 IP SAN (Gigabit 3 Ethernet host servers Ethernet switch) management port 4 MD3000i RAID Enclosure (single controller) 5 corporate, public or private network Dell PowerVault Data MD3000i Support Matrix l 19