Dell PowerVault TL4000 Dell PowerVault TL4000 Failover Configuration Guide - Page 8
Failover Reference Configuration 5, Two hosts with dual Fibre Channel HBAs
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Dell PowerVault™ TL4000/TL2000 Failover Guide Failover configuration (Host with dual port HBAs, two FC switches, and two FC drives) Main Path Failover Path Figure 4: Reference Configuration 4 Failover Reference Configuration 5: Two hosts with dual Fibre Channel HBAs, two Fibre Channel switches and one Dell PowerVault™ with two Fibre Channel drives In this configuration, failover occurs if one or more of the following occurs: ‐ One of the drives fails (hardware failure or is drive disconnected from the HBA port) ‐ One of the HBA controllers fails ‐ One of the switches fails The physical connection of this configuration is shown in Figure 5. Important Note: Dell Recommends Fibre Channel drives to be same generation. For Heterogonous configurations refer to section: Heterogonous Validated Configurations 8|Page 12/31/09 version 2.0 Always refer to www.dell.com\support for latest documentation and updates