Table 2 Two-server external boot con
fi
guration
Server
Port (bus)
Boot volume location
Data volume location
1
A1
B1
Storage system*
Storage system
2
A2
B2
Storage system*
Storage system
* Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems support boot volumes on servers only. For a mixed or external
boot con
fi
guration in a multiple operating system environment, always locate the Linux boot volumes on
servers.
Two-server internal boot con
fi
guration
Boot volumes reside on their respective servers, while data volumes reside on the MSA500 G2 storage
system.
Table 3
lists the boot volume and data volume location for the two-server internal boot
con
fi
guration.
Table 3 Two-server internal boot con
fi
guration
Server
Port (bus)
Boot volume location
Data volume location
1
A1
B1
Server 1
Storage system
2
A2
B2
Server 2
Storage system
Two-server mixed boot con
fi
guration
One boot volume resides on the respective server, while the other boot volume resides on the MSA500
G2 storage system. Both data volumes reside on the MSA500 G2 storage system.
Table 4
lists the boot
volume and data volume location for the two-server mixed boot con
fi
guration.
Table 4 Two-server mixed boot con
fi
guration
Server
Port (bus)
Boot volume location
Data volume location
1
A1
B1
Storage system*
Storage system
2
A2
B2
Server 2
Storage system
*Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating systems support boot volumes on servers only. For a mixed or external
boot con
fi
guration in a multiple operating system environment, always locate the Linux boot volumes on servers.
Two-server cluster con
fi
guration
Identical servers (hardware and software con
fi
guration) connect to the MSA500 G2 storage system. Boot
volumes reside on their respective servers, while both data volumes reside on the storage system.
Table 5
lists the boot volume and data volume location for the two-server cluster con
fi
guration.
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