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Single-Controller with fault-tolerant path
LD
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R A I D + J B O D
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LV
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C H 1 ID 1
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C H 1 ID 1
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GbE switch
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Component
Description
SAN storage system
Single-controller with 4 host ports
HBA or NIC
iSCSI initiators, preferably PCIe TCP/IP offload engine (TOE)-capable
cards
GbE cables
GbE network cables
Software
MPIO to manage the fault-tolerant paths with failover/failback and load
balance capabilities.
RAID configuration
•
Four logical partitions (created from two logical volumes)
•
Two logical volumes (each contains a logical drive)
NOTE:
Each logical partition appears on two different host links for
fault tolerance. Use MPIO software so that your operating system
can identify the alternate paths to the same logical drive.
