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Intel
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High Availability Storage User Guide
Figure 6 High-Availability Standard Server Configuration
This configuration enables you to use standard, readily available server hardware and disk enclosures to
set up a reliable Intel® RAID High Availability Storage configuration.
The dual-server-JBOD configuration for the Intel
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RAID High Availability Storage solution requires the
following hardware for each of the two matched stand-alone server modules:
A Intel
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RAID High Availability Storage controller board (RS25NB008, RS25SB008, etc). The
controller board firmware version must support clustering. You must use the same controller board
model in both servers.
Note: The Intel
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RAID High Availability Storage solution is based on Intel RAID firmware that is
Intel® RAID High Availability Storage capable. Other versions of Intel RAID firmware do not provide
clustering support. When the second node boots, firmware version checks occur between the two
controllers, and the second node presents POST error messages if the Intel® RAID High Availability
Storage firmware versions do not match.
A monitor and mouse for each controller node.
Network cabling and SAS cabling to connect the servers and JBOD enclosures.
The following figure shows a diagram of a two-server Intel
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RAID High Availability Storage
configuration connected to a network. The diagram includes the details of the SAS interconnections.
