XCubeFAS 3126
Hardware Manual
Deployment Types and Cabling
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5.2.1.
Single Path Deployment
The following images illustrate some examples of deployment types for single controller
XCubeFAS series.
One Host / One XCubeFAS / Single Path
The following figure shows an example of a single controller, direct connect enclosure
configuration with one host accessing the storage. One host is direct connected to the built-in
iSCSI ports in a single controller XCubeFAS series.
Figure 5-1 One Host / One XCubeFAS / Single Path
5.2.2.
Dual Path (MPIO) Deployment
The following images illustrate some examples of deployment types for dual controller
XCubeFAS series. MPIO (Multipath I/O) configurations are designed to provide HA (High
Availability) data connections to ensure data consistency in the rare event of a failure in the
host connectivity from a single path.