Dell PowerEdge Use Manual

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Cabling Your Blade Cluster Hardware 252Cabling Your Blade ClusterHardwareNOTE: The cluster nodes represent the individual server modules in your Dell™PowerEdge™ server enclosure. The designations namely, node 1 and node 2 andthe server enclosure are used for illustrative purposes only. The system and thestorage components in your cluster configuration may vary.Cabling Your Cluster For Public and PrivateNetworksThe network interface cards (NICs) in the cluster nodes provide at least twonetwork connections for each node, as described in Table 2-1.Figure 2-1 shows an example of network cabling for a PowerEdge M1000eserver enclosure in which dedicated NICs in each server module are internallyconnected to each other through a Gigabit Ethernet switch module (for theprivate network) and the remaining NICs are connected to the publicnetworkTable 2-1. Network ConnectionsNetworkConnectionDescriptionPublic network • All connections to the client LAN.• The public network must be configured for Mixed mode forprivate network failover.Private network A dedicated connection for sharing cluster health and statusinformation only.