Nonredundant Configurations - Dell PowerVault MD3000 Hardware Owner's Manual

Figure 2-2. Cabling Two Hosts Using Redundant Data Paths

Nonredundant Configurations

Figure 2-3 through Figure 2-5 show two, three and four hosts, each connected to only one RAID
controller module. The hosts can share storage space but without redundant paths, if one path were to
fail, the server on that path would be disconnected from the storage array.
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Cabling Your RAID Enclosure
dual-HBA host server
dual-HBA host server
MD3000 RAID Enclosure
single-HBA host server
single-HBA host server
MD3000 RAID Enclosure