SUMMARY: TruCluster V5.0A member support

From: Timothy Brown <brownt_at_celerent.com>
Date: Tue, 12 Sep 2000 15:10:36 +0000

Thanks to Bob Grosso, TruCluster Product Manager, for
his response on the number of cluster members supported
for V5.0A through the Fibre Channel Switch.

Bob wrote:

"TruCluster Server Version 5.0A supports eight-member
cluster configurations as follows:

· Fibre Channel: Eight-member systems may be connected
to common storage over Fibre Channel in a fabric (switch)
configuration.
                   
I regret that this was ambiguous in the "Hardware
Configuration Guide". We decided very late in the
release that we could indeed support 8 members on
switched fibre and didn't get the book corrected in time.

-Bob Grosso
TruCluster Product Manager


Timothy Brown wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I was reading through the TruCluster V5.0A Hardware
> Requirements and Restrictions and noticed some
> conflicting statements that I hope someone could clear
> up for me.
>
> In Section 2.1 it states the following:
>
> . TruCluster Server Version 5.0A supports eight-member
> cluster configurations as follows:
>
> - Fibre Channel: Eight-member systems may be connected
> to common storage over Fibre Channel in a fabric
> (switch) configuration.
>
> Below Table 2-1 it states the following:
>
> The following requirements and restrictions apply to
the
> use of Fibre Channel with the TruCluster Server:
>
> . A maximum of four member systems is supported.
>
> So which is it? Eight member or four members using the
> Fibre Channel?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Timothy Brown
> brownt_at_celerent.com
Received on Tue Sep 12 2000 - 15:11:40 NZST

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