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<strong>OpenVMS</strong> <strong>Cluster</strong> Interconnect Configurations<br />

3.7 Multihost Fibre Channel <strong>OpenVMS</strong> <strong>Cluster</strong> <strong>Systems</strong><br />

3.7.2 Examples<br />

Figure 3–9 shows a multihost configuration with two independent Fibre Channel<br />

interconnects connecting the hosts to the storage subsystems. Note that another<br />

interconnect is used for node-to-node communications.<br />

Figure 3–9 Four-Node <strong>OpenVMS</strong> <strong>Cluster</strong> Configuration Using a Fibre Channel<br />

Interconnect<br />

Alpha<br />

KGPSA KGPSA<br />

Fibre Channel A<br />

Alpha<br />

KGPSA KGPSA<br />

Alpha<br />

KGPSA KGPSA<br />

HSG80 HSG80 HSG80 HSG80<br />

Disk storage subsystem Disk storage subsystem<br />

3–14 <strong>OpenVMS</strong> <strong>Cluster</strong> Interconnect Configurations<br />

<strong>Cluster</strong> communications<br />

Fibre Channel B<br />

MDR<br />

SCSI tape<br />

Tape storage<br />

subsystem<br />

Alpha<br />

KGPSA KGPSA<br />

VM-0081A-AI

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