Re: First Cluster and San

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Well, the connection can be an HBA using FC but it can also be iSCSI using an iSCSI controller or you can use a Gigabit NIC card.....depends on what you want...but, mapped drives will not work.

The big thing here is that your cluster solution must appear as a complete solution in the windows Server catalog -

http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/results.aspx?bCatID=1291&cpID=0&ocID=20&OR=1

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q309395


Chuck Timon, Jr.
Microsoft Corporation
Windows Server 2008 Readiness Team
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"BobbyForHire" <BobbyForHire.2uc0vh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:BobbyForHire.2uc0vh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

I have been tasked with setting up a SAN along with Windows 2003 r2
Enterprise clustering. I have been doing alot of reading but one
question is still on my mind.


The cluster will require a Quarum, The EMC SAN that i have will be the
Quarum. But how will the Nodes connect to the SAN?? Do they all have
to have a HBA card installed? or is it as simple as mapping a drive??


Thanks.


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