Appendix A

Recommended Configurations

About this appendix

This appendix describes the various types of configurations and provides examples of each configuration with each gFiler platform.

Configuration types

The following configuration types are discussed:

Direct-attached stand-alone
Direct-attached cluster
Switch-attached stand-alone
Switch-attached cluster
MetroCluster

How redundant ports are shown in illustrations

Redundant paths to the same set of LUNs on the storage subsystem go through two different ports. Pairs of redundant connections are shown in the illustrations using different line types. For example, in the illustration in Connecting a GF940/GF960/GF980, the redundant connections are as follows:

1A to 1A and 2B to 2A (solid black line)
1B to 1B and 2A to 2B (gray line)