Windows cluster connected to a storage system cluster through a dedicated GbE switch

You can configure SnapDrive for Windows to use both a Windows cluster and a storage system cluster.

The following illustration shows a Windows cluster and storage system cluster with an optional but recommended “private” network that manages internal cluster traffic (rather than host-storage system data traffic).

Figure 1. Windows cluster connected to storage system cluster through dedicated GbE switch

You can also create configurations that connect the host cluster to multiple storage systems or storage system active/active configurations, and you can connect a storage system or storage system active/active configuration to multiple hosts.

Note: LUN traffic and management traffic in an iSCSI configuration can be performed over a single GbE connection; however, for best results, you should separate the traffic as shown in the following illustration.