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Attaching Your Cluster Shared Storage System 
to a SAN
This section provides the rules and guidelines for attaching your PowerEdge cluster nodes 
to the shared storage system using a SAN in a Fibre Channel switch fabric.
In a SAN, both cluster nodes are attached to a single storage system or to multiple storage 
systems through a Dell | EMC SAN using a redundant Fibre Channel switch fabric. 
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Rule/Guideline
Description
Primary storage
Each cluster can support up to 22 shared logical disks.
Only one storage system can be direct-attached to the cluster. 
Fibre Channel HBAs 
supported
Emulex LP9002L or QLogic QLA2340.
Emulex driver version
5-2.11a2 or later.
QLogic driver version
8.1.5.20 or later.
Operating system
Each direct-attached cluster must run Windows 2000 
Advanced Server. 
Windows 2000 Advanced 
Server service pack
Windows 2000 Advanced Server configurations require Service Pack 2 
or later.
Dell | EMC FC4700-2 core 
software
8.44.01 or later.
Dell | EMC FC4500 core 
software
5.32.14 or later.
Additional software 
application programs
EMC ATF; version 2.1.6 or later.
EMC Navisphere Agent 5.3 or later.
EMC Navisphere Manager 5.3 or later.
EMC PowerPath™ 3.0.0 or later (requires Navisphere 6.05 or later).
Emulex Configuration Utility version 1.41a4 or later.