I'm considering what to do with the surplus ports on the metrocluster connection switch. Would it be acceptable to connect these unused ports to the storage for service configuration by using cables, without causing any issues?
#MCC Switch question
hollow furnace
and one more thing asking whether, with a usable capacity of 352TB and a mirror of 352TB, the actual storage capacity for data would be considered as 704TB. Or should it be viewed as 352TB?
I find these aspects confusing.
Anyway, there is a usable capacity of 352TB and a mirror of 352TB in DC A, as well as in DB B. So, should I consider the total available space as 704TB, right?
delicate oar
Connecting other things to the MCC IP switches is only supported in an "Open Network" MetroCluster (which the documentation calls "Compliant Switches"). If you are not using Open Network, then you cannot connect anything else to the switches.
If your Intracluster network (the ports in the "Cluster" IPSpace with the role "cluster") are connected to the MCC switches then you cannot connect anything to the switches. In OpenNetwork configurations those are directly-connected between the controllers on each site.
green cradle
the "available capacity" is simply what the "aggregates" can hold... a mirrored aggregate will use the same number of disks on each site (local + DR partner), the useable capacity is then half of these disks, but that's reflected in size of the aggregate, i.e. df -A