Network for NFS

Hello

I have infrastructure as follows;

2 welcome each containing 6 1Gig speed NIC each.

A NAS storage with 4 NIC

Two L2 Switches (managed HP).

Planning to run it by the best recommendations and requirements, so that there should not be a SPOF any level.

So keeping this in mind, we have designed to use ports on each server as follows:

2 for the NFS storage, 2 for Production management and 2 others for vMotion on each server.

A cable from each port configured for respective roles goes uplink switch1 and switch2, so if a switch goes down we still have the other switch support.

Separated VLAN is configured by the switch to different types of traffic.

My question as below;

Should I team two ports on each vSS.If so that what should be the parameters for NETWORK adapters for the production, storage, and vMotion network grouping (keeping in mind cables going to switch uplink separated).

Should I keep adapter in active-standby or active-active mode.

I didn't think any specific settings to link pass that one cable by a single port is to go there and I don't have the choice of the channel of the ether or LACP.

In addition, vmware license is essential and having therefore no possibility to use dynamic switches.

Consider using 5.5.0.

Also do you propose to use frames as well in the present.

Kind regards

Sushil

Hello

I suggest always you put management and vMotion on the same set of natachasery management and workloads. It makes no difference where they are subnet a perspective.  I also suggest to read the following:

Who should you get.

natachasery have no IP address in a vSphere environment, they act as a link between a physical and virtual switch. According to the way which you the trunk your VLAN Trunk ends pSwitch (external switch tagging) or the virtual switch (switch virtual tagging). Most people master their VLAN to the virtual switch.

You want something like the following:

pSwitch <->pNIC0 <->[ <->Portgroup vSwitch0] <->management (subnet1)

pSwitch <->pNIC1 <->[ <->Portgroup vSwitch0] <->vMotion (subnet2)

When switching between pNIC0 and pNIC1 management and vMotion end up on the same bear but when normally run that they remain separated. It is the recommended method. In this case you would master the VLAN to the vSwitch. I know some people who just do not use VLANs, but who use only separate subnets and it works as well.

pSwitch <->pNIC2/pNIC3 <-> <->Portgroup vSwitch1 (s) <->of workloads (subnet1)

If you use VLANs (except for vMotion) you're trunking to vSwitch1 (virtual switch tagging). If subnet1 is on the same vSwitch and the trunk is correct via pSwitch ports so he can talk to management on vSwitch0 effortlessly. Switches know how to route traffic to VLAN.

pSwitch <->pNIC4/pNIC5 <->vSwitch2 <->Portgroup <->NFS (subnet3)

Here we link pNIC4 and pNIC5 together or use them as a pair of failover for NFS on its own subnet / VLAN itself. This VLAN can end the pSwitch if you wish or terminate once again to the vSwitch.

In this configuration you have 3 VLAN and 3 subnets (subnets use by VLAN are also recommended)... for example:

VLAN100-> subnet1-> workload management

VLAN200->-> vMOtion subnet2

VLAN300->-> NFS subnet3

Let the pSwitches any 'movement' of traffic for each VLAN. You need only a routing device if you want TO cross borders VLAN and there is absolutely no need to do it in this configuration.

Best regards
Edward L. Haletky
VMware communities user moderator, VMware vExpert 2009, 2010, 2011,2012,2013,2014

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