vSAN 2 Node direct connect

[jekoy]

Hi,

For a vSAN 2 Node Direct Connect, what is the best practice for cabling on the 10Gb NIC port?

Do we still need a cross over cable or straight cable Cat6 will work fine?

I'm using Dell vSAN Ready node - 2x R440, in Dell's cabling guide it didn't mention a crossover cable. 

Please also send a link for documentation.

Thanks.

Jek

[depping]

You can use a regular CAT6 cable. 1GbE/10Gbe NICs and higher use auto-mdix to configure the network card correctly. So no need any more for a crossover cable.

[depping]

I was looking for the documentation around this and can't find anything. I have asked for our documentation to be updated and mention that normal cables can be used.

[jekoy]

Thank you depping.