Hi,
I have to setup a NFS storage to a customer.
Here is the hardware configuration :
- NetApp NAS 3210 with 4 NICS
- 2 independant physical switches (HP ?) with NO stack
- ESXi 4.1 with 6 vmnic
I could dedicate 3 vmnic to storage. What could be the best configuration to meet performance and high availability ?
I thought I could trunk 2 vmnic on one physical switch (ip hash) as active adapters and 1 vmnic on the other physical switch as standby adapter. Is it a good configuration ? And how should the NAS be connected ?
Thank you.
Hello.
Definitely check out NetApp's TR-3428. It should be your guide for all of this.
Good Luck!
IP-Hash combined with active/standby NICs is not a idea. Always run active/active with IP-Hash / Etherchannels. Take a look at the document referred to above, it has all the info you will need to design a rock solid environment for your NetApp filer.
Duncan (VCDX)
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OK, thank you we will finally not use IP hash because of the switches not being stacked.
Instead 2 vmnic will be used.
Regards