VTRAK M-CLASS Product Manual

Chapter 2: Installation
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iSCSI Direct Attached Storage
Figure 11. VTrak M300i and M200i DAS connections (M500i is similar)
This arrangement requires:
• A Gigabit Ethernet network interface card (GbE NIC) with iSCSI support (in
hardware or software)
• A network switch
• A network interface card (NIC) in the PC
Connect the GbE (iSCSI) NIC in your PC to one of the VTrak Data Ports to
establish an isolated data path.
Connect the PC’s standard NIC and VTrak’s Management Port to your network
switch to establish the management path.
iSCSI 1 iSCSI 2
IOIOI
Controller
Mgmt
PC
VTrak
Network Switch
iSCSI Port (1 of 2)
Management
Port
GbE NICNIC