Administrator Guide

16 Dell FS8600 with VMware vSphere  Deployment and Configuration Best practices
ESX Host
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LnkAct
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GRN=10G
ACT/LNK A
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ACT/LNK B
GRN=10G
ACT/LNK A
GRN=10G
ACT/LNK B
GRN=10G
ACT/LNK A
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FluidFS Appliance
LnkAct
Port0 1
LnkAct
NFS Datastores
Network
VIP1 = 10.0.0.11/24
VIP0 = 10.0.0.10/24
VMK0 = 10.0.0.1/24
DS1 10.0.0.10:/Vol1
DS2 10.0.0.11:/Vol2
Figure 6 Using VIPs to Load Balance Connections Between Controllers in the FS8600
Figure 8 shows an example of three ESX hosts load balanced between the two controllers in the FS8600 appliance.
Ideally, each ESX host connection should target a different controller, and all connections with a controller should be
load balanced among its client network interfaces.
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Gb 1 Gb 2 Gb 3 Gb 4
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Port0 1
LnkAct
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ACT/LNK B
GRN=10G
ACT/LNK A
GRN=10G
ACT/LNK B
GRN=10G
ACT/LNK A
GRN=10G
ACT/LNK B
FS8610i Appliance
LnkAct
Port0 1
LnkAct
ST
Gb 1 Gb 2 G b 3 Gb 4
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43
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LnkAct
Port0 1
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NFS Datastores
Network
ESX HostESX Host
ESX Host
ESX Host
LnkAct
Port0 1
LnkAct
Figure 7 Load Balancing Datastores Connections Between FS8600 Controllers