BladeIO Guide

Storage Blade with Optional External Array
Topology
Fabric Inside Chassis: Converged iSCSI
Blade model: MXL
Top-of-Rack switch: S4810, S4820T
Storage: PS4410 storage blade
Optional Storage: EqualLogic External
Array
Configuration
• Converged iSCSI to the blades and
up to the Top-of-Rack switch
• MXLs are stacked, so that array to
array traffic stays inside the chassis
Topology / Configuration
Topology Diagram
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M1000e chassis
VLT
Dual Port
Adapter
Storage
Blade
Stacked
LAN
Inside Chassis
iSCSI and LAN
from Adapter to
Blade switch
iSCSI
& LAN
LAN
iSCSI
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