Setup Guide

Switch and network requirements for Block-
optimized (FC-only) deployments
This chapter includes the following information.
Topics:
• Out-of-band management switch requirements
• Types of networks required for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments
• VLAN options for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments
• IP requirements for Block-optimized (FC-only) deployments
Out-of-band management switch requirements
Deployment with at least one out-of-band (OOB) management switch is required for all PowerStore T model deployments.
Node to out-of-band management switch
The out-of-band (OOB) management switch is connected through the 1 GbE management port on each of the appliance base
enclosure nodes as demonstrated in the following diagram.
Figure 9. Connection to the OOB management switch
The OOB management switch ports must support untagged native VLAN traffic for remote discovery.
OOB management switch uplink connections
The following image shows an example of an OOB management switch that connects to two Layer 3 uplink devices. Both of the
connections are connected with a port channel that offer increased bandwidth and redundancy.
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