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Table 16. PowerStore T model networks when deployed with ToR switches (continued)
Subnet Description Switch used Node transport ports
Storage network (block) traffic including
PowerStore T model model ISCSI target
portals for front-end traffic and external
data mobility traffic such as replication and
storage import.
Top-of-Rack
(ToR) switch
First 2 ports of the 4-port card
(LACP bond)
Network attached storage (NAS) front-
end access such as NFS, SMB, and FTP.
Additionally, Active Directory (AD) for the
NAS services runs over this network.
Only required when PowerStore T model is
deployed in Unified mode.
ToR switch First 2 ports of the 4-port card
(LACP bond)
The internal network communication
occurs on the Native VLAN. The internal
network is used:
● To manage internal communication
such as to the cluster database, and
between appliances within a cluster.
The intra-cluster management network
is encrypted with IPSEC.
● For intra-cluster data mobility traffic
such as storage migration between
appliances.
● Starting from PowerStoreOS version
1.0.2.x.x.xxxx or later, to enable file
services on an Unified appliance,
communication will be routed within
the PowerStore T model appliance
rather than the ToR switch.
ToR switch First 2 ports of the 4-port card
(LACP bond)
While configuring your networks, also note the following:
● For multi-appliance cluster configurations, ensure the Internal network as shown above has proper L2 and/or L3 routing on
the native VLAN such that the first 2 ports of the 4-port card can communicate to other appliances on the network.
● If deploying with file services IPv6 is must be enabled on the ToR switches through the native VLAN.
VLAN options for deployments with ToR switches
The following table shows an example of the different types of networks with sample VLAN IDs when deploying with two Top-
of-Rack switches.
Table 17. PowerStore T model VLAN configuration with sample VLAN IDs when deployed with ToR
switches
Sample
VLAN ID
Network Switch used VLAN Ports Subnet
100 Remote Discovery (runs over the Native
VLAN)
Out-of-band management Untagged 169.254.x.x/16
100 Management Out-of-band management Untagged y.y.y.y/24
200 Storage Top-of-rack (ToR) switch Tagged y.y.x.y/24
300 NAS servers (for Unified deployments)
NOTE: You can use multiple VLANs if
you are running multiple NAS networks
ToR switch Tagged y.y.z.y/24
1 Internal (runs over the Native VLAN) ToR switch Untagged Internal IPv6 addressing
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