Technical information

5 EqualLogic Configuration Guide | Version 15.2 | August 2014
8.2 Ethernet switches and infrastructure ........................................................................................................................... 36
8.2.1 Connecting SAN switches in a Layer 2 network ........................................................................................................ 37
8.2.2 Sizing inter-switch connections ................................................................................................................................... 40
8.2.3 Comparing inter-switch connection types ................................................................................................................ 40
9 Building a high-availability SAN ................................................................................................................................................ 42
9.1 Multi-path I/O ................................................................................................................................................................... 42
9.1.1 EqualLogic MPIO Requirements ................................................................................................................................... 42
9.1.2 EqualLogic MPIO General Recommendations .......................................................................................................... 43
9.2 Redundant SAN configuration ....................................................................................................................................... 43
9.3 Controller redundancy in all models ........................................................................................................................... 44
9.4 Basic controller failover behavior in all models ......................................................................................................... 45
9.4.1 Basic controller failover for models prior to PS4100/PS6100 ................................................................................ 45
9.4.2 Controller failover behavior for: PS41x0/PS61x0 ...................................................................................................... 47
9.4.3 Failover behavior in the PS-M4110 ............................................................................................................................... 48
9.5 Vertical port failover behavior in PS4100/PS6100 controllers ............................................................................... 49
9.6 Vertical port failover behavior in PS4110/PS6110 controllers ................................................................................ 52
9.7 Vertical port failover behavior in PS6210 controllers ............................................................................................... 55
10 Mixed speed environments - Integrating 1GbE and 10GbE SANs .................................................................................... 57
10.1 Mixed speed SAN best practices ................................................................................................................................... 57
11 Blade server chassis integration ............................................................................................................................................... 59
11.1 Designing a SAN using blade chassis I/O modules with arrays ............................................................................. 60
12 FS Series NAS Configuration ......................................................................................................................................................61
12.1 FS7500 connection paths ................................................................................................................................................61
12.2 FS7600/FS7610 connection paths ................................................................................................................................ 64
13 Data Center Bridging (DCB) ...................................................................................................................................................... 67
13.1 DCB Overview ................................................................................................................................................................... 68
13.2 DCB requirements for EqualLogic ................................................................................................................................ 68
13.3 VLANs for iSCSI ................................................................................................................................................................. 69
A Network ports and protocols .................................................................................................................................................... 71
A.1 Required ports and protocols ......................................................................................................................................... 71
A.2 Optional ports and protocols ......................................................................................................................................... 71
B Upgrade paths for EqualLogic PS Series arrays .................................................................................................................... 73