administrator for proper VLAN planning and configuration for your network
environment.
The optical Ethernet ports on the X400 platform cube and the X400 capacity cubes
used for the routable/external network VLAN are the even-numbered ports (0 and 2).
For improved reliability, ports numbered 0 and 2 should go to
,
The optical Ethernet ports on the X400 platform cube and the X400 capacity cubes
used for the non-routable/internal VLAN are the odd-numbered ports (1 and 3). For
improved reliability, ports numbered 1 and 3 should go to different switches, although
a single switch can be used.
The RJ45 Ethernet port on the X400 cubes is a dedicated iDRAC port that provides a
method for out-of-band remote management. It should be connected to a routable,
external, or site management network.
Figure 35 X400 platform cube ports used for internal and external networks
Figure 36 X400 capacity cube ports used for internal and external networks
Before you connect the X400 cubes to the switch(es), consider the following:
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X400 cubes are compatible with all SFP+ switches that support 10 Gbe or 25 Gbe
and VLAN. If the 10 GbE and 25 GbE switches (optional) are unique to each other,
ensure to connect 10 Gbe to 10 Gbe or 25 GbE to 25 GbE. Note that if the
switches are segregated by speed, they must share a common VLAN and be able
to share that VLAN across all switches used for the X400 Appliance.
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It is recommended you configure the X400 Appliance with
for
redundancy and fault tolerance.
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The X400 Appliance can share the same top-of-rack switch for both internal and
external communication by using VLAN ID (IEEE 802.1Q) tagging.
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If there is more than one X400 Appliance, each X400 Appliance requires its own
internal private network for internal communication. Each internal network
requires a separate, dedicated VLAN ID. VLAN IDs are assigned per X400
Appliance, and are determined by the network administrator. Contact the network
administrator with these requirements.
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