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Chapter 42 Configuring iSCSI
iSCSI High Availability
Figure 42-18
Multiple Gigabit Ethernet Interfaces in the Same IP Network
In
Figure 42-18
, each iSCSI host discovers two iSCSI targets for every physical Fibre Channel target
(with different names). The multi-pathing software on the host provides load-balancing over both paths.
If one Gigabit Ethernet interface fails, the host multi-pathing software is not affected because it can use
the second path.
VRRP-Based High Availability
Figure 42-19
provides an example of a VRRP-based high availability iSCSI configuration.
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Logical view