Networking connectivity architecture and cabling best
practice (R640, R740XD servers)
This topic describes connectivity architecture, cabling best practice information, and
cable connection examples from typical ScaleIO Ready Node configurations in order to
help you plan your network.
Note
If you are not familiar with ScaleIO system architecture, refer to "System
Architecture" in the
ScaleIO User Guide
or
ScaleIO Deployment Guide
.
Note
ScaleIO uses APIPA IP addresses (169.254.x.x/16) for Broadcast and Unicast, and this
requires special configuration during deployment.
It is mandatory to set the Management VLAN as either a Layer 2 VLAN without an IP
address, or as VLAN 0 (meaning, no VLAN). This will facilitate a seamless onsite "Add
Node" operation.
Network prerequisites
Ensure that you have the following network resources and equipment available before
installing ScaleIO Ready Node servers.
Note
In addition to the requirements below for connecting ScaleIO Ready Node servers to
one or more switches, ensure that you have prepared the items described in
on page 14 .
Switches
One 10 GbE switch is required. Two or more 10 GbE switches may be used for
high availability and load balancing purposes. Separate (one or more) 1 GbE
switches may be used for the management network.
Before you begin connecting the switches, ensure that they are installed and
configured. Do not connect the switches to your organization's network until all
installation and configuration activities are complete.
Note
Each node has four 10 GbE ports. Two are used by for internal network
communication. The other two ports are used for VMware high availability, DRS,
and client network traffic.
The switches must have sufficient available network ports to accommodate the
following:
l
Data network 10 GbE switches: Two, 10 GbE ports per node, per switch
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Management network switches: One, 1 GbE and one BMC (iDRAC) port per
node.
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