Scenario 3:2 - Flex-10 with Multi-Enclosure stacking - VLAN Tagging (802.1Q) with Multiple Shared Uplink Sets (SUS) - VMware
ESX - (4 Enclosures) 184
Table 3-1
Flex-10 NIC – Optimization for a VMWARE ESX implementation
Console
NIC #1
VMotion
NIC #2
Production
NIC #3
Console
NIC #4
VMotion
NIC #5
Production
NIC #6
Traditional
1Gb
technology
1Gb
1Gb
1Gb
1Gb
1Gb
1Gb
Virtual
Connect Flex-
10
500Mb
2.5Gb
7Gb
500Mb
2.5Gb
7Gb
Requirements
In order to implement this scenario, four HP BladeSystem c7000 enclosure with one of more Blade G6
servers with 10Gb NICs and TWO Virtual Connect Flex-10 Ethernet modules, installed in Bays 1& 2 are
required. In addition, we will require ONE or TWO external Network switches. As Virtual Connect does
not appear to the network as a switch and is transparent to the network, any standard managed switch
will work with Virtual Connect.
Figure 3-15
Physical View; Shows one 10Gb Ethernet uplink from Port X2 on Module 1, enclosure 1 to Port 1 on
the first network switch and one 10Gb uplink from Port X2 on Module 2, enclosure 2 to Port 1 on the second network
switch.
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