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Chapter 7: Network cabling options
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Configuration guidelines for each server:
• Connect the 10 GbE FlexLOM ports to different 10 GbE switches.
• Use VLANs on each switch according to the network separation rules specified in the
HPE OmniStack for
vSphere Client Administrator Guide
.
Direct-connected network configuration
A direct-connected network configuration for a federation with two HPE SimpliVity 380 servers uses the 10 GbE
connections for the HPE OmniStack Storage and Federation networks. Redundant 1 GbE connections to 1 GbE
switches provide the Management network.
The following figure shows a sample configuration with rear boot drives. On your model, additional PCIe cards
may be installed in the secondary PCIe riser.
NOTE:
You cannot use direct connections for the 10 GbE ports if you have three or more systems in a datacenter.
Configuration guidelines for each server: