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• Directly connect the 10 GbE network interfaces.
• Connect the 1 GbE network interfaces to different 1 GbE switches.
Switch-connected network configuration
The switch-connected network configuration for a federation with two HPE SimpliVity 380 servers uses redundant
connections to 10 GbE switches for the HPE OmniStack Storage and Federation networks. It uses redundant 1
GbE connections to 1 GbE switches for 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 riser.