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4.3 Ethernet Switches and Infrastructure .................................................................... 27
4.3.1 Connecting SAN Switches in a Layer 2 Network ................................................... 28
4.3.2 Sizing Inter-Switch Connections ..................................................................... 30
4.3.3 Comparing Inter-Switch Connection Types ........................................................ 31
4.4 Host Configuration Guidelines ............................................................................ 32
4.4.1 Recommendations for Host Connectivity in Redundant SANs ................................... 32
4.4.2 Multi-Path I/O .......................................................................................... 33
4.5 EqualLogic iSCSI SAN Design ............................................................................... 35
4.5.1 Redundant SAN Configuration ....................................................................... 35
4.5.2 Partially Redundant SAN Configurations ........................................................... 36
4.6 Integrating 1GbE and 10GbE SANs ........................................................................ 38
5 M1000e Blade Chassis Integration .............................................................................. 40
5.1 Guidelines for Stacking Switches in a Blade Chassis ................................................... 40
5.2 Single M1000e Enclosure Integration ..................................................................... 41
5.3 Multiple M1000e Enclosure Integration .................................................................. 41
5.4 M1000e Ethernet Pass-Through I/O Module ............................................................. 43
5.5 External Tier Stacking ...................................................................................... 43
5.6 Stack to Stack Interconnect ............................................................................... 43
5.6.1 10GbE Uplink Recommendations .................................................................... 43
5.6.2 1GbE Uplink Recommendations ..................................................................... 44
Appendix A Network Ports and Protocols ...................................................................... 47
A.1 Required Ports and Protocols ................................................................................ 47
A.2 Optional Ports and Protocols ................................................................................. 47
Appendix B Recommended Switches ........................................................................... 49
B.1 Recommended 1GbE Switches ............................................................................... 49
B.2 Recommended 10GbE Switches .............................................................................. 50
Appendix C Supported iSCSI Initiators .......................................................................... 51
C.1 Hardware iSCSI Initiators (HBAs) ............................................................................ 51
C.2 Software iSCSI Initiators ...................................................................................... 52
C.3 Network Interface Controllers ............................................................................... 53
Appendix D PowerConnect 54xx Switch Configuration ...................................................... 54
D.1 Disabling iSCSI Optimization Setting ........................................................................ 54
D.2 Enabling the PortFast Option to Configure STP Edge Ports ............................................. 55
D.3 Configuring Flow Control ..................................................................................... 55