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Overview ................................................................................................................................................................................... 2

Introduction .............................................................................................................................................................................. 3

Storage node ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4

10GbE connectivity ............................................................................................................................................................. 5

Interface speed and duplex settings ............................................................................................................................... 5

Flow control ......................................................................................................................................................................... 5

Jumbo frames ...................................................................................................................................................................... 6

Network bonding ................................................................................................................................................................. 6

Separate management networks .................................................................................................................................... 9

IP addressing ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10

Network switching ................................................................................................................................................................. 11

Port buering cache ......................................................................................................................................................... 11

Switching methodology .................................................................................................................................................. 11

Flow control ........................................................................................................................................................................ 12

Jumbo frames .................................................................................................................................................................... 12

VLAN ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 13

Spanning Tree Protocol ................................................................................................................................................... 13

Unicast storm control ....................................................................................................................................................... 14

Recommended network switches for HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage .................................................................... 14

Host conguration ................................................................................................................................................................. 16

Jumbo frames .................................................................................................................................................................... 16

Flow control ........................................................................................................................................................................16

Multipathing I/O ................................................................................................................................................................. 17

MPIO for VMware vSphere .............................................................................................................................................. 17

MPIO for Microsoft Windows Server ............................................................................................................................. 17

Multi-site cluster networking requirements ....................................................................................................................18

Remote Copy ......................................................................................................................................................................... 19

Asynchronous replication ...............................................................................................................................................20

Network bandwidth planning .........................................................................................................................................20

Calculate bandwidth usage ............................................................................................................................................21

Remote Copy tuning .........................................................................................................................................................23

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................................................... 24

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HP StoreVirtual 4000 Storage

Network design considerations and best practices