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Network configuration
NetApp HCI can utilize multiple different network cabling and VLAN configurations. The
first configuration, option B, uses six network cables for each compute node.
Configuration option B: Six cables for compute nodes
As a secondary network configuration option, the H410C compute nodes support using six network cables for
connectivity to all NetApp HCI networks. This configuration requires that the storage, vMotion and any virtual
machine networks use VLAN tagging. You can use this configuration with vSphere Standard Switches or
vSphere Distributed Switches (which require VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus licensing).
NetApp HCI documentation uses letters to refer to network ports on the back panel of H-series nodes.
Here are the network ports and locations on the H410C compute node:
VLAN configuration
When you deploy compute nodes using six cables and storage nodes using four cables, as a best practice,
you should configure the required network segments on all switch ports that the nodes are using. For example:
Network name VLAN ID Switch port configuration
Management 100 Native
Storage 105 Tagged
vMotion 107 Tagged
Virtual machines 200, 201 Tagged
The following illustration shows the recommended cabling configuration for six-cable compute nodes and four-
cable storage nodes. All switch ports in this example share the same configuration.
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