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SANsymphony Networking Configuration
DataCore's SANsymphony™ software uses the Ethernet network interfaces provisioned
within the appliance to fulfil requirements for iSCSI "storage" ports and the "management"
(control plane) ports. It is vital that the network interfaces being configured are correctly
connected to the physical infrastructure with respect to their intended traffic (Port) roles.
It is necessary for the installer to assign appropriate IP configuration details to all
interfaces as DHCP is not supported as a configuration mechanism for storage ports. The
installer should liaise with the appropriate DevOps networking authority to obtain the
correct interface details, including IP gateway address ("management" interface only) and
DNS server details. These details should be transferred to the corresponding fields within
the user interview GUI, in accordance with the overall storage system topology.
Note: Subnet mask values may be input either in dotted decimal (w.x.y.z) or network
number (e,g, /24) format.
Correct operation of the SANsymphony™ software requires that all designated port roles
(target or "Front-End" ports 'FE', storage "Mirror" ports 'MR', initiator or "Back-End" ports
'BE', and the out-of-band "Management" port) must be placed on separate logical networks.
The GUI enforces this requirement and will display an error message if this constraint is
violated. The deployment cannot continue until such an error is corrected:
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