Network Cable Connections; Network Configuration Overview; Network Interface Ports - Dell EqualLogic FS7600 Series Installation And Setup Manual

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4 Network Cable Connections

Before you connect each appliance to the network hardware, you must set up the required network infrastructure

and connect each appliance to the networks used in the NAS cluster.

The Dell EqualLogic FS7600 requires the following networks:

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Client network—Used for client access to the NFS exports and CIFS shares hosted by the NAS cluster.

The recommended configuration is four client network connections to each controller.

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SAN/internal network—Used for internal communication between the controllers and for communication

between the controllers and the EqualLogic PS Series SAN.

The recommended configuration is four SAN/internal network connections to each NAS controller.

For security reasons, the internal network is usually a private network. The client, SAN, and internal networks

must be separate subnets.

An FS7600 NAS appliance has four, 4-port NICs, for a total of 16 network connections plus two ports for remote

KVM use.

Figure 8

shows the network interface ports on the appliance.

Table 7

describes their functions.

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