Dell Storage with Microsoft Storage Spaces Deployment Guide

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Network infrastructure requirements for Converged

Converged network configurations will vary depending on the workload being deployed on the solution. The following is a list of the different types of network traffic to consider when planning the deployment.

Table 1. Type of network traffic for Converged . Type of network traffic for Compute Converged
Type of Network	Description
iDRAC server management	Network used to manage the physical server. It provides functionality that helps you deploy, update, monitor and maintain Dell PowerEdge servers with or without a systems management software agent.
Management	Network used to manage physical server such as Active Directory and Domain Name System integration.
Storage	Network used for storage traffic and I/O redirection.
External communication	Network used for communication to applications running on the solution such as Hyper-V, SQL, etc.
Cluster	Network used for the failover cluster which provides communication for the heartbeat in addition to inter-node communication, such as CSV redirection and Hyper-V live Migration.