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1GbE or 10GbE switches can be reached from the
rack.
To ensure high availability to the client network,
Dell recommends using a switch stack or Director class switches. Distributing
the client network ports across discrete switches/blades in the stack
creates a redundant connection to the core network, allowing file
access to continue after a single switch failure.
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Ethernet switch infrastructure has ports available
for each FS8600 appliance.
- Fibre Channel with 1GbE appliance – Eight RJ45 ports
for each appliance
- Fibre Channel with 10GbE appliance or 10GbE iSCSI
appliance – Four LC optical or SFP+ (twinax) connections for each
appliance
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All client ports are in the same broadcast domain
or port-based VLAN.
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Switches are configured to use MTU size equal
to or greater than the minimum supported MTU.
- Dell Force10 switches must be configured to use MTU
1554 or greater.
- Dell PowerConnect switches must be configured to use
MTU 1518 or greater.
- If jumbo frames are used on the client network, the
switches and clients must be configured to use MTU 9000.
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(Recommended but not required) Flow control is
enabled on the switches.
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