For those customer which are in some longer transition period from 1 to 10GbE we choose BaseT rather than SFP+. So the following switch model comes in my mind
Force10 s4820 or N4032/64. Keep in mind that you always need 2 switches with good stacking bandwidth.
The Force10 comes with 48x10GbE + 4x40GbE. The N4032 have 24x10+2x40 and the N4064 48x10 + 4x40. So do the math how many ports your need from the beginning. Stacking is a bit less complicating with N40xx than the (i)VLT thing on the Force10.
All three models are certified for EqualLogic and we have them working in a couple spaces and a most customer have "legacy" Servers/Devices connected to the new switch gear.
Yes you should always use VLAN and when ever it is possible separate storage traffic from the rest.
Planning for the new year. The PS6100X is getting full (currently only 12/24 disks) and one option is to get a new 4210X with 10GBit as a replacement.
About the switches:
The N4032F looks good for us. We would have enough SFP+ to connect the floor switches. We could use it to route between internal networks. We could connect the SAN and new Servers with DAC Cables. So they would become the new core switches for our headquarter.
With the network sales rep I discussed the option to combine N2xxx switches with the N4 series to get some GBit ports for "legacy" systems. Is this a possible option?
2x N4032F, 2x N2000 into one pool for redundancy?
About old iSCSI systems with new servers.
We have a PS6100X (4x1Gbit). What options do I have to connect it with the Hyper-V servers that have 10GBit, while having a PS4210 with 2 10GBit connected to the same servers (both in their own psgroup)?
And a question about replica between systems:
In another room we have a 4210 which is currently running on gbit. Can we still replicate from the new eql to this system when the new is on 10gbit and the old one is stillrunning on gbit?
About using DAC cables between the switch and the eql. A sales rep told me Dell would only give support if we use Dell switches on the other side. Is this true?
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For those customer which are in some longer transition period from 1 to 10GbE we choose BaseT rather than SFP+. So the following switch model comes in my mind
Force10 s4820 or N4032/64. Keep in mind that you always need 2 switches with good stacking bandwidth.
The Force10 comes with 48x10GbE + 4x40GbE. The N4032 have 24x10+2x40 and the N4064 48x10 + 4x40. So do the math how many ports your need from the beginning. Stacking is a bit less complicating with N40xx than the (i)VLT thing on the Force10.
All three models are certified for EqualLogic and we have them working in a couple spaces and a most customer have "legacy" Servers/Devices connected to the new switch gear.
Yes you should always use VLAN and when ever it is possible separate storage traffic from the rest.
Regards,
Joerg
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December 17th, 2015 02:00
One year later and the topic comes up again. :)
Planning for the new year. The PS6100X is getting full (currently only 12/24 disks) and one option is to get a new 4210X with 10GBit as a replacement.
About the switches:
The N4032F looks good for us. We would have enough SFP+ to connect the floor switches. We could use it to route between internal networks. We could connect the SAN and new Servers with DAC Cables. So they would become the new core switches for our headquarter.
With the network sales rep I discussed the option to combine N2xxx switches with the N4 series to get some GBit ports for "legacy" systems. Is this a possible option?
2x N4032F, 2x N2000 into one pool for redundancy?
About old iSCSI systems with new servers.
We have a PS6100X (4x1Gbit). What options do I have to connect it with the Hyper-V servers that have 10GBit, while having a PS4210 with 2 10GBit connected to the same servers (both in their own psgroup)?
And a question about replica between systems:
In another room we have a 4210 which is currently running on gbit. Can we still replicate from the new eql to this system when the new is on 10gbit and the old one is stillrunning on gbit?
Anything else we should keep in mind?
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January 4th, 2016 23:00
The new 10gbit switch would be the core switch for our entire network.
The network team prefer HP.
Do you think the 5400zl2 would be a good candidate?
www8.hp.com/.../product-detail.html
About using DAC cables between the switch and the eql. A sales rep told me Dell would only give support if we use Dell switches on the other side. Is this true?