PowerScale OneFS API Reference

Networking

After you determine the topology of your network, you can set up and manage your internal and external networks.

There are two types of networks on the PowerScale cluster:

Internal

Nodes communicate with each other using a high-speed low latency InfiniBand network. You can optionally configure a second InfiniBand network to enable failover for redundancy.

External

Clients connect to the cluster through the external network with Ethernet. The cluster supports standard network communication protocols, including NFS, SMB, HDFS, HTTP, and FTP. The cluster includes various external Ethernet connections, providing flexibility for a wide variety of network configurations.