Make sure the client network meets the following
prerequisites. The client network is used by clients to access SMB
shares or NFS exports. It is also the network used for replication,
backup, and administration.
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Prerequisite
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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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