Hi
My company just purchase 12 NAS loaded with FreeNAS
I have been given the task to configure them
Configuring the nas is not hard i have work with storage from different vendos ( EMC .. NETAPP, etc )
We only purchase the NAS to do 2 simple task . Local Vranger BACKUPS via CIFS and ISCSI LUNs to one Virtual machine .
We have one ESX Host with a few VMs , We will configure one VM to used to mapped 2 LUNs , one used to save WDS Images and the Other to save WSUS database
VM is configured to support MPIO .
My question is
Given the fact that ISCSI only uses one TCP stream ( session) what will be the best way to configure the Network Interfaces in the freenas ?
I originally setup the 4 Nics as load balance on 2 Swicth stack and noticed everytime a sesssion was opened the 4 switchports flapped ..
I have now Setup one interface in one Vlan and another on another Vlan
VM has 2 extra vNics configured on each vlans for iSCSI traffic , One Session going over one Vlan and another going throug another VLAN.
Is it safe to assume that with this setup MPIO and Loadbalance is covered or did i missed somthing ?
Thanks for your replies
My company just purchase 12 NAS loaded with FreeNAS
I have been given the task to configure them
Configuring the nas is not hard i have work with storage from different vendos ( EMC .. NETAPP, etc )
We only purchase the NAS to do 2 simple task . Local Vranger BACKUPS via CIFS and ISCSI LUNs to one Virtual machine .
We have one ESX Host with a few VMs , We will configure one VM to used to mapped 2 LUNs , one used to save WDS Images and the Other to save WSUS database
VM is configured to support MPIO .
My question is
Given the fact that ISCSI only uses one TCP stream ( session) what will be the best way to configure the Network Interfaces in the freenas ?
I originally setup the 4 Nics as load balance on 2 Swicth stack and noticed everytime a sesssion was opened the 4 switchports flapped ..
I have now Setup one interface in one Vlan and another on another Vlan
VM has 2 extra vNics configured on each vlans for iSCSI traffic , One Session going over one Vlan and another going throug another VLAN.
Is it safe to assume that with this setup MPIO and Loadbalance is covered or did i missed somthing ?
Thanks for your replies