Lenovo Secure Managed Client - Manual (Page 13)

Chapter 3. Networking considerations
This chapter discusses requirements and other considerations when setting up
Secure Managed Client.
Included in this chapter are the following topics:
v “Infrastructure requirements”
v “Diskless client architecture” on page 6
v “Active Directory considerations” on page 6
v “iSCSI boot” on page 7
v “Capacity” on page 7
v “Link aggregation (Bonding)” on page 7
v “Packet loss” on page 8
v “Network topology” on page 8
Infrastructure requirements
The following are preferred network requirements:
v Multi GB backbone
v The Secure Managed Client Storage Array has 6 1-GB ports combined
v The switches are placed between the storage array and client only
The following are alternate networking requirements:
v A 1 GB or faster backbone
v A maximum of 20 clients per 1 GB link
v At a minimum, a 100 MB switch
– A Gigabit uplink is required
– Max of 20 clients per 100 MB switch with a 1 GB uplink
v Will support a routed network
– Not recommended for Secure Managed Client
– Must meet above network requirements
– Prefer 10-GB router
v Secure Managed Client uses two media access control (MAC)s sub-layers per
client
v Not compatible with network access control (NAC)
– Booting through iSCSI requires network access
– Network interface card (NIC) OPROM does not support NAC
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