Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Managing a Switch Stack

Figure 8-16. NSF and a Storage Area Network

When the Management Unit fails, session A drops. The initiator at 10.1.1.10

detects a link down on its primary NIC and attempts to reestablish the

session on its backup NIC to a different IP address on the disk array. The

hardware forwards the packets to establish this new session, but assuming the

session is established before the control plane is restarted on the backup unit,

the new session receives no priority treatment in the hardware.
Session B remains established and fully functional throughout the restart and

continues to receive priority treatment in the hardware.

Servers (iSCSI Initiators)

10.1.1.10

10.1.1.11

10.1.1.3

10.1.1.2

10.1.1.1

Disc Array (iSCSI Targets)

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