Dell PowerVault NX1950 User Manual

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Introduction

• You can configure Initiators with one or two dedicated NICs for iSCSI,

based on your requirement.

NOTE:

Table 1-1 and Table 1-2 provide information about the iSCSI Target NIC

configuration. The optimal connection information is also provided as options.

You can configure the iSCSI NICs according to your network requirements.

Table 1-1. Using a Single PowerVault NX1950 Storage Solution as a Target

Number of NICs

Details

Refer to Figure

4

NIC-1 and NIC-2 - Teamed NICs for public

network
NIC-3 - iSCSI dedicated traffic (subnet A)
NIC-4 - iSCSI dedicated traffic (subnet B)

Figure 1-1

3- Option 1

NOTE:

Use this

configuration if iSCSI

traffic has more

priority than NFS

traffic.

NIC-1 - NIC for public Network
NIC-2 - iSCSI dedicated traffic (subnet A)
NIC-3 - iSCSI dedicated traffic (subnet B)

Figure 1-2

3- Option 2

NOTE:

Use this

configuration if NFS

has more priority than

iSCSI traffic.

NIC-1 and NIC-2 - Teamed NICs for public

network
NIC-3 - iSCSI dedicated traffic

Figure 1-3

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