Dell EqualLogic FS7500 - Manual (Page 18)

Dell EqualLogic FS7500 – Unified block and file storage for virtual workloads
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There were 8 1 Gbit NICs in each ESXi host server as outlined below:
VMNIC vSwitch Subnet(s) MTU Purpose
Upstream
Port type
Upstream
Connection
vmnic0
vSwitch0
192.168.100.0/2
4
192.168.101.0/24
1500
Management,
Clients,
Applications,
vMotion
TRUNK (Switch #2) VLAN
100:
Management,
Clients, and
Applications
(Switch #2) VLAN
101: vMotion
vmnic1 TRUNK
vmnic2 TRUNK
vmnic3 TRUNK
vmnic4
vSwitch1
192.168.102.0/2
4
9000 NFS to FS7500
ACCESS
(Switch #1) Front-
end portgroup
vmnic5 ACCESS
vmnic6 vSwitch2
192.168.103.0/2
4
9000 iSCSI HBA33 ACCESS
(Switch #1) Back-
end portgroup
vmnic7 vSwitch3
192.168.103.0/2
4
9000 iSCSI HBA34 ACCESS
(Switch #1) Back-
end portgroup