Hello all, First post here. Awesome site btw, I was glad when I found I was not alone doing this kind of stuff!
Anyway, I have a question and I was hoping you guys can help me answer this. I am in the same boat about 10Gbe switch...
I am currently building a NexentaStor SAN for use with 2 XenServers.
For optimal performance I purchased a INTEL EXPX9502CX4 Dual Port PCI-Express 10Gbe card for the NexentaStor. I am hoping I can hook each XenServer (Single Port PXLA8591CX4) to any of the 2 ports and make sure that the content is accessible to both server. Is this possible without a switch?
I searched several networking terms and can't find an answer (link aggregation, multipathing, nic bonding, etc.) The real question is if I create some iSCSI share, are they bound exclusively to 1 port?
Anyway, I have a question and I was hoping you guys can help me answer this. I am in the same boat about 10Gbe switch...
I am currently building a NexentaStor SAN for use with 2 XenServers.
For optimal performance I purchased a INTEL EXPX9502CX4 Dual Port PCI-Express 10Gbe card for the NexentaStor. I am hoping I can hook each XenServer (Single Port PXLA8591CX4) to any of the 2 ports and make sure that the content is accessible to both server. Is this possible without a switch?
I searched several networking terms and can't find an answer (link aggregation, multipathing, nic bonding, etc.) The real question is if I create some iSCSI share, are they bound exclusively to 1 port?