(Split from the great deals topic)
Finally ready to jump into 10gb networking, but I want to make sure I get the right parts and have this thought through.
2x Mellanox Connect-X2 cards from https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/10gb-sfp-single-port-cheaper-than-dirt.6893/
2x 10GBASE-SR SFP+ MMF 850nm Transceiver - $16 (do I have to specify Mellanox or leave it at Generic?)
1x LC-LC Duplex 10G OM4 50/125 Multimode Fiber Patch Cable
Here's my scenario:
Drop these into two ESXi 6.0U1 hosts. I want to use these to share out napp-it AIO storage over NFS from Host A to Host B (and nothing else probably, currently NFS is going over the internal ethernet LAN with everything else ).
So if I want to isolate the 10gb NFS network from everything else, does it go like this? On napp-it, set the interface with a static IP on a private subnet. On the hosts, assign a vSwitch to the adapters, set (a new?) vmkernel with a static IP on the vSwitch, and log into NFS. Can I make sure napp-it only shares NFS out a single adapter so I can use the other one purely for management? And can one vmkernel be assigned for NFS and the other for management/etc? Is there anything else I'm missing?
Thanks so much for your help, this is my first time wading into this.
Finally ready to jump into 10gb networking, but I want to make sure I get the right parts and have this thought through.
2x Mellanox Connect-X2 cards from https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/10gb-sfp-single-port-cheaper-than-dirt.6893/
2x 10GBASE-SR SFP+ MMF 850nm Transceiver - $16 (do I have to specify Mellanox or leave it at Generic?)
1x LC-LC Duplex 10G OM4 50/125 Multimode Fiber Patch Cable
Here's my scenario:
Drop these into two ESXi 6.0U1 hosts. I want to use these to share out napp-it AIO storage over NFS from Host A to Host B (and nothing else probably, currently NFS is going over the internal ethernet LAN with everything else ).
So if I want to isolate the 10gb NFS network from everything else, does it go like this? On napp-it, set the interface with a static IP on a private subnet. On the hosts, assign a vSwitch to the adapters, set (a new?) vmkernel with a static IP on the vSwitch, and log into NFS. Can I make sure napp-it only shares NFS out a single adapter so I can use the other one purely for management? And can one vmkernel be assigned for NFS and the other for management/etc? Is there anything else I'm missing?
Thanks so much for your help, this is my first time wading into this.