Dell FE655WI manual iSCSI Initiator Support, Ethernet Switch Support for iSCSI Network

Table 1-1. PowerEdge Cluster FE655Wi Supported Cluster Configurations

PowerEdge	Ethernet Daughter Card	Storage Systems	Ethernet Modules	Cluster Interconnect
Systems	(for iSCSI)			(for the
				Private Network)

1855 Intel® PRO/1000 MB dual-port server

1955 Broadcom 5708 Gigabit dual-port NIC controller (TCP/IP offload engine [TOE] enabled)

DellEMC AX150i	Dell PowerConnect™ Embedded NIC
DellEMC AX150SCi	5316M Ethernet
DellEMC CX3-10c	embedded switch
	module
DellEMC CX3-20c	Embedded Gigabit
DellEMC CX3-40c	Ethernet
	pass-through module

NOTE: Broadcom 5708 Gigabit dual-portNIC controller is only supported with PowerEdge 1955 system and it can be enabled to use the TOE capability.

NOTE: DellEMC CX3-10c, CX3-20c, and CX3-40c storage systems represent a combo feature of iSCSI and Fibre Channel technologies. The PowerEdge cluster FE655Wi solution uses only the iSCSI feature of the storage arrays. For more information on configuring high-availability clusters that use Fibre Channel connections on these storage systems, see the Dell PowerEdge Cluster FE655W Systems Platform Guide.

NOTE: The PowerEdge cluster FE655Wi solution does not support AX150SCi storage system in a switch-attached configuration.

iSCSI Initiator Support

The PowerEdge cluster FE655Wi configurations support Microsoft iSCSI Software Initiator with Gigabit Ethernet daughter cards in the PowerEdge server enclosure.

Ethernet Switch Support for iSCSI Network

The PowerEdge cluster FE655Wi solution supports Ethernet switches for iSCSI network.

•External Gigabit Ethernet switches are supported

•Dual (redundant) iSCSI networks configuration is required

System Configurations Support

The PowerEdge cluster FE655Wi solution supports the following direct-attached and switch-attached system configurations:

•Ethernet embedded switches connected to one or two storage systems

•Ethernet pass-through modules connected to a storage system

•Ethernet embedded switches connected to external Ethernet switches

•Ethernet pass-through modules connected to external Ethernet switches

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