EMC3323

Disadvantages

Reduced access for remote management: To perform management tasks, you must be connected to a host on the private network.

Limited failover capability since the single initiator and single switch provide only one path from a server to the iSCSI Ethernet switch.

SSR212PP2i Connected to a Dedicated iSCSI Network (Multiple- Initiator Servers)

Figure 17 shows an SSR212PP2i with up to ten servers. Each server has two iSCSI initiators connected with two Ethernet switches (dedicated for storage system traffic) to SSR212PP2i iSCSI data ports. The performance and availability advantages of this configuration make it optimal for many environments.

This configuration requires a NIC connection; iSCSI HBAs qualified on

SSR212PP-Series systems do not support management input/output.

Corporate,

public or private

network