In non-converged network configurations, the storage traffic is separated from the management/VM traffic using dedicated storage network adapters. The storage traffic can either be on the physical ports or implemented as virtual adapters in the host operating system that is connected to a switch embedded team (SET). The following figure shows this network integration option.
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