The following figure shows a two-layer deployed with access-aggregation network configuration.
Figure 6. PowerFlex network design
The network layer consists of the following types of connectivity:
- The 1 GbE network interface controller ports for infrastructure management between the PowerFlex controller node and PowerFlex storage and compute-only nodes.
- Each of the PowerFlex compute and storage nodes are attached with two 25 GbE dual port network interface controller cards.
- The LACP bonding is configured at host level with two network interfaces to form a single-bonded (logical) interface for increased bandwidth and redundancy. The bond0 and bond1 are the LACP bonded interface and configured with multiple VLAN tagged interfaces over LACP bond for all the PowerFlex networks.
- The 2 x 25 GbE network ports using different NICs on each PowerFlex compute-only node are available to carry PowerFlex management, Oracle public and Oracle private traffic. The other 2 x 25 GbE network ports with different network interface card (NIC) on each PowerFlex compute-only node are available to carry two PowerFlex data traffic. The traffic is, however, logically separated by dedicated VLAN networks.
- The 2 x 25 GbE network ports of different NIC on each PowerFlex storage node are available to carry PowerFlex management, and two PowerFlex data traffic. The other 2 x 25 GbE network ports with different NIC on each PowerFlex storage node are available to carry the remaining two PowerFlex data traffic. The traffic is, however, logically separated by dedicated VLAN networks.