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E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Scalable Networking: Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies
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Solution Overview
Solution introduction
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Scalable infrastructure
Solution integration and network connectivity
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Solution integration and network connectivity

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Solution integration and network connectivity

  • Each of the variants in Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies supports a specific type of network connectivity. The type of network connectivity determines the solution integration requirements.

    Fully converged network connectivity

    In the fully converged network configuration, both storage and management/compute traffic use the same set of network adapters. These adapters are configured with Switch-Embedded Teaming (SET). When using RoCE in a fully converged network configuration, you must configure Data Center Bridging (DCB).

    Nonconverged network connectivity

    In the nonconverged network configuration, storage traffic uses a dedicated set of network adapters either in a SET configuration or as physical adapters. A separate set of network adapters is used for management, compute, and other traffic classes. In this connectivity method, DCB configuration is optional for QLogic (iWARP), but mandatory for Mellanox (RoCE)/Intel E810 or E823 (iWarp/RoCE)) adapters.