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Tech Book—Dell Integrated System For Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Preface Business Transformation and Data Center Modernization Evolution of Data Centers to HCI and Hybrid Cloud A Closer Look at Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Azure Stack HCI Architecture and Building Blocks Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Portfolio – AX Nodes Networking Topologies for Azure Stack HCI Solutions Stretch Clustering with Azure Stack HCI
Stretch Clustering with Azure Stack HCI
Azure Stack HCI stretch clustering
Comparison of traditional and stretched clusters
Business continuity planning
Stretch clustering topology
Servers Storage pools Volumes Setup configuration Preferred site configuration Affinity and anti-affinity VMs Cloud witness
Azure Stack HCI stretch clustering scenarios and concepts
Active/passive setup Active/Active Synchronous replication Asynchronous replication
Stretch clustering best practices with Azure Stack HCI
Validated network topology
Basic configuration High throughput configuration Server and site affinity rules for VMs
Managing the Hybrid Cloud Sizing and Configuration Best Practices Dell Support and Services Conclusion Additional Resources

Validated network topology

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Validated network topology

  • High throughput configuration

    Figure 48. Network topology for a stretched cluster (advanced)


    This topology uses two 25 GbE NICs for each host to configure a high throughput stretched cluster and one rNDC for management traffic. One NIC is dedicated for intra-site RDMA traffic, similar to a stand-alone Storage Spaces Direct environment. The second NIC is used for replica traffic. SMB Multichannel is used to distribute traffic evenly across both replica adapters to increase network performance and availability. SMB Multichannel enables the use of multiple network connections simultaneously and facilitates the aggregation of network bandwidth and network fault tolerance when multiple paths are available. For more information, see Manage SMB Multichannel.

    The Set-SRNetworkConstraint cmdlet is used to ensure that replica traffic flows only through the dedicated interfaces and not through the management interface. Run this cmdlet once for each volume.