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We deployed a Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI, which utilized the recommended non-converged, scalable network topology. It uses one dedicated NIC for management and VM communication and one dedicated for the backend Storage Spaces Direct traffic. This enables resiliency and performance benefits. It offers a wide array of different networking options to suit a range of deployment sizes. For deployments that include heavy utilization of the underlying HCI storage, like SQL Server based deployments, we recommend using NICs with Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) capabilities.
Switch Embedded Teaming (SET) is the recommended mechanism for teaming NICs when used with Azure Stack HCI for redundancy and optimal throughput.