The network layer consists of the following types of connections:
- The management network connects the vCenter and ESXi hosts. It also connects the iDRAC Ethernet ports of all the servers.
- The VMware VMotion network accommodates VM migration between ESXi hosts.
- The public network connects the MySQL database instances.
- The Fibre Channel (FC) SAN network connects the database servers and PowerStore SAN storage.
The networks are implemented with the following switches:
- 1 x 1 GbE switch for management switches
- 2 X 10 GbE top-of-rack switches (typically two Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4148U-ON switches for the MySQL public network)
- 2 x 16/32 Gbps FC switches for FC SAN connectivity