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E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Scalable Networking (Windows)
Deployment Introduction Solution Overview Solution Deployment Network integration overview Scalable Architecture
Scalable Architecture
Scalable architecture for Dell Solutions for Microsoft Windows Server HCI
Fully converged network configuration
Deployment instructions for fully converged network configuration
Non-converged network configuration
Storage on physical adapters Storage using SET
Additional guidance for all configurations Deploying and Configuring a Host Cluster Persistent Memory for Windows Server HCI Day 1 operations Managing and monitoring clusters with Windows Admin Center Dell OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center Updates and maintenance

Fully converged network configuration

Fully converged network configuration

  • The following figure depicts the integration of the fully converged architecture.

    Figure 3. Fully converged network topology with two NIC ports
    Figure illustrating fully converged network topology with two NIC ports

    The following figure depicts the fully converged network topology with four NIC ports.

    Figure 4. Fully converged network topology with four NIC ports
    Figure illustrating fully converged network topology with four NIC ports

    In the fully converged network topology, all storage ports from the server are connected to the same network fabric. In the host operating system, the NIC ports are used for both storage and management/VM traffic. The following figure shows this configuration in the host operating system.

    Figure 5. Host operating system network configuration in fully converged topology with two NIC ports
    Figure illustrating OS network configuration in fully converged topology with two NIC ports

    In this host operating system network configuration, a SET is created with two or four physical ports and virtual adapters in the host operating system that is implemented for Storage 1, Storage 2, and Management traffic.

    Note: The number of virtual storage adapters in the host operating system must match the number of physical ports in the SET.

    The following figure depicts using four NIC ports for the Switch-Embedded Team in a fully converged topology.

    Figure 6. Host operating system network configuration in fully converged topology with four NIC ports
    Figure illustrating OS network configuration in fully converged topology with four NIC ports

    The storage adapters in this configuration can use either one, two, or four VLANs.