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E2E Deployment and Operations Guide with Switchless Networking (Windows)
Deployment Introduction Solution Overview
Solution Overview
Solution introduction
Deployment models
Solution integration and network connectivity
Solution Deployment Network integration overview Switchless Architecture 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

Deployment models

Deployment models

  • Switchless storage networking

    This Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies infrastructure type offers two to four nodes in a switchless configuration for storage traffic. This infrastructure can be implemented using any of the validated and supported AX nodes. However, the number of nodes in a cluster varies between the AX node models and the number of network adapters that each model supports.

    Switchless storage networking offers two full-mesh configurations:
    • Single-link
    • Dual-link

    For the two-node cluster deployment, configure a cluster witness. For details, see Configuring a cluster witness.

    The switchless storage configuration has been validated with back-to-back connections for storage connectivity.

    The following figure shows the switchless storage networking infrastructure:

    Figure 1. Switchless storage networking