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End-to-End Deployment Guide with Switchless Networking: Microsoft HCI Solutions from Dell Technologies
Notes, cautions, and warnings Copyright Deployment Introduction Solution Overview
Solution Overview
Solution introduction
Deployment models
Solution integration and network connectivity
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Solution Deployment Introduction to network integration Switchless Architecture Additional guidance for all configurations Deploying and Configuring a Host Cluster References GPU Integration 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 more information about these configurations, see Introduction to network integration.

    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