TechBook—Dell EMC Integrated System For Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Preface
Business Transformation and Data Center Modernization
Evolution of Data Centers to HCI and Hybrid Cloud
A Closer Look at Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Azure Stack HCI Architecture and Building Blocks
Dell EMC Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Portfolio – AX Nodes
Networking Topologies for Azure Stack HCI Solutions
Stretch Clustering with Azure Stack HCI
Hybrid Cloud Management
Sizing and Configuration Best Practices
Dell Support and Services
Conclusion
Additional Resources
Overview
Scalable
Switchless storage
Switch Embedded Teaming (SET)
Remote Direct Memory Access
Scalable architecture for Dell EMC Solutions for Azure Stack HCI
Fully converged network configuration
Non-converged network configuration
Switchless storage networking
Single-link full mesh topology
Dual-link full mesh topology
2-node back-to-back connected architecture
3-node single-link full mesh switchless interconnect
PowerSwitch model options for scalable infrastructure
iWARP vs RoCE for RDMA
Dell EMC Fabric Design Center
3-node single-link full mesh switchless interconnect
3-node single-link full mesh switchless interconnect
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The following figure illustrates an example of a 3-node cluster that is configured with a dual-link full mesh storage network interconnect. External network traffic uses the LOM/rNDC/OCP integrated network adapter, while storage network traffic uses two QLogic FastLinQ 25 GbE PCIe adapters per server node. In this case, each node has redundant storage network connectivity to every other node in the cluster.
Figure 38. 3-node dual-link full mesh topology
For more information about network configuration options, see Dell EMC Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI - Network Integration and Host Network Configuration Options.