They store all their configs in volatile memory and never write them to ROM. Seriously it depends of if you want to keep operations running if you lose a switch. We have a pair of nics in each host for each operation you mentioned split across multiple stacked switches. You don't dedicate a switch to iSCSI or Vmotion but just split them across different physical switches so you lose one and keep running. You start adding up all the ports you need and you'll probably have to get another switch anyway.
-----Original Message----- From: Andy Shook [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 2:13 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: RE: vSphere Switch Config Query You can put this all on one switch as long as that one switch is Cisco. HP "switches" wouldn't work well, they only have web scale. :) Shook -----Original Message----- From: Paul Hutchings [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, September 27, 2010 3:10 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: vSphere Switch Config Query Looking at vSphere and a bunch of options we don't currently use so I'm investigating switch config. Those of you that are using iSCSI storage, vMotion and Fault Tolerance, what sort of physical switch config are you using please? We're only talking a couple of hosts and somehow it seems like overkill having a separate switch for iSCSI and a separate switch for the vSphere traffic. Thanks ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to [email protected] with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
