Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt/RHEV and HP Blades and HP iSCSI SAN

2016-06-25 Thread Colin Coe
HI Dan As this is production, critical infrastructure large downtime is not possible. We have a hardware refresh coming up in about 12 months so I'll have to wait until then. I recall asking this of GSS quite some time ago and not really getting too helpful an answer We use a combination of

Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt/RHEV and HP Blades and HP iSCSI SAN

2016-06-25 Thread Dan Yasny
On Fri, Jun 24, 2016 at 11:05 PM, Colin Coe wrote: > Hi Dan > > I should have mentioned that we need to use the same subnet for both iSCSI > interfaces which is why I ended up bonding (mode 1) these. > This is not best practice. Perhaps you should have asked these questions when planning? Right

Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt/RHEV and HP Blades and HP iSCSI SAN

2016-06-24 Thread Colin Coe
Hi Fernando The network is pretty much cast in stone now. I even if I could change it, I'd be relucant todo so as the firewall/router has 1Gb interfaces but the iSCSI SANs and blade servers are all 10Gb. Having these in different subnets will create a 1Gb bottle neck. Thanks On Sat, Jun 25, 2

Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt/RHEV and HP Blades and HP iSCSI SAN

2016-06-24 Thread Fernando Frediani
Hello Colin, I know well all the equipment you have in your hands as I used to work with these during a long time. Great stuff I can say. All seems Ok from what you describe, except the iSCSI network which should not be a bond, but two independent vlans (and subnets) using iSCSI multipath. B

Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt/RHEV and HP Blades and HP iSCSI SAN

2016-06-24 Thread Colin Coe
Hi Dan I should have mentioned that we need to use the same subnet for both iSCSI interfaces which is why I ended up bonding (mode 1) these. Looking at https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.6/html/Administration_Guide/sect-Preparing_and_Adding_Block_Sto

Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt/RHEV and HP Blades and HP iSCSI SAN

2016-06-24 Thread Dan Yasny
Two things off the top of my head after skimming the given details: 1. iSCSI will work better without the bond. It already uses multipath, so all you need is to separate the portal IPs/subnets and provide separate IPs/subnets to the iSCSI dedicated NICs, as is the recommended way here: https://acce

[ovirt-users] oVirt/RHEV and HP Blades and HP iSCSI SAN

2016-06-24 Thread Colin Coe
Hi all We run four RHEV datacenters, two PROD, one DEV and one TEST/Training. They are all working OK but I'd like a definitive answer on how I should be configuring the networking side as I'm pretty sure we're getting sub-optimal networking performance. All datacenters are housed in HP C7000 Bl