Dell DX6000 Getting Started Manual

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Copyright © 2010 Caringo, Inc.All rights reserved 2Version 5.0December 2010Chapter 2. Network Infrastructure andRecommendationsThe following sections in this chapter discuss how to configure your network for DX Storageclusters:• Section 2.1, “About DX Storage in the Network”• Section 2.2, “Setting Up the Network for DX Storage”• Section 2.3, “Setting Up Network Services”• Section 2.4, “Setting Up PXE Booting”• Section 2.5, “Setting Up a Configuration File Server”• Section 2.6, “Network Devices and Priority”• Section 2.7, “Proxying the Admin Console”• Section 2.8, “IGMP Snooping Support”2.1. About DX Storage in the NetworkThe following topics in this section provide a high-level overview of setting up a DX Storage clusterin your network:• Section 2.1.1, “Sample Networks”• Section 2.1.2, “Layer 3 Switching and Routing”• Section 2.1.3, “Switching Hardware”• Section 2.1.4, “Internet Deployments”2.1.1. Sample NetworksThe following figure shows a basic network where the DX Storage cluster nodes, the clients, andthe servers are all in the same subnet. While this is the easiest to setup and requires only basichardware, it does not offer any traffic separation between the DX Storage nodes and the rest of thenetwork.