Sent: 08/28/2008
From: Piotr
Message:Many thanks for your reply.
I noticed that teaming cause some problems with Hyper-V (I wasn’t able to
find another solution to provide high availability for Hyper-V network – any
ideas? I wonder especially about switch).
However I’m going to use teaming for iSCSI network. Do you think it will
cause problems as well?
"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
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> Teaming is probably not a good idea around Hyper-V at this point. Last I
> heard here, it was creating issues.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel
>
> "Piotr" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Hi
> > Could you advice me if this configuration will work?
> > I want to use 4xDL380 G5 (as Hyper-V hosts and clustering) with 2xNIC on
> > each (working in team) for iSCSI network. Servers are connected to two
> > switches DELL PowerConnect 2724. Every NIC from team plugged to different
> > switch. I’m going to use DELL MD3000i with two controllers (4 ports)
> > connected to the some switches. Everything to eliminate single point of
> > failure (NICs and Switches).
> > I wonder if these switches will work correctly. I found examples of
> > similar
> > configuration on DELL webpage but with PowerConnect 5000 which is 10 times
> > more expensive. I don’t want to spend money for something which is not
> > useful.
> > Could you tell me if it will work? Maybe some additional advices about
> > this
> > configuration? Is any better solution?
> > And just in case (I know we can’t use teaming for Hyper-V) maybe someone
> > found solution for high availability for public Hyper-V network similar
> > like
> > for iSCSI network?
> > Best Regards
> >
>
>
Sent: 08/28/2008
From: Piotr
Message:Many thanks for your reply
So MPIO will provide iSCSI network redundancy. Heart Beat network is also
not support in NIC teaming. But in this case I can use two NIC in different
subnets.
But what about Hyper-V? How I can provide fail over for guests? Any idea?
Best Regards
Sent: 08/28/2008
From: "Edwin vMierlo [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Teaming for iSCSI is not supported
Multiple NIC's and having MPIO in combination with the iSCSI initiator using
multiple paths is supported
see iSCSI product documentation for information.
rgds,
Edwin.
"Piotr" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> Hi
> Could you advice me if this configuration will work?
> I want to use 4xDL380 G5 (as Hyper-V hosts and clustering) with 2xNIC on
> each (working in team) for iSCSI network. Servers are connected to two
> switches DELL PowerConnect 2724. Every NIC from team plugged to different
> switch. I'm going to use DELL MD3000i with two controllers (4 ports)
> connected to the some switches. Everything to eliminate single point of
> failure (NICs and Switches).
> I wonder if these switches will work correctly. I found examples of
> configuration on DELL webpage but with PowerConnect 5000 which is 10 times
> more expensive. I don't want to spend money for something which is not
> useful.
> Could you tell me if it will work? Maybe some additional advices about
> configuration? Is any better solution?
> And just in case (I know we can't use teaming for Hyper-V) maybe someone
> found solution for high availability for public Hyper-V network similar
> for iSCSI network?
> Best Regards
>
Sent: 08/28/2008
From: "Antonio Soto" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:Hi Piotr,
My understanding is that you should use Clustering for HA in resources.
Perhaps this link could help you
http://blogs.msdn.com/clustering/archive/2008/06/21/8628515.aspx
Regards!
Antonio Soto
"Piotr" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> Many thanks for your reply
>
> So MPIO will provide iSCSI network redundancy. Heart Beat network is also
> not support in NIC teaming. But in this case I can use two NIC in
> different
> subnets.
> But what about Hyper-V? How I can provide fail over for guests? Any idea?
>
> Best Regards
>
Sent: 08/29/2008
From: Piotr
Message:Many thanks for yours help. Now I just knnow there is no way to provide
authomatic failover for Hyper-V guests NICs. It is not good news for me but I
have clarity.
Thanks again and have a good weekend.
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