Hi,
I have infrastructure as follows;
2 host each having 6 NIC of 1Gig speed each.
One NAS storage having 4 NIC.
Two L2 Switches(HP managed).
Planning to run it per best recommendations and requirement, so that there should not be a SPOF at any level.
So keeping this in mind we thought of using ports on each server as follows;
2 for NFS Storage,2 For Production/Management and remaining 2 for vMotion on each server.
One cable from each port configured for respective roles going into uplink switch1 and switch2,so that if one switch goes down we always have other switch taking it over.
Separate vlans are configured per port on each switch for different type of traffic.
My question as below;
Should I Team both the ports on each vSS.If yes what should be the settings for NIC teaming for production,storage and vMotion Network (keeping in mind cables going on to separate uplink switch).
Should I keep adapter in active-active mode or active-standby.
I do not think if any specific settings to be done up link switch as only one cable per one port is going there and I do not have option of ether channel or LACP.
Moreover license of vmware is essential plus hence having no option to use dynamic switches.
Planning to use 5.5.0.
Also do you suggest to use jumbo frames as well in this.
Regards,
Sushil