We are setting up a test lab in work with a view to an enterprise deployment if things go well to start moving away from our current hypervisor.
The initial setup is
HP ML 10's (old model)
32Gb RAM
4x 4Tb disk RAIDZ1
4x 1G Nic
We have two of these servers in a cluster.
The 4 network ports on each server are connected as follows
nic0 - connected to external network 1 and currently has linux bridge vmbr0 containing the IP address we manage each server through
nic1 - connected to external network 1, no IP assigned and not added to a bridge/bond/vlan
nic2 - connected to external network 2, no IP assigned and not added to a bridge/bond/vlan
nic3 - connected to external network 3, this will be used for iSCSI into external storage
My questions relate to the network configuration.
Should we be configuring on each server or using the SDN?
Can a linux bridge use more than one ethernet connection or should we be using a bond?
If we configure on each server, how do I setup multiple gateways or is it going to be better using VLAN?
If we are using SDN, can I bind specific zones/vnets/subnets to a specific interface?
Sorry for the noob questions but I want to get this up and running quick to prove the concept to management so I can get the budget released for a production deployment (want new servers and storage) + the training courses.
The initial setup is
HP ML 10's (old model)
32Gb RAM
4x 4Tb disk RAIDZ1
4x 1G Nic
We have two of these servers in a cluster.
The 4 network ports on each server are connected as follows
nic0 - connected to external network 1 and currently has linux bridge vmbr0 containing the IP address we manage each server through
nic1 - connected to external network 1, no IP assigned and not added to a bridge/bond/vlan
nic2 - connected to external network 2, no IP assigned and not added to a bridge/bond/vlan
nic3 - connected to external network 3, this will be used for iSCSI into external storage
My questions relate to the network configuration.
Should we be configuring on each server or using the SDN?
Can a linux bridge use more than one ethernet connection or should we be using a bond?
If we configure on each server, how do I setup multiple gateways or is it going to be better using VLAN?
If we are using SDN, can I bind specific zones/vnets/subnets to a specific interface?
Sorry for the noob questions but I want to get this up and running quick to prove the concept to management so I can get the budget released for a production deployment (want new servers and storage) + the training courses.