topic Re: Using additional NICs for P4500 in StoreVirtual Storage

Using additional NICs for P4500

George Vardikos — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 18:18:35 GMT

Hello,

I know that the best practice would be to upgrade to 10GB cards, however is it possible to add an additional dual gigabit NIC card on the P4500 and have 4 gigabit interfaces to use?

Re: Using additional NICs for P4500

a_o — Tue, 22 Oct 2013 16:46:48 GMT

I have not seen anything in the Best Practices docs or guides on this.

However, I don't see why it wouldn't work.
Just remember to add more RAM to the NSM.
The standard 10GB kit includes 4GB of memory in addition to the NC550SFP card.

How are you thinking of using this card?

A separate additional bond, or a four NIC bond with the existing LOM NICs?

Re: Using additional NICs for P4500

Emilo — Wed, 23 Oct 2013 01:46:33 GMT

The p4500 g1 do not support more then 2 NiCs in a bond

Re: Using additional NICs for P4500

George Vardikos — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:06:16 GMT

Hello,

a_o: We are thinking about adding a secondary bond to the storage unit, to a separate switch. The unit currently has 48GB or RAM so it has enough RAM, the additional NIC card is shown during BIOS POST screens (before the controller information), however it is not recognized in the CMC (or I just can't find how to add it there).

Emilo: This is a G2 unit, sorry for not mentioning that earlier.

Sincerely,

George

Re: Using additional NICs for P4500

George Vardikos — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 19:09:36 GMT

Also notice that the card that I installed is a HP 374443-001 NC380T Two Port PCIe GBit LAN Adapter.

Re: Using additional NICs for P4500

Sbrown — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 15:05:35 GMT

If you want to push the limits of storevirtual, best to do so with the VSA.

I think they frown upon stuffing your own parts into the servers, since they would have to support that.

You can run a 10gbit card at gigabit speed, if you want to put an approved nic into the server.