Read more
- Community Home
- >
- Networking
- >
- Switching and Routing
- >
- ProCurve / ProVision-Based
- >
- Switch selection for iSCSI
-
-
Categories
- Topics
- Hybrid IT with Cloud
- Mobile & IoT
- IT for Data & Analytics
- Transformation
- Strategy and Technology
- Products
- Cloud
- Integrated Systems
- Networking
- Servers and Operating Systems
- Services
- Storage
- Company
- Events
- Partner Solutions and Certifications
- Welcome
- Welcome
- Announcements
- Tips and Tricks
- Feedback
-
Blogs
- Alliances
- Around the Storage Block
- Behind the scenes @ Labs
- Converged Data Center Infrastructure
- Digital Transformation
- Grounded in the Cloud
- HPE Careers
- HPE Storage Tech Insiders
- Infrastructure Insights
- Inspiring Progress
- Internet of Things (IoT)
- My Learning Certification
- Networking
- OEM Solutions
- Servers: The Right Compute
- Telecom IQ
- Transforming IT
-
Quick Links
- Community
- Getting Started
- FAQ
- Ranking Overview
- Rules of Participation
- Contact
- Email us
- Tell us what you think
- Information Libraries
- Integrated Systems
- Networking
- Servers
- Storage
- Other HPE Sites
- Support Center
- Enterprise.nxt
- Marketplace
- Aruba Airheads Community
-
Categories
-
Forums
-
Blogs
-
InformationEnglish
Switch selection for iSCSI
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Mark Topic as New
- Mark Topic as Read
- Float this Topic for Current User
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Printer Friendly Page
- Mark as New
- Bookmark
- Subscribe
- Subscribe to RSS Feed
- Permalink
- Email to a Friend
- Report Inappropriate Content
09-21-2015 10:54 AM
09-21-2015 10:54 AM
Switch selection for iSCSI
Switch selection for iSCSI
Please forgive the relatively non-technical nature of the question. I assure I'm not being lazy; but I cannot find this information in detail and suspect some if it may not be readily published
I need to purchase a 24-port, gigabit switch specifically for iScsi traffic.
I've established the following requirements:
Must be full line rate across all ports (non-blocking)
Flow control (pausing) - I think almost all switches satisfy this
Buffer space - I've been advised to ensure I have 512kb PER port
The ability to DISABLE unicast storm control
I do not require:
Uplinks - we will buy two identical switches to form a redundant fabric, but each will operate in complete isolation
10Gb Ethernet, nor higher. We are satisfied that Gigabit networking will do the job for us
Advanced management beyond the requirements above (e.g. VLAN, STP, etc. etc.)
--
It does seem to me that to satisfy the throughput and buffer space requirements, we may need to buy a managed switch anyway, because you only get full-line rate when you go for the slightly higher-spec models.
With that said, based on these requirements, can anybody advise of the most suitable procurve model? At the moment I'm pondering the 5130 EI but I'm not sure if it meets the last two requirements.
Additionally, if anyone has had any great iScSI success stories with a particular 1Gb switch, I'd be interested to hear about it.
thanks
Robert
Hewlett Packard Enterprise International
- Communities
- HPE Blogs and Forum
© Copyright 2018 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP