Is a 10Gb Port Mandatory When Using VME in a Standalone？

[shiba9967]

I am planning to use two VME units configured as standalone systems.

There will be no external storage involved; instead, the VMs will be deployed on the disks of the physical hosts running VME.

Although there is a possibility of performing offline VM migration between these two units, it is not mandatory.

From the official documentation, I understand that the 10Gb network is used for communication with external storage.

In a standalone configuration without external storage, is the 10Gb port unnecessary?

It would be very helpful if you could share any published best practices for standalone configurations.

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[Ranveer]

Hello Shiba9967,

VME will work with 1Gb as well.  
https://hpevm-docs.morpheusdata.com/en/latest/vme_getting_started/vme_getting_started.html?highlight=network

Under Host Requirements, we can see  100Mbps or Faster NIC however 10Gbps is recommended.

• Network: 100 Mbps or faster NIC (10 Gbps recommended)   >>>>>

Host Requirements

• Operating System: Ubuntu 24.04 to utilize the latest HVM cluster layout

• Hardware: HPE Proliant hardware is recommended with additional hardware being tested and certified over time (see the compatibility matrix for a list of recommended compute server choices)

• CPU: One or more 64-bit x86 CPUs, 1.5 GHz minimum with Intel VT or AMD-V enabled

• Memory: Minimum of 8GB for non-hyperconverged (HCI) deployments or 8GB plus 4GB for each data disk for HCI deployments

• Storage: Minimum of 50GB for operating system storage

• Network: 100 Mbps or faster NIC (10 Gbps recommended)   >>>>>

• IP Addressing: Static IP address

• Internet Connectivity: Internet access is required to download and install the required packages and dependencies
  
  Regards
  Ranveer