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    Default Switch Failover Configuration

    Hello All,
    I have the problem at the moment that my storage switch is not allowing any new network connections. I will be swapping out the switch on the weekend however i would like to know if i could set up mutiple switches connected to mutiple network adapters on the open-e box and on the esx servers. I have read about MPIO however i am unsure if this is the right solution or not. I have a fairly simple iscsi storage enviroment using open-e dss6 and Openfiler 3 storage servers and 3 esxi servers.
    Any comments are apriciated
    Thanks
    Chris

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    If using more then 1 switch then I would use the Balance rr bond mode but this can be used with MPIO as well for performance but you will need a min. of 4 NICs if doing both.

    The link below provides more details on both these concepts.

    http://blog.open-e.com/bonding-versus-mpio-explained/
    All the best,

    Todd Maxwell


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