Hi.
I have just revieved a DS3524, with 2 controller and a 4 port 1GbE ISCSI Daugther card in each controller.
im using 2 Cisco 2960 switches for connection between the SAN and my 3 Hosts with 2 x 1GbE cards in each Host, the cards are dedicated for storage purpose.
my first quistion is shold i use all 4 ports in each Daugther card (2 to each of the switches) and the create 4 Subnet and 4 vlan for them or should i only go with the 2 port (one to each switch) 2 Subnets and 2 vlan.
second, should i connect the 2 switches with a Etherchannel and then trunk the connection or not connect them at all.
i have planned to create the ISCSI Vmk group in the same Vswitch, an then bound the vmk to different physical nics, but if im using all 4 ports in the Daugther
card, then i also need to create 4 vmk one for eact subnet, and the 2 of them needs to share the same Pnic. is that correct ?
or, how would you create the ISCSI network ??