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Chapter 2. Network Infrastructure and
Recommendations
The following sections in this chapter discuss how to configure your network for DX Storage
clusters:
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Section 2.1, "About DX Storage in the Network"
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Section 2.2, "Setting Up the Network for DX Storage"
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Section 2.3, "Setting Up Network Services"
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Section 2.4, "Setting Up PXE Booting"
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Section 2.5, "Setting Up a Configuration File Server"
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Section 2.6, "Network Devices and Priority"
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Section 2.7, "Proxying the Admin Console"
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Section 2.8, "IGMP Snooping Support"

2.1. About DX Storage in the Network

The following topics in this section provide a high-level overview of setting up a DX Storage cluster
in your network:
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Section 2.1.1, "Sample Networks"
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Section 2.1.2, "Layer 3 Switching and Routing"
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Section 2.1.3, "Switching Hardware"
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Section 2.1.4, "Internet Deployments"

2.1.1. Sample Networks

The following figure shows a basic network where the DX Storage cluster nodes, the clients, and
the servers are all in the same subnet. While this is the easiest to setup and requires only basic
hardware, it does not offer any traffic separation between the DX Storage nodes and the rest of the
network.
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