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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"

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"

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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