In0cenT Posted July 25, 2017 Share Posted July 25, 2017 Hello I'd like to have a 10GB connection between my unRAID and VMware server. I'm using a HP 1810G-24 ProCurve as my switch and had a peek on Mellanox ConnectX-2 (MNPA10-XT) for both servers. Should I make a direct connection between my two servers and if so how do I set that up? If I should connect both via switch how do I check if my router works with these cards? Thanks Quote Link to comment
miniwalks Posted July 26, 2017 Share Posted July 26, 2017 Your HP1810-24G does not support 10G connections via its SFP Slots. If you were to do a back-to-back link between your ESXi Host and the UnRaid server, you would need to put it on a separate subnet to ensure that the routing isn't affected. Using the Mellanox cards should be straight forward, especially from the VMWare end, you'll just need to setup a new VMKernel port on the new subnetWhen you do the subnet on the two servers, try to avoid putting in a default gateway as this can impact the routing table significantly Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment
In0cenT Posted July 27, 2017 Author Share Posted July 27, 2017 Thanks, going to order the needed parts and will try it out. Quote Link to comment
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