Reference Guide

ESXi Fluid Cache Host connectivity to back-end SC8000

SAN storage

The following are the required iSCSI and Fibre Channel ESXi host back-end connectivity to Dell Storage

Controller SC8000 SAN Storage platforms.

• SCSI/iSCSI ( iSCSI to both standard CML volumes and FLDC volumes) — Requires a minimum of one

dual port iSCSI NIC/HBA adapters.

NOTE: When using standard storage volume, to avoid high availability and possible performance

issues by using two dual port iSCSI NIC/HBA adapters, use the first dual port iSCSI NIC/HBA for

standard volume traffic and the second dual port iSCSI NIC/HBA for Fluid Cache volume traffic.

• FC/iSCSI (FC to Standard CML volumes and iSCSI to FLDC volumes) — Requires a dual port FC HBA

and a dual port iSCSI Nic/HBA.

• iSCSI/FC (iSCSI to standard CML volumes and FC to FLDC volumes) — Requires a dual port iSCSI

Nic/HBA and a dual port FC HBA.

• FC/FC (FC to Standard CML volumes and FC to FLDC volumes) — Requires two dual port FC

Adapters.

Compatible cache network switches

NOTE: Data Center Bridging (DCB) is not supported on cache network.

Fluid Cache is validated with the following compatible Dell or Cisco RoCE compliant switches running

the latest firmware versions. For information on host and switching devices that have been validated for

use with SC Series (Compellent), see the section 3 Switches of the Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix. For

information on how to configure cache network switches, see the Switch Configuration Guides for

EqualLogic or Compellent SANs.

• Dell Networking N4032F

• Dell Networking N4064F

• Dell Networking S4048-ON

• Dell Networking S4810

• Dell Networking S5000

• Dell Networking S6000

• Dell Networking Z9500

• Dell Networking MXL Blade

• Cisco Nexus 5548UP