Install Guide

25 Citrix XenServer with Dell SC Series Storage Configuration and Deployment | 3132-CD-V
Open-iSCSI: single subnet and MPIO
4.3.1 Configure bonded storage NICs
In this configuration, redundancy to the network is provided by two bonded NICs. Bonding the two NICs will
create a new bonded interface that network interfaces will be associated with. This will create multiple paths
with one storage IP address on the server.
The creation of the bonded interface differs based on membership in a pool. If the XenServer host is part of a
XenCenter pool, configuration is performed through the XenCenter management GUI. However, if the
XenServer host is a standalone (not part of a pool), configuration is performed with the XE CLI as shown in
section 4.3.1.3. Be sure Multipathing has been enabled as shown in section 3.4.1.
Note: Create NIC bonds as part of the initial resource pool creation, prior to joining additional hosts to the
pool. This will allow the bond configuration to be replicated to new hosts as they join the pool.