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Deploying Microsoft SQL Server 2008 based Decision Support Systems using Dell EqualLogic 10GbE iSCSI Storage 6
The second test configuration, as shown in Figure 3, includes three PS6010XV arrays for SQL Server®
2008 data and one PS6010XV array for SQL Server® logs. The Storage arrays are connected to a Dell
PowerEdge M710 blade server.
Once again, we chose the PowerEdge M710 server to take advantage of its expanded I/O capability. To
create the 10GbE iSCSI storage network we installed two Broadcom NetXtreme II 57710 10GbE
Mezzanine Network Interface Cards (NICs) on the server in Fabric B and connected the Broadcom
NICs to external PowerConnect 8024F switches via the pass through modules installed on the
PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure. In this configuration we utilized both ports on each NIC. (In Test
Configuration #1 only one port on each NIC was utilized.) Similar to Configuration 1, Fabric A in this
configuration was used for connecting to other LAN servers.
Figure3:TestConfiguration#2