HP StorageWorks Scalable File Share System Installation and Upgrade Guide Version 2.2

Hardware overview 1–25
1.6.7 The bonded Gigabit Ethernet interconnect
Figure 1-20 shows how ProLiant DL360 servers could be connected for a bonded Gigabit Ethernet
interconnect. The Gigabit Ethernet switch is not part of the HP SFS system—you may choose your own switch
technology. The switch shown in this figure is for illustrative purposes only.
Figure 1-20 Bonded Gigabit Ethernet ports connected to the same switch
Figure 1-20 shows a system using a ProLiant DL360 server; the connections in a system using ProLiant DL380
servers would be similar (subject to the rules defined in Section 2.4.1).
As shown in Figure 1-20, the two ports on the bonded Gigabit Ethernet adapter card NC7170 must be
connected to the same switch. In the case of 802.3ad bonding, the switch may dictate which ports are used
for each bonded connection.
How the ports are assigned is of no consequence to the HP SFS system; provided that all interconnect ports
on all servers are connected to the same physical or virtual LAN, the HP SFS system will logically behave in
the same way.
The connections labelled DL145 in Figure 1-20 represent connections to typical client nodes; in this case,
the client nodes are HP ProLiant DL145 servers.