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December 8th, 2010 16:00
PowerConnect 8024F iSCSI
I have a CX4-120 , PC8024F and several hosts. I am using 10g iSCSI to connect several of the host. I do not have a 1g iSCSI mod for the cx4 and wanted to know if I can connect to the 4 ethernet ports to get iSCSI traffic to 1 of the hosts.
So , fiber from CX to SFP on the 8024F and I want to connect ethernet to the 4 ethernet ports on the 8024 to a host. Will traffic run this route?
I know the 4 etho ports will slow to 1g.
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December 9th, 2010 06:00
The fiber ports on the CX4 are fiber channel and not ethernet. You cannot run the fiber ports of a CX4 to an ethernet switch. These ports will need an actual fiber switch (commonly from Brocade or Cisco's MDS-series)
Alternatively you can buy iSCSI modules (there are 1Gbit (copper) iSCSI modules (you may need to check if the 8024F can even connect to that (speed and copper parts are of importance here)), or you can get the 10Gbit/s iSCSI modules (these support fiber optic connections (with the right SFPs) to connect to the 8024F).
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December 9th, 2010 06:00
LOL - This is a tough one to write out.
CX4 has fiber and 10g iSCSI modes now. No 1g iSCSI module
Essentially the connection I am looking for is : coming from the array is 10g iSCSI to the switch(8024F) and out of the switch from the 4 ethernet ports to for a 1g connection to the server.
I posted this on the network forum and someone confirmed that this will work.