virtualdxs
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- Nov 19, 2018
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Hi. I just got a FreeNAS server up and running, and was disappointed to find out I can't have multiple interfaces on the same subnet. I read in multiple places that the solution is LACP, except that's not possible in this situation. I have 4 10Gb NICs on this server. I also have two 10Gb switches. I have two ports from the server going to each switch. Both switches are on the same subnet, and there is a 20Gb trunk going between them. Every other 10Gb device has one port on each switch. Each port has an IP assigned to the host for it.
Did I design the network badly? My goal was maximum resiliency, so I did it this way so that if device A lost its link to switch 1 and device B lost its link to switch 2, they could still communicate via A -> 1 -> 2 -> B. Am I trying to do something that's not (sanely) possible without a high-speed router?
Did I design the network badly? My goal was maximum resiliency, so I did it this way so that if device A lost its link to switch 1 and device B lost its link to switch 2, they could still communicate via A -> 1 -> 2 -> B. Am I trying to do something that's not (sanely) possible without a high-speed router?