SOLVED Physical Interface for NFS on Same Subnet as GUI

[Newfoundland.Republic]

Hi Folks - Slowly working through my Freenas implementation :)

I would like to use a free network interface on my server that is dedicated to NFS. My primary interface (for the management GUI) is on igb0 which is 192.168.20.170 on the 192.168.20.0/24 network. My ESXi server is also on the 192.168.20.0/24 network. I would like to dedicate one of the ESXi interfaces (e.g. virtual switch, etc.) to connect to the FreeNAS NFS share. I would like to keep using the 192.168.20.0/24 network but it seems that added another IP from the same net as the FreeNAS management network is not allowed (or do-able using the GUI).

What is the proper way to do this? I could, of course, add another VLAN with a different subnet but I'd rather not add another subnet. Suggestions?

TIA!

 

[anmnz]

Not 100% sure I understand what you are trying to do, but if you are trying to give your server two interfaces on the same subnet, that's not going to work the way you want. @jgreco wrote this up some time ago (includes links to further good info from Apple, Microsoft etc.)
https://www.ixsystems.com/community/threads/multiple-network-interfaces-on-a-single-subnet.20204/

 

[Newfoundland.Republic]

That's what I thought... I read the post from @jgreco and thought that would be the case. Looks like either LACP or I will set up a seperate subnet for NFS...

 

[melloa]

Also:

- The GUI allows for network interface management, so you could add and manage your interfaces from it (or from the console);
- What reason would you want to do that? Bandwidth? You wouldn't be using the management port for anything but occasional management, so no impact. If security, as I have, all servers management nics are on a different network and only my workstation has access to them.

 

[Newfoundland.Republic]

I ended up doing that was a "round-to-it": I was meaning to set up a seperate subnet for storage and I finally got "round-to-it".