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from all locations and applications at the same time, scaling their investment by standardizing processes, reducing
management time, and increasing availability. Figure 6 shows the NetApp unified storage architecture platforms.
management time, and increasing availability. Figure 6 shows the NetApp unified storage architecture platforms.
Figure 6. NetApp Unified Storage Architecture
The NetApp storage hardware platform used in this solution is the NetApp FAS3270. The NetApp FAS3200 series
is an excellent platform for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 deployments.
is an excellent platform for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 deployments.
A variety of NetApp tools and enhancements are available to augment the storage platform. These tools assist in
deployment, backup, recovery, replication, management, and data protection. This solution uses a subset of these
tools and enhancements.
deployment, backup, recovery, replication, management, and data protection. This solution uses a subset of these
tools and enhancements.
Design Topology
This section presents physical and logical high-level design considerations for Cisco UCS networking and
computing with VMware ESX virtualization on NetApp storage for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 failover cluster
deployments.
computing with VMware ESX virtualization on NetApp storage for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 failover cluster
deployments.
Cisco UCS and iSCSI Storage Network
This section explains Cisco UCS iSCSI networking and computing design considerations when deploying Microsoft
SQL Server in a VMware ESX environment. In this design, the iSCSI traffic is isolated from the regular
management and application data network using the same Cisco UCS infrastructure by defining logical VLAN
networks to provide better data security. This design also reduces OpEx and CapEx compared to a topology in
which a separate dedicated physical switch is deployed to handle iSCSI traffic.
SQL Server in a VMware ESX environment. In this design, the iSCSI traffic is isolated from the regular
management and application data network using the same Cisco UCS infrastructure by defining logical VLAN
networks to provide better data security. This design also reduces OpEx and CapEx compared to a topology in
which a separate dedicated physical switch is deployed to handle iSCSI traffic.
Figure 7 presents a detailed view of the physical topology, identifying the various levels of the architecture and
some of the main components of Cisco UCS in an iSCSI network design.
some of the main components of Cisco UCS in an iSCSI network design.