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Re: Private metadata network

Hi all,

A previous administrator intended to set up a private metadata network for our Xsan setup, but never got around to it. It was a small setup back then, so it wasn't a big deal.

I'd like to sort this out, and have a dumb gigabit switch for the purpose.

How do you go about switching the clients and MDCs over to a private network? I take it that it's as simple as setting the second ethernet interface on all the machines to have a static IP in one of the private ranges, and then using Xsan Admin on each machine to flip it over to using the second interface.

Should be as simple as shutting down the SAN, plugging the cables into the new switch, and starting the SAN back up.... i think. Haven't actually done this myself, but I don't foresee any problems.

And just to be clear, all SAN clients must be on the MD network, not just the MDCs. 

Is there anything I need to watch out for?

Nothing that comes to mind... Were you doing any VLAN magic on the old switch? 
I'm running Xsan 1.4.2.

Andy.


Peter Beninate
Systems Engineer
Mac Network Consulting
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