Best Practices for Virtual SAN Networking

Consider networking best practices for Virtual SAN to improve performance and throughput.

• For hybrid configurations, dedicate at least 1-GbE physical network adapter. Place Virtual SAN traffic on a dedicated or shared 10-GbE physical adapter for best networking performance.
• For all-flash configurations, use a dedicated or shared 10-GbE physical network adapter.
• Provision one additional physical NIC as a failover NIC.
• If you use a shared 10-GbE network adapter, place the Virtual SAN traffic on a distributed switch and configure Network I/O Control to guarantee bandwidth to Virtual SAN.