Recommendation for Link Aggregation with iSCSI

CLOUDMINER — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 05:03:16 GMT

I'm using a FAS6240 with iSCSI only, connecting to a Cisco Nexus 7000 series switch. A few questions:

-How many cables should iSCSI use from the array to the switch, 2 or 4?

-What link aggregation should I use form the array to the switch, LACP?

-How many IP addresses should be used on the array for iSCSI connections - 1 or 2?

Re: Recommendation for Link Aggregation with iSCSI

paulstringfellow — Mon, 23 Feb 2015 10:24:55 GMT

Personally not a big fan of Link aggregation, normally i would use MPIO for this, takes out any issues with aggreagting NICS and swtich ports to make this work.

then i look at why i'm doing this, for performance or resillience, if resilliences, multiple connections into multiple switches at both host and controller end, so i can survive device failures across mutliple devices (Server NIC, Switch, Controller NIC) without service interruption.

Don't know if that helps, but that would be the way i'd do that normally.

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