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Hi<br />
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Both you can use for iSCSI, but I think the performance is not so good. I think has only 2/4 ports(dual) to use for fiber optic connections. With 2810 you have more options with Layer 2/Layer 3 switch.<br />
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But only for iSCSI nothing more, can work ok.<br />
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Jail
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Hi<br />
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@hanccocka it supports Jumbo Frames? I thought only 2810 that supports this. But maybe the 2510(without the G) and the G supports. If yes, I learn something today :)<br />
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Thank You<br />
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Jail
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both the G and Non-G versions<br />
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Jumbo packet support: supports up to 9,216-byte frame size to improve performance of large data transfers
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Whoops, G Only!<br />
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<a href="http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12599_div/12599_div.HTML" rel="ugc nofollow">http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12599_div/12599_div.HTML</a>
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I've got two PDFs on two cdroms, one says <br />
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Jumbo packet support: supports up to 9,216-byte frame size to improve performance of large data transfers<br />
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one says<br />
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Jumbo packet support: supports up to 9216-byte frame size to improve the performance of large data transfers (2510G models only)
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Hi<br />
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Yes you are right hanccocka, the only difference that I see is HP 2810 supports up to 9220-byte frame size and HP 2510 is up 9,216. 4 Bytes less :)<br />
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Thank you for the correction.<br />
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Jail<br />
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Hi,<br />
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@hanccocka or @BestWay what configurations need to be applied to the interfaces for iSCSI?<br />
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What are the CLI commands? Thanks a lot.<br />
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Jonathan
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that would depend on your network configuration.<br />
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I would suggest a new question,
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Hi,<br />
<br />
I'm setting up a VMware environment to replace an old antiquated virtualized solution. We already have an Dell MD3000 iSCSI SAN. We want to replace the current switch with a newer higher quality HP switch as we've been using HP a lot.<br />
<br />
I'm looking at the HP 2510G-48. But nowhere does it explicitly state that it supports iSCSI or how to optimize it for iSCSI. I know iSCSI runs over Gigabit Ethernet but from what I know it requires more than just that. I'm not that familiar with iSCSI.<br />
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Can anyone let me know if they know how to properly configure the HP 2510G-24 or 2510G-48 for an iSCSI SAN and if they've done it already?<br />
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I want to make sure I'm not going to have any performance degradation and that it would work just as good as any other iSCSI switch. <br />
<br />
Thanks, Jonathan 
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Hi,

I'm setting up a VMware environment to replace an old antiquated virtualized solution. We already have an Dell MD3000 iSCSI SAN. We want to replace the current switch with a newer higher quality HP switch as we've been using HP a lot.

I'm looking at the HP 2510G-48. But nowhere does it explicitly state that it supports iSCSI or how to optimize it for iSCSI. I know iSCSI runs over Gigabit Ethernet but from what I know it requires more than just that. I'm not that familiar with iSCSI.

Can anyone let me know if they know how to properly configure the HP 2510G-24 or 2510G-48 for an iSCSI SAN and if they've done it already?

I want to make sure I'm not going to have any performance degradation and that it would work just as good as any other iSCSI switch. 

Thanks, Jonathan 

Can you use an HP 2510G-24 or 2510G-48 for an iSCSI SAN

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