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SAN Switch Setup

Currently trying to setup the SAN Network and not sure what Default Gateway i would put in for both the switches and SAN.

SAN Array 1 - 192.168.0.10/24
SAN Array 2 - 192.168.0.20/24

Switch 1 - 192.168.0.30/24
Switch 2 - 192.168.0.31/24

Internal LAN - 10.0.0.0/24 Gateway 10.0.0.99

Server NIC 1 - 10.0.0.10/24 Gateway 10.0.0.99
Server NIC 2 - 192.168.0.50/24

What IP address would i put in on the SAN and Switches for the default gateway? I dont have a router on the SAN network.

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or the nearest router? - at least the router should know where to send the data as long as you have the correct routes.

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I need to however enable the 192.168.0.0/24 subnet to get to my email server so that my SAN can send email alerts to me.

Would i setup a static route in the switch or would i need to setup a static route on my server?

The mail subnet is 172.16.0.0/24

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Can't you use SNMP via the iLO for alerts?

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We dont run SNMP traps on our network.

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I would check with HP about adding another NIC for email alerts then. I wouldn't want to route email or nything eles with the iSCSI interface of one of the initiators iSCSI interfaces.

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I will speak to HP to find out the best method of enabling email alerts for the SAN bearing in mind the SAN boxes run a different OS to servers.

It might be a case of having to setup SNMP traps.

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We also have a problem with getting the NTP settings setup. we have specified our NTP server settings which is a public NTP server and again its not routing through.

How have others got the time syncing and emails routing through to the SAN boxes?

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If you don't add a separate NIC to the P4000 for management then you'll have to route with something connected to the iSCSI network, an old PC with IP forwarding enabled or a cheap router would do. Then that would be the DG of course.