docs/en-US/networking-in-a-pod.xml

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<section id="networking-in-a-pod">
	<title>Networking in a Pod</title>
	<para>The figure below illustrates network setup within a single pod. The hosts are connected to a
		pod-level switch. At a minimum, the hosts should have one physical uplink to each switch.
		Bonded NICs are supported as well. The pod-level switch is a pair of redundant gigabit
		switches with 10 G uplinks.</para>
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			<phrase>networksinglepod.png: diagram showing logical view of network in a pod</phrase>
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	<para>Servers are connected as follows:</para>
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	<listitem><para>Storage devices are connected to only the network that carries management traffic.</para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Hosts are connected to networks for both management traffic and public traffic. </para></listitem>
	<listitem><para>Hosts are also connected to one or more networks carrying guest traffic.</para></listitem>
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	<para>We recommend the use of multiple physical Ethernet cards to implement each network interface as well as redundant switch fabric in order to maximize throughput and improve reliability.</para>
						
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