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Learn about cluster, storage, and shared switches. |
NetApp offers cluster, storage, and shared switches that deliver internal communications with the ability to non-disruptively move data and network interfaces across the cluster.
The “front-end” switches provide connectivity to host storage, while the “back-end” cluster switches provide connections between two or more NetApp controllers.
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Only NetApp-validated back-end switches (ordered from NetApp) are supported. |
Cluster switches allow you to build ONTAP clusters with more than two nodes. NetApp-supported cluster switches include:
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Broadcom BES-53248
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Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
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NVIDIA SN2100
Storage switches allow you to route data between servers and storage arrays in a Storage Area Network (SAN). NetApp-supported cluster switches include:
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Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
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NVIDIA SN2100
Shared switches allow you to combine cluster and storage functionality into a shared switch configuration, by supporting the use of shared cluster and storage RCFs. The NetApp-supported shared switch is:
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Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2