Hi,
Waiting for your book to arrive, I hope you cover switching/networking decisions in more depth and with suggested models. It's a huge price decesion for a small vSAN 4-Node 10TB.
What do you mean by True Multicast in reference to this post? I am looking at the switches below for a small 4-Node vSAN. Switch decision is slowing me down and either 10GBase-T or 10GbE SPF+.
NETGEAR ProSAFE 16-Port 10G Web Mng Switch 1 Copper/SFP+ Combo (XS716E)
Compliant Standards: IEEE 802.1p , IEEE 802.1Q , IEEE 802.3 , IEEE 802.3ab , IEEE 802.3ae , IEEE 802.3an , IEEE 802.3aq , IEEE 802.3az , IEEE 802.3u , IEEE 802.3x , IEEE 802.3z
Features:2 fans , 2MB packet buffer , Auto-negotiation , Broadcast Storm Control , Cable test , Class of Service (CoS) , DHCP client , DiffServ Code Point (DSCP) support , DoS attack prevention , Energy Efficient Ethernet , Firmware upgradable , Flow control , Full duplex capability , IGMP snooping , IPv4 support , Jumbo Frames support , Layer 2 switching , Link Aggregation , Loop prevention , Multicast Storm Control , Port mirroring , Quality of Service (QoS) , Security lock slot (cable lock sold separately) , Store and forward , Trunking , Type of Service (ToS) , VLAN support , Weighted Round Robin (WRR) queuing
Form Factor: Desktop , Rack-mountable
Jumbo Frame Support:9KB
MAC Address Table Size:16K entries
Manageable:Yes
Ports Qty: 16
Thanks
Jeff