On Fri, 29 May 2020 18:33:40 +0200 Andrew Lunn <and...@lunn.ch> wrote:
> > > By propagated, you mean if the external link is down, the link between > > > the switch and node 1 will also be forced down, at the SERDES level? > > > > yes > > > > > And if external ports are down, the nodes cannot talk to each other? > > > > correct > > > > > External link down causes the whole in box network to fall apart? That > > > seems a rather odd design. > > > > as I'm not an expert in ceph, I can't judge. But I'll bring it up. > > I guess for a single use appliance this is O.K. But it makes the > hardware unusable as a general purpose server. > > Is there a variant of the hardware to be used as a general purpose > server, rather than as a Ceph appliance? If so, does it share the same > DT files? I don't know of any, but it would just need some way to change the switch configuration. So it's independent from linux running on the nodes. Thomas. -- SUSE Software Solutions Germany GmbH HRB 36809 (AG Nürnberg) Geschäftsführer: Felix Imendörffer
