Hi All,
Still in the planning stages of deploying my first CS install and I have a question about the SSVM and the apparent requirement for a public routable IP address. From what I can gather, the only interaction that the SSVM has with the internet is for downloading files from user or admin supplied URLs. Does this mean that nothing actually makes inbound connections directly to it from the internet and that it only ever makes outbound connections? If so, why does it need a public IP? Would it be possible to simply have a route to the internet via the management network or to give it an IP from private network pool that has access to the internet via some other NAT device? Secondly, I’ve seen some excellent slides from Geoff Higginbottom but I’m still not quite sure whether the SSVM actually has four vNICs or whether it simply needs access to four networks via a lesser number of vNICs. Can anyone clarify how many vNICs each SSVM has and what the routing table looks like on the VM itself, especially where the management server and secondary storage server are on subnets accessible via a L3 hop and not directly attached to either the hypervisor mgmt or SSVM vNICs (and these subnets aren’t accessible by a default route on the SSVM)? My main concern is the public IP requirement as I’m finding it very difficult to get enough public IPs from my DC, especially where there doesn’t appear to be a reason for it. I can’t simply get a nice big block of IPv4 like some other CS users may be used to! I’m considering joining RIPE but this is not especially cheap and doesn’t seem to guarantee that I’d get an assignment of IPv4 addresses anyway. Confused, Adrian --- Alsi Consulting Ltd www.alsiconsulting.co.uk T: 0845 8676586 M: 07961 127738
