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10Gbit Ethernet ports on the 4312/4324 appliances
10Gbit Ethernet is provided as a viable alternative to the Fibre Channel interface for providing maximum VTL
performance and also comparable NAS performance. When using 10Gbit Ethernet it is common to configure a
“Network SAN”, which is a dedicated network for backup that is separate to the normal business data network;
only backup data is transmitted over this network.
Network configuration, HP D2D4312/4324 with 10Gbit ports
When a separate network SAN is used, configuration of CIFS backup shares with Active Directory authentication
requires careful consideration, see the next section for more information.
Network configuration for CIFS AD
When using CIFS shares for backup on a D2D device in a Microsoft Active Directory environment the D2D CIFS
server may be made a member of the AD Domain so that Active Directory users can be authenticated against
CIFS shares on the D2D.
However, in order to make this possible the AD Domain controller must be accessible from the D2D device. This
may be conflict with a configuration with a Network SAN in order to separate Corporate LAN and Backup
traffic.