Greetings:

Currently, my ISCSI setup consist of a single mode vif on the NetApp side – this connects to a dedicated switch for the ISCSI traffic. I have active/passive clusters connected to this switch with dedicated NICs for ISCSI connectivity. On the server side, I run Snap Drive 4.1 and MS ISCSI Initiator.

I would like to change this to the following.

1. Create two multimode vifs (each vif connecting to a separate switch – the switches would then be bridged)

2. Create a second level single mode vif consisting of the above two multimode VIFs – so only one vif is active at any one time.

3. The second level single mode vif will have the same IP address as it is now.

If I make the above change, would this affect any of the currently mapped ISCSI connections? Do I need to re-map it through MS ISCSI initiator – IP addresses are not changing, would this cause any changes on the server side?

Thanks,

Darish.