In my environment I have 9 ESXi servers (ProLiant DL360 G7 & DL360p Gen8) and NetApp FAS2240 that is used for storage (NFS datastores).
Currently, we have 1Gbps network with multiple VLANs (management, NFS, applications, vmotion etc), and we're looking for an upgrate to 10Gbps networking solutions.
In addition to the speed upgrade, we also need a Private VLAN support (support of Isolated PVLANS & Community PVLANS). We don't need this support for the NFS VLAN, but for other VLANs we have.
After a research, I believe that Nexus 3064-T (to use 10GBASE-T ports for the servers) is the best match. I'd be grateful to get your help answering the following questions, which I didn't find any answer for so far:
Does Nexus 3064-T fully supports Private VLAN's? I found out articles saying that the support of the Nexus series isn't mature yet (compared to the Catalyst switches). Anyone here has experience implementing Private VLAN solution using Nexus switches?
In order to connect the server, I figured out I'd use HP Ethernet 10Gb 530T Adapter. But, in the compability section, it looks like this model doesn't compatible with the 360 G7 (but there are other G7 models listed). Does anyone knows why? Is it really not compatible? And if so, why and what's my alternatives?
In my NetApp, I have 10Gb adapter, with SFP+. But, the Nexus 3064-T comes with 40Gbps QSFP+ ports. What's the recommended way to make this connection for short length? Is there DAC (twinax) cable that i can use to connect QSFP+ to SFP+ adapter? Or, should i use the SFP+ with GBIC, and if so - does anyone have working configuration they can share?
Thanks!