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68 ✓ Configure maximum queue depth if needed for Fibre Channel HBA cards. ✓ Create dedicated connections to storage devices for data acquisition, transaction logging and other applica- tions that write large amounts of data to storage. Note that with newer high-speed connections (16 Gb Fibre Channel, 10/40/100 Gb Ethernet) and converged fab- rics, this step may not be unnecessary. ✓ Design network topology to avoid Ethernet bottlenecks caused by oversubscribed iSCSI and NFS links. ✓ Make sure you have an adequate amount of read/write cache throughout your storage environment to reduce the load on storage arrays and improve workload performance. ✓ Make sure storage adapter cards are installed in slots that have adequate bandwidth for the I/O traffic they'll be carrying. Evaluate and Redesign the Network before Virtualizing A virtualized server won't do much good if it can't commu- nicate with the rest of your network. Prepare your physical network to complement your virtual networking. ✓ Consider using server-class network interface cards (NICs). Make sure the rest of the network infrastructure between the source and destination NICs is compatible. For example, if NICs are rated for 10 Gigabit, all cables and switches need to be rated for 10 Gb speed, and switch settings need to be set for 10 Gb. ✓ Use network adapters that support checksum offload, TCP segmentation offload (TSO), high-memory 64-bit