End to End vSAN Deployment with RDMA

This white paper provides detailed guidance on deploying an RDMA-enabled vSAN stack from end to end. It covers the specific network switch configurations, server NIC settings, and vSAN software stack adjustments required to enable Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA), thereby increasing storage performance and reducing CPU overhead.

The document focuses on Broadcom-based Network Interface Cards and vSAN Express Storage Architecture (ESA), outlining use cases such as HPC, AI/ML, and Big Data analytics where low-latency storage is critical.