These are two essential requirements that an administrator must take into consideration when configuring separate client and storage networks.

these are some of the network requirements that an administrator must take into consideration for a new scale-out Files cluster when configuring and defining separate client and storage networks:

The client and storage networks must have different subnets12. This is because FSVMs use IP addresses from both networks, so they must be distinct to avoid conflicts.

Ensure there are enough IP addresses available for both networks12. This is because each FSVM requires one IP address from each network, plus one virtual IP address (VIP) per network per cluster. For example, if you have a three-node cluster with three FSVMs, you need six IP addresses for the client network (three for FSVMs and three for VIPs) and six IP addresses for the storage network (three for FSVMs and three for VIPs).

Ensure the client and storage networks use tagged VLANs if they share physical interfaces1. This is because VLAN tagging allows multiple logical networks to coexist on a single physical interface without interfering with each other.

Ensure there are no firewall rules or port blocking that prevent communication between clients, FSVMs, CVMs and Prism Element1. This is because Nutanix Files uses various ports for different protocols and services such as SMB, NFS, NTP, DNS etc.