Advice on Assigning Physical Network Interfaces/Selecting Management Interface in Proxmox?

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Hello,

I’m setting up my first Proxmox server, and I’m a bit lost on how to best utilize the hardware network interfaces on this board. I’ve got 2x1GbE, and 2x10GbE, both Intel.

I was already planning to use LACP to combine the two 10GbE ports for high-speed servers. I was going to put the 1GbE ports into an LACP bond and use them as the management interface, but now I’m not sure if that’s the best idea. I’ve read enough to get just confused enough to be unsure what the management interface is actually responsible for. I mean to have multiple Proxmox nodes at some point, and want to be able to back up VMs at 10GbE speeds.

My network can handle VLANs, so I could put the management interface on the 10GbE NICs and add a second VLAN for VM traffic. Would that be better?

If so, what if anything should I use the 1GbE ports for?

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Keep the management interface on one of the 1GbE ports. Proxmox lets you define the network for VM replication over ZFS, so as long as you use a different subnet for your 10GbE network, you can force VM replication over your faster network. Also, you probably don’t need LACP unless you really know that you do. But if you want it for fun, go nuts.

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Thank you!

Realistically, I know I really don’t need LACP, but my network equipment makes it easy to set up, and I like the idea of, in a practical sense, never having to worry about bottlenecking.