Reference Architecture
Reference Architecture for Active System 800m with Hyper-V:
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Figure 13 below shows the Dell Active System 800m solution with a single chassis. Figure 14 shows Dell
Active System 800m with two chassis and the maximum number of storage enclosures. Note that the
switches shown in the figures below are shown mounted forward for representation. In actual use,
ports face the back of the rack. PDUs shown are for illustration and vary by region or customer power
requirements. Additional PDUs are utilized within the rack.
Figure 13: Dell Active System 800m Rack and Component Overview
The Dell Active System design shown in Figure 13 above accommodates up to 16 compute hosts in a one
rack configuration that also contains Dell EqualLogic PS6110 Series storage.
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Dell PowerEdge M620
Compute Cluster
FabA: 10GbE IOA
FabB: None
FabC: None
4x Dell EqualLogic PS6110
Storage
2x Dell PowerEdge R620
Management Cluster
1x KMM
1x Dell Force10 S55 Switch
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(Rear face, Reverse fans)
2x G791N PDU (rear face)
(3 Phase, L15-30P, 3x C19)