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Dell HPC NFS Storage Solution - High Availability (NSS6.0-HA) Configuration with Dell PowerEdge 13
th
Generation Servers
12
NSS6.0-HA software versions Table 4.
Software
Operating system
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7.0 x86_64
Kernel version
3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64
Cluster Suite
Red Hat Cluster Suite from RHEL 7.0
File system
Red Hat Scalable File System (XFS) 3.2.0-0.10
Systems management tool
Dell OpenManage Server Administrator 8.0.1
Storage management package
Consolidated Resource DVD (RDVD): 5.1.0.9
Note:
The original kernel distributed with RHEL7.0 was 3.10.0-123.el7.x86_64. To fix the issues discovered
with that kernel which impacts the functionality and performance of NSS6.0-HA, the kernel version was
updated to 3.10.0-123.8.1.el7.x86_64.
Systems Management
iDRAC8 Enterprise.
Power Supply
Dual Power Supply Units.
Storage configuration
Storage Enclosure
One Dell PowerVault MD3460 array and one
MD3060e array for the 480TB solution.
RAID controllers
Duplex RAID controllers in the Dell MD3460.
Hard Disk Drives
60 - 4TB 7200 rpm NL SAS drives per array.
Other components
Private Gigabit Ethernet switch
Dell PowerConnect 2848.
Power Distribution Unit
Two APC switched Rack PDUs, model AP7921.