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Software and Hardware Requirements 11
Minimum Hardware Requirements for an iSCSI Configuration
Table 2-6 through Table 2-7 indicate the minimum hardware requirements
for an iSCSI cluster (direct-attached and switched) and a direct-attached,
single-node configuration.
NOTE: The hardware configuration of all the nodes in a cluster must be identical.
Table 2-5. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Direct-attached SAS Single Node
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell PowerEdge system Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron Supported
Processor families
2.5 GB of RAM
Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected to PERC
Two Gigabit Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports
Dell PowerVault MD3000
storage system
See your Dell PowerVault MD3000 storage system
documentation for more details.
Dell PowerVault MD1000
storage expansion enclosure
(optional)
See your Dell PowerVault MD1000 storage expansion
enclosure documentation for more details.
Table 2-6. Minimum Hardware Requirements for a Direct-attached iSCSI Cluster
Hardware Component Configuration
Dell PowerEdge system
(up to two nodes using Automatic
Storage Management (ASM))
Intel Xeon or AMD Opteron Supported
Processor families
2.5 GB of RAM with ASM
Internal RAID controller for internal hard drives
Two 73-GB hard drives (RAID 1) connected
to PERC
Three Gigabit Network Interface Controller
(NIC) ports
Two Gigabit Network Interface Controller
(NIC) ports
Dell PowerVault MD3000i
storage system
See your Dell PowerVault MD3000i storage
system documentation for more details.