Deployment Guide

57 Dell EMC Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Networking Guide
PowerEdge R740xd S2D Ready Node components with WS2019
Qty per
node
Item
Firmware
Driver
2
Intel Xeon Gold 6148 CPU @ 2.40GHz, 20 cores
-
-
12
16GB DDR4 DIMM (192GB total)
-
-
2
960GB SATA SSD
-
-
4
4TB SATA HDD
-
-
1
Dell HBA330 Storage Controller
16.17.00.03
2.51.24.80
1
Boot Optimized Storage Solution (BOSS) S1 Controller
w/ 2x240GB SATA M.2 SSD
2.5.13.3016
1.2.0.1048
1
QLogic FastLinQ QL41262HxCU-DE 2x25GbE SFP28
14.10.07
8.37.35.0
1
Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx 2x25GbE SFP28
14.24.10.00
2.10.20286.0
1
Intel X710 2x10GbE SFP+/I350 2x1000BASE-T rNDC
18.8.9
1.9.230.2
-
BIOS
1.6.12
-
-
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
3.21.26.22
-
A.3 Management System
The management system must be running the same version of Microsoft Windows Server as the S2D cluster
nodes. The exact hardware configuration of the management system is not critical as long as it has sufficient
resources and network connectivity to the nodes.
The management system used in this guide is a PowerEdge R640 configured as shown in the table below.
PowerEdge R640 management system components with WS2019
Qty
Item
Firmware
Driver
1
Intel Xeon Gold 6126 CPU @ 2.60GHz, 12 cores
-
-
6
8GB DDR4 DIMM (48GB total)
-
-
2
120GB SATA SSD
-
-
1
PERC H330 Mini Storage Controller
25.5.5.0005
6.604.6.0
1
QLogic 57800 2x10GbE SFP+/2x1GbE BASE-T rNDC
14.07.06
7.13.57.103
-
BIOS
1.6.12
-
-
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
3.21.26.22
-