Deployment Guide
Table Of Contents
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Hardware overview
- 3 Topology overview
- 4 Preparation
- 5 S4148U-ON switch configuration
- 6 S4148U-ON validation
- 7 Configure Unity FC storage
- 8 Configure storage on ESXi hosts
- 9 Configure ESXi hosts for LAN traffic
- A Validated components
- B Technical support and resources
- C Support and feedback
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A Validated components
The following tables include the hardware, software, and firmware used to configure and validate the
examples in this guide.
A.1 Switches
Switches and firmware versions
Qty
Item
OS Version
2
Dell EMC Networking S4148U-ON leaf switches
10.4.0E(R3P2)
2
Dell EMC Networking Z9100-ON spine switches
10.4.0E(R3P2)
1
Dell EMC Networking S3048-ON management switch
10.4.0E(R3P2)
A.2 PowerEdge R640 servers
R640 server components
Qty per
server
Item Firmware version
1
Intel Xeon Gold 6126 CPU @ 2.60GHz, 12 cores
-
6
8GB DDR4 DIMMs (48GB total)
-
1
120GB SATA SSD
-
1
PERC H330 Mini Storage Controller
25.5.3.0005
1
QLogic 57800 rNDC - 2x10GbE SFP+ (CNA) ports plus 2x1GbE
BASE-T ports
14.02.12
-
BIOS
1.3.7
-
iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller
3.00.00.00
A.3 Storage
Storage firmware version
Qty
Item
Firmware Version
1
Unity 500F
4.3.0.1522077968