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A Configuration details
This section contains an overview of the configurations used for the testing described in this document.
Test configuration: hardware components
Solution configuration: hardware components
Description
Servers
2 x PowerEdge R720 servers:
 Broadcom 5719 quad-port 1Gb NIC
 Broadcom 57810 dual-port 10Gb
NIC
 Two R720 servers as part of the Oracle
RAC configuration
 4 x 1Gb NICs (B5719) trunked using
Linux kernel bonding used as RAC
interconnect
 2 x 10Gb NICs used for iSCSI SAN
connectivity
Management server
1 PowerEdge R710 server:
 Windows Server 2008
 Management server for the entire
infrastructure
 PS Series manager and SAN HQ
Network
2 x Dell EMC Networking S4810
switches:
 Firmware: 9.1.0.0
2 x Dell EMC Networking S60
switches:
 Firmware: 8.3.3.9
 S4810: Two switches stacked together
for iSCSI SAN connectivity
 S60: Two switches lagged together and
used for RAC interconnect
Storage
1 x PS6110XS storage array:
 7 x 400GB SSDs, 17 x 600GB 10K
SAS drives
 Firmware: 6.2.1
 RAID 10
1 x PS6110E storage array:
 24 x 2 TB SATA drives
 Firmware: 6.2.1
 RAID 50
 PS6110XS: Backend storage for Oracle
database
 PS6110E: Backend storage for Oracle
flashback recovery area and VM
repository