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Appendix B Test system component details
This section contains an overview of both the hardware and software configurations used throughout
the testing described in this document.
Table 4 – Test Configuration Hardware Components
Test Configuration – Hardware Components
SQL Server®
(ESX01)
One (1) Dell PowerEdge R710 Server running VMware ESX v4.1, hosting a single SQL
Server® Database virtual machine:
 BIOS Version: 2.1.15
 2 x Quad Core Intel® Xeon® E5520 Processors
 96 GB RAM, 2.26 GHz
 2 x 146GB 10K SAS internal disk drives
 Broadcom 5709c 1GbE quad-port NIC (LAN on motherboard) – firmware
version 5.2.7, driver version 5.2.14
 Two (2) Intel Quad Port VT network adapters (Intel 8257 1Gb). Firmware
level 1.3.19.12.
I/O Workload
Generators
(INFRA)
One (1) Dell PowerEdge R710 Server running VMware ESX v4.1, hosting a four (4)
Windows Server 2008 R2 virtual machines:
 BIOS Version: 2.1.15
 Quad Core Intel® Xeon® X5570 Processor
 96 GB RAM, 2.26 GHz
 2 x 146GB 10K SAS internal disk drives
 Broadcom 5709c 1GbE quad-port NIC (LAN on motherboard) – firmware
version 5.2.7, driver version 5.2.14
Network
2 x Dell PowerConnect 6248 1Gb Ethernet Switch
 Firmware: 3.2.0.9
Storage
1 x Dell EqualLogic PS6000XV:
 14 x 600GB 15K RPM SAS disk drives as RAID 10, with two hot spare disks
 Dual quad-port 1GbE controllers running firmware version 5.0.2
1 x Dell EqualLogic PS6500E:
 148x 1TB SATA drives as RAID 50, with two hot spare disks
 Dual quad-port 1GbE controllers running firmware version 5.0.2