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Appendix A Solution hardware components
Solution configuration - Hardware components:
Description
ESXi hosts
•
2 x Dell PowerEdge R815 Servers:
o ESXi 5.0
o BIOS Version: 1.5.2
o 4 x AMD Opteron(tm)
Processors 6174, 2200 MHz.
12 cores
o 96 GB RAM
o 6 internal disk drives
o NIC – Broadcom quad-port 1
Gb, Firmware: 6.0.1 BC 5.2.3
ESXi 5.0 was installed on Hosts
Windows Server 2008
R2 EE (64
Bit) VMs
Virtual
Machines
• Windows Server2008 R2 EE (64 Bit)
Management
server
•
1 Dell PowerEdge R710 server:
o Windows Server2008 R2 EE
(64 Bit)
• 1 Dell PowerEdge1950 server:
o Windows Server 2008 R2 EE
(64 Bit)
Network
•
4 x Dell PowerConnect 7048 switch
• Firmware: 4.1.1.9
2 switches stacked together for
NAS
frontend. Similarly, two
switches stacked together for NAS
backend
Storage
• 6 x Dell EqualLogic PS6100X:
o 24 x 900GB 10K SAS
o Quad port dual controllers
o Firmware: 5.1.1 (R189834) (H2)
• 2 x FS7500
o Firmware: v1.0.402
Performance
Monitoring
•
SAN HeadQuarters – 2.1.100.5884
• ESXtop and vCenter Performance
monitoring
• Iometer output
•
Performance monitoring
on EqualLogic arrays.
• Performance monitoring
and capture at the ESXi
host.
• Workload monitoring on
each VM