Deployment Guide

Audience and scope
6 VMware vSphere Bitfusion on Dell EMC PowerEdge servers | Deployment guide
1 Audience and scope
This deployment guide includes step-by-step instructions for deployment and configuration of the VMware
vSphere Bitfusion appliance on Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd and C4140 rack servers.
This deployment guide makes certain assumptions about the prerequisite knowledge of the deployment
personnel and the hardware they are using. This includes:
• Use of Dell EMC servers and switches including the location of buttons, cables, and components in
the hardware
• Functional knowledge of the items in the Dell EMC owner's manuals for the products being used
• Use of VMware products and the components or features of VMware vSphere
• Data center infrastructure best practices in the areas of server, storage, networking, and
environmental considerations such as power and cooling
• Installation, configuration and package management familiarity of CentOS
• Familiarity with NVIDIA CUDA toolkit
The scope of this document excludes existing infrastructure components outside of the specific hardware and
software that is mentioned in this guide. VMware vSphere Bitfusion support is not limited to the hardware
models, configuration values, and software components versions used in this document. Dell EMC takes no
responsibility for any issues that may be caused to existing infrastructure during deployment.