Dell External OEMR 2950, Deployment Manual

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Deployment Guide
Table 1-3. Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations
Server R900 PowerEdge 6850 PowerEdge 6950
Processors Two/four Quad-Core
Xeon® 7300 series
processors Two/four single/dual-
core Intel Xeon
processors Two/four AMD Opteron™
8200/8300 series
processors
Memory (Min/Max) 1 GB/64 GB 1 GB/64 GB 2 GB/64 GB
Storage Adapter for
Internal Disks PERC 6/i Integrated PERC 4e/Di (for
small computer
system interface
[SCSI] disks) and
PERC 5/i Adapter
(for SAS disks) PERC 5/i Integrated
Storage Adapter for
External Disks PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID, PERC6E
PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID
PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID, PERC6E
Networking Four integrated
network ports
All supported
peripheral NICs
Two integrated
network ports
All supported
peripheral NICs
Two integrated network
ports
All supported peripheral
NICs
Fibre Channel HBA
(required for SAN
Connectivity only) All supported Fibre
Channel HBAs All supported Fibre
Channel HBAs All supported Fibre
Channel HBAs
Dell Remote Access
Controller (DRAC)
(highly
recommended) DRAC 5 DRAC 4 DRAC 5
Internal Storage Up to eight 2.5" or five
3.5" SAS disks Up to five 3.5”
SAS/SCSI or eight
2.5” SAS disks Up to five 3.5” SAS disks