Dell External OEMR 2950, Deployment Manual

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Deployment Guide
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Table 1-2. Dell-Supported ESX Server Configurations
Server PowerEdge
1950-III PowerEdge
1955 PowerEdge
2900-III PowerEdge
2950-III PowerEdge
2970
Processors Two
dual/quad-core
Intel Xeon
processors Two
dual/quad-core
Intel Xeon
processors Two
dual/quad-core
Intel Xeon
processors Two
dual/quad-core
Intel Xeon
processors Two AMD
Opteron
2200/2300
series
processors
Memory
(Min/Max) 1 GB/32 GB 1 GB/32 GB 1 GB/48 GB 1 GB/32 GB 2 GB/32 GB
Storage
Adapter for
Internal Disks PERC 6/i
Integrated Serial-attached
SCSI (SAS)
5/iR Integrated PERC 6/i
Integrated PERC 6/i
Integrated PERC 5/i
Integrated
Storage
Adapter for
External Disks PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID,
PERC6/E PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID,
PERC6/E PERC 5/E,
SAS RAID,
PERC6/E
PERC 5/E, 6/E
and SAS RAID
Networking Two integrated
network ports,
All supported
peripheral
NICs Two integrated
network ports
All supported
NIC daughter
cards
Two 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
daughter cards 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/MC DRAC 5 DRAC 5 DRAC 5
Internal
Storage Up to two 3.5”
or four 2.5”
SAS disks Up to two 2.5”
SAS disks Up to eight
3.5” SAS disks
(up to 10 disks
with Flexbay
option) Up to six 3.5”
or eight 2.5”
SAS disks Up to six 3.5”
or eight 2.5”
SAS disks