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Deployment Guide
Table 1-2.
Additional Supported Devices for a Stand-Alone
ESX Server System Configuration
Server
PE 6650
PE 2850
PE 1850
Storage
Five internal hard
disks (15K RPM
at RAID 5
recommended)
Six internal hard
disks (15K RPM
at RAID 5
recommended)
Two internal hard
disks (15K RPM
at RAID 1
recommended)
Table 1-3.
Additional Supported Devices for a SAN-attached
ESX Server System
Device Class
Configuration
Host Bus Adapter (HBA)
One fiber channel host bus
adapter (HBA)
or
Two fiber channel host bus
adapters (HBAs) for HBA failover
configurations
For higher availability on the PE
1850, the Qlogic QLA 2342 (dual
port HBA card) is recommended.
Storage
Two internal hard disks (15K RPM
at RAID 1 recommended)
Table 1-4.
Recommended VirtualCenter Server Configuration
Resource Class
Recommendation
Server
PowerEdge 1850
Memory
2 GB RAM
RAID Controller
Integrated RAID controller
enabled
Storage
Two internal hard disks (largest
capacity available at RAID 5)
Network
Two integrated network ports
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
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