The following tables list validated servers, network interface controllers, storage and storage types, and switches used for internal testing.
Servers
The following table lists the Dell PowerEdge servers that are used to create the infrastructure, management, and workload clouds.
Server | Specification sheet |
Dell PowerEdge R650 | PowerEdge R650 Specification Sheet |
Dell PowerEdge R750 | PowerEdge R750 Specification Sheet |
Dell PowerEdge R660 | PowerEdge R660 Specification Sheet |
Dell PowerEdge R760 | PowerEdge R760 Specification Sheet |
Dell PowerEdge XR5610 | PowerEdge XR5610 Specification Sheet |
Dell PowerEdge XR8610t | PowerEdge XR8000 Specification Sheet—technical specifications for the PowerEdge XR8000r, PowerEdge XR8610t, and PowerEdge XR8620t |
Dell PowerEdge XR8620t |
Network interface controllers
The following table lists the network interface controllers (NICs) that can be used in Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat.
Two NICs are used in each PowerEdge R650, PowerEdge R750, PowerEdge R660, and PowerEdge R760 server. The PowerEdge XR5610, PowerEdge XR8610t, and PowerEdge XR8620t servers use one NIC.
NIC | Server |
Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA2 |
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Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA4 |
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Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-XXVDA4T with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) |
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Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA1 |
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Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA2 |
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Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter E810-CQDA2T with GNSS |
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NVIDIA® ConnectX-6 Lx Dual Port 10/25GbE SFP28 Adapter |
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Mellanox® ConnectX-6 DX Dual Port 100 GbE QSFP56 Network Adapter |
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Storage
Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat uses software-defined storage that is integrated into the management and workload clouds. Storage is implemented using Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation running on PowerEdge R750 or PowerEdge R760 servers. The management and workload clouds typically use clusters of three PowerEdge R750 or PowerEdge R760 servers in each cloud for shared storage.
All the drives listed below were validated for internal testing. However, Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat supports using any drives that are supported in a particular PowerEdge server model.
The following table lists the type of storage available for each cloud:
Storage type | Servers | Storage drives | Clouds |
Internal Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation storage using 15th generation servers | Three PowerEdge R750 servers in a management cloud and in each workload cloud | Eight 800 GB SSDs or Two 1.6 TB Enterprise NVMe drivesor One 3.2 TB or 6.4 TB NVMe driveor One 3.84 TB SSD |
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Internal Red Hat OpenShift Data Foundation storage using 16th generation servers | Three PowerEdge R760 or three PowerEdge R660 servers in a management cloud and in each workload cloud | Six 1.92 TB SAS SSDs or Eight 1.6 TB NVMe drives |
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The following table lists the total number of drives used in Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat:
Server | Drive quantity | Application |
PowerEdge R650 | Four 800 GB SSDs with two 800 GB SSDs in a RAID 1 for the operating system | Controller storage, provisioner node, or infrastructure management cloud node storage |
PowerEdge R750 | Eight 800 GB SSDs with two 800 GB SSDs in a RAID 1 for the operating system or Two 800 GB SSDs in a RAID 1 for the operating system and two 1.6 TB Enterprise NVMe drives for storage | Compute worker node, or compute and storage worker node |
PowerEdge R660 | Two 1.92 TB SSDs in a RAID 1 for the operating system | Controller storage, provisioner node, or infrastructure management cloud node storage or Provisioner node and infrastructure management cloud node storage |
PowerEdge R760 | Two 1.6 TB NVMe drives in a RAID 1 for the operating system | Compute worker node, or compute and storage worker node |
PowerEdge XR5610 | Four 960 GB SATA SSDs or Two 1.92 TB M.2 NVMe drives | Compute worker node |
PowerEdge XR8610t | Two 960 GB M.2 NVMe drives | Compute worker node |
PowerEdge XR8620t | Two 1.92 TB M.2 NVMe drives | Compute worker node |
RAID settings
The following tables list the available RAID settings:
RAID Settings | Server | Drives and purpose |
RAID 1 |
| The first two SSDs are reserved for the operating system and are used by the Dell factory to install Red Hat Enterprise Linux. |
Non-RAID settings
The following tables list the non-RAID settings:
Server | Drives and purpose |
PowerEdge R650 | Two 800 GB SSDs for storage |
PowerEdge R750 | Six 800 GB SSDs or two 1.6 TB Enterprise NVMe drives for storage |
PowerEdge R660 | Four non-RAID SAS SSDs for controllers and one non-RAID SAS SSD for the workers |
PowerEdge R760 | Four non-RAID SAS SSDs for controllers and one non-RAID SAS SSD for the workers |
PowerEdge XR5610 | Four drives on embedded AHCI controller 1 |
PowerEdge XR8610t | Integrated PCIe SSD disk 0 and disk 1 |
PowerEdge XR8620t | Integrated PCIe SSD disk 0 and disk 1 |
CPUs
The following CPUs are available for servers used in Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat:
Server | CPU options | Quantity |
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| 2 |
| 2 | |
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| 1 |
Memory
The following RAM options are available for servers used in Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat:
Server | Memory options | Quantity |
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| Eight 32 GB modules |
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| Eight 32 GB modules |
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| Eight 32 GB modules |
Switches
Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat is a bring-your-own-networking solution that uses existing customer-provided switches. The following switches were validated for internal testing, but they are not included as part of the Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat solution:
Switch model | Description | Software |
Dell PowerSwitch S3048-ON or Dell PowerSwitch S4148F-ON | Used as the out-of-band (OOB) management switch for the iDRAC | Dell OS10 |
Dell PowerSwitch S5232F-ON | Used as the top-of-rack (ToR) switch | Dell OS10 |