The Dell EMC Safety and Security Lab is constantly being upgraded to the most recent software releases.
In order to test this solution, the Dell EMC Safety and Security Lab was configured as follows:
- Virtualized environment
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- 8vCPUs
- 16 GB memory
- Network adapter type: VMXNET3 (GbE and 10 GbE), E1000, or VMXNET2 (GbE only)
- Isolated VLAN for storage (if not FC)
- Physical/Baremetal minimum environment
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- 8 Cores
- 32 GB memory
- Network environment
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- Network adapter type: 10 GbE
- Camera user VLAN
- Storage VLAN
For all the tests, the virtual CPU (vCPU), memory, and network were configured according to Qognify best practices. The VMware vSphere configuration was in accordance with the VMware Compatibility Guide (www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/search.php). Microsoft MPIO is recommended for use with Unity and SC series arrays.
The Dell EMC Safety and Security Lab's host hardware met and exceeded the minimum system requirements for an ESXi/ESX installation. The Qognify SVR VM was running on an ESXi 6.5 host using host using Cisco UCS B230 Blade Servers,and various Dell EMC servers. For more information about VM configuration, see the General recommendations for storage and sizing section of the Using EMC VNX storage with VMWare VSphere guide.
Qognify recommends using local datastores or SAN-based RAID 1-0 datastores on ESXi hosts to place SVR VMs. Configure NAS and SAN storage for video storage.