This section briefly describes the hardware that is used to validate the deployment examples in this guide, and the following table explains the role of each hardware component. Validated Components contains a detailed listing of the hardware and software versions used.
Dell EMC hardware | Role |
PowerSwitch S5248F-ON | 2x leafs in each rack |
PowerSwitch Z9264F-ON | 2x spines |
PowerSwitch S4048F-ON | 2x as external switches |
PowerSwitch S4112F-ON | 2x as dedicated back-end networks for the Isilon storage nodes |
PowerSwitch N3248TE-ON | 2x (one per rack) for out-of-band (OOB) management traffic. This includes connections to server node iDRACs and dedicated switch management ports. |
PowerEdge R640 | Windows server, 2x ESXi nodes |
Isilon H400 nodes | Storage cluster |
PowerStore T | Storage array |
PowerStore X | Storage array |