Two clusters of four VxRail E560F nodes were used to validate the examples in this guide. The nodes were each configured per the table below.
| Qty per node | Item | Firmware version |
| 2 | Intel Xeon Silver 4216 CPU @ 2.10 GHz, 16 cores | - |
| 4 | 32 GB DDR4 DIMMs (128 GB total) | - |
| 1 | 1788.5 GB SATA SSD | - |
| 1 | 745.21 GB SAS SSD | - |
| 2 | 223.57 GB SATA SSD | - |
| 1 | Dell HBA330 Mini Storage Controller | 16.17.01.00 |
| 1 | Boot Optimized Storage Solution (BOSS-S1) Controller | 2.5.13.3024 |
| 1 | Mellanox ConnectX-4 LX rNDC - 2x25GbE SFP28 ports | 14.32.20.04 |
| - | BIOS | 2.14.2 |
| - | CPLD | 1.0.6 |
| - | iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller | 5.10.30.201 |
| - | Backplane Expander | 2.52 |