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The PowerEdge 14G and 15G servers, with a capacity of up to 32 internal drives, provide outstanding performance. With the introduction of the PowerEdge 16G servers with Intel Xeon 5th or 4th Generation Scalable Processors, the maximum available memory in a single four-socket system increased to 12 TB of available DRAM capacity.
The following table shows the SAP HANA-certified PowerEdge servers that are supported for use with Intel Xeon CPUs in TDI deployments:
Intel Xeon CPU | PowerEdge generation | Supported PowerEdge models |
Intel Xeon 5th Generation SP | 16G | T560, R660, R760, MX760c, C6620 |
Intel Xeon 4th Generation SP | 16G | T550, T560, R660xs, XR7620, R760, R660, MX760c, C6620, R860, R960 |
Intel Xeon 3rd Generation SP | 15G | R650, R750, R750xa, MX750c, C6520 |
Intel Xeon 2nd Generation SP | 14G | R640, T640, R740, R740xd, R740xd2, R840, R940, R940xa FC640, M640, FC640, MX740c, MX840c |
Key:
R: Rack servers,
T: Tower servers,
FC and M/MX: Modular blade servers
For more information, see the following documentation:
The PowerEdge MX platform is the latest hardware implementation for Dell SAP HANA TDI deployments. PowerEdge MX servers can be used in SAP HANA scale-out TDI and SAP HANA scale-up (single-node) TDI deployments, including virtual configurations.
PowerEdge MX is a modular blade-based platform that integrates servers, storage, networking, and management into a single chassis that is designed for maximum density, efficiency, and manageability. As a unified, high-performance, kinetic data center infrastructure, PowerEdge MX provides the agility, resiliency, and efficiency to optimize a wide variety of traditional and new emerging data center workloads and applications. For more information, see the PowerEdge MX page on the Dell website.
For configuration recommendations and to find out how the PowerEdge MX infrastructure can help simplify an SAP HANA scale-out implementation, see Appendix A: Designing and implementing an SAP HANA scale-out landscape using the PowerEdge MX platform.
VxRail dynamic node clusters are compute-only vSphere clusters that enable users to scale compute and storage independently based on their workload needs. Built on PowerEdge servers, VxRail dynamic nodes bring the benefits of VxRail HCI system software with a choice of external storage options, including Dell PowerStore-T, PowerMax, and Unity XT storage. By using enterprise Fiber Channel (FC) storage as primary storage for VxRail and VCF on VxRail solutions, customers can use dynamic nodes in a three-tier vSphere architecture to support mission-critical data-centric workloads such as SAP HANA.
VxRail dynamic nodes are supported as a solution for SAP HANA TDI deployments if the following conditions are met:
To verify that the VxRail dynamic node model that you want to use is supported for SAP HANA with external storage, follow these steps:
Notes:
VMware vSAN HCI MESH storage is not supported for SAP HANA. Accordingly, VxRail dynamic nodes are supported for SAP HANA TDI deployments only with certified external storage.
VxRail dynamic nodes are not supported under the SAP HCI program.