The Dell Technologies Safety & Security Lab is constantly being upgraded to the most recent software releases.
- Virtualized environment
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- 8vCPUs
- 16 GB memory
- Network adapter type: VMXNET3 ( 10 GbE)
- 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
All storage and server tests are conducted using 10 GbE NICs unless otherwise noted. Watermarking and motion detection require additional vCPU and memory.
Dell EMC PowerPath ™ is recommended for use with block storage (FC and iSCSI) implementations on VNX and VNXe arrays. Microsoft MPIO is recommended for use with Unity and SC series arrays .
The Dell EMC Safety & Security Lab 's host hardware met and exceeded the minimum system requirements for an ESXi/ESX installation. The Milestone Recorder VM was running on an ESXi 6.5 host using Dell EMC PowerEdge 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.