The reference architecture for this solution includes the following primary hardware components:
- Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 modular chassis with:
- 1 PowerEdge MX840c compute sled for an Oracle database
- 1 PowerEdge MX840c compute sled for a SQL Server database
- 2 PowerEdge MX9116n I/O modules for LAN and SAN converged traffic
- Dell EMC PowerMax 2000 storage array
- Data Domain DD9300 backup appliance
Compute and network components
The following tables list the details of the hardware, firmware, and driver components of the compute servers and the network I/O modules that we used in the tested configuration of this reference architecture.
Table 22. Compute and network components
Modular chassis | 1 x Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 modular chassis |
Power supplies | 6 x 3,000 W redundant power supplies |
Compute sleds |
Database ESXi hosts | - 1 x Dell EMC PowerEdge MX840c for Oracle database
- 1 x Dell EMC PowerEdge MX840c for SQL Server database
|
Subcomponents in each compute sled |
Chassis[1] | 2.5 in. chassis with up to 8 SAS/SATA/NVMe hard drives |
Processor | 4 x Intel Xeon Scalable Gold 6148 20c/40T HT 2.4 GHz |
Memory | 1,536 GB (24 x 64 GB QR DDR4 2,666 MT/s LRDIMMs) |
Local disks in server | 3 x 1.2 TB 10 K SAS 12 Gb/s 2.5 in. HDDs (includes one hot spare) |
RAID controller | PERC H730P MX |
iDRAC | iDRAC9 Enterprise |
I/O cards for fabrics A/B | 4 x QLogic FastLinQ 41262HMKR DP 10/25 GbE mezzanine cards or CNAs with storage offloads (iSCSI, FCoE) |
Network or I/O modules within the MX7000 modular chassis |
I/O modules (converged LAN and SAN) (fabric slots A1 and B1) | 2 x Dell EMC MX9116n 25 GbE Fabric Switching Engine, 12 x QDD28, 2 x Q28, 2 x Q28/32Gb FC |
Note: Newer and updated BIOS and firmware versions are supported, if available. For the latest version, go to Dell EMC Online Support.
Table 23. PowerEdge MX7000 component firmware and drivers
Modular chassis-level |
Management module | 1.00.01 | N/A |
Power supplies | 00.36.6B | N/A |
Compute sleds (applies to both MX840c sleds) |
BIOS | 1.6.11 | N/A |
Lifecycle Controller and iDRAC9 Enterprise | 3.20.21.20 | N/A |
QLogic FastLinQ 41262HMKR DP 10/25 GbE mezzanine card or CNA | 14.07.07 | - 3.7.9.2 (qedentv Ethernet driver)
- 1.2.24.6 (qedf FCoE driver)
|
PERC H730P MX | 25.5.5.0005 | 7.705.10.00 (lsi-mr3) |
Network I/O modules |
MX9116n FSE | 10.4.0E.R3S.268 | N/A |
Storage array
The following table lists the hardware details of the storage array that we used in the tested configuration of this reference architecture:
Table 24. PowerMax 2000 storage array components
Operating system version | PowerMaxOS |
Number of bricks | 1 |
Front-end I/O modules | 4 x QP 16 Gb/s FC (two I/O modules per director) |
Cache per engine | 1 TB (512 GB per director) |
Number of disks | 24 NVMe flash drives |
RAID type | RAID 5 (7+1) |
Raw/usable capacity | 88.69 TB/73.35 TB |
DD9300 backup system
The following table lists the hardware details of the DD9300 backup system that we used in the tested configuration of this reference architecture:
Table 25. DD9300 backup system components
Operating system version | 6.1.0.1-560996 |
Number of head units | 1 (with 12 disks) |
Number of enclosures (DS60) | 4 (with 60 disks in each) |
Number of front-end network adapters | 2 x Quad port (QP) 10 GbE adapters |
Number of front-end network ports (in use) | 4 x 10 GbE (two from each QP adapter) |
System disks | 3 x 3.64 TiB SAS HDDs + 1 x 3.64 TiB SAS HDD (spare) |
Cache disks | 8 x 0.728 TiB SAS-SSDs |
Active tier disks (in use) | 210 x 2.73 TiB SAS HDDs |
Active tier disks (spare) | 15 x 2.73 TiB SAS HDDs |
