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SUSE Rancher and RKE Kubernetes cluster using CSI Driver on DELL EMC PowerFlex
Executive Summary Introduction PowerFlex product overview SUSE Rancher for Kubernetes How SUSE Rancher delivers production-grade Kubernetes at scale Solution architecture Installation of the SUSE Rancher Kubernetes cluster PowerFlex Container Storage Interface driver Steps to install CSI drives for PowerFlex Rancher Kubernetes Cluster Data Protection using PowerProtect Data Manager Conclusion Configuration details
Storage only and compute only nodes
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Storage only and compute only nodes

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Storage only and compute only nodes

  • The following tables provide the configuration details of a Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 server storage-only and compute-only nodes:

    Table 3.      Storage-only nodes

    Hardware

    Configuration

    CPU Cores

    2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6126 CPU @ 2.60 GHz

    Memory

    14 x 16 GB

    NIC

    2 x Mellanox ConnectX-4 LX 25 GbE SFP Adapter

    1 x Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710/I350 rNDC

    Storage

    BOSS S1 Controller 2 x 240 GB SATA SSD

    Dell HBA330 controller 8 x 1.9 TB SAS SSD

    Operating system

    Embedded operating system

    PowerFlex

    3.5.1.2

    Note: In a Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 server, available storage on storage nodes is the only difference between storage and compute nodes. SSDs in the storage nodes are used to form a storage pool and volumes that are used by the compute nodes.

    Table 4.      Compute-only nodes

    Hardware

    Configuration

    CPU Cores

    2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6248 CPU @ 2.50 GHz

    Memory

    24 x 32 GB

    NIC

    2 x Mellanox ConnectX-4 LX 25GbE SFP Adapter

    1 x Intel(R) Ethernet 10G 4P X710/I350 rNDC

    Storage

    BOSS S1 Controller 2 x 240 GB SATA SSD

    Dell HBA730 controller 2 x 900 GB SAS SSD

    Hypervisor

    ESXi 7.0

     PowerFlex

    3.5.1.2