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The server layer consists of two PowerEdge R840 servers. We configured ESXi 6.7 bare-metal hypervisors on both nodes to create two separate virtual environments—one with RHEL 7.6 and the other with Microsoft Windows Server 2016.
The following table lists the network components of each host node.
Table 1. Host-node network components
Component |
Function |
2 x dual-port 10 GbE network interface controllers (NICs) |
SQL Server traffic |
2 x dual-port 16 Gbps host bus adapters (HBAs) |
SAN traffic |
1 x 1 GbE remote Network Daughter Card (rNDC) port |
In-band management of the server from within the operating system |
2 x 10 GbE ports |
Quest Benchmark Factory benchmarking traffic |
1 x 1 GbE Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) Ethernet port |
Out-of-band management of the server |