The Dell Technologies Safety & Security Lab is constantly being upgraded to the most recent software releases.
- Virtualized environment
- 8vCPUs
- 16 GB memory
- Network adapter type: VMXNET3 (10 GbE)
- Isolated VLAN for storage (if not FC)
- Physical/Baremetal minimum environment
- 8 Cores
- 32 GB memory
- Network environment
- 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 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 Technologies 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 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.