The following table lists the software and firmware versions that we have validated with this Ready Stack. Use these or later versions for your Ready Stack deployment.
Table 1. Ready Stack validated hardware and software
Layer |
Device |
Version |
Virtualization hosts |
Dell EMC PowerEdge R640/R740/740xd |
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Intel X710 quad-port 10 Gb direct attach, small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+), converged network adapter, low-profile |
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QLogic 2692 dual-port FC host bus adapter (HBA) (workload domain) |
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Dell EMC PERC H330 minicard |
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Dell EMC BOSS controller card+ with 2 x M.2 sticks 120 GB (RAID 1) FH, or Internal SD Module with 2 x 16 GB SD Card |
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2 X 400 GB SSD SAS write-intensive 12 Gb/s 512n 2.5 in. hot-plug drive, PX05SM, 10 DWPD, 7,300 TBW (optional vSAN caching tier) |
Firmware AS0E, A00 |
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8 x 1.8 TB 10K RPM SAS 12 Gb/s 512e 2.5 in. hot-plug hard drive (optional vSAN capacity tier) |
Firmware 2T51 |
Network |
Out-of-band (OOB)—Dell EMC PowerSwitch S4148T-ON switch (S3048-ON may also be used) |
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Storage (workload domain) |
Dell EMC Unity XT x80 all-flash unified storage |
Unity OE 4.5.1.0.5.001 |
2 x Dell EMC Connectrix DS-6620B switches |
Fabric OS 8.2.1a |
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Software |
VMware Cloud Foundation |
3.5.1 |
Dell EMC Virtual Storage Integrator (VSI) |
8.0 |
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Dell EMC Storage Analytics (ESA) |
4.6 |
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Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter (OMIVV) |
4.2 |
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Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) DP4400 |
2.3 |