To prepare the PowerEdge servers for the production, XVC, virtual, and management environments, follow the procedures in this section to:
The following table lists the software that is hosted on the local disk drives of the PowerEdge database servers. The database data itself resides on the XtremIO X2 storage array.
Table 17. Server-hosted software
Server type |
Hosted on disk drives |
Physical database servers |
|
ESXi server |
|
Management server |
Management software |
We recommend the following local disk drive configuration for each of the PowerEdge servers:
The following Dell EMC Knowledge Base articles provide information about creating a VD:
To create the global hot spare, see the instructions in the following Knowledge Base article: Dell PowerEdge: How to Assign a Hard Drive in Global Hot Spare.
We recommend the following BIOS settings for the PowerEdge servers:
The slot recommendations in this section are based on the chassis type that we used in testing. The chassis type that we used is noted in each of the tables in this section. If you choose a different chassis type, the NICs and HBAs that are shipped from the factory are populated in the recommended PCIe slots for that server.
The following table shows the recommended PCIe slots for the NICs and HBAs in the two R940-based production database servers:
Table 18. Production database servers: Recommended PCIe slots for NICs and HBAs
Adapter |
Description |
Slot |
PowerEdge R940 chassis: 2.5 in. chassis with up to 8 hard drives |
||
NIC 1 |
Broadcom 57412 DP 10 Gb SFP+ PCIe |
3 |
NIC 2 |
Broadcom 57412 DP 10 Gb SFP+ PCIe |
6 |
HBA 1 |
Emulex LPe31002-M6-D DP 16 Gbps FC |
2 |
HBA 2 |
Emulex LPe31002-M6-D DP 16 Gbps FC |
5 |
The following table shows the recommended PCIe slots for the NICs and HBAs in the single R940-based virtual database server:
Table 19. Virtual database server: Recommended PCIe slots for NICs and HBAs
Adapter |
Description |
Slot |
PowerEdge R940 chassis: 2.5 in. chassis with up to 8 hard drives |
||
NIC 1 |
Intel X710 DP 10 Gb SFP+ PCIe |
3 |
NIC 2 |
Intel X710 DP 10 Gb SFP+ PCIe |
6 |
HBA 1 |
QLogic QLE2692 DP 16 Gbps FC |
2 |
HBA 2 |
QLogic QLE2692 DP 16 Gbps FC |
5 |
The following table shows the recommended PCIe slots for the NICs and HBAs in the R740-based XVC database server:
Table 20. XVC database server: Recommended PCIe slots for NICs and HBAs
Adapter |
Description |
Slot |
PowerEdge R740 chassis: 8 x 2.5 in. SAS/SATA hard drives for 2-CPU configuration |
||
NIC 1* |
Broadcom 5720 DP 1 Gb + 57412 DP 10 Gb NetXtreme-E rNDC |
rNDC or LOM |
HBA 1 |
Emulex LPe16002B-M6-D DP 16 Gbps FC |
1 |
HBA 2 |
Emulex LPe16002B-M6-D DP 16 Gbps FC |
7 |
* We used one of the 10 GbE ports on the rNDC for database public traffic.