Note: On Dell EMC PowerFlex R640 servers, available storage capacity on storage nodes is the only difference between storage and compute nodes. SSDs on storage nodes have been used to form a storage pool and volumes that are used by compute nodes.
Table 4. Storage-only Nodes
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 |
PowerFlex |
3.5.1.2 |
Table 5. Compute Only Nodes
CPU Cores |
2 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6148 CPU @ 2.50 GHz |
Memory |
24 x 32 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 2 x 900 GB SAS SSD |
Hypervisor |
ESXi 6.7 |
PowerFlex |
3.5.1.2 |
Table 6. HCI Nodes
CPU Cores |
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6148 CPU 12c/24t @ 3.20 GHz |
Memory |
24 x 32 GB |
NIC |
2 x Mellanox ConnectX-4 LX Dual Port 25 GbE SFP28 Network Adapter |
1 x Intel Ethernet 10G 4P X710/I350 rNDC |
Storage |
1x BOSS Card w/ 2x 256 GB |
1x HBA330 controller 10 x 800 GB SAS SSD |
Hypervisor |
ESXi 6.7 |
PowerFlex |
3.5.1.2 |
GPU |
2x Nvidia A100 |
