Validation Guide—Dell EMC PowerFlex Hyperconverged Infrastructure for SAP

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  Executive summary
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  Solution overview
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  Key benefits
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  Document purpose
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  Audience
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  We value your feedback

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  Introduction
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  SAP HANA-certified PowerFlex system components
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  PowerFlex deployment models

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  Introduction
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  SAP HANA HCI certification
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  SAP HANA sizing considerations
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  CPU considerations
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  Memory requirements
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  Disk considerations
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  Capacity requirements
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  Network

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  PowerFlex benefits
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  PowerFlex virtual SAN components
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  PowerFlex software in an ESXi-based system
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  PowerFlex checksum feature
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  PowerFlex management tools
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  SVM with SAP HANA VMs
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  PowerFlex storage provisioning

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  Overview
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  VMware best practices for SAP HANA deployments
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  SAP HANA deployment options
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  CPU and memory
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  CPU and memory sizes for SAP HANA VMs
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  vCPUs and Hyperthreading
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  Prepare the SAP HANA VM
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  High availability
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  Optimizing file I/Os after the SAP HANA installation

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  SAP support calls
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  Dell Technologies support calls

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  Dell Technologies documentation
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  VMware documentation
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  SAP documentation