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Table 1-2. Additional Supported Devices for a Stand-Alone ESX Server System Configuration

Server

PE 6650

PE 2850

PE 1850

 

 

 

 

Storage

Five internal hard

Six internal hard

Two internal hard

 

disks (15K RPM

disks (15K RPM

disks (15K RPM

 

at RAID 5

at RAID 5

at RAID 1

 

recommended)

recommended)

recommended)

 

 

 

 

Table 1-3. Additional Supported Devices for a SAN-attached ESX Server System

Device Class

Configuration

 

 

Host Bus Adapter (HBA)

One fiber channel host bus

 

adapter (HBA)

 

or

 

Two fiber channel host bus

 

adapters (HBAs) for HBA failover

 

configurations

 

For higher availability on the PE

 

1850, the Qlogic QLA 2342 (dual

 

port HBA card) is recommended.

Storage

Two internal hard disks (15K RPM

 

at RAID 1 recommended)

 

 

Table 1-4. Recommended VirtualCenter Server Configuration

Resource Class

Recommendation

 

 

Server

PowerEdge 1850

Memory

2 GB RAM

RAID Controller

Integrated RAID controller

 

enabled

Storage

Two internal hard disks (largest

 

capacity available at RAID 5)

Network

Two integrated network ports

Operating System

Microsoft Windows Server 2003

 

 

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Contents Deployment Guide Page Deployment Guide August Contents Figures Introduction W . d e l l . c o m s u p p o r t . d e l l . c o m Understanding Dell Configurations RAIDGB RAM Deployment Guide VirtualCenter Configuration with SAN for VMotion Understanding ESX Server Components Understanding VirtualCenter ComponentsDeployment Guide Before Installation Recommended Local Disk Partitioning Service Console Configuration SAN Environment Setup with ESX Server Software After InstallationLoad balancing Dell OpenManage in a VMware ESX Server Environment Setting Up Manual Load BalancingOpenManage Software Overview Example of a Management Station and Managed Systems Using the Dell Remote Access Card III Drac III on PE Guest OS Installation Guest Operating SystemsGuest OS Performance Tuning Tips Identify the limited resource by application type Workload = TerminalServices Additional Resources Product Documentation ResourcesTechnical Support Resources Newsgroups Index D e ESX Server software installation D e