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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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