Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node R740xd User Manual

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Preface 15
Introduction 17
Introduction to VxFlex Ready Node 19
What is VxFlex OS?....................................................................................20
System requirements.................................................................................. 21
Server requirements.......................................................................21
Other requirements....................................................................... 22
Boot drive......................................................................................22
Switch requirements......................................................................22
IP addresses.................................................................................. 23
Architecture 25
System....................................................................................................... 26
Hardware.......................................................................................26
Software........................................................................................26
The MDM cluster........................................................................................27
Storage definitions..................................................................................... 29
Protection Domains....................................................................... 29
Storage Pools................................................................................ 29
Acceleration Pools..........................................................................31
Fault Sets.......................................................................................31
Data layout.................................................................................... 32
Volumes.........................................................................................33
Naming.......................................................................................... 33
Protection and load balancing.....................................................................33
Rebuild.......................................................................................... 34
Rebuild throttling...........................................................................34
Rebalance......................................................................................35
Rebalance throttling...................................................................... 35
Checksum protection.................................................................... 36
ESXi vStorage APIs for Array Integration (VAAI)........................................37
Cache......................................................................................................... 38
Networking.................................................................................................40
IP Addresses.................................................................................. 41
VLAN support................................................................................ 42
Networking and connectivity - 13G servers................................... 43
Networking and connectivity - 14G servers................................... 50
Virtual IP Address.......................................................................................59
Monitor of SDC and SDS connections........................................................60
S.M.A.R.T. hardware monitoring................................................................ 60
Snapshots................................................................................................... 61
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Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node AMS User Guide 3

Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node R740xd Specifications

General

Form Factor	2U rack server
Operating System Support	VMware ESXi, Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Processor	Intel Xeon Scalable processors (up to 28 cores)
Memory	Up to 3TB DDR4
Storage	Up to 24 x 2.5"
RAID Controller	PERC H730P, H740P
Power Supply	1100W
Network	Dual-port 10GbE or 25GbE NIC options