Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node - System Requirements; Server Requirements

The minimum system size is three nodes. The hardware consists of single nodes with
various configurations of SAS HDD, SSD, and NVMe SSD devices. Some of the
configurations include hardware read and write-back caching ability, running on a
dedicated SSD.
VxFlex Ready Node gives administrators a fully-converged solution that is easy to
deploy, configure, and upgrade.
System requirements
This section lists the requirements for system components.
This section is specific to VxFlex OS software deployments.
For VxFlex Ready Node systems, refer to your product's Hardware Configuration and
Operating System Installation Guide.
Server requirements
Table 1 Server requirements
Component Requirement
Management (AMS)
server
l
Physical requirements:
n
Processor - 2 vCPUs
n
Memory- 3 GB
n
Storage - 80 GB of free storage capacity
l
Operating systems (all 64-bit):
n
ESXi 6.7
Note: AMS installed on a VM hosted on ESXi servers must
use the vmxnet3 vmnic. Use of the e1000 vmnic is not
supported, and causes network failure.
n
Windows 2012 R2, 2016. Server Core editions are not
supported.
Note: You must install the Microsoft Visual C++ 2010
Redistributable Package (x64). This package should be
part of the operating system image.
n
RHEL 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 7.6
n
CentOS7.5
Note: For Linux servers, ensure that the following
packages are installed:
–
binutils
–
libnuma-devel
–
libnuma1
l
Java
v1.8 (64-bit)
VxFlex OS GUI
requirements
l
Java
v1.8 (64-bit)
l
Supported operating systems:
Introduction to VxFlex Ready Node
Dell EMC VxFlex Ready Node AMS User Guide 21