Table 1 Server requirements (continued)
Component Requirement
n
Windows 7
n
Windows 10
n
Windows 2012 R2
n
Windows 2016
Node operating
system
l
ESXi 6.0 P6 and 6.5 P2, ESXi 6.7
l
RHEL 7.3 and 7.4 (patched with Meltdown and Specter fixes),
RHEL 7.5
Host image
recommendations
l
For the latest releases of ESXi 6.0/6.5 and RHEL 7.3/7.4/7.5, no
optimization is required.
KVM browser
requirements
l
Firefox 30 or later
l
Internet Explorer 8 or later
l
Java 1.8
For the latest operating system support matrix, see the ESSM (https://
elabnavigator.emc.com).
Other requirements
VxFlex OS requires that you use a minimum of three SDS servers, with a combined
free capacity of at least 300 GB. These minimum values are true per system and per
Storage Pool.
All VxFlex Ready Node nodes have the minimum disk size as part of the node
specification.
The AMS server must be a separate server that resides outside of the VxFlex OS
system.
Supported hardware configurations
The supported hardware configurations are listed in the EMC Simple Support Matrix
for your software version. Download this file from https://
elabnavigator.emc.com/eln/elnhome. Click Simple Support Matrices > Storage and
select the desired product and version.
Boot drive
All configurations have one of the following boot drive configurations:
l
64 GB SATADOM
l
2 120/240 GB M.2 devices (RAID 1)
Switch requirements
One 10/25/100 GbE switch is required. Multiple switches may be used for high
availability and load balancing purposes. Separate (one or more) 1 GbE switches may
be used for the VxFlex OS management network.
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