Dell PowerEdge R640 Deploying the 55TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Arc - Page 5

Solution requirements 1 Solution requirements This section lists the hardware and software components required to implement the single-server reference architecture. The versions of firmware on the server used to validate the reference architecture are also listed. Hardware and software components Component Description Server PowerEdge R640 Processors Dual Intel® Xeon® Gold 6126 Processor (2.6 GHz, 12 cores, 24 threads) Total cores 24 Total logical processors 48 (Hyper-Threading Technology enabled) Total memory 896 GB Network adapters Minimum of one network adapter (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps based on requirements) Software Storage Host bus adapters Operating system Database software Array Front-end I/O ports Recommended to have more than one network adapter with load balancing configured Two QLogic® QLE2662 dual-port 16 Gbps FC HBA Microsoft Windows Server® 2016 Standard Edition SQL Server 2017 Enterprise Edition PowerVault ME4024 (firmware: GT275R0003-01) 8 x 16 Gbps FC ports (four per controller) Disk drives 24 x 960GB SSDs (2.5" SAS) Server firmware versions Hardware component BIOS Backplane 1 Dell™ 64 Bit uEFI Diagnostics Dell OS Driver Pack Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller Intel® Ethernet 10G 4P X520/l350 rNDC Firmware version 1.4.9 4.26 4301X09 18.04.07 3.21.21.21 18.5.17 5 Deploying the 55TB Data Warehouse Fast Track Reference Architecture for Microsoft SQL Server 2017 using Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 and Dell EMC PowerVault ME4024 | 4023-CD-SQL