We are about to purchase a Dell VRTX. However before we do, I need to know whether the blade servers and storage we have chosen will work with XenServer 6.5?
The complete VRTX specification is as follows. I would be very grateful if anyone can confirm whether or not this specification is supported and, if not, whether anything is in the works to support this specification. Thanks in advance.
Components
1x PowerEdge VRTX 10Gb Switch Module, Int 16 ports to Ext 6 ports (4x 10Gb SFP+, 2x 1Gb RJ45)
1x PowerEdge VRTX Rack Configuration for 3.5 inch Hard Drives (max 12)
1x PowerEdge VRTX 3.5 HDD Dual Expander for Dual Controller
1x PowerEdge VRTX Locking Security Bezel
6x 2TB, Near-Line SAS 6Gbps, 3.5-in, 7.2K RPM Hard Drive (Hot-plug)
1x 2GB SD Card for CMC, Includes Flex Address Plus and CMC External Storage
1x 2GB SD Card for CMC, Includes CMC External Storage
2x Chassis Management Controller Card for PowerEdge VRTX Chassis
1x DVD+/-RW, SATA, Internal
2x PowerEdge VRTX Filler Panel for Blank PSU Slot
1x PowerEdge VRTX Redundant Power Supply, 2 x 1100W, (1+1)
1x PowerEdge VRTX Rack Installation Rails, No Cable Management Arm
1x 2U Threaded Hole Rack Adapter Kit for Sliding Ready Rails
1x 3U Cable Management Arm
1x PowerEdge VRTX 3.5 HD HotPlug Backplane with Dual Controller and Expander in Redundant Mode
Software
1x No Systems Documentation, No OpenManage DVD Kit
1x CMC Enterprise License
We have chosen the PowerEdge M630 Blade Server too:
Components
1x PowerEdge M630 Motherboard
1 Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3 2.4GHz,20M Cache,8.00GT/s QPI,Turbo,HT,8C/16T (85W) Max Mem 1866MHz
1x VRTX PCIE Pass-Through Mezzanine Adapter Qty-2
1x Internal Dual SD Module
1x 2133MT/s RDIMMs
1x Performance Optimized
2x 16GB RDIMM, 2133 MT/s, Dual Rank, x4 Data Width
1x Processor CPU Filler Blank for PowerEdge M630
1x DIMM Blanks for System with 1 Processor
1x iDRAC8 Enterprise, integrated Dell Remote Access Controller, Enterprise
1x 8GB SD Card For IDSDM
1x VFlash, 8GB SD Card for iDRAC Enterprise, V2
2x 300GB 15K RPM SAS 6Gbps 2.5in Hot-plug Hard Drive
1x H730 Controller
1x 2.5" Backplane with up to 2 Hard Drives and PERC RAID Controller
1x 68MM Heatsink for PowerEdge M630 Processor 1
1x PowerEdge Server FIPS TPM
1x Broadcom 57810-k Dual port 10Gb KR Blade Network Daughter Card
1x VRTX Software Drivers for Add-in Broadcom PCI NICs
1x VRTX Software Driver for Shared PERC Controller
1x VRTX Software Drivers for Add-in Intel PCI NICs
1x VRTX Software Drivers for Add-In AMD GPGPU
1x 68MM Processor Heatsink Shroud for PowerEdge M630
1x RAID 1 for H330/H730/H730P (2 HDDs, SAS/SATA/SSD)
Software
1x Performance BIOS Settings
1x Fresh Air Cooling,M630
1x VRTX Software Drivers for Add-in Exmulex PCI NICs
1x No Systems Documentation, No OpenManage DVD Kit
1x SanDisk DAS Cache, 90 Day Trial License