Specifications

A Principled Technologies test report 33
The datacenter in a box performance test: Comparing Dell and HP
blade solutions
Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 solution
HP D2200sb + VSA solution
certificate and do not display any security
warnings for Host IP Address, and click Ignore.
10. Click Configuration tabStorageAdd Storage.
11. Select the appropriate volume, and click Next.
12. Select VMFS-5, and click Next.
13. Review the disk layout, and click Next.
14. For Datastore name, type VSA-1 and click Next.
15. For Capacity, select Maximum available space, and
click Next.
16. Click Finish to create the datastore.
Create the virtual networks
Complete these steps on the first partner blade:
1. From vSphere Client, select the Configuration tab,
and then select Networking.
2. Click Add Networking.
3. Select Virtual Machine for Connection Types, and
click Next.
4. Deselect vmnic1 and select vmnic8 and vmnic9
(the two 10Gb Emulex adapters), and click Next.
5. Enter an appropriate Network Label, and click
Next.
6. Click Finish.
7. Click Properties…
8. Under Ports, select the Virtual Machine Port
Group, and click Edit…
9. Under Failover Order, check the Override switch
failover order checkbox.
10. Select one of the active adapters and move it to be
a Standby Adapter.
11. Click OK.
12. Click Close.
Complete these steps on the second partner blade:
1. From vSphere Client, select the Configuration tab,
and then select Networking
2. Click Add Networking
3. Select Virtual Machine for Connection Types, and
click Next.
4. Deselect vmnic1 and select vmnic8 and vmnic9