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Appendix B System Specifications
Table 2 shows the configuration of the DSS server used in our test configurations.
DellPowerEdgeM710Configuration
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Component Description
Processors 2xIntelXeonX5570,2.93Ghz,8MCache,6.40GT/sQPI,Turbo,HT
Memory 32GBMemory(8x4GB),1066MHzDualRankedRDIMMsfor2
Processors
BIOS 1.2.7
OnboardNIC(FabricA) Broadcom5709QuadPort1GbENICwithTOE
iSCSItestnetworkserverinitiatorNIC
(FabricB)
Broadcom57710NetXtremeII10GbEI/OCard
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forM‐Series
Blades(NDISmode)
NICFirmware:v5.0.9
EmbeddedManagement iDRAC6Enterprise
HardDrives 2x73GB15KRPMSAS2.5inchhot‐pluggable;HardDrive
Controller:SAS6/IRsupporting2HDs;configuredasRAID1Mirror
OperatingSystem WindowsServer2008,Enterprisex64withSP2
iSCSINICdriver:5.0.13.0(Broadcom14.1.1A03LANKit)
MPIOenabled
EqualLogicHITKitversion3.2
Application SQLServer2008Enterprisex64EditionwithSP1
Table2:TestSystemConfiguration
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Specification Guide: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/pedge/en/server-
poweredge-m710-tech-guidebook.pdf
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Specification Guide: http://www.dell.com/us/en/enterprise/networking/nic-broadcom-57710-
blade/pd.aspx?refid=nic-broadcom-57710-blade&cs=555&s=biz