Best Practices When Deploying VMware vSphere on the HP ProLiant DL980 (updated October 2012)

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Figure 10: Enabling 44-bit Address Mode using RBSU
Additional considerations
When implementing VMware solutions on the HP ProLiant DL980, you should also consider the following general
guidelines:
 Disks containing the operating system and applications should be local and configured with RAID 1.
 You can expect optimal performance using the highest-speed, highest-wattage processors.
 Depending on the specific workload, lower-power processors may provide an acceptable tradeoff in performance
versus power and cooling.
 vSphere 4.1 is the minimum version supported on the DL980 server.
 For the latest information about vSphere, see the following white papers:
– What's New in vSphere – Networking
vSphere 4.1 version
vmware.com/resources/techresources/10113
vSphere 5.0 version
event.l3.on24.com/event.on24.com/event/33/30/46/rt/1/resources/vSph
ere%205%20What%27s%20New%20Networking%20Whitepaper.pdf
vSphere 5.1 version
vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-New-VMware-vSphere-51-
Network-Technical-Whitepaper.pdf
– What's New in VMware vSphere – Performance
vSphere 4.1 version
vmware.com/resources/techresources/10116
vSphere 5.0 version
event.l3.on24.com/event.on24.com/event/33/30/49/rt/1/resources/vSph
ere%205%20What%27s%20New%20Performance%20Whitepaper.pdf
vSphere 5.1 version
vmware.com/files/pdf/techpaper/Whats-New-VMware-vSphere-51-
Performance-Technical-Whitepaper.pdf