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Hardware and Firmware Components for Intel® Select Solutions for Google Cloud’s Anthos Base and Plus Configurations
| INGREDIENT | Intel® Select Solutions for Google Cloud’s Anthos Base Configuration |
Intel Select Solutions for Google Cloud’s Anthos Plus Configuration |
|---|---|---|
Number of Hyperconverged Nodes |
4-node configuration |
4-node configuration |
Processor |
2 x Intel® Xeon® Gold 5218 processor (2.30 GHz, 16 cores/32 threads), or a higher number Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor |
2 x Intel Xeon Gold 6252 processor (2.10 GHz, 24 cores/48 threads), or a higher number Intel Xeon Scalable processor |
Memory |
256 GB or higher (8 x 32 GB 2,666 MHz DDR4 DIMMs) |
512 GB or higher (4 x 128 GB Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory) and 128 GB (8 x 16 GB 2,666 MHz DDR4 DIMMs) |
Boot Drive |
1 x Intel® SSD DC S4510 or higher, 240 GB or larger** |
2 x Intel SSD DC S4510 or higher, 240 GB or larger** |
Storage |
Cache tier: 1 x Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X, 375 GB or larger Capacity tier: 4 x Intel SSD DC P4510 or higher, 2.0 TB or larger |
Cache tier: 2 x Intel® Optane™ SSD DC P4800X, 375 GB or larger Capacity tier: 4 x Intel SSD DC P4510 or higher, 2 TB or larger |
Data Network |
1 x 10/25 Gb Intel® Ethernet Network Adapter X710/XXV710** | 1 x 25/40 Gb Intel Ethernet Network Adapter X710/XXV710** |
Management Network |
1 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) management network |
1 gigabit Ethernet (GbE) management network |
Top-of-Rack (ToR) Switch |
10 GbE, 25 GbE, or 40 GbE SFP+ switch with redundancy** |
25 GbE or 40 GbE SFP+ switch with redundancy** |
Management Switch |
1 GbE switch** |
1 GbE switch** |
Disk Groups |
Minimum 1 per node |
Minimum 2 per node |
Software |
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VMware vSAN* |
6.5.0-3.96.13932383 |
6.5.0-3.96.13932383 |
VMware ESXi* |
6.5 U3 |
6.5 U3 |
VMware vCenter* |
6.5.0.30100 (14156547) |
6.5.0.30100 (14156547) |
| VMware vSphere | 6.7 U3 or later | 6.7 U3 or later |
| Google Cloud’s Anthos | 1.4.0 or later | 1.4.0 or later |
| Kubernetes | 1.16.8-gke.6 or later | 1.16.8-gke.6 or later |
| Load Balancer | See recommendations for Google Anthos load-balancer options at https://cloud.google.com/anthos/gke/docs/on-prem/how-to/setup-load-balance | |
| Other | ||
Trusted Platform Module (TPM) |
TPM 2.0 |
TPM 2.0 |
Firmware and Software Optimizations |
ESXi power-management configuration: high performance Intel® Volume Management Device (Intel® VMD): NVM Express* (NVMe*) SSD management Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) enabled Intel® Turbo Boost Technology enabled Intel® Speed Shift Technology, hardware P-states (HWP) native Power-management settings optimized for performance |
ESXi power-management configuration: high performance Intel VMD: NVMe SSD management Intel HT Technology enabled Intel Turbo Boost Technology enabled Intel Speed Shift Technology, HWP native Power-management settings optimized for performance |
| **Recommended, not required | ||