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Dell POWEREDGE R720 User Manual

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Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track Reference Configurations using PowerEdge R720 and PowerVault MD3620i

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Contents

Executive summary ..................................................................................................... 4

Introduction to Microsoft SQL Server Fast Track reference architectures ................................... 4

What’s new with Dell Microsoft Fast Track reference architectures? ......................................... 4

Dell Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Fast Track reference architectures using PowerEdge R720 and
PowerVault MD3620i ................................................................................................... 5

Single server reference architecture ............................................................................. 6

Highly available reference architecture ......................................................................... 7

Reference architecture configuration hardware component details ....................................... 8

Reference architecture configuration tuning details .......................................................... 9

Reference architecture performance details .................................................................... 16

Summary ............................................................................................................... 16

Tables

Table 1.

Recommended reference architectures with Solution IDs .......................................... 5

Table 2.

Single server reference architecture details .......................................................... 6

Table 3.

Highly available reference architecture details ...................................................... 7

Table 4.

Mount point naming and storage enclosure mapping .............................................. 15

Table 5.

Performance metrics .................................................................................... 16

Figures

Figure 1.

Single server reference architecture ................................................................... 6

Figure 2.

Highly available reference architecture ............................................................... 7

Figure 3.

Cabling diagram for single server configuration ...................................................... 9

Figure 4.

Enabling Jumbo frames on storage iSCSI host ports ............................................... 10

Figure 5.

Enabling storage High Performance Tier(Turbo Mode) ............................................ 11

Figure 6.

Modifying storage cache block size ................................................................... 11

Figure 7.

Modifying the virtual disk segment size .............................................................. 12

Figure 8.

Enabling Jumbo packets on network adapter ports ................................................ 12

Figure 9.

Enabling Jumbo frames on switch ports ............................................................. 13

Figure 10.

Storage LUN layout ...................................................................................... 14

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