Minimum Hardware Requirements - Bare Metal
The minimum hardware requirements for deploying the SMI Cluster Manager on Bare Metal are:
Deployment Model | Nodes | Server Type | Networking |
NIC |
Cores Per Socket | ||
Linux | K8s | CEE | |||||
HA ( > 3 Node Model) |
First 3 Nodes |
Cisco UCS C220 M5/M6 |
Cisco Catalyst 3850 and Cisco Nexus 9000 Series Switches |
Cisco UCS C220 M5/M6:
|
2 cores | 2 cores | 4 cores |
Additional Nodes |
Cisco UCS C220 M5/M6 |
2 cores | 2 cores |
Note | You must install a RAID Controller for example, Cisco 12 Gbps modular RAID controller with 2 GB cache module on the UCS server for the cluster sync operation to function properly. Also, for the RAID 1 requirement, install a minimum of 2 drives, which must be SSDs to improve the read/write access speed. |