Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Install and Upgrade Guide

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Supported configurations

The following PowerFlex configurations are supported:


PowerFlex Manager deployment configuration	Offered on	Description	Minimum number of VMs (or nodes) required	CPU resources required (per node)	Memory resources required (per node)	Disk resources required (per node)
Pre-existing VMware ESXi management infrastructure	PowerFlex appliance PowerFlex custom node VxFlex Ready Node PowerEdge servers Non Dell Technologies hardware	PowerFlex Manager is a management cluster created on three virtual machines. Use the installer to set up management virtual machines (MVMs) Use a custom OVA file to deploy the installer and management virtual machines. Download the OVA file from the Dell Technologies Support site. The hypervisor running the VM must meet the minimum system requirements. You are responsible for the hypervisor hardware and networking requirements. Use the installer to deploy the management virtual machines. The installer can be a VM or physical node.	One installer node (VM or physical node) and three VMs for the management virtual machines	14 cores	32 GB RAM	600 GB
Co-resident on PowerFlex storage-only nodes	PowerFlex custom node VxFlex Ready Node PowerEdge servers Non Dell Technologies hardware	PowerFlex storage-only nodes in a protection domain run the system management. The eSLES image cannot be installed on the nodes and you must set up the hardware, operating system, and operating system networking.	Four physical nodes	14 cores	32 GB RAM	600 GB
Pre-existing Linux management infrastructure	PowerFlex custom node VxFlex Ready Node PowerEdge servers Non-Dell Technologies hardware	The eSLES image cannot be installed on the nodes and you must set up the hardware, operating system, and operating system networking. The hardware must meet the minimum system requirements.	Three physical nodes with a supported operating system to host the PowerFlex Management Platform	14 cores	32 GB RAM	600 GB