Dell PowerFlex 4.5.x Administration Guide

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Sample templates

This topic lists the sample templates that are provided with PowerFlex Manager.


Template name	Description	Minimum number of nodes required	Minimum number of VMs required	Minimum number of data networks required
Compute - Linux - SW Only	A Linux compute-only, software-only node deployment. This template requires that hyperconverged or storage-only nodes be deployed first.	1	0	1
Compute - ESXi	A standard ESXi compute-only node deployment. This template requires that hyperconverged or storage-only nodes be deployed first.	3	0	2
Compute - ESXi 100 Gb	An ESXi compute-only node deployment. 100 GB networking deployment. This template requires that hyperconverged or storage-only nodes be deployed first.	3	0	2
Compute - ESXi - Partial Network	A standard ESXi compute-only node deployment with partial network automation. The partial network feature allows you to work with unsupported switches. If you choose to use the partial network feature, you give up the error handling and network automation features that are available with a full network configuration that includes supported switches. This template requires that hyperconverged or storage-only nodes be deployed first.	3	0	2
Compute - Linux	A Linux compute-only node deployment. This template requires that hyperconverged or storage-only nodes be deployed first.	4	0	2
Compute - Linux - Partial Network	A standard Linux compute-only node deployment with partial network automation. The partial network feature allows you to work with unsupported switches. If you choose to use the partial network feature, you give up the error handling and network automation features that are available with a full network configuration that includes supported switches. This template requires that hyperconverged or storage-only nodes to be deployed first.	3	0	2
Hyperconverged	An ESXi standard hyperconverged node deployment.	4	0	2
Hyperconverged - SW only	A Linux hyperconverged, software-only node deployment.	4	0	2
Hyperconverged - 100 Gb	An ESXi hyperconverged node deployment with 100 GB networking. Nodes require Mellanox CX5 or CX6 interface cards.	4	0	2
Hyperconverged - Compression	A standard ESXi hyperconverged node deployment with compression-enabled. Requires NVDIMM in nodes.	4	0	2
Hyperconverged - Encryption	A standard ESXi hyperconverged node deployment with CloudLink encryption. Requires CloudLink Center in environment.	4	0	2
Hyperconverged - Leaf-Spine	An ESXi hyperconverged node deployment with networking without a vPC. This is the most common leaf-spine configuration.	4	0	2
Hyperconverged - Partial Network	A standard ESXi hyperconverged node deployment with partial network automation. The partial network feature allows you to work with unsupported switches. If you choose to use the partial network feature, you give up the error handling and network automation features that are available with a full network configuration that includes supported switches.	4	0	2
Hyperconverged - Replication	A standard ESXi hyperconverged node deployment with replication enabled.	4	0	3 Two networks for data. One network for replication.
Hyperconverged - Comp - SW Only	A Linux hyperconverged, software-only node deployment with compression enabled. Requires NVDIMM in nodes.	3	0	1
Hyperconverged - Repl - SW Only	A Linux hyperconverged, software-only node deployment with replication enabled.	3	0	1
Management - CloudLink Center	A two node CloudLink Center cluster deployment, for use in encryption templates.	0	2	N/a
PowerFlex File	A PowerFlex file cluster deployment.	2	0	Four PowerFlex Data networks One NAS File Data network NOTE:Two NAS File Data networks are recommended for redundancy.
PowerFlex File - SW Only	A PowerFlex file cluster deployment in a software-only environment.	2	0	1
Storage	A standard storage-only node deployment.	4	0	2
Storage - Perf, No HA Management	A storage-only non-HA management node deployment.	4	0	2
Storage - SW Only	A storage-only, software-only node deployment.	3	0	1
Storage - Compression - SW Only	A storage-only, software-only node deployment with compression enabled. Requires NVDIMM in nodes.	3	0	1
Storage - Replication - SW Only	A storage-only, software-only node deployment with replication enabled. Configures storage data replicator (SDR) and journal capacity.	3	0	2 One network for data. One network for replication.
Storage with NVMe/TCP	A storage-only node deployment with NVMe/TCP.	4	0	2
Storage with NVMe/TCP - SW Only	A storage-only, software-only node deployment with NVMe/TCP.	3	0	1
Storage - 100 Gb	A storage-only node deployment with 100 GB networking. Nodes require Mellanox CX5 or CX6 interface cards.	4	0	2
Storage - Compression	A storage-only node deployment with compression enabled. Requires NVDIMM in nodes.	4	0	2
Storage - Encryption	A storage-only node deployment with encryption enabled.	4	0	2
Storage - Partial Network	A storage-only node deployment with partial network deployment. The partial network feature allows you to work with unsupported switches. If you choose to use the partial network feature, you give up the error handling and network automation features that are available with a full network configuration that includes supported switches.	4	0	2
Storage - Replication	A storage-only node deployment with replication enabled. Configures storage data replicator (SDR) and journal capacity.	4	0	2