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A FlexPod Express system requires a combination of hardware and software components. FlexPod Express also describes the hardware components that are required to add hypervisor nodes to the system in units of two.
Hardware requirements
Regardless of the hypervisor chosen, all FlexPod Express configurations use the same hardware. Therefore, even if business requirements change, either hypervisor can run on the same FlexPod Express hardware.
The following table lists the hardware components that are required for all FlexPod Express configurations.
| Hardware | Quantity |
|---|---|
AFF A220 HA Pair |
1 |
Cisco UCS B200 M5 server |
2 |
Cisco Nexus 31108PCV switch |
2 |
Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC) 1440 for the Cisco UCS B200 M5 server |
2 |
Cisco UCS Mini with two Integrated UCS-FI-M-6324 fabric interconnects |
1 |
Software requirements
The following table lists the software components that are required to implement the architectures of the FlexPod Express solutions.
| Software | Version | Details |
|---|---|---|
Cisco UCS Manager |
4.0(1b) |
For Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect FI-6324UP |
Cisco Blade software |
4.0(1b) |
For Cisco UCS B200 M5 servers |
Cisco nenic driver |
1.0.25.0 |
For Cisco VIC 1440 interface cards |
Cisco NX-OS |
7.0(3)I6(1) |
For Cisco Nexus 31108PCV switches |
NetApp ONTAP |
9.5 |
For AFF A220 controllers |
The following table lists the software that is required for all VMware vSphere implementations on FlexPod Express.
| Software | Version |
|---|---|
VMware vCenter Server Appliance |
6.7U1 |
VMware vSphere ESXi hypervisor |
6.7U1 |