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FlexPod

Solution infrastructure hardware and software components

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The following figure depicts the FlexPod system used for GATK setup and validation. We used FlexPod Datacenter with VMware vSphere 7.0 and NetApp ONTAP 9.7 Cisco Validated Design (CVD) during the setup process.

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The following diagram depicts the FlexPod cabling details.

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The following table lists the hardware components used during the GATK testing enabling on a FlexPod. Here is the NetApp Interoperability Matrix Tool (IMT) and Cisco Hardware Compatibility List (HCL).

Layer Product family Quantity and model Details

Compute

Cisco UCS 5108 chassis

1 or 2

Cisco UCS blade servers

6 B200 M5

Each with 2x 20 or more cores, 2.7GHz, and 128-384GB RAM

Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Card (VIC)

Cisco UCS 1440

See the

2x Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnects

6332

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Network

Cisco Nexus switches

2x Cisco Nexus 9332

-

Storage network

IP network for storage access over SMB/CIFS, NFS, or iSCSI protocols

Same network switches as above

-

Storage access over FC

2x Cisco MDS 9148S

-

Storage

NetApp AFF A700 all-flash storage system

1 Cluster

Cluster with two nodes

Disk shelf

One DS224C or NS224 disk shelf

Fully populated with 24 drives

SSD

24, 1.2TB or larger capacity

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This table lists the infrastructure software.

Software Product family Version or release Details

Various

Linux

RHEL 8.3

-

Windows

Windows Server 2012 R2 (64 bit)

-

NetApp ONTAP

ONTAP 9.8 or later

-

Cisco UCS Fabric Interconnect

Cisco UCS Manager 4.1 or later

-

Cisco Ethernet 3000 or 9000 series switches

For 9000 series, 7.0(3)I7(7) or later
For 3000 series, 9.2(4)
or later

-

Cisco FC: Cisco MDS 9132T

8.4(1a) or later

-

Hypervisor

VMware vSphere ESXi 7.0

-

Storage

Hypervisor management system

VMware vCenter Server 7.0 (vCSA) or later

-

Network

NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC)

VSC 9.7 or later

-

NetApp SnapCenter

SnapCenter 4.3 or later

-

Cisco UCS Manager

4.1(3c) or later

Hypervisor

ESXi

Management

Hypervisor management systemVMware vCenter Server 7.0 (vCSA) or later

NetApp Virtual Storage Console (VSC)

VSC 9.7 or later

NetApp SnapCenter

SnapCenter 4.3 or later

Cisco UCS Manager

4.1(3c) or later