A. Six (6) Dell, or equivalent, 1U or 2U rack servers with the following specifications: • Processor – 2 X 16 Core Processors per server Intel/AMD – Latest Generation Available • Memory – 1 TB DDR5 RAM per server, optimized for channels and capacity for future growth • Boot Drives – 3 X 400+ GB SSD per server – Configured two (2) SSD’s Raid 1 and one (1) hot spare. • Networking – 1 x 1GB and 6 X 25/40 Gbps per server • Power Supplies – 2 - 80+ Platinum Hot Plug per server • Remote Management – Licensed iDrac, or equivalent, Remote Management per server with 1 Gbps Ethernet Connection – Must be able to monitor all servers from a single console. • Two (2) servers will be installed in a four-post round hole rack, and four (4) servers will be installed in a four-post square hole rack. Vendor must provide compatible rails. • Must include five-year, next business day service and support contract. B. Two (2) NetApp, or equivalent, native active/active SAN appliances for storage: • Must support NVMe/TCP • Must be highly available with all critical components being redundant • Must support synchronous replication with no additional hardware • Immutable snapshots • Multi-factor authentication for administrative access • Ability for SAN to communicate with backup products for proper quiescing of SQL data for backups • Must provide 40 Terabytes of usable storage at a minimum • Must utilize hardware and/or software compression to achieve a minimum of 4:1 storage efficiency. • Must be able to support at least 25 Gbps ethernet network connectivity (100 Gbps optional) • Must utilize only NVMe flash storage. • Must include five-year, four-hour onsite minimum service and support contract. C. Four (4) Cisco Catalyst C9500-32C, switches with the following specifications and modules: • Dual Power Supply per switch • Two (2) – CVR-QSFP28-SFP25G to provide 25G Ethernet connectivity • Thirteen (13) – 100G QSFP28 to 4X 25G SFP28 Breakout DAC Passive Direct Attach Copper Twinax Cable 3-Meter • Two (2) – QSFP-100G-CU5M QSFP28 Passive Direct Attached Copper Cable • Thirteen (13) – QSFP-100G-FR-S Optical Transceiver Module 1310nm 2km LC SMF • Fourteen (14) – Two Meter Single mode fiber patch cables LC-LC • Must include rails compatible with a four-post square hole (two switches), and round hole four-post rack (two switches). • Must include five-year, four-hour onsite minimum service and support contract.
