Consolidation recommendation

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An rp7420 vPar recipe:

2 Cell Boards - 6 cpu sockets (12 CPUS)
32 GB of memory

For OS boot - if you've an EVA and a SAN - you can simply boot off of it. Otherwise, you'll need to get a SCSI enclosure (ie. a DS21xx):

For OS boot, HBAs/NICS and depending on your Storage you've the following options:

Dual 2G FC + LAN Card
Combo 2G FC + 1 G Ether
Combo Ether + SCSI


Suggestions for vPar:

vPar1 (K580/6cpu/3.5G RAM) - 2 CPUs+4GB+HBAs
vPar2 (K580/4cpu/4GB RAM) - 2 CPUs+4GB+HBAs
vPar3 (K580/6cpu/4GB RAM) - 2 CPUs+4GB+HBAs
vPar4 (K580/6cpu/4GB RAM) - 2 CPUs+4GB+HBAs
vPar5 (K580/6cpu/4GB RAM) - 2 CPUs+4GB+HBAs
vPar6 (K580/6cpu/4GB RAM) - 2 CPUs+4GB+HBAs