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The platform must be listed on the VMware Compatibility Guide as being supported by VMware ESXi 8.0+. - The shared server chassis should provide the following: • Fabric domain scalability to allow up to 10 separate chassis in the same datacentre to contain east-west traffic. • An integrated management console supporting all servers in the chassis with unified lifecycle management. • Smart services for I/O aggregation and network automation. • End to end Brocade support supporting native 32Gb fibre channel connectivity. • Disaggregated components for simple upgrade capability. - The servers should provide the following: • Capability to support 4 socket architecture. • Support for RESTful API with Redfish • Support 6 NVME drives per socket. • Contain two boot devices in a RAID 1 (mirrored) configuration, preferably M.2 devices that are suitable to boot VMware ESXi 8.0+ • Cyber-Resilient Architecture : Servers to deliver an immutable silicon-based chain of trust and combines it with comprehensive management tools to provide robust layers of security across hardware and firmware. • Signed firmware updates using SHA-256 hashing with 2048-bit RSA encryption for signature for all key server components • System Lockdown to prevent unauthorized configuration or firmware changes to a server when using vendor tools. • System erase to, with proper authentication, securely and quickly erase data form local storage (HDD/SSD/NVMe) and embedded flash devices. - The following network connectivity will be required on all converged server platforms in the primary datacentres and should be provided on separate IO fabrics shared between the servers. • 32Gbps fibre channel connectivity to our shared storage platform. • 40Gbps Ethernet connectivity to our Datacentre network. • 1/10Gbps copper Ethernet connectivity to our DMZ network. - The converged solution must meet or exceed the following hardware specifications: • 952 total CPU cores (476 per datacentre) OR LESS • 19TB RAM (9.5TB per datacentre) OR MORE ### DR host - In addition to the specifications above, we also require a single rack mount host with the following specifications: • 28 16 CPU cores • 384GB RAM • 1/10Gbps copper Ethernet connectivity • No fibre-channel connectivity • 2.2TB SSD storage. 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