Hi guys
I have a requirement to simulate an Enterprise level network as far as possible, with two ESXi5 Hosts & on those I want to install all OS like Linux(CentOS, Debian), UNIX(Solaris, FreeBSD) & Windows(server 2003, server2008), integrating all those. And on those OS i want to implement all servers & applications as real time environment, like Mail server, FTP server, web server, LDAP server, RADIUS server, DHCP, DNS, AD server, Exchange server, MySQL, SAP etc. I want to make it heterogeneous network. And i want to implement all the functionality as far as possible like on ESXi5(FT, Migration, Load Balancing, Clustering, DirectPath I/O etc), on Linux(RADIUS, LDAP, Mail, web, FTP, DNS, etc), on Windows(AD, Exchange, etc) with all server replications. And it should be accessable to the public world.
My 1st system:
CPU: AMD FX-8120 (8 cores, 4.0 GHz)
RAM: 8GBx8(32GB) @ 1866MHz
Mobo: ASUS M5A99FX PRO R2.0 (with IOMMU enabled)
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A99FX_PRO_R20/#specifications
HDD:
Seagate 2TB, 7200RPM, 64MB cache
My 2nd system:
CPU: AMD FX-8350 (8 cores, 4.2 GHz)
RAM: 8GBx8(32GB) @ 1866MHz
Mobo: ASUS M5A97 EVO R2.0 (with IOMMU enabled)
http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD_AM3Plus/M5A97_EVO_R20/#specifications
HDD:
Seagate 2TB, 7200RPM, 64MB cache
I hope i can run 20 to 25 VMs on each host.
The remaining thing is that i have to buy NIC cards according to the requirements.
How many Ethernet Ports do i need to have for this can anyone tell me?
I hope you people can guide me how can i do it. I know its very hard to explain me at once but tell me plz which must i start firstly. after that i'll keep on implementing step by step discussing with you.
thanks