VM WARE HOST REPLACEMENT
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key details
| Value | £602,537 |
|---|---|
| Status | complete |
| Category (CPV) | 48821000 |
| Deadline | 2 Feb 2023 |
| Contract start | 1 Apr 2023 |
| Contract end | 31 Mar 2028 |
| Procedure | selective |
| SME suitable | No |
| OCID | ocds-b5fd17-81f431b7-0f58-43c6-867c-77744929acee |
Award
| Supplier | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED | £602,537 | 14 Feb 2023 | active |
description
Primary Requirements:
Datacentre hosts
| a) | A converged server platform (e.g. blade servers in a chassis) with shared IO fabrics that contain East/West server network traffic. The platform will be deployed equally between our two Datacentres in an active-active configuration. The platform must be listed on the VMware Compatibility Guide as being supported by VMware ESXi 8.0+. |
| b) | 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. |
| c) | 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. |
| d) | 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. |
| e) | 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
| f) | 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. |
notice history
1 notice published against this procurement.
| Published | Type | Regime | Notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 Apr 2023 | Award (award) | · | ee0aa165-1332-443b-9cde-595ed7972139-638221 |
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