Tender400033 It Server And Storage Replacements . The Northwest Territories Power Corporation (Ntpc) Will Be Updating Its Server Infrastructure To Continue Towards The Ntpc&Rsquo;S Cybersecurity And Evergreening Program Goals. To That End, The Ntpc Is Looking For The Following:Large Servers:Ntpc Is Looking To Procure A Minimum Of 5 Physical Servers, The Following Are The Specifications. The Intended Use Case Is To Run Vmware Vsphere As Compute Only, But Possibly For A Software Defined Virtual San That Is Hyperconverged (Will Not Be Vmware Vsan):&Bull; All Hardware Without Exception Should Be Out-Of-The-Box On The Vmware Hclo Minimum For Vsphereo Ideally For Vsan Esa &Ndash; Note: Ntpc Will Not Be Deploying Vmware Vsan So This Is Not A Requirement&Bull; 2U Rackmounto Must Include Rack Rails (Standard 4 Post) And Cable Management Arm&Bull; 2 Socket Intel Platform &Ndash; 8 Cores/Socketo Preference Towards High Frequency Processorso Uefi System&Bull; Discrete Tpm 2.0 Or Better&Bull; Dedicated Oob Remote Managemento Capable Of Full &Ldquo;Lights Out&Rdquo; Remote Management, Install Os, Configure Hardware, Remote Kvm, Etc.O Must Have Capacity For 2Fa (Does Not Need To Be Pre-Configured)&Bull; Dual Power Supplies (Hot Swappable)&Bull; Boot Hard Disks &Ndash; Dedicated Raid 1 &Ndash; At Least 400Gb Ssd (Sas/Sata/Nvme)&Bull; Nvme Chassiso 24 Disk Slotso No Disks Required &Ndash; But Ok If You Need To Sell At Least 1 With The System-If You Are Including At Least 1 Disk, It Must Be At Least Capable Of 1 Dwpdo Raid Card Capable Of Raid 60, But Also Convertible To It Mode Via Firmware&Bull; Network Configurationo Not Additional, But Dedicated Oob 1Gige Port As Noted Aboveo Minimums-2 X 1Gige Rj45 For Vsphere Management (Ok For 10G Sfp+)-4 X 100Gige Qsfp (Connecting To Existing Cisco 9500 Series Switches)&Bull; Do Not Include Optics Or Dac&Rsquo;S&Bull; Expansiono At Least 1 Full Height Pcie Gen 4 Sloto At Least 1 Full Height Pcie Gen 5 Slot&Bull; No Os&Bull; 5 Years Nbd Supporto Ntpc Understands That No Vendors Can Deliver Nbd Support, Instead A Commitment To Direct Escalation To L3 Technical Support To Expedite Replacement Parts Is Desired, And Demonstrable.&Bull; 1Tb Ecc Ram &Ndash; Expandable To 2Tb&Bull; Price Per Server Should Be Quoted Based Upon A Minimum Of 5 Servers Being Purchased &Ldquo;Now&Rdquo;O Vendor Must Also Include Individual Server Price That Ntpc Could Expandthe Order In Increments Of A Single Server To No More Than 13 Servers Total.O Price Must Be Fob Hay River, Ntsmall Servers:Ntpc Is Looking To Procure A Minimum Of 2 Physically And Spec-Wise Smaller Servers Than Listed Above, The Following Are The Specifications. The Intended Use Case Is To Run Vmware Vsphere As Compute And Local Storage Only. Note That Ntpc, Depending On Pricing And Its Sole Discretion, May Increase The Required Quantity To 5 Of These Servers.&Bull; All Hardware Without Exception Should Be Out-Of-The-Box On The Vmware Hclo Minimum For Vsphere&Bull; 1U Rackmounto These Servers Should Be &Frac12; Or 1/3 Depth Serverso Must Include At Least Standard 19&Rdquo; Rack &Ldquo;Ears&Rdquo;These Servers May Be Racked Hanging Vertically, So Ears Are Required-These Servers May Be Racked In A Wall Mount Rack&Bull; Target Either A 17.7&Rdquo; Deep Rack Or A 14.5&Rdquo; Deep Rack-Possible Also These Servers May Be Racked In A Standard 2-Post Standard Telco Style Rack&Bull; Socket Intel Platform &Ndash; 8 Cores/Socketo Uefi System&Bull; Discrete Tpm 2.0 Or Better&Bull; Dedicated Oob Remote Managemento Capable Of Full Lights Out Remote Management, Install Os, Configure Hardware, Remote Kvm, Etc.O Oob Management Must Have Capacity For 2Fa (Does Not Need To Be Preconfigured)&Bull; Dual Power Supplies &Ndash; Hot Swappable&Bull; Boot Hard Disks &Ndash; Dedicated Raid 1 &Ndash; At Least 400Gb Ssd (Sas/Sata/Nvme)&Bull; Local Storage Capacityo At Least 2 Sata/Sas/Nvme Drive Bays (Does Not Need To Be Hot Swap)-Ideally Connected To A Raid Controller Capable Of Raid 1, 10, 5O Ssd&Rsquo;S Should Be ~8Tb Raw Capacity-Quote Price Per Driveo Indicate If System Requires Server-Branded Ssd&Rsquo;S, Or If Commodity Enterprise Ssd&Rsquo;S Can Be Utilized&Bull; Network Configurationo Not Additional, But Dedicated Oob 1Gige Port As Noted Aboveo Minimums:-2 X 1Gige Rj45 For Vsphere Management (Ok For 10G Sfp+)-2 X 10Gige Sfp+&Bull; Do Not Include Optics Or Dac&Rsquo;S&Bull; Expansiono At Least 1 Half-Height Pcie Gen 4 Slot&Bull; No Os&Bull; 5 Years Nbd Supporto Ntpc Understands That No Vendors Can Deliver Nbd Support, Instead A Commitment To Direct Escalation To L3 Technical Support To Expedite Replacement Parts Is Desired, And Demonstrable.&Bull; 512Gb Ecc Ramo Indicate What It Can Be Expanded To - If At All&Bull; Price-Per-Server Should Be Quoted Based Upon A Minimum Of 2 Servers Being Purchased &Ldquo;Now&Rdquo;O Vendor Must Also Include Individual Server Price That Ntpc Could Expand The Order In Increments Of A Single Server To No More Than 8 Servers Total.O Price Must Be Fob Hay River, Ntstorage:Ntpc Is Seeking To Replace 3 Eol San&Rsquo;S (Compellent Sc4050&Rsquo;S). The Primary Use Case Is Block Storage Providing Iscsi Targets Only. Ntpc Has No Fiber Channel Infrastructure, And Is Only Interested In An Ip-Based Solution That Works Natively With Vmware. Additional Features Like Volume Replication, Storage-Based Snapshots, Vvols, Compression, Deduplication, Etc., Are Neither Required Nor Desired. The Only Use Case Is As Vmware Vmfs Volumes. All Replications, Snapshots, Backups And Immutable Storage Are Being Provided Natively Elsewhere Withing Ntpc By Vmware, Or Veeam. Any Proposed Solution Must Be Natively Supported By Vmware And Veeam. If It Is Relevant To Quotation, The 5-Host Cluster Below Is Located In A Data Center In Hay River. The Two 3-Host Clusters Are Located At That Jackfish Generation Site In Yellowknife. At Jackfish, The Two 3-Host Clusters Are Located In Separate Data Centers Physically Separate On Premises. Ntpc Has 3 Vmware Clusters. Each Cluster Will Have 1 Of These New Storage Platforms Dedicated To It. There Is One 5-Host Cluster, And Two 3-Host Clusters. Each Proposed Storage Platform Must Have The Following Dimensions:&Bull; All Flash &Ndash; No Storage Tiering&Bull; Expose Volumes As Iscsi Targets&Bull; Each Storage Platform Must Be Able To Deliver A Minimum Of 100Tib Usable In Support Of Its Clustero This Can Either Be A Monolithic 100Tib Volume, Oro In The Case Of A Hyperconverged Solution Running As Virtual Machines With Vsphere Exposed Disks (Either Pass-Through Raid Volumes, Or Pass-Throughdisks), There Can Be A Maximum Of 1 Volume Exposed Per Hosts In The Cluster.E.G:-For A 3-Host Cluster, A Maximum Of 3 Lun&Rsquo;S Exposed To All 3 Hosts, Comprising At Least 33Tib/Lun-For A 5-Host Cluster, A Maximum Of 5 Lun&Rsquo;S Exposed To All 5 Hosts, Comprising At Least 20Tib/Lun&Bull; For Traditional Physical San, A Minimum Of 100G Multipath Bandwidth Per Controllero Must Have At Least 2 Controllerso Each Controller Must Have A Minimum Total Of 100G Available-Can Be A Single 100G/Controller-Can Be 4 X 25G/Controller&Bull; For Hyperconverged Vsan, Connectivity Must Natively Run/Sync Over A Maximum Of 2 X 100G Ports&Bull; Storage Proposal Must Be 100Tib Minimum Raw Available/Usableo Note That Proposals That Indicate &Ldquo;Up To&Rdquo; 100Tib Using Any Technologies Like Deduplication, Compression, Etc., Will Not Be Considered As A Complete Proposalo If The Proposal Is Including Deduplication/Compression, Etc., Those Reference Numbers Should Be Based Upon What May Be Achieved With A Minimum Of 100Tib Raw Usable&Bull; Storage Proposal Must Include Details About Expansion Past 100Tib Usableo Are There Any Licensing Requirements To Unlock?O Can Disks Simply Be Added And Expanded, Or Are Entire Shelves Of Disks Required To Be Provisioned?O Do Disks Need To Be A Particular Hardware Brand To Be Functional?&Bull; If Proposing A Hyperconverged Vsan, Keep In Mind This Would Be Deployed Onto A 2U Server, Entirely Nvme Chassis, With Raid 60 Capable Controller, With 24 Diskslots Available:O Proposed Number Of Disks And Their Dimensions Required To Get To 100Tib Usable (You Must Include Exact Make/Model Of Drive Proposed)O If Proposal Is Preferred To Utilize Exposed Local Raid Lun&Rsquo;S, Propose Disk Layout, Stripe Size Recommendations, Etc.O If Proposal Is Directly Exposed Nvme Disks Via An It Mode Controller, Specify How The Pass-Through Disks To The Vm Should Be Provisions, Redundancy/Rebuild Overhead Requirements, Etc.O Detail How Data Locality Works With A 3-Host And 5-Host Cluster, Recommended Numbers Of Volume Replicas, And How Maintenance Procedures Occur (Both Planned, And Unplanned)O Details On How Multipath/Discovery Is Configured Across All Lun&Rsquo;S Exposed To The Vsphere Hosts&Bull; Details On If &Ldquo;At Rest Encryption&Rdquo; Is Available, And If There Are Any Performance Impacts To Enabling That&Bull; Iscsi Lun&Rsquo;S Provisioned Must Have The Ability To Have Individual Chap Credentials Set By Iscsi Target/Initiator Pair.&Bull; Details On Expected Performanceo Sustained Read/Write In Mb/Sec Throughput At 1M And 4K Sequential And Random Datao Sustained Best Case Iops With Proposed Solution Based Upon 100G Connectivityo If A Proposed Hci Solution, Expected Worst Case Scenario Ram And Cpu Overhead&Bull; 5 Years Nbd Supporto Ntpc Understands That No Vendors Can Deliver Nbd Support, Instead A Commitment To Direct Escalation To L3 Technical Support To Expedite Replacement Parts Or 1 Hour Escalation To Technical Support Is Desired, And Demonstrable.&Bull; Everything Must Be Quoted As Fob Hay River, Ntswitchingntpc Has Recently Completed An Upgrade Of Its Tor Switching, Standardizing On Pair Of Cisco C9500-32Qc-E In Two Locations. Ntpc Wishes To Add Another Pair Of These Same Switches In A Third Location. In Addition, Ntpc Wishes To Purchase Appropriate Licensing That Would Unlock/Enable Vxlan Licensing For All 6 C9500&Rsquo;S It Will Own After This Procurement Has Completed. Please Quote On A Pair Of Cisco C9500-32Qc-E Switches, And Licensing To Cover 6 Of These Switches That Would Enable Vxlan.
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