FAQ
Question 1 With reference to the technical specifications, paragraph “2. Description of Supplies” under the heading Server, UPS is mentioned, which subsequently is not listed in the technical specifications of the subsequent tables. Therefore, please confirm that this product is not being supplied and this is a typo. If not, please indicate the technical specifications of the requested UPS.
Answer 1
It is confirmed that the UPS is being supplied; the specifications specify that it must be “Consistent with and adequate for the management of the equipment being supplied.”
You can define the following minimum technical characteristics:
UPS of primary brand in Rack Configuration
Minimum power 6000 VA/4800 W
Output sockets : At least 6 x IEC C13 + 2 x IEC C19
Internal hot-swap batteries
Possibility to extend Autonomy through additional battery cabinets
equipped with LAN Card with Web application for access to UPS control and monitoring
Extended warranty on site 2 years
Question 2 With reference to the technical specifications, in order to broaden the bidding to the largest number of participants, we request the possibility of supplying equivalent or superior products of primary international brands in addition to the HPE brand you indicated.
Answer 2
Proposals for supplies of equivalent or superior products of leading international brands other than the HPE brand shown as an example of minimum configuration are allowed.
Question 3 We have seen that from the specifications the processors indicated are from 2017 so I wanted to ask if it is okay for you to propose the Intel Gold 5318S processor which has 24 Cores and 2.1Ghz, therefore, a total power of 100.8Ghz against the total 96Ghz of the processors indicated in the tender.
Answer 3
The processors shown are to be considered minimum requirement so those proposed being
improved are fine.
Question 4 Regarding the connectivity of Storage and Servers, we noticed that on the servers a connectivity of 10G Base-T is indicated while on the Storage there is both 25g and 10G Base-T connectivity. Our question is will you use a switch with 10G Base-T connectivity to connect the Server and Storage infrastructure? Therefore, we may not include 25g connectivity on the Storage.
Answer 4
For storage connectivity we planned the solution with connectivity I would say then Server and Storage 10G. The 25G typo was about the initial decision to use fiber switches then abandoned due to high cost.
Question 5 The VMware Essential Plus Kit license covers up to 3 Biprocessor Hosts, can you confirm that the 4th Server (I think it is dedicated to backup with Veeam) does not need the VMware license?
Answer 5
It is confirmed that there is no fourth host but the Veeam server will be virtual . So only three hosts with vmware essential plus kit license
Question 6 Question 6 Regarding the VEEAM license the Basic license covers up to 10 Instances (Physical or Virtual) are they sufficient or do you have the needs of additional Additional Licenses, if yes how many Instances should it cover?
Answer 6
For the VEEAM license, only the prodoĴo was specified forgetting the license type. The required license is the essentials which covers up to 50 VMs (we need to migrate 25 and we expect increase)