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SECTION 1: BARE-METAL COMPONENT ARCHE-SPECIFICATION (PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE) DELL POWEREDGE R-SERIES HARDWARE FOUNDATION - 1x Dell PowerEdge Rack Server (Workload Optimised: 1U R450/R650 or 2U R550/R750 Chassis) - 2x Intel Xeon Scalable Processors (Scalable Tier Selection: Silver / Gold / Platinum SKU) - 1x DDR4 or DDR5 ECC Registered Memory Array (Capacity Scaled from 4x to 16x Modules | 64GB to 512GB Total) - 1x Dell BOSS-S2 Boot Optimisation Storage Subsystem (Dual M.2 SSDs in Dedicated Hardware RAID-1) - 1x Dell PERC Hardware RAID Controller (Series-11/12 Enterprise Tier: H755 / H775 Family) - 1x Enterprise Storage Array Pool (Front-loading 4x to 12x Hot-Plug SAS/SATA SSDs or NVMe Drives | 960GB / 1.92TB / 3.84TB SKU) - 2x Hot-Swap Redundant Power Supplies (High-Efficiency 1100W or 1400W Titanium/Platinum Modules) - 1x Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC9) Enterprise Perpetual License - 1x Dual-Port High-Speed Network Interface Card (10GbE SFP+ or 25GbE SFP28 Broadcom / Intel Base) - 1x Sliding ReadyRails Kit with Telescopic Cable Management Arm (CMA) Assembly SECTION 2: HYPERVISOR & GUEST COMPONENT ARCHE-SPECIFICATION (VIRTUAL INFRASTRUCTURE) COMPUTE, MEMORY & STORAGE LAYER VIRTUALIZATION - vCPU Allocation Schema (Granular virtual processor assignments from 2 to 32 vCPUs per Guest Instance) - Virtual Memory Array Allocation (Configured RAM capacities scaled from 4GB to 256GB per Guest Instance) - Storage Provisioning & Datastore Databasing (Thin or Thick provisioned virtual disks scaled from 40GB to 2TB) - Virtual Interface Array Customisation (High-Performance Engine Selection: VMXNET3 / VirtIO / Synthetic Adapters) - Datastore Structural Mapping (Optimised cluster file distribution across vSAN, VMFS, or NFS targets) HYPERVISOR RUNTIME ENVIRONMENTS - Bare-Metal Hypervisor Execution Layer (Deployment of VMware vSphere ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, or Proxmox VE) - High-Availability Cluster Orchestration (Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS), HA, Failover, Affinity, and Anti-Affinity rule creation) SECTION 3: PROFESSIONAL SERVICE DELIVERY WORK-STAGES (PHYSICAL TO VIRTUAL) PHASE 1: BARE-METAL INITIALIZATION & OUT-OF-BAND PROVISIONING - Comprehensive physical validation, cabinet rack-mounting, and structured cable deployment - Out-of-Band (iDRAC9) Enterprise console setup, virtual media configurations, and security provisioning - Core platform firmware alignment and component microcode updates via Dell Lifecycle Controller engine - Bare-metal storage architecture execution (RAID volume striping, hot-spare design, and array initialization) PHASE 2: HOST SOFTWARE ENGINEERING & WORKLOAD INGESTION - Fresh base OS or Bare-Metal Hypervisor platform installation (Windows Server, RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, Proxmox VE, or ESXi) - Hardware-specific vendor driver injection and standard system microcode level optimizations - Secure system environment deployment (Secure Boot alignment, partition scheme creation, and base OS patch staging) - Guest-level virtual machine scaffolding configurations and automated template deployments PHASE 3: ENTERPRISE SYSTEM ROLE HARDENING & APPLICATION SERVICES - Domain infrastructure inclusion (Active Directory Directory Services domain join executions) - Infrastructure core server role installation (AD DS, DNS, DHCP, RDS, IIS, SQL, File Services) - Security system baseline hardening (CIS-aligned system configurations, OS Firewall, and Windows Defender protection policies) - Operations integration (Installation and configuration of data center enterprise backup and system monitoring agents) PHASE 4: INTEGRITY SYSTEM VALIDATION & FINAL HANDOVER - Multi-hour diagnostic hardware burn-in testing and environmental thermal load verification - Enterprise performance metrics benchmarking (Storage IOPS, Compute throughput, and interface stability validation) - Verification workflows across target network security and OS level compliance baselines - Virtual machine snapshot baseline generation, final configuration system reporting, and handover build records SECTION 4: PROFESSIONAL SERVICE ADD-ONS & LABOUR ENGINES OPTIONAL ADVANCED SYSTEM INTEGRATIONS - Enterprise Endpoint Detection & Response (EDR) / Next-Gen Antivirus deployment orchestration - Comprehensive platform data backup configurations (Veeam, Acronis, or Rubrik policies) - Centralised continuous performance monitoring engine deployment (PRTG, Zabbix, or CloudWatch) - Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) appliance logging pipeline integrations - Public / Private Key Infrastructure (PKI) SSL certificate authority onboarding and encryption bindings - Cryptographic Virtual Private Network (VPN) remote workforce access point routing configurations - Firewall policy ruleset engineering, translation tables, and access control adjustments - Architectural system documentation engineering (Fully mapped Visio layout schematics and technical build sheets) ENGINEERING SERVICES - 1x Unified Enterprise Infrastructure Assembly, Hypervisor Setup & Deployment Integration Fee BUDGET GUIDE (Indicative, AUD excl. GST. Not a quote.) - One-time: ~$18,500 – $36,000 (Includes Dell PowerEdge 1U/2U server hardware with dual Intel Xeon Silver/Gold CPUs, 64GB–512GB ECC RAM, BOSS-S2 RAID-1 boot array, PERC H755/H775 RAID controller, hot-swappable enterprise SSD/NVMe storage array, redundant power supplies, iDRAC9 Enterprise license, dual-port 10GbE/25GbE NIC, sliding ReadyRails/CMA, alongside 4-phase physical rack deployment, firmware alignment, hypervisor/OS installation, Active Directory domain integration, role hardening, diagnostic burn-in, and documentation handover) - Recurring: ~$0 – $1,200 per month (No recurring hardware fees; optional ongoing hypervisor/OS subscription licensing e.g., VMware vSphere, Windows Server Datacenter/Standard, or Red Hat Enterprise Linux, along with optional hardware maintenance extensions) - Three-year estimate: ~$18,500 – $79,200