Q&A PERIOD IS ENDED!!! NO ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED! Amendment 0002: VA is requesting 1-year of warranty/maintenance support, will the VA leverage the existing Cisco ESA if Cisco servers are provided? If Cisco is selected then after the initial year of maintenance support (included in initial contract), then would be added to ESA. For the Central Management Tool identified in Sect 1.3, if Cisco servers are provided can the VA leverage the existing Cisco Intersight instances currently deployed across the Enterprise? If Cisco is selected, then an initial year of Intersight licensing would be required as part of the contract then would be added to the VA intersight enterprise contract (after the initial year). Can the VA provide details on the current M5 environment? a. What switches are the Cisco M5 servers connected to? Varies—generally Cisco 9K series or Juniper QFX5120-48 or EX4400 b. How many servers are currently deployed? 300+ c. How many sites need a tech refresh? 150+ d. How many users per site will the solution support? 500-7000 What version of vSAN does the Cluster need to support? VMware VCF9 VSAN solution with two nodes Will the VA accept AMD CPU versus Intel? Yes For the vSAN cluster, how many servers are required? two For Sect 1.1 and 1.2, how many CPU's are required per server? Section 1.1 : CPU: Minimum 2.50 GHz, Minimum 16 pCPU and section 1.2: CPU: Minimum 2.50 GHz, Minimum 8 pCPU The Storage capacity identified in Sect 1.1, does that represent RAW, Usable or Effective? Usable For the cables identified in Sect 1.1 and 1.2, what length is required? Type and lengths determined during onsite survey Any requirements for switches and/or transceivers? SFPs that would support connectivity to either Cisco or Juniper switches (Network: Quad Port 1GB Ethernet, Dual Port 25GB Fiber) For the Services identified in Section 1.4, will the VA allow the site surveys to be conducted virtually or is onsite required? On-site required. Amendment 0001: Clarify 3 items as follows: 1. What is the total estimated quantity of Item 1 Cluster servers required? 304 2. What is the total estimated quantity of Item 2 Single servers required? depends on the result of the RFI, we might go with single server at every site. 3. Are the Item 1 Cluster servers intended to be deployed as multi-node VMware vSAN clusters? If so, what typical or anticipated cluster node counts per cluster should be planned for? The VSAN clusters will be 2 node clusters (with witness servers--already deployed). Note: some sites may only have a single server and other sites may have the VSAN solution deployed. The requirements and sites will be refined for RFQ. Page 2 of 3 Page 1 of 3 Unified Communications Server Replacement Lifecycle Refresh This Request for Information (RFI) is issued for information and planning purposes only and does not constitute a solicitation nor does it restrict the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) as to the ultimate acquisition approach.…