Industry-Leading Support for SSDs supporting multi-stream-write (MSW) SSD technologies
System LEDs for system power, system fault, and controller activity status
24 internal SSDs. Up to 144 SSDs per HA pair using external shelves
System LEDs for system power, system fault, and controller activity status
Industry-Leading Support for SSDs supporting multi-stream-write (MSW) SSD technologies
12HDDs. Up to 144 SSDs per HA pair using external shelves
System LEDs for system power, system fault, and controller activity status
Advanced Multi-Processor Architecture
all 32 cores in an HA pair are fully utilized to deliver consistent high performance and advanced data management in parallel
Thinksystem Storage Manager
REMARKABLE PERFORMANCE
- Optimizations and path parallelization deliver more IOPS, lower latency
Centralized view of events and alerts that are generated from managed endpoints such as servers, storage, switches and chassis.
4 x 12Gb SAS ports per controller for disk shelf connectivity
4 x Unified Target Adapter 2 ports per controller operate as 8Gb/16Gb FC, GbE/10GbE, or FCVI ports, or cluster interconnect ports
Serial Console Ports
For configuration and troubleshooting
Redundant Components:
Hot-swappable controllers, cooling fans, power supplies and optics
2 x 10GbE ports per controller for use as cluster interconnect or data network ports
10G Base-T ports per controller for high-speed host (NFS, SMB, iSCSI) connectivity or cluster interconnect ports
Status LEDs for controller and non-volatile memory status
40GbE and 32Gb FC
Two high-performance PCIe Gen 3 slots per controller to accommodate additional I/O connectivity including 40GbE and 32Gb FC
Extreme performance, superior flexibility and NVMe supports accelerates and transform your Data Center
Advanced Multi-Processor Architecture with 40 cores in an HA pair along with NVMe drive support delivers undisrupted consistent high performance and advanced data management
Rear View
Hot swappable power supplies
Status LEDs
4 x 12Gb SAS ports
2 x 25 Gigabit Ethernet
Built-in 100 Gigabit Ethernet
Remote management ports
Host network ports 16Gb FC or 25BbE
Serial console port
5 x PCIe Gen3 slots per controller module support 10GbE, 25GbE, or 100GbE Ethernet, and/or 32Gb FC connections