Highly Scalable Enterprise 10GbE iSCSI SAN Massive Density with Up to 48TB per 4U Array
EqualLogic virtualized architecture combines the performance of 10GbE technology with the dense capacity of 1TB SATA drives, ideal for tiered storage applications needing random IOPS performance and increased bandwidth
- Scales seamlessly up to 768TB in a single SAN group
- Efficiently manage data with all inclusive enterprise software suite and excellent cost per-gigabit
- Improved backup and recovery by increasing bandwidth and decreasing time
- Better consolidation and virtualization, saving time and money deploying PS6510E

Dell EqualLogic PS6510E
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Exceptional Ease of Use

MODULAR DESIGN WITH ENTERPRISE RELIABILITY



ENTERPRISE DATA SERVICES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST
With built-in storage features, the PS6510E enables best practice storage for top tiered data centers, organizations producing high-throughput workloads or latency sensitive business applications.
The EqualLogic PS Series arrays include the following enterprise data services and software features with no additional software licensing fees:
Management
- PS Group Manager
- SAN HeadQuarters Multi-SAN Historical Performance Monitoring
- Rapid Provisioning
- Remote Setup Wizard
- Roles-Based Administration
- Volume Management
Maintenance
- Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System
- E-mail Home
- Enclosure Monitoring System
- Performance Monitoring
Data Protection, Availability and Recovery
- Auto-Replication, Multi-Way
- Instant Volume Restore
- Multi-Path I/O*
- Multi-Volume, Writeable Snapshots
- Snapshot and Auto-Replication Scheduler
- Volume Cloning
- Volume Consistency Sets
Server Management and Protection Integration
Storage Virtualization
- Array Evacuation
- Automatic Load Balancing
- Automatic or Manual Storage Tiering
- Complete SAN Virtualization
- Online Data and Volume Movement
- RAID Load Balancing
- Storage Pools
- Thin Provisioning
FLEXIBILITY WITH LOW COST OF OWNERSHIP
The EqualLogic PS Series arrays represent a breakthrough in storage economics, from purchase and setup to operation and upgrades. Unlike traditional SANs, the EqualLogic PS Series includes software and applications expected from an enterprise-level SAN at no extra cost.The PS Series scales on-demand — and online — allowing storage growth without disrupting applications. As a result, EqualLogic PS6510E arrays provide exceptional flexibility at a low total cost of ownership.
Whether consolidating a direct-attached storage (DAS) infrastructure, migrating data from an existing SAN or
NAS system, streamlining data protection processes, or simply adding storage capacity, the EqualLogic PS Series from Dell offers a family of proven, high-performance, self-managing storage arrays designed to meet the requirements of today’s critical datacenter environments.

Grow confidently with advanced Array Software features
Meet your current storage needs and future data management requirements with EqualLogic™ Array Software.
- Synchronous Replication: Maintain two identical copies of a volume across two different storage pools in the same PS Series for real-time data protection.
- Volume Unmap: Recover unused space previously allocated to thin-provisioned volumes for better storage capacity utilization and cost-effectiveness.
- Snapshot Space Borrowing: Temporarily increase the available snapshot space for a volume by borrowing from the snapshot reserve of other volumes and pool free space improving your capacity management.
Product Configurations
- Storage Controllers
Dual 10GbE controllers with a total of 4GB battery-backed memory
Battery-backed memory provides up to 72 hours of data protection
Hard Disk Drives
Forty eight (48) SATA hot-pluggable hard disk drives
Drive Capacities
7,200 RPM SATA II drives available 1TB*, or 2TB*
7,200 RPM NL-SAS or NL-SAS SED drives available in 3TB*
System Capacities
48TB using forty eight (48) 1TB* SATA disk drives
96TB using forty eight (48) 2TB* SATA disk drives
144TB using forty-eight (48) 3TB* NL-SAS or NL-SAS SED disk drives
Technical Highlights
- Volumes
Up to 1,024
Snapshots
512 per volume / up to 10,000 total
Hosts Accessing PS Series Group
Up to 1,024 per pool / 4,096 per group
Host Protocol
Any standards compliant iSCSI initiator
Operating Systems Supported
Windows® 2000 Server
Windows Server® 2003
Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™
Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 R2, including Hyper-V™
Windows Vista®
Windows XP®
VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5
Citrix® XenServer™
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®
SUSE® Linux Enterprise
Sun™ Solaris™
IBM® AIX
HP-UX®
Mac OS® X
Novell® NetWare®
RAID Support
Automatic RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 50
10 GbE Network Interfaces
Two (2) SFP+ per controller
TCP Network Support
IPv4, IPv6 core support
Expansion Option
Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online. Up to 16 total members per group.
Reliability
- Redundant, hot-swappable controllers, power supplies, cooling fans and disks
Individual disk drive slot power control
Enclosure Monitoring System
- Automatic spare configuration and utilization
SMART
Automatic bad block replacement
Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives
Management
- SAN HeadQuarters multi-group performance and event monitoring tool
SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting
Serial console
Multi-administrator support
Ability to configure a separate management network
Security
- CHAP authentication
Access control for iSCSI
Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support
Notification Methods
- SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog
Power
- AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase
Frequency: 47-63 Hz
Power factor: 0.95 (minimum)
Power consumption: 1,030 VA, 1,400 Peak VA (operating maximum)
Heat dissipation: 3,500 BTU per hour (maximum)
Power supplies: Three 440W DC
Chassis
- Height: 6.89" (17.5 cm) / 4 EIA units
Width: 19.01" (48.3 cm) / 1EC Rack Compliant
Depth: 37.8" (96 cm)
Weight: 74.8 kg / 165 lb (maximum configuration)
Environmental Operating Conditions
- Temperature range: 5 to 35 °C / 41 to 95 °F
Storage temperature: -20 to 60 °C / -22 to 140°F
Altitude: -70 to 3,000 m operational / -305 to 12,192 m non-operational
Relative humidity: 20 to 80% non-condensing operational / 5 to 95% non-condensing non-operational
Shock: 5 g 10 ms ½ sine operational / 30 g 10 ms ½ sine non-operational
Vibration: Random .21 grms @ 5-500Hz operational / Random 1.04 grms 2-200Hz non-operational
Acoustics: : LwA 6.6 Bels
Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G2 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985
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| Dell Global Infrastructure Storage Consulting Services for EqualLogic PS6000 series Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services utilizes skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and our own intellectual property to give customers rapid insight into what is driving unnecessary complexity. We are focused on providing practical action-orientated plans that deliver specific, predictable and measurable outcomes. We seek better answers than traditional service models, based on our belief that solving problems should not need armies of people. Our strategy is to help customers quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver ROI and free up resources to obtain competitive advantage. Storage Consulting Summary: Storage Consulting from Dell helps customers make the most of their storage. Dell offers services that allow customers to optimize, manage and implement storage infrastructure, helping to reduce the risk associated with ineffective data management. Dell can also help customers ensure adequate data protection in a cost effective manner. Dell believes that well planned and maintained storage infrastructures can support growing data requirements without corresponding increases in costs and complexity. Intelligent data management allows organizations to optimize the value of their storage investment with a better use of resources. Dell Infrastructure Consulting can help customers design storage infrastructures that satisfy data availability, retention and recovery requirements. New suite of EQL consulting services summary Storage Consulting from DELL offers a comprehensive suite of design and implementation services helping customer get the most of their EQL PS Series product in terms of overall management of data, application performance, Data Protection and cost of ownership. In particular, our consultants will be able to utilize our reference architecture centered on virtual environment (VMware and Hyper V) and key applications such as Exchange and SQL to accelerate the design and implementation work and reduce the risk and complexity associated with the integration in the data center. The new features brought by the PS 6000 series such as increased performance, integrated snapshots with HyperV and vStorage capabilities will also be utilized in the Design service Beyond core Storage Consulting Services, such as “Storage Assessment, here are new services specific to the EqualLogic line:
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EqualLogic Array Software
EqualLogic Host Software
EqualLogic SAN Headquarters
![]() | EqualLogic Array SoftwareEqualLogic Firmware is the foundation of the EqualLogic software family. Integrated across the entire family of EqualLogic PS arrays, the EqualLogic Firmware is a SAN operating system based on a unique peer storage architecture that:
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| EqualLogic Software Title | Packaging | Updates | Operating Platforms | Supported Host Environments |
| EqualLogic Firmware EqualLogic Group Manager GUI EqualLogic Group Manager CLI | Embedded with each EqualLogic array purchased | Available for Download* | EqualLogic Firmware is supported on the family of EqualLogic arrays | Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™ , Windows Server® 2008 R2, including Hyper-V™ VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 VMware® ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 Citrix® XenSource Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Sun™ Solaris IBM® AIX HP-UX® Mac OS® X Novell® NetWare® MPIO Feature is qualified for Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™ , Windows Server® 2008 R2 including Hyper-V™ VMware® , Linux® and Sun™ Solaris™ Operating Systems |
| EqualLogic Manual Transfer Utility | Available for Download* | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server® 2008 R2 Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® SUSE® Linux Enterprise | EqualLogic Manual Transfer Utility is designed for EqualLogic storage array groups. |
![]() | EqualLogic Host SoftwareThis family of host-based tools provides an easy-to-use interface for extending the functionality of the EqualLogic Array Software, enabling cooperation with the host. This integration can deliver:
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| Host Software for Windows |
| EqualLogic Software Title | Packaging | Updates | Operating Platforms | Managed Environments |
| EqualLogic Remote Setup Wizard | Available for Download* as part of HIT Kit for Microsoft | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server® 2008 R2 | EqualLogic Firmware, Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™ , Windows Server® 2008 R2, including Hyper-V™ |
| EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/ Microsoft Edition | Available for Download* as HIT Kit | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server® 2008 R2 | Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server® 2008 R2 Microsoft® SQL Server® 2003, SQL Server® 2008 Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007 including LCR and SCR, Exchange Server 2010 |
| EqualLogic Multipath I/O Device Specific Module | Available for Download* as HIT Kit | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server® 2008 R2 | Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™ , Windows Server® 2008 R2, including Hyper-V™ |
| EqualLogic Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and Virtual Disk Service (VDS) Provider Services | Available for Download* as HIT Kit | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008, Windows Server® 2008 R2 | Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 Windows Server® 2008, including Hyper-V™ Windows Server® 2008 R2, Including Hyper-V™ Microsoft® SQL Server® 2003, SQL Server® 2008 Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007 Microsoft® Exchange Server 2003, Exchange Server 2007 including LCR and SCR, Exchange Server 2010 |
| Host Software for VMware |
| EqualLogic Software Title | Packaging | Updates | Operating Platforms | Managed Environments |
| EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/ VMware Edition | Available for Download* | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008 Windows Server® 2008 R2 | VMware® ESX 3.5 and 4 / 4.1 VMware® ESXi 3.5 and 4 / 4.1 Requires VMware Virtual Center 2.5or vCenter 4 |
| EqualLogic Storage Adapter for VMware Site Recovery Manager | Available for Download* | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008 Windows Server® 2008 R2 | VMware® ESX 3, 3.5 and 4 / 4.1 VMware® ESXi 3.5 and 4 / 4.1 Requires VMware® Site Recovery Manager 1.0 or 4.0 |
| EqualLogic Multipath Extension Module for VMware ESX | Available for Download* | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008 Windows Server® 2008 R2 | VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 VMware® ESXi 3.5 / 4 /4.1 Requires VMware vSphere 4.1 Enterprise Plus |
EqualLogic SAN Headquarters
EqualLogic SAN Headquarters (SANHQ) is a single-view monitoring and reporting tool that gathers performance, capacity and event data across multiple groups of EqualLogic PS arrays, providing in-depth information for better planning
| EqualLogic Software Title | Packaging | Updates | Operating Platforms | Managed Environments |
| EqualLogic SAN Headquarters | Available for Download* | Available for Download* | Microsoft® Windows Vista® , Windows® XP, Windows® 7 Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003, Windows Server® 2008 Windows Server® 2008 R2 | EqualLogic SAN Headquarters is designed to monitor EqualLogic storage array groups. |
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