Dell / EMC CX4-960

Dell / EMC CX4-960

Dell / EMC CX4-960 SAN Storage
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Impressive level of performance and flexibility
For today and tomorrow

Massive performance and scalability in a mid-range array.
  • 1Gb and 10Gb iSCSI, 4Gb and 8Gb Fibre Channel can coexist on the same array
  • Cutting edge storage networking technology like FCoE can be easily integrated when available
  • Designed to help reduce your power and cooling costs.
  • Enterprise Flash Drives, automated performance tiering and up to 2TB cache help deliver performance gains
  • Now with Unisphere-simple integrated management that delivers superb user experience

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 Dell/EMC CX4-960 SAN Storage

  Storage Capacity
Up to 576TB of raw storage capacity with Fibre Channel drives or 1.9PB with SATA II drives

  Scalability
Supports up to 64 add on disk array enclosures for a total of 960 drives in the storage array.
Each DAE4P holds up to 15 Fibre Channel, SATA II or Enterprise Flash drives

  Cache
32GB is standard. Up to 2TB* supported with the optional Fast Cache feature
Automatic write cache destaging to disk

  RAID Levels
Supports RAID 0, 1, 1/0, 3, 5, and 6
Any combination of RAID levels can exist on a single CX4-960

  Supported Servers
All dual and quad socket Dell PowerEdge servers
Variety of Compaq, HP, IBM and SUN servers as validated through EMC

  OS support
Microsoft®  Windows®  2000 Server, Windows ServerTM  2003
Windows ServerTM  2008, Linux®  , SolarisTM  , VMware®  , AIX, HP-UX

  Direct Connect Hosts
Up to 12 FC and 4 iSCSI or4 FC and 8 iSCSI direct attached HA connected hosts

  Hosts Attached to a single array in a SAN
Up to 4096 high availability hosts connections to a single array in a SAN

  Front End Connectivity
Base Ports
Either Eight 8Gbit or 4Gbit Fibre Channel and Four 10Gbit or 1Gbit iSCSI

Additional optional ports (UltraFlex I/O modules):
Eight or Sixteen 8Gbit or 4Gbit FC or
Eight or Sixteen 8Gbit or 4Gbit FC and Four 10Gbit or 1Gbit iSCSI or
Eight 8Gbit or 4Gbit FC and Eight 10Gbit or 1Gbit iSCSI (if 10Gbit iSCSI not selected for base configuration – only a total of eight 10Gbit iSCSI ports are supported) or
Four 10Gbit or 1Gbit iSCSI or,
Four 10Gbit and Four 1Gbit iSCSI or,
Eight 10Gbit iSCSI (if 10Gbit iSCSI not selected for base configuration – only a total of eight 10Gbit iSCSI ports are supported) or
Eight 10Gbit or 1Gbit iSCSI (if 10Gbit iSCSI not selected for base configuration – only a total of eight 10Gbit iSCSI ports are supported) or
Four 10Gbit and Eight 1Gbit iSCSI or,
Four 1Gbit and Eight 10Gbit iSCSI (if 10Gbit iSCSI not selected for base configuration – only a total of eight 10Gbit iSCSI ports are supported)

With the use of PowerPathTM fail over and load balancing software for multipath I/O, users can operate all ports simultaneously.
10Gbit iSCSI connectivity uses SPF+ connections and cables.
  Back End Connectivity
Four or eight full 4Gbit bandwidth back-end Fibre Channel ports per SP for a total of four or eight 4Gbit back-end loops per array

  Maximum Cable Length
Shortwave Optical: 150 meters (8Gbit), 380 meters (4Gbit), CAT5E and CAT6 copper 300 meters (2Gbit), 500 meters (1Gbit) 100 meters (1Gbit)

  Drive Interface
4Gbit Fibre Channel interface
Each drive in the array is accessible from either storage processor
960 drives per system

  Disk Drives Available
Fibre drives
146GB* 15K RPM
300GB* 15K RPM
450GB* 15K RPM
600GB* 15K RPM
400GB* 10K RPM
450GB* 10K RPM
600GB* 10K RPM

SATA II drives
1TB* 7.2K RPM
1TB* 5.4K RPM
2TB* 7.2K RPM
2TB* 5.4K RPM

  Enterprise Flash Drives (EFD) Available
73GB* Enterprise Flash Drive (maximum of 120 in array)
100GB* Enterprise Flash Drive (coming in Q3)
200GB* Enterprise Flash Drive (maximum of 120 in array)
400GB* Enterprise Flash Drive (maximum of 120 in array)

  Available Software
EMC Unisphere Manager: Robust configuration, management and event notification from a single management station
EMC SnapViewTM : Point-in-time view of information for nondisruptive backup
EMC SAN CopyTM : Migrate or distribute data within the SAN fabric
EMC MirrorViewTM : Remote synchronous mirroring for disaster protection
EMC Access LogixTM : Data protection, shared storage access, and security for heterogeneous SAN environments
EMC PowerPathTM : Load balancing and data path failover for continuous data access.
EMC Navisphere Analyzer: Comprehensive performance, management, and trends analysis
EMC Navisphere Quality of Service Manager: Application service-level monitoring and management
Thin Provisioning: Helps reduce acquisition and operational costs while improving capacity utilization
Replication Manager Family: Manages the replication process (host and replication software) to integrate SnapView and MirrorView operations
CLARiiON Plug-In for vCenter: Enables improved integration into VMware environments.
Fully Automated Storage Tiering (FAST): Designed to enable more efficient storage resource utilization by analyzing the activity of data with a LUN. More active data chunks are moved to faster drives in the array, like 15K FC or EFD drives. Less active chunks are moved to slower drives, like SATA. Once activated, FAST automatically moves data chunks across drives in a way that is transparent to applications.
Fast Cache: enables Enterprise Flash Disks to be used as non-volatile, second level read-only or read/write system cache to transparently optimize performance for all applications using the array, benefitting especially IOPS intensive workloads.
LUN Compression: Delivers tuneable, automated compression of data to optimize capacity utilization.

  Dimensions
Rackmount Storage Processor Enclosure with Standby Power Supplies
Rack size: 6U
Height: 10.5 in. (26.67 cm), 6 NEMA units
Width: 17.5 in. (44.45 cm)
Depth: 29.9 in. (75.9 cm)
Weight: 235 lb. (106.6 kg) max

Rackmount 4Gbit Fibre Channel Point-to-Point Disk Expansion Enclosure
Rack size: 3U
Height: 5.25 in. (13.34 cm), 3 EIA units
Width: 17.72 in (45.0 cm)
Depth: 14.00 in. (35.56 cm)
Weight: 68 lb. (30.9 kg) max. configuration

  Power
Processor Chassis
Frequency: 47-63 Hz
AC Voltage: 180–240 VAC ±10%, single phase
Power Consumption: 730W
Heat Dissipation: 2489 BTU/hr

Inlet Type
Dual Inlets
Rackmount: IEC320-C14 appliance coupler

  Protection
Rackmount: 20 amps, fused (SPE)
Rackmount: 10 amps, fused (DAE4P)
AC Circuits: Redundant external AC circuits

  Environmental
Temperature: 50-104 degrees F (10-40 degrees C)
Temperature Gradient: 10 degrees C/hr
Relative Humidity: 20% to 80% (non-condensing)
Elevation:
7,500 ft. (2,286 m) @ 104 degrees F (40 degrees C) max
10,000 ft. (3,048 m) @ 98.6 degrees F (37 degrees C) max


  Regulatory
FCC Class A
EN 55022 Class A
CE Mark
VCCI Class A (for Japan)
ICES-003 Class A (for Canada)
AS/NZS 3548 Class A (for Australia/New Zealand)
EN55024 Immunity
ITE BSMI Class A (for Taiwan)
UL 60950
CSAC 22.2-60950
FN 60950
Manufactured under an ISO 9000-registered quality system

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