Dell SC9000 Array Controller

Functional

Max SAN hosts: 500
Max initiator ports: 1000
Max LUN size: 500TB
Max number of LUNs: 2000
Max number of snapshots: 32,000
Max IOPS: 2,220,000*
Max IOPS:(with latency less than 1ms) 2,085,000*
Max IOPS (80% reads, 20% writes): 502,000*
Max throughput (reads): 33,000 MB/s*
Max throughput (writes): 19,000 MB/s*

Connectivity

PCIe Gen 3 slots
7 per controller
4 full-height (cache card consumes one), 3 low-profile
Any slot may be used for either front-end network or back-end expansion capacity connections

Front-end network protocols
FC, iSCSI, FCoE (supports simultaneous multiprotocol)

Max 32Gb FC ports
32 per array (SFP+)

Max 16Gb FC ports
40 per array

Max 8GbFC ports
12 per array

Max 100Gb iSCSI ports
20 QSFP28 per array

Max 25Gb iSCSI ports
20 SFP28 per array

Max 10Gb iSCSI ports
32 SFP+ or BaseT per array
iSCSI DCB
IPv6

Max 10Gb FCoE ports
12 per array

Back-end expansion protocols
12Gb SAS (auto-negotiates to 6Gb)

Max back-end expansion ports
40 per array

Data Protection

DataProtection DisasterRecovery Security

Business continuity
Live Volume bi-directional auto-failover, auto-repair
Continuous operations, disaster recovery, disaster avoidance
Includes third-site (tertiary) replication options
Zero RTO/RPO with customizable site failover SLAs per volume
VMware Metro Stretch Cluster support
VMware Site Recovery Manager

Distributed sparing
No dedicated hot spares required, all drives available for I/O

Application Consistency
Replay Manager: Application-consistent snapshots in Microsoft or VMware environments
AppSync: Application-consistent snapshots in Microsoft, VMware, Oracle environments

Management

Management interface
Browser-based (HTML 5):
Unisphere for SC (element manager)
Unisphere Central (multi-array management)
CloudIQ (cloud-based analytics and monitoring)

Client application:
Dell Storage Manager (multi-array, multi-site, cross-platform management)

Firmware updates
Online, non-disruptive* Firmware may be set to download automatically, with option to trigger installation manually if desired.

Workload management
QoS, VVOLs

Scripting support
SMI-S, Microsoft PowerShell API, RESTful API

Host OS support
Microsoft® Windows Server®, Oracle® Solaris, HP®-UX, Oracle Linux, IBM® AIX®, Novell® NetWare, SLES, Apple, HPTru64, VMware®, Citrix® XenServer®, RedHat® 

Third-party application integration
VMware, Oracle, Microsoft, IBM, OpenStack™, Symantec™, Commvault®, Veeam®, Docker™ -- see SC Series Management spec sheet for more details

Certifications
VMware vSphere Metro Storage Cluster, VMware SRM, Veritas Storage Foundations Suite, IBM VIOS Recognized, Oracle Validated Infrastructure (OVI); see Dell Storage Support Matrix for additional certifications and details

Reporting/alerts
Support assist (phone home), remote diagnostics and performance monitoring, automated alerts, reports and notifications, departmental chargeback

Environmental Operating Conditions

Temperature
Operating: 41º to 104ºF ( 5º to 40ºC )
Non-operating: -40º to 149ºF ( -40º to 65ºC )

Humidity
Operating: 10% to 80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating: 5% to 95% (non-condensing)

Power

Power/wattage: 2 hot-swappable 1100W 80 PLUS® Energy Star Platinum-certified power supplies
Maximum output power: 1100 W
Maximum input power: 1200 W
Maximum input current: 12 A
Maximum inrush current: 25A for 10 ms or less
Nominal input voltage operating range: 100-240 VAC
Nominal input frequency: 50/60 Hz
Maximum thermal output/heat dissipation: 4,760 BTU per hour (per controller)

Fans
6 hot-swappable fan modules

Regulatory

Product Safety and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment