Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array

Storage for a converged blade solution.

Consolidate storage, blade servers and networking into a scalable, virtualized data center with the Dell™ EqualLogic™ PS-M4110 Blade Array.

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Converge your data center
Compute, network and store in a single PowerEdge™ M1000e blade chassis and help reduce your data center real estate, cable configurations and power/cooling requirements.

Integrate enterprise-class storage with your blades
Gain highly flexible storage for your blade environment with a double-wide, half-height blade array that can be installed in any slot in the PowerEdge M1000e chassis.

Expand your storage with ease
Save time scaling storage capacity and performance simultaneously and non-disruptively with EqualLogic’s outstanding peer-scaling architecture.

Help simplify management and mitigate risk
Depend on centralized monitoring and reporting as well as powerful data protection with the enhanced all-inclusive software features of the EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array.

The EqualLogic PS-M4110 Blade Array is available in four different configurations

PS-M4110E
Help improve storage capacity, performance and connectivity for your small or midsize business with the cost-effective EqualLogic PS-M4110E 10GbE iSCSI Blade Array.

PS-M4110X
Deploy an excellent balance of cost-effective performance and capacity for a variety of applications with the Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110X 10GbE iSCSI Blade Array.

PS-M4110XV
Master critical applications with the high-performance Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110XV 10GbE iSCSI Blade Array.

PS-M4110XS
Experience advanced tiering capabilities with SSD low-latency performance and HDD capacity in one storage solution with the Dell EqualLogic PS-M4110XS 10GbE iSCSI Blade Array.

PS-M4110E	High capacity at an affordable price Up to 14x 2.5”, 7,200 rpm NL SAS HDDs 500GB* or 1TB* per drive Up to 14TB* per array, up to 28TB* per group inside the blade chassis Single- or dual-controller options
PS-M4110X	Balance of capacity and performance Up to 14x 2.5”, 10,000 rpm SAS HDDs 600GB* or 900GB* per drive Up to 12.6TB* per array, up to 25.5TB* per group inside the blade chassis Single- or dual-controller options
PS-M4110XV	High-performance option for business-critical applications Up to 14x 2.5”, 15,000 rpm SAS HDDs 146GB* or 300GB* per drive Up to 4.2TB* per array, up to 8.4TB* per group inside the blade chassis Single- or dual-controller options
PS-M4110XS	Hybrid configuration with SSD performance and HDD capacity Up to 9x 2.5”, 10,000 rpm SAS HDDs and 5x 2.5” SSDs 600GB* HDD and 400GB* SSD Up to 7.4TB* per array, up to 14.8TB* per group inside the blade chassis Dual-controller option only

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Product Configurations	PS-M4110E	PS-M4110X	PS-M4110XV	PS-M4110XS
Storage controllers	One or two hot-swappable controller option available			Two controller (only)
	Each with 2GB of usable memory (4GB of total memory) per controller and cache to flash for data protection			Each with 2GB of usable memory (4GB of total memory) and cache to flash for data protection
Network interfaces	Two 10GbE connectivity with one dedicated management port accessible through Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
Hard disk drives	Fourteen 2.5" hot-pluggable hard disk drives			Nine 10K SAS +
				Five (5) SSD
Drive capacities	500GB or 1TB, 7.2K RPM NL-SAS or NL-SAS SED (SED 1TB)	600GB or 900GB 10K RPM SAS or SAS SED (SED 900GB)	146GB or 300GB	600GB 10K RPM SAS
			15K RPM SAS or SAS SED (SED 300GB)	400GB SSD
System capacities	7TB using fourteen 500GB 7.2K NL-SAS drives	8.4TB using fourteen 600GB 10K SAS drives	2.5TB using fourteen 146GB 15K SAS drives	7.4TB using the allotted configuration nine 10K SAS drives and five SSD drives
	14TB using fourteen 1TB 7.2K NL-SAS drives	12.6TB using fourteen 900GB 10K SAS drives	4.2TB using fourteen 300GB 15K SAS drives
Technical Highlights	PS-M4110E	PS-M4110X	PS-M4110XV	PS-M4110XS
Volumes	Up to 256 per array/up to 512 per blade array-only group
Snapshots	128 per volume/up to 2048 per blade array-only group
Volume connections per PS Series group	Up to 512 per pool/up to 1024 per blade array-only group
Host protocol	Any standards-compliant Internet SCSI (iSCSI) initiators.
OS supported	Microsoft® Windows Server® 2003 R2 with SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 , Microsoft Windows 8/Windows Server 2012, VMware® vSphere™ 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.1, Citrix® XenServer™ 6.0, Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 5.7, 6.1, SUSE® Linux® Enterprise Server 10 SP4, 11 SP2, CentOS 5.6, Sun® Solaris™, IBM® AIX®, HP-UX, Mac OS X, Novell® NetWare®
RAID supported	RAID 5 (not recommended), RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 50			RAID 6 accelerated
TCP network support	IPv4, Pv6 core support
Expansion option	Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group online. A maximum of two PS-M4110 blade arrays can be in a group, up to four blade arrays per blade chassis. Additionally, the PS-M4110 can scale outside blade chassis to traditional EqualLogic arrays for up to sixteen in a SAN group.
Power	PS-M4110E	PS-M4110X	PS-M4110XV	PS-M4110XS
Wattage:	450W	450W	450W	450W
Voltage:	12VDC	12VDC	12VDC	12VDC
Max Power input:	450W	450W	450W	450W
Input Current:	37.5A	37.5A	37.5A	37.5A
Typical Power:	248.9W	261.0W	293.3W	230.4W
Chassis	PS-M4110E	PS-M4110X	PS-M4110XV	PS-M4110XS
Weight:	27.54 lb (12.49 kg)	28.38 lb (12.87 kg)	27.82 lb (12.62 kg)	27.82 lb (12.62 kg)
Physical:	Half-height, double-wide storage blade
Height:	189 mm (7.44 inches)	189 mm (7.44 inches)	189 mm (7.44 inches)	189 mm (7.44 inches)
Width:	102 mm (4.015 inches)	102 mm (4.015 inches)	102 mm (4.015 inches)	102 mm (4.015 inches)
Depth:	515 mm (20.275 inches)	515 mm (20.275 inches)	515 mm (20.275 inches)	515 mm (20.275 inches)
Dependencies or Other Components	PS-M4110E	PS-M4110X	PS-M4110XV	PS-M4110XS
Blade enclosure	PowerEdge M1000e
Blade I/O modules	Dell Force10 MXL, PowerConnect M8024-K, 8428-K and 10Gb-K Ethernet pass-through modules with external switches
Power supplies and fans	Supplied by Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure
Rack support	See Dell PowerEdge M1000e blade enclosure

Reliability
Redundant hot-swappable controllers and hot-swappable disks, redundant network path via internal fabric wiring in M1000e chassis, redundant fans and power supplies provided by M1000e chassis

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
Dell Chassis Management Console (CMC) integration
EqualLogic Group Manager
EqualLogic SAN Headquarters multigroup performance and event monitoring tool
Serial console
Ability to configure a separate management network
SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, web (SSL), host scripting
Multiadministrator support

Security
CHAP authentication
Access control for iSCSI
Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support
IPSEC
SED

Notification Methods
SNMP traps, email, syslog

Regulatory
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Data Sheets
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Dell and the Environment

Dell delivers comprehensive end-to-end solutions to help you store and manage your data so you can efficiently move the right data to the right place at the right time for the right cost. EqualLogic™ array software and host software are part of these solutions and are included with your EqualLogic array purchase — providing all the tools your organization needs for a complete storage area network (SAN) solution.

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EqualLogic Array Software

Each EqualLogic array ships with a powerful set of features that help you manage, protect and optimize your data. The EqualLogic Group Manager helps streamline storage and data management while the EqualLogic Manual Transfer Utility helps minimize downtime when transferring large amounts of data. EqualLogic PS Series 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:

Virtualizes SAN resources
Enables peer scalability of up to 16 arrays
Provides intelligent data management functionality
Automatically adjusts system resources
Optimizes performance
Reduces human intervention

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		EqualLogic Host Integration Tools This family of host-based software provides tight integration between the EqualLogic array and the host. Dell provides host integration tools for Microsoft®, VMware® and Linux® environments, providing customers with the following benefits: Comprehensive data protection and availability Integrated storage management Reliable performance Streamlined array configuration Learn More

EqualLogic Host Integration Tools

This family of host-based software provides tight integration between the EqualLogic array and the host. Dell provides host integration tools for Microsoft®, VMware® and Linux® environments, providing customers with the following benefits:

Comprehensive data protection and availability
Integrated storage management
Reliable performance
Streamlined array configuration

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EqualLogic SAN Headquarters

Dell EqualLogic SAN Headquarters (SAN HQ) is a centralized monitoring and reporting tool that gathers and provides in-depth information on performance, capacity and alerts across multiple groups of EqualLogic PS arrays, helping improve performance and effective allocation of group resources.

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Support Services

Dell Services
Dell believes that a well-planned and maintained storage infrastructure can support growing data requirements without the corresponding increase in cost and complexity. Intelligent data management allows organizations to optimize the value of their storage investment with a better use of resources. Dell™ Data Management Services can help customers design, implement, manage and maintain storage infrastructures that satisfy data availability, retention and recovery requirements.

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Dell ProSupport	Dell ProSupport for IT
Designed for organizations with limited or no dedicated IT staff. Includes: 7x24 direct break-fix hardware and software support for your employees Access to a certified technician in 2 minutes or less
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Next, Dell ProSupport Options align to the way you use technology — rapidly responding to your needs, protecting your investment, your productivity and your sensitive data, and providing enhanced proactive support services to reduce the risk and complexity of managing your infrastructure.

SPEED OF RESPONSE	PROTECTION	PREMIUM PROACTIVE
Mission Critical — Perfect for server and storage environments where avoiding unplanned downtime and reducing recovery time through priority response are a must. The package includes priority 4-hour on-site service or optional 2-hour response with 6-hour hardware repair, Dell’s proven Critical Situation process, and emergency dispatch.
	Data Management and Protection Keep Your Hard Drive helps you retain control of sensitive data	Enterprise-Wide Contract — Provides enhanced proactive capabilities through: Designated Service Delivery Manager Performance benchmarking and custom reporting Planning and assessments

Customization and Setup

Customization and Setup
Dell Server and Storage Deployment Services
Dell provides a comprehensive set of remote and on-site installation services for PowerEdge™ and PowerEdge SC servers, as well as PowerVault™, Dell | EMC and Dell EqualLogic storage products to help reduce the time required to get your system up and running. These installation services help:

Speed up deployment
Supply necessary expertize for correct installation
Minimize disruptions to your business

Training

Comprehensive Training
Get the skills you need to keep pace in today's competitive IT environment with comprehensive training courses. Dell offers a vast array of instructor-led classes and online training courses in a range of topics from server maintenance to in-depth technical overview of specific systems.
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