Dell AX4-5F and AX4-5I Details

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Combining simplicity and scalability, the Dell AX4-5 storage arrays deliver performance, expandability, and advanced data management features in one, easy to use storage solution that’s also affordable. With both 1Gbit iSCSI and 4Gbit Fibre Channel models, the AX4-5 enables organizations to choose a network interconnect that is right for their environment and needs.

Choose Dell AX4-5F and AX4-5I

Overview

Tech Specs

Service and Support

Storage Capacity

Up to 36TB of raw storage capacity with SAS drives or 120TB with SATA II drives

Scalability

Support for up to 64 highly available servers attached to a single AX4-5 array in either a Fibre Channel or an iSCSI SAN

Directly connect up to eight servers via Fibre Channel (AX4-5F) or four servers via iSCSI (AX4-5I)

Up to eight front-end 4 Gbps Fibre Channel optical (AX4-5F) or four Gigabit Ethernet copper (AX4-5I) ports per array. With the use of PowerPath^® failover and load balancing software for multipath I/O, users can operate all ports simultaneously

Cache

Up to 2GB of cache (1GB per storage processor)

UPS-backed mirrored cache for the dual storage processor system

Cache-destaging to disk

RAID Levels

RAID 3, 5, 6 and 1/0

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Supported Servers

All dual and quad socket Dell PowerEdge^TM servers

Variety of Compaq^® , HP^® , IBM^® and SUN^® servers as validated by EMC

OS support

AX4-5

Microsoft^® Windows Server^® 2000

Windows Server^® 2003

Windows Server^® 2008

Linux^®

Solaris^TM

VMware^®

AIX

HP-UX

Netware (limited support)

Direct Connect Servers

Up to 4 (AX4-5F) or 2 (AX4-5I) servers with a single Storage Processor

Up to 8 (AX4-5F) or 4 (AX4-5I) servers with dual Storage Processors

Servers Attached to a single array in a SAN

Up to 64 redundantly connected servers connected to a single array in a SAN

Front End Connectivity

AX4-5F - Two or Four FC4 (Fibre Channel 4Gbit) front-end optical ports per storage processor

AX4-5I - Two iSCSI 1Gbit Ethernet RJ45 connectors per storage processor

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Drive Interface

Dual ported SAS with one 4X SAS expansion port per controller

Drives Available

3.5” SAS drives

146GB^* 15K RPM SAS drive

300GB^* 15K RPM SAS drive

450GB^* 15K RPM SAS drive

600GB^* 10K RPM SAS drive

600GB^* 15K RPM SAS drive

2.5” SAS drives

146GB^* 10K RPM SAS drive

300GB^* 10K RPM SAS drive

3.5” SATA II drives

1TB^* 7.2K RPM SATA II drive

2TB^* 7.2K RPM SATA II drive

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Available Software

Integrated management features

Navisphere Express for array-based management
Snapshot management (up to 16 snapshots)
EMC PowerPath on the server for path management and path failover

Optional Advanced Management and Data Replication Software

EMC Navisphere^® Manager: Robust configuration, management and event notification from a single management station
EMC SnapView^TM : Point-in-time view of information for nondisruptive backup
EMC SAN Copy^TM : Migrate or distribute data within the SAN fabric (fibre channel AX4-5F only)
EMC MirrorView^TM : Provides synchronous or asynchronous mirroring of information between two or more arrays (fibre channel AX4-5F only)
EMC Navisphere Analyzer: Provides detailed real-time and historical information about your arrays which can help you to investigate performance patterns and trends before problems occur and can provide a powerful tool for hardware capacity planning, as well as for intelligent load balancing

Dimensions

AX4-5 Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE)

Rack size: 2U

Height: 3.5" (8.89cm)

Width: 17.5" (44.45cm)

Depth: 20" (50.8cm)

Weight: 61lbs (27.7kg) max.

AX4-5 Disk Array Enclosure (DAE)

Rack Size: 2U

Height: 3.5" (8.89cm)

Width: 17.5" (44.45cm)

Depth: 20" (50.8cm)