Description
Tech Specs & Customization
Chassis
Dimensions
Height: 2U/87.3 mm (3.44 inches)
Width: 482.4 mm (18.98 inches) with rack latches; 444 mm (17.08 inches) without rack latches
Depth: 755.8 mm (29.75 inches) with bezel
Weight: 19.73 kg (43.5 lb)
Rack support
ReadyRails™ II static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded-hole racks
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 (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
Back-end expansion protocols
12Gb SAS (auto-negotiates to 6Gb)
Max back-end expansion ports
40 per array
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)
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
Product Configurations
Storage controller
SC9000 (2U chassis)
Controllers per array
2 (active/active)
Operating system
Dell Storage Center 6.7 or greater
Processor
Dual 3.2GHz, 8-core Intel® processors per controller
Maximum system memory
256GB per controller (512GB total per array)*
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, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
Scalability
Min/max drives
6/1024 per array, more in federated systems*
Max raw capacity
6PB* per array (SSD or HDD), more in federated systems*
Expansion enclosures
Mix and match from the following options:
Dell SC400: 12 x 3.5″ drive bays, 12Gb SAS
Dell SC420: 24 x 2.5″ drive bays, 12Gb SAS
Dell SC460: 60 x 3.5” drive bays, 12Gb SAS
Dell SC280: 84 x 3.5″ drive bays, 6Gb SAS*
Dell SC200: 12 x 3.5” drive bays, 6Gb SAS*
Dell SC220: 24 x 2.5” drive bays, 6Gb SAS*
Storage
Storage format
Block (SAN)*
Storage media
SAS and NL-SAS drives; different drive types, transfer rates and rotational speeds can be mixed in same system
SSD: Write-intensive and read-intensive
HDD: 15K, 10K, 7.2K RPM
Technical Highlights
Array configurations
All-flash, hybrid or HDD arrays
Auto-tiering method
Policy-based migration based on real-time data usage, customizable 512KB-4MB page size
Auto-tiering structure
Up to 3 primary (media-based) tiers total, up to 2 SSD tiers (write- and read-intensive SSDs)
Tiering customizations
User-defined profiles, option to “pin” volumes to any tier
RAID support
RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, RAID 10, and RAID 10 DM (Dual Mirror); any combination of RAID levels can exist on a single array
RAID tiering
Auto-provisions and dynamically restripes multiple RAID levels on the same tier; no need to pre-allocate RAID groups
Thin provisioning
Active by default on all volumes, operates at full performance across all features
Thin snapshots
Records changes only, snapshots auto-migrate to lower-cost storage
Intelligent deduplication and compression
Selectable option per volume on SSD and/or HDD tiers
Compression-only option also available
Replication
Replicates with other SC Series arrays*
Synchronous/asynchronous for SAN via FC or iSCSI
Per-volume QoS bandwidth prioritization
Target/source relationships may be one-to-many or many-to-one
Supports all SC data services on source and target volumes
Change replication types and topologies on demand
Supports cross-platform replication with PS Series/EqualLogic arrays (either direction)
Federated multi-array systems
Live Migrate (included in base product) enables host-transparent data movement among arrays
Volume Advisor continually monitors federation to suggest optimal data placement based on customizable capacity or performance load balancing policies
Dell Storage Manager provides data center-level viewpoint and control
Coexistence with PS Series arrays
Replication in either direction
Day-to-day management from a single interface
Thin import: space-efficient, non-disruptive data migration from PS Series arrays
Data-at-rest encryption
Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) in SSD or HDD formats
Full Disk Encryption (FCE) based on AES-256
Drives certified to FIPS 140-2 Level 2
Key Management Server (KMS) options available for FIPS 140-2 Level 1, 2 and 3
External key manager support
Gemalto’s SafeNet KeySecure k460, k250, k170v, k150v
Thales EMS 200
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
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*
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