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FEATURES DELL EQUALLOGIC™ PS6000E
Product Configurations
Storage Controllers
Base Model: Single controller with 2 GB† battery-backed memory, available in 250 GB† hard drive options
High Availability Model: Dual controllers with a total of 4 GB† battery-backed memory
Battery-backed memory provides up to 72 hours of data protection
Hard Disk Drives
Eight (8) or sixteen (16) SATA hot-pluggable hard disk drives
Drive Capacities
7,200 RPM SATA II drives available in 250 GB†, 500 GB† or 1 TB†
System Capacities
2 TB† using eight (8) 250 GB†SATA disk drives, 4 TB† using sixteen (16) 250 GB† SATA disk drives, 8 TB† using sixteen (16) 500 GB† SATA disk
drives, 16 TB† using sixteen (16) 1 TB† SATA disk drives
Technical Highlights
Volumes
Up to 1,024
Snapshots
512 per volume / up to 10,000 total
Hosts Accessing
PS Series Group
Up to 512 per pool / 2,048 per group
Host Protocol
Any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator
Operating Systems
Supported
Windows
®
2000 Server, Windows Server
®
2003, Windows Server
®
2008, including Hyper-V
™
, Windows Server
®
2008 R2 including Hyper-V
™
,
Windows Vista
®
, Windows XP
®
, Red Hat
®
Enterprise Linux
®
, SUSE
®
Linux
®
Enterprise, Linux, Sun
™
Solaris
™
, UNIX
®
, IBM
®
AIX
®
, HP-UX, Mac
OS
®
X, VMware
®
ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 ESXi 3.5, Citrix
®
XenServer
™
, Virtual Iron
®
, Novell
®
Netware
®
RAID Support
Automatic RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50
GbE Network Interfaces
Four (4) copper per controller
TCP Network Support IPv4, IPv6 core support
Expansion Option
Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online
Reliability
Redundant, hot-swappable controllers; redundant power supplies / cooling fans, and disks
Individual disk drive slot power control
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 Interfaces
SAN HeadQuarters multi-group performance and event monitoring tool SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting
Serial console Multi-administrator support
Ability to configure a separate management network
Security
CHAP authentication
Access control for iSCSI
Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support
Notification Methods
SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog
Power
AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase Frequency: 47-63 Hz
Power factor: 0.98 (minimum) Power consumption: 450 VA, 530 Peak VA (operating maximum)
Heat dissipation: 1,550 BTU per hour (maximum) Power supplies: Dual 440W dc
Environmental
Temperature range: 5 to 35°C / 41 to 95°F
Storage temperature: -20 to 60°C / -22 to 140°F
Altitude: -70 to 3,048 m operational / -305 to 12,192 m non-operational
Relative humidity: 20 to 80% non-condensing operational / 5 to 95% non-condensing non-operational
Shock: 5 g 10 ms ½ sine operational / 30 g 10 ms ½ sine non-operational
Vibration: Random .21 grms @ 5-500Hz operational / Random 1.04 grms 2-200Hz non-operational
Acoustics: Sound Power Operating: <5.8 db LpA @ 20°C
Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G2 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985
Physical
Height: 13 cm / 5.12 in / 3 EIA units
Width: 48.26 cm / 19.0 in / 1EC Rack Compliant
Depth: 55.1 cm / 21.7 in
Weight: 36 kg / 79.6 lb (maximum configuration)
Basic and Optional Dell
Support Services
1-Year Dell Basic Service*: Included with all EqualLogic purchases. For a period of one year – telephone support services during local business hours
excluding local national holidays; service parts shipped via next business day freight method or the next most expedited shipping available in the locality;
access to software/firmware updates.
Dell ProSupport** for IT or for End-Users with NBD or 4 Hour Onsite Options: Direct access to Dell experts, 7x24x365 phone support, collaborative
hardware and software support, escalation support, global Command Center management and monitoring, how-to application and configuration
assistance (Dell ProSupport for End-Users only).
Additional Dell ProSupport** Options include: Keep your Hard Drive (KYHD), Mission Critical, and Dell ProSupport for IT with Enterprise-Wide Contract.
Optional Dell ProConsult
Storage Consulting from Dell** offers a comprehensive suite of assessment, design and implementation services to help customers get the
most from their EqualLogic PS Series product, covering data management, application performance, data protection and cost of ownership.
Dell Consultants can provide practical action-oriented plans, to help deliver specific, predictable and measured outcomes through high-
impact, short duration projects.
†
GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less.
*For a copy of the EqualLogic Limited Warranty and Dell’s Basic Service Description write Dell Inc., Attn: Customer Service, 300 Innovative Way, Suite 301, Nashua, NH 03062 USA or see www.dell.com/warranty and www.dell.com/servicecontracts
** Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region. For more information, visit www.dell.com/servicedescriptions