Technical Specifications
Drives
SAS hard drives
Up to 84 3.5-inch SAS hot
‑
swappable hard drives (6.0 Gbps)
Storage Bridge Bay (SBB) Modules
SBBs
Two hot-swappable EMM IO modules
Connectivity
Configurations
Storage Center supports up to 168 drives in each redundant-path
enclosure chain
Each SC8000 controller supports up to 6 enclosure chains
NOTE:
Only up to two SC280s are supported because
Storage Center’s drive limitation takes precedence over
the SC8000’s enclosure supportability
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
Controller
Dell Compellent SC8000
Management
RAID management using Storage Center System Manager version
6.4.1 or later
Back-Plane Board
Connectors
•
84 SAS hard-drive connectors
•
Two sets of SBB connectors
•
Five cooling fan module connectors
•
Two power supply connectors
Back-Panel Connectors (per SBB)
SAS connectors
•
Asymmetric SAS Cabling for connection to the controller and
for expansion to an additional enclosure
•
Support Mini-SAS HD to Mini-SAS cable universally keyed for
the following lengths that are currently supported:
Controller to SC280:
•
0.5 m
•
2 m
•
3 m
•
5 m
SC280 to SC280:
•
0.6 m
•
2 m
•
4 m
•
6 m
NOTE:
SAS connectors are SFF
‑
8086/SFF-8088
compliant
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