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Specification summary
Drive advanced features
S.M.A.R.T. support, automatic bad sector
reassignment, dedicated bandwidth to each connected
drive
Supported drives
2.5-inch SAS SSD
2.5-inch SATA SSD*
2.5-inch 100000 RPM SAS HDD
3.5-inch 7200 RPM Nearline SAS HDD
3.5-inch 7200 RPM SATA HDD*
* MUX board is required when using SATA drives
NOTE: Refer to the Compatibility Matrix for the latest
compatibility details.
RAID functionality
Global, dedicated, or enclosure hot spare
RAID level supported: 0, 1 (0 + 1), 3, 5, 6, 10, 30 60
Online expansion:
- Adding new drives
- Copying and replacing drives of larger capacity
RAID migration:
- Configurable stripe size and write policy per system
- Intelligent drive handling
• In degraded mode: skips irreparable blocks to
continue rebuild
• In normal operation: data-block verification and
repair
Data service
Thin provisioning
SED (self-encrypting drives)
SSD cache*
Automated storage tiering*
Remote replication*: Synchronous or asynchronous for
both block level and file level
Location replication**: Snapshot, volume copy/mirror
* Optional
** Available with Standard license and optional Advanced
license
Availability and reliability
- Redundant, hot-swappable hardware modules
- CacheSafe technology
- Multipathing support (MPIO)
- Device mapper support
Management
- Web-based SANWatch management software
- RS232 serial port for local access to firmware-
embedded utility
- Automated cache flush and caching mode operation
per enclosure status
- Telnet and SSH system monitoring via Ethernet
- Platform-independent firmware management GUI
- LCD keypad panel for monitoring and access all
configuration options
- Module status LED indicators: component presence
detection and thermal sensors via I2C bus
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