User Guide
1. Overview
1.1 OpenFlex F3x00 and E3000
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Volume management (create / modify / delete namespaces, format media)
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Monitor hardware sensors (temperatures, voltages, fan speeds, hardware state)
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Configure hardware (update firmware, reboot individual components or systems, assert LEDs)
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Monitor performance (statistics, bandwidth, IOPS, latency)
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Capture inventory data (serial number, part number, etc.)
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Capture log information
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Configure policies (user access lists, authentication, LUN masking, HTTPS/TLS encryption/security
with certificate/key settings)
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Self-discovery of other locally-available resources configurable using the Open Composable API for
OpenFlex
1.1.2.3
OCGUI
The Open Composable Graphical User Interface (OCGUI) is the graphical representation of all of the data
shared up to the fabric by the OCAPI. This GUI is presented to the user by browsing to the IP address
of any device on the fabric. The GUI has a "command-center" design layout that presents all vital health,
utilization, and performance statistics related to devices on the network at a glance.
1.1.3
NVMe-oF
Non-Volatile Memory Express over Fabric (NVMe-oF) is one of the primary enabling technologies for the
OpenFlex platform. NVMe-oF enables the high-speed, low-latency storage performance of NVMe over
a fabric switching network. OpenFlex products drive network communications across the fabric using
100Gb/s Ethernet protocol. This allows for a complex network of computing devices to all share the same
storage resources with very high performance.
1.1.4
Supported SKUs
The following table lists the versions of Western Digital product that are supported by this document.
Table 1:
Devices
Device
Volume Bandwidth
Drive Writes
Encryption
Part
Number
OpenFlex F3000 Fabric Device 12.8TB
12GB/s
RI-3DW/D
ISE
1EX1906
OpenFlex F3000 Fabric Device 12.8TB
12GB/s
RI-3DW/D
SE
1EX1910
OpenFlex F3100 Fabric Device 12.8TB
12GB/s
RI-2DW/D
ISE
1EX2413
OpenFlex F3200 Fabric Device 12.8TB
12GB/s
RI-2DW/D
ISE
1EX2269
OpenFlex F3000 Fabric Device 15.2TB
12GB/s
RI-1DW/D
ISE
1EX1907
OpenFlex F3000 Fabric Device 15.2TB
12GB/s
RI-1DW/D
SE
1EX1911
OpenFlex F3100 Fabric Device 15.36TB
12GB/s
RI-0.8DW/D
ISE
1EX2416
OpenFlex F3200 Fabric Device 15.36TB
12GB/s
RI-0.8DW/D
ISE
1EX2272
OpenFlex F3000 Fabric Device 25.6TB
12GB/s
RI-3DW/D
ISE
1EX1908
OpenFlex F3000 Fabric Device 25.6TB
12GB/s
RI-3DW/D
SE
1EX1912
Bandwidth obtained by sequential read
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