1 - Introduction to the CN-Series Hardware
This section contains information about the CN-Series system hardware components and describes the
system specifications.
CN-Series Hardware Components
The minimum Federation configuration consists of a pair of high-performance and highly-available
CN-Series systems. After you install the hardware, you can create a Federation within vCenter Server and
configure each CN-Series system as a Federation OmniCube. See the
OmniCube Release Notes
for
information about configuration limits.
Each OmniCube provides computing, storage, and other resources to the virtual machines (VMs) in the
Federation. When you need more capacity or performance, you can add more OmniCube systems to the
Federation, with no disruption to users.
The following table describes the components of the 2U CN-Series system models.
Component
CN-2000
CN-2200
CN-3000
CN-5000
CPU
Model
Intel Xeon
Intel Xeon
Intel Xeon
Intel Xeon
CPU Count
1
1
2
2
2
Speed, GHz
2.4 or 2.6
2.4 or 2.6
2.5
2.7
Cores
6 or 8
8
8, 10, or 12 12 or 24
12 or 24
Front SSD Drives
Quantity
4
2
4
6
Capacity
100 GB
400 GB
400 GB or 800
GB
400 GB or
800 GB
Interface
SATA
SATA
SATA
SATA
Dimension
2.5" (3.5"
carrier)
2.5" (3.5" carrier)
2.5" (3.5"
carrier)
2.5"
RAID Type
RAID 5
RAID 1
RAID 5
RAID 5
Front HDD Drives
Quantity
8
8
8
18
Capacity
1 TB
1 TB
3 TB
1.2 TB
Interface
SATA
SATA
SAS
SAS
RPM
7,200
7,200
7,200
10,000
Dimension
3.5" (3.5"
carrier)
3.5" (3.5" carrier)
3.5" (3.5"
carrier)
2.5"
RAID Type
RAID 6
RAID 6
RAID 6
RAID 6
7