SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System Technical
Specifications
Technical Specifications
The technical specifications for the SCv2000/SCv2020 storage systems are shown in the following tables.
Drives
SAS hard drives SCv2000: Up to 12 3.5-inch SAS hot-swappable hard drives (6.0 Gbps)
SCv2020: Up to 24 2.5-inch SAS hot-swappable hard drives (6.0 Gbps)
NOTE: A minimum of seven drives is required for every class of drive (RI SSD, WI SSD,
15k, 10k and 7k) in the system.
Storage Controllers
Storage controllers Up to two hot-swappable storage controllers with the following IO options:
• Two 16 Gbps Fibre Channel ports
• Four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel ports
• Two 10 Gbps iSCSI ports
• Four 1 Gbps iSCSI ports
• Four 12 Gbps SAS ports
Storage Connectivity
Configurations Storage Center supports up to 168 drives in one redundant-path SAS chain
• The SCv2000 supports up to 13 SC100 expansion enclosures or 6 SC120 expansion enclosures.
• The SCv2020 supports up to 12 SC100 expansion enclosures or 6 SC120 expansion enclosures.
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
Controller Two hot-swappable storage controllers.
Management RAID management using Dell Storage Manager.
Back-Panel Port Connectors (per Storage Controller)
Fibre Channel, iSCSI, or SAS
connectors
Connection to a Fibre Channel fabric, iSCSI network, or a direct connection to servers with SAS HBAs
Ethernet connectors MGMT: 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps embedded Ethernet/iSCSI port used for Storage Center management
REPL: 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps embedded iSCSI port used for replication to another Storage Center
SAS connectors 6 Gbps SAS connectors for SAS port redundancy and additional expansion enclosures
NOTE: SAS connectors are SFF-8086/SFF-8088 compliant.
USB connector
One USB 3.0 connector used for Storage Center updates
Serial connector
NOTE: Not for customer use.
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