Document purpose
This installation guide provides instructions for installing the hardware associated with PowerProtect systems. Systems are
shipped to the customer site as separate components to install in an existing rack at the site (field-installed).
This document is intended for customers or Dell EMC Support personnel who are qualified to install PowerProtect systems.
Field-installed systems
To install PowerProtect systems in an existing rack at the customer site, follow all the instructions in this document to rack,
cable, and configure the system.
Installation checklist
This section lists prerequisites and best practices for installing a PowerProtect DD6400 system.
Review the following table before installing the DD6400.
Requirement Description
Rack space
● DD6400 controller only: 2U
● DD6400 controller with one ES40: 5U
● DD6400 controller with two ES40s: 8U
Rack power connections Minimum of two redundant PDUs
Networking
● System hostname
● Minimum of two IP addresses:
○ iDRAC (static IP address required)
○ ethMa
● List of DNS servers
Licenses Electronic license file for the proper DDOS version, storage
capacity, and feature selection.
DD6400 system features
Table 1. DD6400 system features
Feature Single Node
Processor 2 x Intel Xeon Silver, 2.2 Ghz, 10C/20T
Kernel 4.4
Memory
Configurations
Total 192 GB
DIMMs 12 x 16 GB
HDD Drive Size 8 TB
Supported
Capacity
Active Tier Base 8 <-> 32 TBu
Expanded 36 <-> 172 TBu
Cloud Tier Base 64 TBu
Expanded 344 TBu
SSDs for DD OS in 2.5" 2, 0.96 TB, 1 WPD
Stream Count 270 Wr, 75 Rd
8 Introduction and Preparation