Dell SC5020 User Manual

Storage Connectivity
Congurations
Supports a total of 222 drives and up to 192 drives
on a single SAS chain. The SAS chain supports up
to sixteen SC400 expansion enclosures or eight
SC420 expansion enclosures.
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
Controller Two hot-swappable storage controllers
Management RAID management using the Dell Storage Manager
Client
Back-Panel Ports Connectors (per Storage Controller)
Fibre Channel, iSCSI, or SAS
front-end connectors
Connection to a Fiber Channel fabric, iSCSI
network, or a direct connection to servers with SAS
HBAs
Ethernet connectors MGMT – 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps embedded Ethernet
port used for Storage Center management
SAS back-end connectors 12 Gb SAS ports for connections to expansion
enclosures
NOTE: SAS connectors are SFF-8644
compliant.
Serial connector (micro USB) Used for initial conguration and support-only
functions
LED Indicators
Front panel
• One dual-color LED indicator for system status
• One single-color LED indicator for power status
• Identication button with a single-color LED
Hard drive carrier
• One single-color activity LED
• One dual-color LED status indicator per drive
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Dell SC5020 Specifications

General

Form Factor	2U
Controllers	Dual controllers
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Drive Bays	30 x 2.5-inch drives
Host Connectivity	8 x 16Gb Fibre Channel or 8 x 10Gb iSCSI
Product Type	Storage Array
Power Supply	Dual, hot-swappable