Dell SC8000 - SC8000 Controller

Chapter 1 Introduction
6 Storage Center SC8000 Controller Deployment Guide
SC8000 Controller
TheStorageCenterSC8000controllershipswithtwoCPUs,acachecard,anIntegratedDell
RemoteAccessController7(iDRAC7),andafour‐portIntelnetworkdaughtercard.Upto
sixIOcardscanbeinstalled:threefull‐heightandthreelow‐profile.TheStorageCenterOS
isinstalledonan
embeddedSecureDigital(SD)card.
Figure 3. Dell Compellent SC8000 Controllers
Component Description
Processor 2.50GHzDual6core
BusSpeed 1333MHz
SystemCache 16GB
(expandableto64GB)
CacheCard 512MB
PCIe(Slot7)
ExpansionSlots Gen3PCIe:
Threefullheight,
Threelowprofile
TransportSpeeds
FibreChannel
FCoE
SAS
iSCSI
8Gbor16Gb
10Gb
3Gb,6Gb
1Gb,10Gb
Note: 3GbSASissupportedfor
migrationsonly;3GbSAS
enclosuresaresupportedusinga6GbIOCard.
MaximumFront‐End(FC)Ports 14
(Usingtwo4‐portIOcardsplusthree2‐portIOcards)
MaximumBack‐EndPorts 20
(Usingfive4‐portIOcards)
MaximumBack‐EndSAS
ChainsSupported
6
Maximum6GbSASDrives 168drives/chain,up
to1008totaldrives
Maximum3GbSASDrives 48drives/chain=288