Storage Controllers
Storage controllers 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 on a single redundant-path SAS
chain
An SCv2080 storage system supports one SC180 expansion enclosure
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
Controller Two hot-swappable storage controllers
Management RAID management using Dell Storage Client 2015 R1
Back-Panel Ports Connectors (per Storage Controller)
Fibre Channel, iSCSI, or
SAS connectors
Connection to a Fiber Channel fabric, iSCSI network, or a direct connection
to servers with SAS HBAs
Ethernet connectors MGMT: 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps embedded Ethernet port used for
Storage Center management
REPL: 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or 1 Gbps embedded iSCSI port used for
replication to another Storage Center
SAS connectors 6 Gbps SAS connectors for SAS port redundancy and an additional expansion
enclosure
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.
LED Indicators
Front panel
• One two-digit LCD indicator for Unit ID, error code, and unit location
identifier
• One two-color LED indicator for power status
• One single-color LED indicator for module fault status (enclosure as a
whole)
• One single-color LED indicator for logical fault status (drive, HBA, RAID
controller, and so on)
• One single-color LED indicator for drawer 1 fault status
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