1-6 Product Overview
Hitachi Universal Storage Platform V/VM User and Reference Guide
Specifications for the Universal Storage Platform VM
Table 1-2 provides a brief overview of the USP VM specifications.
Table 1-2 Specifications – Universal Storage Platform VM
Controller
Single-rack configuration: controller and up to two drive chassis.
Optional second rack: up to two drive chassis.
Rack: HDS-supplied rack or customer-supplied rack.
Universal Star Network Crossbar Switch
Number of switches 2
Aggregate bandwidth 13.3 GB/sec
Aggregate IOPS 1.2 million
Cache Memory
Boards 8
Board capacity 4 GB, 8 GB, or 16 GB
Maximum 128 GB
Shared Memory
Boards 4
Board capacity 4 GB
Maximum 16 GB
Front-End Directors (Connectivity)
Boards 3
Fibre-channel host ports per feature 8 or 16
Fibre-channel port performance 4 Gb/sec
Maximum number of fibre-channel host ports 48
Virtual host ports 1,024 per physical port
Maximum FICON host ports 24
Maximum ESCON host ports 24
Logical Devices (LDEVs)—Maximum Supported
Open systems 65,536
Mainframe 65,536
Disk Drives and Flash Drives
Capacity (fibre channel) 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB, 400 GB, 450 GB
Capacity (SATA) 750 GB, 1 TB
Capacity (flash drive) 73 GB, 146 GB, 200 GB
Number (minimum–maximum) 0–240
Spare drives per system (minimum–maximum) 1–16