Dell ECS EX Series Installation instructions

ECS EXSeries
Hardware Guide
3.5
June 2021
Rev. 1.2

Figures..........................................................................................................................................4
Tables........................................................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 1: EX-Series Hardware Overview...................................................................................... 9
Introduction...........................................................................................................................................................................9
Rack and node host names..............................................................................................................................................10
Chapter 2: Switches..................................................................................................................... 11
Dell EMC S5148F switch................................................................................................................................................... 11
Front-end switch pair.................................................................................................................................................. 11
Back-end switch pair...................................................................................................................................................12
Front-end and back-end switch connections........................................................................................................13
Chapter 3: EX500 Platform..........................................................................................................16
EX500 Hardware Components.......................................................................................................................................16
EX500 configurations ...................................................................................................................................................... 17
EX500 upgrade paths...................................................................................................................................................... 20
EX500 server..................................................................................................................................................................... 20
Server front view.........................................................................................................................................................22
Server back view......................................................................................................................................................... 24
EX500 disk drives............................................................................................................................................................. 25
EX500 power cabling....................................................................................................................................................... 26
EX500 iDRAC cabling.......................................................................................................................................................34
EX500 network cabling....................................................................................................................................................35
Network connections between multiple ECS appliances in a single site ............................................................43
Chapter 4: EX300 Platform..........................................................................................................47
EX300 hardware components........................................................................................................................................ 47
EX300 configurations ......................................................................................................................................................48
EX300 Upgrade Paths...................................................................................................................................................... 51
EX300 server...................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Server front view........................................................................................................................................................ 52
Server rear view.......................................................................................................................................................... 53
EX300 disk drives..............................................................................................................................................................54
EX300 power cabling....................................................................................................................................................... 55
EX300 iDRAC cabling....................................................................................................................................................... 64
EX300 network cabling....................................................................................................................................................66
Network connections between multiple ECS appliances in a single site ............................................................ 72
Chapter 5: EX3000 Platform....................................................................................................... 76
EX3000 hardware components..................................................................................................................................... 76
EX3000 configurations.....................................................................................................................................................77
EX3000 upgrade paths.....................................................................................................................................................81
EX3000 server....................................................................................................................................................................81
Contents
2 Contents

Server front view.........................................................................................................................................................82
Server rear view.......................................................................................................................................................... 86
EX3000 disk drives........................................................................................................................................................... 87
EX3000 power cabling..................................................................................................................................................... 88
EX3000 iDRAC cabling.................................................................................................................................................... 98
EX3000 network cabling................................................................................................................................................102
Chapter 6: Third-Party Rack Requirements.................................................................................111
Third-party rack requirements....................................................................................................................................... 111
Index.......................................................................................................................................... 112
Contents 3

1 Dell EMC S5148F switch ports.............................................................................................................................. 11
2 Front-end switches...................................................................................................................................................11
3 Back-end switches................................................................................................................................................... 12
4 Connections between front-end and back-end switches within an EX-Series rack................................14
5 Back-end switch connections between EX-Series racks............................................................................... 14
6 Front-end switch connections to customer switches (example).................................................................15
7 EX500 minimum and maximum configurations................................................................................................. 18
8 EX500 server physical dimensions...................................................................................................................... 22
9 EX500 server chassis front view......................................................................................................................... 23
10 Left control panel.................................................................................................................................................... 23
11 Status LEDs decoded view....................................................................................................................................24
12 Right control panel.................................................................................................................................................. 24
13 EX500 server chassis back view......................................................................................................................... 25
14 EX500 disk drive in carrier.................................................................................................................................... 26
15 EX500 Single Phase AC Cabling Diagram..........................................................................................................30
16 EX500 Three Phase Delta AC Cabling Diagram............................................................................................... 32
17 EX500 Three Phase Wye AC Cabling Diagram.................................................................................................33
18 Fox switch iDRAC ports......................................................................................................................................... 34
19 iDRAC cabling........................................................................................................................................................... 35
20 Front-end and back-end switch connections to an EX500 node................................................................ 37
21 Node ports on front-end switches...................................................................................................................... 38
22 Network cable and labeling................................................................................................................................... 38
23 Node ports on back-end switches.......................................................................................................................39
24 EX500 node network port cabling connections............................................................................................... 40
25 EX500 node network cable labeling.....................................................................................................................41
26 EX500 network cabling.......................................................................................................................................... 42
27 Linear or Daisy Chain topology............................................................................................................................. 43
28 Split-brain topology................................................................................................................................................. 43
29 Inter-rack switch connectivity - linear topology (daisy-chain) between EX Series racks.....................44
30 Inter-rack switch connectivity - linear topology (daisy-chain) between an EX-Series rack and a
Gen2 U-Series, D-Series, or C-Series rack........................................................................................................44
31 Ring topology............................................................................................................................................................45
32 Inter-rack switch connectivity - ring topology................................................................................................. 45
33 Star topology............................................................................................................................................................ 46
34 Inter-rack switch connectivity - star topology.................................................................................................46
35 EX300 minimum and maximum configurations.................................................................................................49
36 EX300 server physical dimensions...................................................................................................................... 52
37 EX300 server chassis front view......................................................................................................................... 52
38 Left control panel.................................................................................................................................................... 52
39 Status LEDs decoded view....................................................................................................................................53
Figures
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40 Right control panel.................................................................................................................................................. 53
41 EX300 server chassis rear view........................................................................................................................... 54
42 EX300 disk drive in carrier.................................................................................................................................... 55
43 EX300 single-phase AC power cabling...............................................................................................................58
44 ECSv3 740xd Single Phase AC Cabling Diagram............................................................................................. 59
45 Three-phase Delta AC power cabling................................................................................................................. 60
46 ECSv3 740xd Three Phase Delta AC Cabling Diagram................................................................................... 61
47 Three-phase WYE AC power cabling.................................................................................................................. 62
48 ECSv3 740xd Three Phase Wye AC Cabling Diagram.................................................................................... 63
49 Fox switch iDRAC ports......................................................................................................................................... 64
50 iDRAC cabling........................................................................................................................................................... 65
51 Front-end and back-end switch connections to an EX300 node................................................................ 67
52 Node ports on front-end switches...................................................................................................................... 68
53 Back-end switch, front-end switch, and iDRAC ports on an EX300 node................................................68
54 Node ports on back-end switches.......................................................................................................................68
55 EX300 node network port cabling connections............................................................................................... 69
56 EX300 node network cable labeling.................................................................................................................... 70
57 EX300 network cabling........................................................................................................................................... 71
58 Linear or Daisy Chain topology............................................................................................................................. 72
59 Split-brain topology................................................................................................................................................. 72
60 Inter-rack switch connectivity - linear topology (daisy-chain) between EX Series racks..................... 73
61 Inter-rack switch connectivity - linear topology (daisy-chain) between an EX-Series rack and a
Gen2 U-Series, D-Series, or C-Series rack........................................................................................................73
62 Ring topology............................................................................................................................................................ 74
63 Inter-rack switch connectivity - ring topology................................................................................................. 74
64 Star topology............................................................................................................................................................ 75
65 Inter-rack switch connectivity - star topology................................................................................................. 75
66 EX3000S minimum and maximum configurations for single node chassis.................................................78
67 EX3000D minimum and maximum configurations for dual node chassis................................................... 79
68 EX3000 server front view in rack........................................................................................................................82
69 EX3000 external chassis view.............................................................................................................................. 83
70 EX3000 internal chassis view............................................................................................................................... 83
71 External view of server sled A in a EX3000D dual node chassis with two sleds..................................... 84
72 Front-panel features and indicators....................................................................................................................84
73 EX3000D server rear view in rack.......................................................................................................................86
74 Back-panel features and indicators.....................................................................................................................86
75 EX3000 disk drive in carrier.................................................................................................................................. 88
76 PDU outlet numbers................................................................................................................................................88
77 PDU single-phase diagram.................................................................................................................................... 90
78 EX3000S single-phase AC power cabling.......................................................................................................... 91
79 EX3000D single-phase AC power cabling......................................................................................................... 92
80 PDU three-phase diagram..................................................................................................................................... 93
81 EX3000S three-phase delta AC power cabling................................................................................................94
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82 EX3000D three-phase delta AC power cabling............................................................................................... 95
83 EX3000S three-phase WYE AC power cabling................................................................................................ 96
84 EX3000D three-phase WYE AC power cabling................................................................................................ 97
85 EX3000S iDRAC cabling........................................................................................................................................ 99
86 EX3000D iDRAC cabling....................................................................................................................................... 101
87 Front-end and back-end switch connections to an EX3000S node..........................................................103
88 Front-end and back-end switch connections to an EX3000D node......................................................... 104
89 Node ports on front-end switches.................................................................................................................... 104
90 Back-end switch, front-end switch, and iDRAC ports on an EX3000S node......................................... 105
91 Node ports on back-end switches.....................................................................................................................105
92 EX3000 node network port cabling connections........................................................................................... 106
93 EX3000 node network cable labeling................................................................................................................ 107
94 EX3000S network cabling................................................................................................................................... 108
95 EX3000D network cabling................................................................................................................................... 109
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1 Rack ID........................................................................................................................................................................ 10
2 Default node names................................................................................................................................................. 10
3 Switch port numbers............................................................................................................................................... 12
4 Switch port number................................................................................................................................................. 12
5 EX500 hardware components...............................................................................................................................16
6 EX500 configurations.............................................................................................................................................. 18
7 EX500 Disk Upgrade Kit........................................................................................................................................ 20
8 Standard features of EX500 servers.................................................................................................................. 20
9 Decoding of LEDs in light bar............................................................................................................................... 23
10 EX500 0U PDU single-phase zone A/B mapping............................................................................................ 27
11 EX500 PDU three-phase Delta and WYE zone A/B mapping...................................................................... 28
12 EX500 2U PDU single-phase zone A/B mapping............................................................................................ 29
13 EX500 2U PDU three-phase Delta and Wye zone A/B mapping.................................................................29
14 EX500 node iDRAC port to BE1 port mapping................................................................................................. 34
15 EX300 hardware components.............................................................................................................................. 47
16 EX300 configurations............................................................................................................................................. 49
17 Standard features of EX300 servers...................................................................................................................51
18 Decoding of LEDs in light bar............................................................................................................................... 53
19 Server Panel, Ports, and Slots..............................................................................................................................54
20 EX300 0U PDU cabling.......................................................................................................................................... 56
21 EX300 2U PDU cabling.......................................................................................................................................... 56
22 EX300 node iDRAC port to BE1 port mapping................................................................................................. 64
23 EX3000 hardware components............................................................................................................................ 76
24 EX3000S single node chassis configurations....................................................................................................79
25 EX3000D dual node chassis configurations...................................................................................................... 80
26 EX3000 physical dimensions..................................................................................................................................81
27 Server indicators, buttons, or connectors.........................................................................................................84
28 Server indicators, buttons, or connectors......................................................................................................... 87
29 EX3000S PDU cabling............................................................................................................................................ 89
30 EX3000D PDU cabling............................................................................................................................................89
31 EX3000S node iDRAC port to BE1 port mapping............................................................................................ 98
32 EX3000D node iDRAC port to BE1 port mapping.......................................................................................... 100
33 Legend for Back-end switch, front-end switch, and iDRAC ports on EX30000S node.......................105
Tables
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Notes, cautions, and warnings
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EX-Series Hardware Overview
Topics:
•Introduction
•Rack and node host names
Introduction
This guide describes the hardware components that make up the ECS appliance Generation 3 (Gen3) hardware models.
ECS Gen3 appliance series
The ECS Gen3 appliance series include:
●EX500 series: A dense object storage solution of hyper-converged nodes for small to medium-sized ECS deployments.
The EX500 supports node expansion in increments of one when the capacity is the same as the previous node. If the
capacity is different from the previous node when expanding, EX500 supports expansion in a minimum of five-node
increments. The recommended expansion is five nodes. The EX500 series supports from 5 to 16 nodes per rack. With
different drive sizes/quantity and the flexibility of node additions, this platform can scale from 480 TB RAW to 6.144 PB
RAW per rack.
●EX300 series: A dense object storage solution of hyper-converged nodes for small to medium-sized ECS deployments. With
different drive sizes and the flexibility of single node addition, this platform can scale from 60 TB RAW to 3.08 PB RAW per
rack.
●EX3000 series: An ultradense object storage solution of hyper-converged nodes for medium to large-sized ECS deployments.
This platform starts at a 2.16 PB RAW minimum configuration and scales to 11.52 PB RAW per rack.
Note: In this document, the term node is used interchangeably with server, and the term appliance references a cluster of nodes
running ECS software.
Hardware generations
ECS appliances are characterized by hardware generation.
Gen3
●EX500 Gen3 models featuring 8 TB or 12 TB disks (12 or 24 x HDD per node) became available in September 2019. ECS 3.5
and later supports 16TB data drives and optional Read Cache SSD upgrade.
●EX300 Gen3 models featuring 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, or 8 TB disks (12 HDD per 2U node) became available in August 2018. ECS
3.5 and later supports 16TB data drives and optional Read Cache SSD upgrade..
●EX3000 Gen3 models featuring 12 TB disks (4U chassis with single or dual node configurations) became available in August
2018. ECS 3.5 and later supports 16TB data drives and optional Read Cache SSD upgrade.
Gen2
For documentation on Gen2 hardware, see the Dell EMC ECS D- and U-Series Hardware Guide.
●U-Series Gen2 models featuring 12 TB disks became available in March 2018.
●The D-Series was introduced in October 2016 featuring 8 TB disks. D-Series models featuring 10 TB disks became available
March 2017.
●The original U-Series appliance (Gen1) was replaced in October 2015 with second-generation hardware (Gen2).
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Rack and node host names
Lists the default rack and node host names for an ECS Appliance.
The default rack IDs and color names are assigned in installation order as shown in the following table.
Table 1. Rack ID
Rack ID Rack color Rack ID Rack color Rack ID Rack color
1 red 18 carmine 35 cornsilk
2 green 19 auburn 36 ochre
3 blue 20 bronze 37 lavender
4 yellow 21 apricot 38 ginger
5 magenta 22 jasmine 39 ivory
6 cyan 23 army 40 carnelian
7 azure 24 copper 41 taupe
8 violet 25 amaranth 42 navy
9 rose 26 mint 43 indigo
10 orange 27 cobalt 44 veronica
11 chartreuse 28 fern 45 citron
12 pink 29 sienna 46 sand
13 brown 30 mantis 47 russet
14 white 31 denim 48 brick
15 gray 32 aquamarine 49 avocado
16 beige 33 baby 50 bubblegum
17 silver 34 eggplant
Nodes are assigned node names based on their order within the server chassis and within the rack itself. The following table lists
the default node names.
Table 2. Default node names
Node Node name Node Node name
1 provo 9 boston
2 sandy 10 chicago
3 orem 11 houston
4 ogden 12 phoenix
5 layton 13 dallas
6 logan 14 detroit
7 lehi 15 columbus
8 murray 16 austin
Nodes that are positioned in the same slot in different racks at a site have the same node name. For example, node 4 is called
ogden, assuming that you use the default node names.
The getrackinfo command identifies nodes by a unique combination of node name and rack name. For example, node
4 in rack 1 is identified as ogden-red and can be pinged using its NAN resolvable (through mDNS) name: ogden-
red.nan.local.
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Switches
Topics:
•Dell EMC S5148F switch
Dell EMC S5148F switch
The EX500. EX300, and EX3000 appliances all use the Dell EMC S5148F for the front-end pair of switches and for the pair of
back-end switches. Note that customers have the option of using their own front-end switches instead of the Dell EMC S5148F
switches. The Dell EMC S5148F switches are required for the back-end pair.
Figure 1. Dell EMC S5148F switch ports
Front-end switch pair
Dell EMC offers an optional HA pair of front-end 25 GbE S5148F switches for customer network connection to the rack. It
has two 100 GbE virtual link trunking (VLT) cables per HA pair. These switches are called the Hare (FE2) and the Rabbit (FE1)
switches.
Customers can use their own front-end switch pair (10/25 GbE for EX300 and 25 GbE for EX500 and EX3000) using the Dell
EMC Request for Product Qualification (RPQ) process. In this case, the customer must provide the appropriate VLT cables,
SFPs, or external connection cables.
CAUTION: It is required to have connections from the customer's network to both front-end switches (rabbit
and hare) in order to maintain the high availability architecture of the ECS appliance. If the customer chooses
not to connect to their network in the required HA manner, there is no guarantee of high data availability for the
use of this product.
Rabbit Switch (FE1)
Hare Switch (FE2)
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Figure 2. Front-end switches
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Table 3. Switch port numbers
Switch Port number Description
Hare 1-16 Data network ports connected to nodes (10/25 GbE)
17-40 Not designated
41-48 Customer uplink ports (10/25 GbE)
49-50 VLT ports (100 GbE)
51-54 Customer uplink ports (100 GbE)
Rabbit 1-16 Data network ports connected to nodes (10/25 GbE)
17-40 Not designated
41-48 Customer uplink ports (10/25 GbE)
49-50 VLT ports (100 GbE)
51-54 Customer uplink ports (100 GbE)
Back-end switch pair
Dell EMC provides two 25 GbE S5148F back-end switches (BE1 and BE2) with two 100 GbE VLT cables. These switches are
referred to as the Hound (BE2) and Fox (BE1) switches.
In the following diagram, all labeled ports relate to an ECS virtual data center (VDC) in which all racks/nodes are EX-Series
(Gen3 hardware), with the exception of ports 39 and 40. Ports 39 and 40 are only used in the scenario where there is Gen2
hardware series integration with EX-Series hardware in the VDC. When Gen2 hardware is mixed with EX-Series hardware, ports
39 and 40 are the only ports used for connectivity.
All iDRAC cables from nodes and all front-end switch management cable connections route to the Fox (BE1) switch.
Fox Switch (BE1)
Hound Switch (BE2)
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Figure 3. Back-end switches
Table 4. Switch port number
Switch Port number Description
Hound 1-16 Private network ports connected to nodes (10/25 GbE)
17-40 Not designated.
41-44 In from EX-Series rack when the ECS system has more than one rack (10/25 GbE)
45-48 Out to EX-Series rack when the ECS system has more than one rack (10/25 GbE)
49-50 VLT ports (100 GbE)
51-54 Not designated (100 GbE)
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Table 4. Switch port number (continued)
Switch Port number Description
Fox 1-16 Private network ports connected to nodes (10/25 GbE)
17-32 iDRAC ports
33 To Rabbit (FE1) switch
34 To service tray in front
35 To Hare (FE2) switch
36 Open for rear service connectivity
37-38 Not designated
39 In from Gen2 Turtle switch
40 Out to Gen2 Turtle switch
41-44 In from EX-Series rack when the ECS system has more than one rack (10/25 GbE)
45-48 Out to EX-Series rack when the ECS system has more than one rack (10/25 GbE)
49-50 VLT ports (100 GbE)
51-54 Not designated (100 GbE)
Front-end and back-end switch connections
The front-end switch management ports connect to back-end switch ports via two CAT6 cable and two 1GBaseT SFP.
These two cables and two SFP are used for Dell EMC switches. If you are deploying in a third party rack with customer
switches, or using customer switches in a Dell EMC rack, these two cables and two SFP are not required.
The connection between the front-end switch ports and back-end switch ports are as follows:
●Hare (FE2) to Fox (BE1)
●Rabbit (FE1) to Hound (BE2)
The connections are shown with green lines in the following diagram.
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Figure 4. Connections between front-end and back-end switches within an EX-Series rack
For back-end switch connections between EX-Series racks, port 41 on the back-end switches is used for the inbound
connection and port 45 is used for the outbound connection. These ports are used for linear and ring topology rack-to-rack
connectivity. For more information, see Network connections between multiple ECS appliances in a single site .
Figure 5. Back-end switch connections between EX-Series racks
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Figure 6. Front-end switch connections to customer switches (example)
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EX500 Platform
Topics:
•EX500 Hardware Components
•EX500 configurations
•EX500 upgrade paths
•EX500 server
•EX500 disk drives
•EX500 power cabling
•EX500 iDRAC cabling
•EX500 network cabling
•Network connections between multiple ECS appliances in a single site
EX500 Hardware Components
The EX500 ECS appliance includes the following hardware components.
Table 5. EX500 hardware components
Component Description
40U rack Titan D racks that include:
●Gen3 0U PDUs supporting single phase, three-phase delta, and three-phase WYE
●Front and rear doors
●Racking by Dell EMC manufacturing
In addition to the Dell EMC-racked EX500 appliance, the EX500 nodes can be installed in
customer-provided racks. For more information about third-party racking requirements, see
the ECS EX500 Third-Party Rack Planning and Installation Guide.
Back-end (BE) switches for
private network connection
●Two Dell EMC S5148F 25 GbE 1U Ethernet switches with 48 x 25 GbE SFP ports and 6 x
100 GbE uplink ports.
●2 x 100 GbE VLT cables per HA pair.
Front-end (FE) switches for
customer public network
connection
●Two optional Dell EMC S5148F 25 GbE 1U Ethernet switches can be obtained for network
connection, or the customer can provide their own 10 GbE or 25 GbE HA pair for the front
end.
●If the customer provides their own front-end switches, they must supply all VLT cables,
SFPs, or external connection cables.
●If Dell EMC S5148F 25 GbE front-end switches are used, the 25 GbE ports are configured
to run at 25G to connect to the EX500 nodes, and 2 x 100 GbE VLT cables are provided.
Nodes ●Minimum number of nodes per rack is 1.
○Minimum initial configuration is 5.
○Supports spill-over expansion racks with 1 node. For example, a 17-node VDC has a
16-node rack and a 1-node rack.
●HDD sizes can be 8TB or 12 TB, ECS 3.5 and later supports 16TB (All drives sizes must be
the same in the node)
●Within a Dell EMC manufactured rack that is delivered from the factory, all nodes within
the rack are of the exact same drive size. For node upgrades in the field, nodes with other
sized drives are allowed within the rack.
●12 (slots 12-23) or 24 (slots 00-23) SATA hard drives (HDDs) in each node.
●480 GB M.2 (BOSS) system disk in each node.
●64 GB RAM per node.
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Table 5. EX500 hardware components (continued)
Component Description
●Two 10-core Xeon Silver 85 W processors per node.
●8x, 8 GB RDIMM, 2666MT/s, Single Rank, x8 Data Width.
●Dual 1100 W Platinum power supply.
●Each node has 4 x 25 GbE networking.
EX500 configurations
Learn about the EX500 ECS appliance configurations.
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The front view of an EX500 rack with the minimum node configuration and an EX500 rack with the maximum node configuration
is shown in the following diagram. The rear view requires a brace wherever there is empty space above or below an EX500
server.
Figure 7. EX500 minimum and maximum configurations
The EX500 appliance is available in the following configurations within a Dell EMC rack or a customer-provided rack.
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EX500 supports 5 nodes in the same configuration. You can combine 8 TB, 12 TB, and 16 TB disks, with a minimum of 5 nodes
containing the same disk configuration (size and quantity). 16 TB requires ECS 3.5 and later releases.
Table 6. EX500 configurations
Nodes Disks in each node Disk Size RAW Storage capacity
5 (minimum configuration) 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●480 TB
●1.44 PB
●1.92 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●960 TB
●1.44 PB
●1.92 PB
6 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●576 TB
●864 TB
●1.15 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.15 PB
●1.73 PB
●2.30 PB
7 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●672 TB
●1.01 PB
●1.34 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●1.34 PB
●2.02 PB
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Table 6. EX500 configurations (continued)
Nodes Disks in each node Disk Size RAW Storage capacity
●16 TB ●2.69 PB
8 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●768 TB
●1.15 PB
●1.54 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.54 PB
●2.30 PB
●3.07 PB
9 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●864 TB
●1.30 PB
●1.72 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.73 TB
●2.59 PB
●3.46 PB
10 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●960 TB
●1.44 PB
●1.92 TB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.92 PB
●2.88 PB
●3.84 PB
11 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.06 PB
●1.58 PB
●2.11 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●2.11 PB
●3.17 PB
●4.22 PB
12 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.15 PB
●1.73 PB
●2.30 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●2.30 PB
●3.46 PB
●4.61 PB
13 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.25 PB
●1.87 PB
●2.50 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●2.50 PB
●3.74 PB
●4.99 PB
14 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.34 PB
●2.02 PB
●2.69 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●2.69 PB
●4.03 PB
●5.38 PB
15 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.44 PB
●2.16 PB
●2.88 PB
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Table 6. EX500 configurations (continued)
Nodes Disks in each node Disk Size RAW Storage capacity
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●2.88 PB
●4.32 PB
●5.76 PB
16 (maximum configuration) 12 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●1.54 PB
●2.30 PB
●3.07 PB
24 ●8 TB
●12 TB
●16 TB
●3.07 PB
●4.61 PB
●6.14 PB
EX500 upgrade paths
Learn about the EX500 ECS appliance upgrade paths.
If there are five or more nodes in the system (VDC) with the same disk size and total node disk capacity, the minimum node
expansion is only one. This upgrade is possible when the expansion node has the same disk size and the total disk capacity of
the existing nodes. For example, you have an EX500 appliance with five nodes containing 24x8TB disks (192TB). You can add a
single node with 24x8TB disks or a total disk capacity of 192TB.
If you are adding nodes that have different disk sizes or node capacity than the nodes currently in the system, you must add a
minimum of five nodes at a time. For example, you have an EX500 appliance with five nodes containing 24x8TB drives. If you
want to add nodes of different drive size (12TB, or 16TB), you must add five or more nodes, at a time.
NOTE: All drives within a node must be of the same drive size, but there can be nodes of differing drive sizes within a rack.
●Disk upgrade kits are available in 12-disk increments.
●EX500 upgrades: 12 to 24 disks.
●To add disk capacity to an EX500, disk upgrade kits per node must be ordered based on the existing disk capacity 8, 12, or
16TB.
●All empty drive slots must be filled with a disk filler.
Table 7. EX500 Disk Upgrade Kit
Disk Upgrade Kit Quantity Upgrade Result Per Server
12-disk upgrade 1 EX500 - 12 to 24 disk upgrade
EX500 server
Learn about the EX500 servers standard features.
Table 8. Standard features of EX500 servers
Features 8 TB 12 TB 16 TB
HDDs in front
slots
8TB 7.2k RPM 512e SATA HDD 12TB 7.2k RPM 512e
SATA HDD
16 TB 7.2k RPM 512e
SATA HDD
SSD in rear slots Optional 960GB SATA MU SSD read cache.
●This feature is optional and available only with 3.5 and above. For more information, see ECS Appliance
SSD Read Cache Deployment guide.
Chassis ●EX500 24 x 3.5" 2 CPU chassis
●One-node server (2U) with two CPUs per node
●Maximum chassis weight is 43.2 kg (95.24 lb)
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