Dell PS4000E User manual

DELL EQUALLOGIC
PS4000E
The Dell EqualLogic™ PS4000 Series of virtualized iSCSI SAN arrays are designed to bring enterprise-class features,
intelligence, automation and reliability to remote or branch oce, departmental and small-to-medium business (SMB)
storage deployments.
The PS4000 Series addresses branch oce and SMB storage needs with simplified administration, rapid deployment
and an aordable price, while providing a full set of enterprise-class data protection and management features, solid
performance, scalability and fault-tolerance. With up to 16 SATA disk drives per modular array, the PS4000E delivers
outstanding capacity value for an entry into midrange enterprise storage. To grow storage capacity and performance
for remote oce needs, two PS4000 arrays can be combined in a SAN group. To further scale out the SAN,
EqualLogic PS6000 arrays can be added seamlessly without sacrificing the initial investment in PS4000 arrays.
EXCEPTIONAL EASE OF USE
All PS Series storage arrays include SAN configuration features and capabilities that sense network connections, automatically build
RAID sets, and conduct system health checks to help ensure that all components are fully functional. The PS4000E is
designed to be installed, configured, and serving storage in less than one hour. To improve enterprise-wide storage management,
the EqualLogic SAN HeadQuarters software tool provides centralized performance and event monitoring of EqualLogic SANs across
multiple sites, for instance monitoring PS4000 deployments at branch offices and PS6000 deployments in corporate data centers.
MODULAR DESIGN WITH ENTERPRISE RELIABILITY
EqualLogic PS Series arrays are based on a virtualized modular storage architecture that enables IT managers to purchase only
the storage they need, when they need it — to help prevent both underutilization and over-provisioning. Using innovative data
movement technology, all EqualLogic PS Series arrays in a SAN work together to automatically manage data, load balance across
all resources, and expand to meet growing storage needs.
The EqualLogic SAN line is designed to meet and exceed the rugged requirements of the enterprise data center and remote office.
The PS4000E includes fault tolerance capabilities through fully redundant and hot-swappable components—optional dual-controllers,
standard dual fan trays, dual power supplies, and disk drives with hot spares.
ENTERPRISE DATA SERVICES WITHOUT ADDITIONAL COST
With built-in storage features once available only to top-tier data centers, the PS4000E enables best practice storage for
remote or branch office and departmental deployments. The EqualLogic PS Series arrays include the following enterprise data
services and software features with no additional software licensing fees:
FLEXIBILITY WITH LOW COST OF OWNERSHIP
EqualLogic PS Series arrays represent a breakthrough in storage economics, from purchase and setup to operation and upgrades.
Unlike traditional SANs, the EqualLogic PS Series includes software and applications expected from an enterprise-level SAN at
no extra cost. The PS Series scales on-demand — and online — allowing storage growth without disrupting applications. As a
result, EqualLogic PS4000E arrays provide exceptional flexibility at a low total cost of ownership.
Whether consolidating a direct-attached storage (DAS) infrastructure, migrating data from an existing SAN or NAS
system, streamlining data protection processes, or simply adding storage capacity, the EqualLogic PS Series from
Dell offers a family of proven, high-performance, self-managing storage arrays. The PS4000 line is designed to meet
the requirements of today’s SMB, remote site, and departmental environments. The EqualLogic PS6000 Series is fully
compatible with the PS4000 line and is well suited for large-scale, critical datacenter deployments.
1 Qualified for Mircrosoft®Windows Server®2003 and Windows Server®2008, VMware®, Linux®, and Sun®Solaris™Operating Systems
2 Qualified for Microsoft®Windows Server®2003 and Windows Server®2008, including Hyper-V™
3 Qualified for VMware®ESX 3.5, ESXi 3.5 and ESX 3
MANAGEMENT | PS Group Manager • SAN HeadQuarters Multi-Group Monitoring • Rapid Provisioning • Remote Setup Wizard • Roles-Based
Administration • Volume Management
DATA PROTECTION, AVAILABILITY AND RECOVERY | Auto-Replication, Multi-Site • Instant Volume Restore • Multi-Path I/O1 • Multi-Volume,
Writeable Snapshots • Snapshot and Auto-Replication Scheduler • Volume Cloning • Volume Consistency Sets
STORAGE VIRTUALIZATION | Array Evacuation • Automatic Load Balancing • Automatic or Manual Storage Tiering • Complete SAN Virtualization
• Online Data and Volume Movement • RAID Load Balancing • Storage Pools • Thin Provisioning
MAINTENANCE | Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System • E-mail Home • Enclosure Monitoring System • Detailed Historical Performance Monitoring
SERVER MANAGEMENT AND PROTECTION INTEGRATION | Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft®Edition2 • Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware®
Edition3 • Automatic MPIO Connection Management • Microsoft® VSS and VDS Providers • Smart Copy for Microsoft®Hyper-V™, Exchange®, SQL
Server®, Windows®File Systems and VMware® VMFS • VMware®Site Recovery Manager Adapter

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FEATURES DELL EQUALLOGIC™ PS4000E
Product Configurations
Storage Controllers
Base Model: Single controller with 2 GB battery-backed memory. Only available in 250 GB hard drive option
High Availability Model: Dual controllers with a total of 4 GB battery-backed memory
Battery-backed memory provides up to 72 hours of data protection
Hard Disk Drives Eight (8) or sixteen (16) SATA hot-pluggable hard disk drives
Drive Capacities 7,200 RPM SATA II drives available in 250 GB†, 500 GB†or 1 TB†
System Capacities
2 TB†using eight (8) 250 GB†SATA disk drives
4 TB†using sixteen (16) 250 GB†SATA disk drives
8 TB†using sixteen (16) 500 GB†SATA disk drives
16 TB†using sixteen (16) 1 TB†SATA disk drives
Technical Highlights
Volumes Up to 256
Snapshots 128 per volume / up to 2,048 total
Hosts Accessing
PS4000 Series Group Up to 256 per pool / 512 per group
Host Protocol Any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator
Operating Systems
Supported
Windows®2000 Server, Windows Server®2003, Windows Server®2008, including Hyper-V™, Windows Vista®, Windows XP®, Red Hat®
Enterprise Linux®, SUSE®Linux®Enterprise, Linux, Sun®Solaris™, UNIX®, IBM®AIX®, HP-UX, Mac OS®X,
VMware® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / ESXi 3.5, VMware®vSphere™4, Citrix®XenServer™, Virtual Iron®, Novell®Netware®
RAID Support Automatic RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, and RAID 50
Network Interfaces Two (2) GbE copper, One (1) 10/100 copper (optional management network only) per controller
TCP Network Support IPv4, IPv6 core support
Expansion Option Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online. A maximum of two (2) PS4000 arrays can be in a
group. For more details, please see the release notes.
Reliability Optional redundant, hot-swappable controllers; redundant power supplies / cooling fans, and disks
Individual disk drive slot power control
Enclosure Monitoring
System
Automatic spare configuration and utilization
SMART
Automatic bad block replacement
Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives
Management Interfaces
SAN HeadQuarters multi-group performance and event monitoring tool SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting
Serial console Multi-administrator support
Ability to configure a separate management network
Security
CHAP authentication
Access control for iSCSI
Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support
Notification Methods SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog
Power
AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase Frequency: 47-63 Hz
Power factor: 0.98 (minimum) Power consumption: 450 VA, 530 Peak VA (operating maximum)
Heat dissipation: 1,550 BTU per hour (maximum) Power supplies: Dual 440W dc
Environmental
Temperature range: 5 to 35°C / 41 to 95°F
Storage temperature: -20 to 60°C / -22 to 140°F
Altitude: -70 to 3,048 m operational / -305 to 12,192 m non-operational
Relative humidity: 20 to 80% non-condensing operational / 5 to 95% non-condensing non-operational
Shock: 5 g 10 ms ½ sine operational / 30 g 10 ms ½ sine non-operational
Vibration: Random .21 grms @ 5-500Hz operational / Random 1.04 grms 2-200Hz non-operational
Acoustics: Sound Power Operating: <5.8 db LpA @ 20°C
Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G2 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985
Physical
Height: 13 cm / 5.12 in / 3 EIA units
Width: 48.26 cm / 19.0 in / 1EC Rack Compliant
Depth: 55.1 cm / 21.7 in
Weight: 36 kg / 79.6 lb (maximum configuration)
Basic and Optional
Dell Support Services
1-Year Dell Basic Service*: Included with all EqualLogic purchases. For a period of one year – telephone support services during local
business hours excluding local national holidays; service parts shipped via next business day freight method or the next most expedited
shipping available in the locality; access to software/firmware updates.
Dell ProSupport for IT or for End-Users with NBD or 4 Hour Onsite Options**: Direct access to Dell experts, 7x24x365 phone support,
collaborative hardware and software support, escalation support, global Command Center management and monitoring, how-to application
and configuration assistance (Dell ProSupport for End-Users only).
Additional Dell ProSupport** Options include: Keep your Hard Drive (KYHD), Mission Critical, and Dell ProSupport for IT with Enterprise-Wide Contract.
Optional Dell ProConsult
Storage Consulting Services from Dell** offers a comprehensive suite of assessment, design and implementation services to help
customers get the most from their EqualLogic PS Series product, covering data management, application performance, data protection and
cost of ownership. Dell consultants can provide practical action-oriented plans, to help deliver specific, predictable and measured outcomes
through high-impact, short duration projects.
†GB means 1 billion bytes and TB equals 1 trillion bytes; actual capacity varies with preloaded material and operating environment and will be less.
*For a copy of the EqualLogic Limited Warranty and Dell’s Basic Service Description write Dell Inc., Attn: Customer Service, 300 Innovative Way, Suite 301, Nashua, NH 03062 USA or see www.dell.com/warranty and
www.dell.com/servicecontracts
**Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region. For more information, visit www.dell.com/servicedescriptions