Host interface

SAN or direct-attached, 1 Gbps iSCSI and optional 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 25 Gbps iSCSI or 10 Gbps iSCSI/FCoE

User interface

GUI

Supported drives

3.5-inch disk drives:

• 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB and 12 TB 7.2k nearline SAS disk

2.5-inch disk drives:

• 600 GB and 900 GB 15k SAS drive
• 600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB and 2.4 TB 10k SAS disk
• 2 TB 7.2k nearline SAS disk

2.5-inch flash drives

• 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, 1.92 TB, 3.2 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB and 15.36 TB

RAID levels

RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, Distributed

Maximum drives supported

760 per control enclosure; 3,040 per clustered system

Fans and power supplies

Fully redundant, hot-swappable

Rack support

Standard 19-inch

Management software

IBM Spectrum Virtualize software

Cores per control enclosure/clustered system

20/80

Cache per control enclosure/clustered system

64 GB, 128 or 256 GB/up to 1,024 GB

Advanced features included with each system

Virtualization of internal storage, data migration, data reduction pools with thin provisioning, unmap and deduplication

Additional available advanced features

Remote mirroring, Easy Tier, compression, external virtualization, encryption, FlashCopy, IBM Spectrum Control, IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot

Warranty

Hardware:

• 3-year limited warranty
• Customer-replaceable units
• On-site service
• Next business day between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
• Service upgrades available

Software:

• Software maintenance agreement available

Replication services

FlashCopy, IBM Spectrum Protect Snapshot, Metro Mirror (synchronous), Global Mirror (asynchronous)

Dimensions

Control enclosures

• Width: 445 mm (17.5 in.)
• Depth: 749 mm (29.5 in.)
• Height: 85 mm (3.35 in.)

Weight

Control enclosures:

• Drive-ready (without drive modules installed): 31.8 kg (70.1 lb)
• Fully configured (24 drive modules installed): 36.5 kg (80.5 lb)

Operating environment

Air temperature:

• Operating: 5°C to – 40°C (41°F to – 104°F) up to 950 m (3,117 ft) above sea level. Above 950 m, de-rate maximum air temperature 1 degree per 175 m
• Non-operating: 1°C to – 60°C (33.8°F to – 140°F)

Relative humidity:

• Operating: 8% – 85%
• Non-operating: 8% – 85%

Electrical power:

• Voltage range: 100 – 240 V ac
• Frequency: 50 – 60 Hz
• Power:

Supported drives

For a list of currently supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering applications and SAN switches and directors, refer to the IBM System Storage Interoperation Center.

Independent software vendor (ISV) solutions

For a list of high-quality solutions with our partner ISVs, including access to solution briefs and white papers, refer to the ISV Solutions Resource Library.