| Maximum System Capacity |
5,760TB |
5,760TB |
4,800TB |
| Maximum Drives |
1,440 |
1,440 |
1,200 |
| Controller Form Factor |
Dual enclosure HA;
2 controllers in two 6U chassis,
total of 12U |
Dual enclosure HA;
2 controllers in two 6U chassis,
total of 12U |
Single enclosure HA;
2 controllers in single 6U chassis |
| Memory |
192GB |
96GB |
48GB |
| Flash for Virtual Storage Tier |
| Maximum Flash Cache |
16TB
1TB standard in base systems |
6TB
1TB standard in base systems |
3TB |
| Maximum Flash Pool |
12TB |
12TB |
4TB |
| Combined Total |
16TB |
12TB |
4TB |
| PCIe Expansion Slots |
24 |
24 |
8 |
| Onboard I/O: 10GbE |
8 |
8 |
8 |
| Onboard I/O: 8Gb FC |
8–32 |
8–32 |
8–16 |
| Onboard I/O: 6Gb SAS |
0–24 |
0–24 |
0–8 |
| Storage Networking Supported |
FC; FCoE; iSCSI; NFS; CIFS/SMB; HTTP; FTP |
| OS Version |
Data ONTAP 8 |
| High-Availability Features |
Alternate Control Path (ACP);
Ethernet-based service processor and Data ONTAP management interface; redundant hot-swappable controllers, cooling fans, power supplies, and optics |
| Supported Configurations |
Highly available controller configurations
Active-active controller with controller failover and multipath HA storage
Active-active controller with stretch (nonswitch) and fabric-attached MetroCluster™
V-Series
Clusters of HA pairs |
| Disk Shelves Supported |
DS2246 (2U; 24 drives, 2.5" SFF)
DS4246 (4U; 24 drives, 3.5" LFF)
DS4486 (4U; 48 drives, 3.5" LFF)
DS4243 (4U; 24 drives, 3.5" LFF)
DS14 disk shelves (mk2, mk2-AT, mk4) are supported for upgrades
|
| Maximum RAID Group Sizes |
RAID 6 (RAID-DP)
FC: 28 (26 data disks plus 2 parity disks)
SATA: 20 (18 data disks plus 2 parity disks)
RAID 4
FC: 14 (13 data disks plus 1 parity disk),
SATA: 7 (6 data disks plus 1 parity disk)
RAID 6 + RAID 1 or RAID 4 + RAID 1 (SyncMirror)
|
| Operating Systems Supported |
Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2012, Windows XP, Linux®, Oracle Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Mac® OS, VMware®, ESX |
| Max. Number of LUNs |
4,096 |
| Number of Supported SAN Hosts |
Up to 512 hosts per HA pair
Up to 24 directly connected servers per HA pair |
| FlexVol Volumes |
Up to 500 per controller |
| Snapshot Copies |
Up to 127,000 per controller |
| Maximum Volume/ Aggregate Size |
100TB |
100TB |
70TB |
| Maximum port count includes integrated ports and PCIe expansion slots |
| FC Target Ports (8Gb/4Gb) (max.) |
64/64 |
48/48 |
32/48 |
| FCoE Target Ports, UTA (max.) |
40[2] |
40[2] |
32 |
| 10GbE Ports (max.) |
48 |
48 |
24 |
| GbE Ports (max.) |
68 |
68 |
36 |
| 6Gb SAS Ports (max.) |
72 |
72 |
40 |
| FC Initiator Ports (max.) |
128 |
128 |
48 |
| Maximum Adapters |
| Dual 10GbE (optical or copper) |
16 |
16 |
8 |
| Quad GbE (copper) |
10 |
10 |
8 |
| Dual 10GbE FCoE SAN Unified Target Adapter (optical or copper) |
20 |
20 |
8 |
| 8Gb FC Target |
24 |
24 |
8 |
| Dual 8Gb VI for SnapMirror over Fibre Channel (SMoFC) |
8 |
8 |
6 |
| Flash Cache Performance Acceleration Module (1TB) |
16 |
6 |
2 |
| Flash Cache Performance Acceleration Module (512GB) |
16 |
12 |
6 |
| Quad 6Gb SAS Storage HBA |
12 |
12 |
8 |
| Quad 4Gb FC Storage/Tape HBA (fiber) |
24/16 |
24/24 |
8/8 |
| Dual SCSI Tape HBA |
16 |
16 |
8 |
| [2] Maximum number of Ethernet ports on all network adapter cards depends on the Data ONTAP release in use |