Dell EMC

Storage Family

We are the best of both worlds: Dell’s proven direct model and

EMC’s storage product and brand leadership.

Dell’s proven business model and EMC’s storage product and brand leadership have come together to

create a new family of storage solutions: Dell/EMC. You can now get end-to-end enterprise server and

storage solutions – including hardware, software and services – from Dell, all with the single point of

contact and simplicity of the Dell Direct Model.

The Dell/EMC family provides solutions for direct attached, storage area network (SAN) and network

attached storage (NAS) environments. Dell/EMC FC5300, FC4500 and FC4700-2 fibre channel storage arrays
provide highly available storage for a variety of workgroup, midrange and enterprise applications. The

Dell/EMC storage offering also includes 8, 16, 32 and 64 port switches for consolidating storage in a SAN.

The Dell/EMC IP4700 provides a scalable high-end fibre channel NAS solution optimised for sharing

information over IP networks. And the Navisphere® management suite allows customers to configure,

monitor and manage Dell/EMC arrays.

Because of the powerful performance, exceptional data integrity and availability, world class service and

support, flexible deployment and comprehensive software management, Dell/EMC products offer proven

technology for meeting your business requirements.

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Powerful performance delivers information fast.

Dell/EMC solutions deliver the ultra-high throughput required by your demanding applications. Dell/EMC

storage arrays exploit the full potential of fibre channel by integrating a fibre channel disk interface that

utilises a full 100MB/s bandwidth all the way to the disk drives. And the Dell/EMC SAN takes advantage

of the processing power offered by up to four host bus adapters (HBAs) in a single server and dual array

controllers operating in active-active mode.

The Dell/EMC FC4700-2 has four GBIC ports which can be individually configured to support one

gigabit or two gigabit fibre channel connections. This gives you the custom tailored performance

necessary for high bandwidth applications.

High availability and data integrity features help to reduce unplanned downtime and

improve application deployment.

Full fibre channel features, such as fully redundant components and dual active storage processors,

provide high levels of availability and data integrity. And, the patented designs provide two additional

levels of data integrity: end-to-end checking of the data inside the disk array and parity coherence.

End-to-end checksum provides a mechanism against data corruption, even after unexpected events occur.

Data parity coherence helps protect against the possible inaccuracies that can be created during power

outages and disk failures. These advanced features allow Dell/EMC storage systems to deliver data

reliability under even the most adverse conditions.

High availability is further enhanced by Dell Storage Systems Remote Monitoring, which helps to

minimise unscheduled outages by delivering automatic diagnostics and early warning signals for potential

problems. And Application Transparent Fail-over™ software ensures that users always have access to

information, even in the event of a failure in one of the data paths between the host and the Dell/EMC

fibre channel array.

Dell Services deliver around-the-clock coverage for Dell/EMC storage systems.

Dell Premier Enterprise Services offers a comprehensive portfolio of planning, deployment, training and

support services designed for mission-critical computing environments. With the Dell/EMC partnership,

customers benefit from the synergy of Dell’s services now enhanced with EMC’s best practice

methodologies, tools and customer training for complex storage systems. Dell Services help customers

optimise the use of complex technologies, rapidly deploy new systems, and maximise system uptime –

while helping to simplify enterprise computing.

Dell’s service business is significant with $3 billion in annual revenues, access to over 30,000 support

technicians providing on-site service in over 170 countries, and over 6,700 Dell worldwide service

personnel. Look to Dell as your single point of contact for end-to-end storage services: on-site, on-line and

on the phone. Dell’s goal is to provide high quality products and services at a low total cost of ownership.
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Navisphere storage management software helps reduce overall storage management costs by DELL PREMIER
ENTERPRISE SERVICES
simplifying the management of Dell/EMC storage systems.
Dell offers a broad portfolio of services
Navisphere provides a powerful set of capabilities that meets the ease of management and security designed to help organisations optimise
requirements of today’s operating environments. Navisphere applications such as Navisphere Manager, their use of Dell/EMC technology, rapidly
deploy systems, and attain the highest
Event Monitor, Navisphere Integrator and Navisphere Analyser allow you to configure, monitor and manage possible level of system uptime.
your Dell/EMC arrays. When combined with Access Logix™, you can also manage and control data access Consulting and Deployment Services
(Required)
across multiple heterogeneous hosts in distributed SANs.
• Pre-Sales Design and Site Readiness
Assessment (Gratis)
Navisphere software extends the capabilities of Dell/EMC FC4700-2 arrays by offering comprehensive data • Hardware Installation – On-site installation
of Dell/EMC storage systems, rack
protection and availability through integrated and centralised control of optional SnapView™ and MirrorView™ mounting of systems, connection to power
sources, and power-on of devices
software. MirrorView provides synchronous mirroring of critical data between two Dell/EMC FC4700-2 systems • SAN Implementation – System planning,
design documentation, select software
and is tightly integrated with SnapView point-in-time copy software. Additionally, Navisphere’s Nondisruptive installation, configuration of switches,
SAN cabling, host connectivity, creation of
Upgrade facility for the Dell/EMC FC4700-2 helps maintain 24x7 business operation and minimises scheduled storage groups, product orientation
session, and extensive custom options
downtime for maintenance, new application installation, or software upgrades.
Standard Support Services for
Dell/EMC Systems (Required)
Dynamic capacity growth and scalability give you the freedom to grow as needed.
Dell Gold-Level Premier Enterprise Support
The modular architecture of Dell/EMC arrays allows for seamless scalability from gigabytes to terabytes. Services featuring:
• 24x7 high level engineer-to-engineer
Simply add disk array enclosures. Capacity can be expanded on-line, and the systems can be dynamically and support with direct access to Gold Queue
• Technical account management team
easily reconfigured to meet your changing business needs.
• 24x7 4-Hour, On-Site Support 1
• Remote software and storage
RAID flexibility for easy configuration. support – unlimited resolutions
• Storage system remote monitoring
The various RAID levels supported by Dell/EMC arrays allow them to be easily configured into storage pools
• Pre-Failure Alert Program
for high performing distributed applications, balancing performance and cost. RAID protection is through the • Seamless support between Dell and key
third party providers
array, relieving the host from this task and saving precious host CPU cycles that can be used for other business • Change notification/software subscription
needs. To allow customers to take advantage of the increased capacity of drives for maximum disk utilisation, Optional Services
• Customer training
Dell/EMC arrays support RAID groups and the ability to create logical unit numbers (LUNs) within the RAID
• Proof-of-concept at Dell Application
group. Dynamic Expansion allows physical drives to be added to an existing RAID group while the system is Solution Centre
• Backup and recovery design
operating, providing you with the flexibility to allocate and redeploy storage to different users. and implementation
• SnapView and MirrorView implementation
The flexible deployment model allows you to respond quickly to changing storage requirements. • On-site engineers, on-site parts
• Data migration
To facilitate standardisation and consolidation, the Dell/EMC storage solutions have a number of connectivity • Data replication
options. Fibre channel storage arrays can be directly attached to a single host or multiple heterogeneous hosts • Storage healthchecks

with a variety of operating systems, through major clustering software or to SANs. The Dell/EMC FC4700-2 can
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attachment personality, loading file system support software, configuring the file systems and loading data.

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Dell EMC Storage Family

FEATURES DELL | EMC FC5300 DELL | EMC FC4500 DELL | EMC FC4700-2

Operating systems supported UNIX (Sun™ Solaris™, Hewlett-Packard® UNIX (Sun Solaris, Hewlett-Packard UNIX (Sun Solaris, Hewlett-Packard
HP-UX, IBM® AIX®), Microsoft Windows NT ®, HP-UX, IBM AIX), Microsoft HP-UX, IBM, AIX, Irix, TRU-64),
Windows ® 2000, Linux ® and Windows NT, Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000,
Novell® NetWare ® Linux and Novell NetWare Linux and Novell NetWare
Server platforms supported Variety of Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers, Variety of Dell PowerEdge servers, Variety of Dell PowerEdge servers, Compaq,
Compaq®, HP®, IBM and Sun servers Compaq, HP, IBM and Sun servers HP, IBM and Sun servers, Alpha,
SGI Origin 2000/3000
Maximum servers direct attached 2 2 4
Maximum servers attached 4 15 64
to a single array in a SAN
Maximum storage capacity Up to 1.8TB Up to 7.3TB Up to 8.8TB
per subsystem
Maximum number of drives Up to 30 drives Up to 100 drives Up to 120 drives
Performance 121MB/s Over 180MB/s Over 360MB/s
8,400 I/Os per second More than 30,000 cached I/Os More than 50,000 I/Os per second
RAID levels 0, 1, 1/0, 3 and 5 0, 1, 1/0, 3 and 5 0, 1, 1/0, 3 and 5
Maximum cache Up to 512MB Up to 2GB 2GB
Connection type Copper Optical Optical
2 Gigabit Fibre Channel N/A N/A Optional
Multi-path I/O N/A N/A Supported on Windows NT,
Windows 2000, SGI, HPUX
Snapshots N/A N/A Optional SnapView software
Remote mirroring N/A N/A Optional MirrorView software
Dimensions (H x W x D)
Disk processor enclosure 4.5U: 7.8 in. x 17.5 in. x 24.75 in. 7.5U: 11.25 in. x 17.5 in. x 27.2 in. 7.5U: 11.25 in. x 17.5 in. x 27.2 in.
(19.8 cm x 44.5 cm x 62.9 cm) (28.6 cm x 44.5 cm x 69.2 cm) (28.6 cm x 44.5 cm x 69.2 cm)

Disk array enclosure 3.5U: 6.07 in. x 17.5 in. x 24.7 in. 3.5U: 6.07 in. x 17.5 in. x 24.75 in. 3.5U: 6.07 in. x 17.5 in. x 24.75 in.
(15.4 cm x 44.5 cm x 62.9 cm) (15.4 cm x 44.5 cm x 62.9 cm) (15.4 cm x 44.5 cm x 62.9 cm)

FEATURES DELL | EMC IP4700

Storage processor Two hot-swappable fully redundant storage processors per IP4700
Dual 733MHz Intel® Pentium® III per storage processor (total four per IP4700)
256KB of internal L2 cache per PIII processor
2GB RDRAM (4 x 256MB per storage processor)
Two PCI buses per storage processor (32-bit/33MHz, 32-bit/66MHz or 64-bit/66MHz)
Network connectivity 2x Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN ports for management and backup (one per storage processor)
2x Quad 10/100 Ethernet LAN ports or 2x Gigabit Ethernet LAN ports (one per storage processor)
Network Access: Ethernet 10BaseT, 100BaseT, 1000BaseSX (GigE)
LVD single SCSI port to support local tape backup
Back-end (disk connectivity) Utilises a redundant arbitrated fibre channel loop to communicate with its physical disk drive
Storage capacity Up to 7.3TB
Management interface Integrated 10/100 Ethernet LAN port per storage processor
Serial connection (one per storage processor)
System management Console or network initial setup
Browser-based management GUI
Serial connection via HyperTerminal
Basic SNMP support (traps, email, MIBII)
Protocol support CIFS, TCP/IP, SNMP, Fast Ethernet, NFS, UDP/IP, NDMP v2
Snapshots Optional SnapView/IP point-in-time copy of information for non-disruptive backup
RAID levels 5, 1/0
Dimensions (H x W x D)
Disk processor enclosure 7.5U: 11.25 in. x 17.5 in. x 27.2 in. (28.6 cm x 44.5 cm x 69.2 cm)
Disk array enclosure 3.5U: 6.07 in. x 17.5 in. x 24.75 in. (15.4 cm x 44.5 cm x 62.9 cm)

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