5.5 HP StorageWorks X9720 Network Storage System Administrator Guide (AW549-96026, March 2011)

1 Product description
HP StorageWorks X9720 Network Storage System is a scalable, network-attached storage (NAS)
product. The system combines HP X9000 File Serving Software with HP server and storage hardware
to create a cluster of file serving nodes.
HP X9720 Network Storage System features
The X9720 Network Storage System provides the following features:
• Segmented, scalable file system under a single namespace
• NFS, CIFS, FTP, and HTTP support for accessing file system data
• Centralized CLI and GUI for cluster management
• Policy management
• Continuous remote replication
• Dual redundant paths to all storage components
• Gigabytes-per-second of throughput
IMPORTANT:
It is important to keep regular backups of the cluster configuration. See “Backing up the management
console configuration” on page 49 for more information.
System components
The X9720 Network Storage System includes the following components:
• X9720 Network Storage System Base Rack, including
• Two ProCurve 2810-24G management switches
• Keyboard, video, and mouse (KVM)
• X9720 Network Storage System performance chassis comprised of:
• A c-Class blade enclosure
• Two Flex-10 Virtual Connect modules
• Redundant SAS switch pair
• Performance block comprised of a server blade and blade infrastructure
• Capacity block (array) (minimum of one) comprised of:
• X9700c (array controller chassis and 12 disk drives)
• X9700cx (dense JBOD with 70 disk drives)
• Software for manageability, segmented file system, and file serving
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