Datasheet

Data Sheet

IBM System Storage

IBM Systems and Technology

IBM System Storage DS3950 Express at a glance

Characteristics

Model 1814-94H and 1814-98H

RAID controller Dual active

Cache Model 94H: 2 GB

Model 98H: 4 GB

Battery-backed

Host interface Model 94H: Four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel

Model 98H: Four 8 Gbps Fibre Channel and four 1 Gbps iSCSI

Drive interface 4 drive ports—Fibre Channel Switched and Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standard, auto-sensing

2 Gbps/4 Gbps

Supported drives 4 Gbps Fibre Channel: 300 GB, 450 GB and 600 GB 15k rpm

4 Gbps SATA: 1 TB and 2 TB 7.2k rpm

6 Gbps FC-SAS (2.5-inch): 300 GB, 600 GB and 900 GB 10k rpm

RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10

Storage partitions 4, 8, 16, 64 or 128

Maximum drives supported 112 Fibre Channel, FC-SAS or SATA drives (using 6 EXP395 expansion units)

Fans and power supplies Dual redundant, hot-swappable

Rack support 19-inch, industry-standard rack

Management software IBM System Storage DS Storage Manager version 10.xx

SAN support IBM Fibre Channel switches and directors (product numbers 2005, 2006, 2109, 2026, 2027, 2031, 2032, 2034,

2042, 2054, 2061 and 2062, and IBM BladeCenter®)

Warranty Three-year parts and labor warranty, 9×5 next business day, upgradeable to 24×7 with four-hour response

Physical characteristics

Dimensions H - 130.3 mm (5.13 in.) W - 447.0 mm (17.6 in.) D - 563.8 mm (22.2 in.)

Supported systems For a list of currently supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering applications and SAN

switches and directors, refer to the DS3950 Express Interoperability Matrix.

DS3950 Express is supported only in rack installations. With optional features, up to six EXP395 expansion

units can be attached to DS3950 Express allowing up to a maximum of 112 drives.