User Guide

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Disk Storage Systems
Entry-level Disk Systems
System x and IBM BladeCenter® Direct Attach or SAN Solutions System p Only Direct Attach Solutions
EXP3000 DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 EXP24
Product EXP3000 DS3200 DS3300 DS3400 EXP24
Machine/model 1727-01X, 1727-02T Telco DC Power Model 1726-21X, 1726-22X
1726-21E Express
1726-22E Express, 1726-22T Telco DC Power
Model
1726-31X, 1726-32X
1726-31E Express
1726-32E Express, 1726-32T Telco DC Power
Model
1726-41X, 1726-42X
1726-41E Express
1726-42E Express, 1726-42T Telco DC Power
Model
7031-D24—Rack version
7021-T24—Tower version
Platform
support
1
Windows 2003, RedHat 3, RedHat 4, SUSE 9 Windows 2003, RedHat 4, RedHat 5, SUSE 9,
SUSE 10, NetWare, VMware 3.5/3i
Windows 2003, RedHat 4, RedHat 5, SUSE 9,
SUSE 10
Windows 2003, RedHat 4, RedHat 5, SUSE 9,
SUSE 10, NetWare, VMware 2.5.4, VMware 3.0.1,
VMware 3.0.2, VMware 3.5/3i, AIX 5.2, AIX 5.3
AIX 5L 5.2
AIX 5L 5.3
RedHat 3
RedHat 4
RedHat 5
SUSE 9
SUSE 10
Host
connectivity
SAS SAS iSCSI 4 Gbps Fibre Channel SCSI
SAN support N/A N/A Switched, IP SAN Direct, Switched Fabric N/A
Copy services N/A IBM FlashCopy®, IBM VolumeCopy IBM FlashCopy, IBM VolumeCopy IBM FlashCopy, IBM VolumeCopy N/A
Availability
features
Fault-tolerant RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives, Dual pathing drives
Fault-tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives, Dual controller, dual pathing
drivers
Fault-tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives, Dual controller, dual pathing
drivers
Fault-tolerant, RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives, Dual controller, dual pathing
drivers
Fault-tolerant RAID, Redundant Hot-swap power,
Hot-swap drives
Controller MegaRAID 8480 Dual active 3 Gbps SAS RAID Controllers Dual active 1 Gbps iSCSI RAID Controllers Dual Active 4 GB FC RAID Controllers System p FC 5741 & 5742 SCSI Repeaters
Cache
(min, max)
256 MB battery backup 512 MB, 2 GB battery backup 512 MB, 2 GB battery backup 512 MB, 2 GB battery backup N/A
RAID support 0, 1, 5, 10, 50 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10 0, 1, 3, 5, 10
Capacity
(min, max)
146 GB, 12 TB in a single EXP3000 Expansion Units 146 GB, 48 TB with 3 EXP3000 Expansion Units 146 GB, 48 TB with 3 EXP3000 Expansion Units 146 GB, 48 TB with 3 EXP3000 Expansion Units 73 GB, 7.2 TB
Drive interface 3 Gbps SAS,
3 Gbps SATA II
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SATA II
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SATA II
3 Gbps SAS
3 Gbps SATA II
Ultra320 SCSI
Drive support SAS: 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives; 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB SATA II 7,200 rpm
SAS: 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives,
SATA: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB SATA II 7,200 rpm
SAS: 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives,
SATA: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB 7,200 rpm
SAS: 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives,
SATA: 500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB 7,200 rpm
73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 10,000 rpm disk drives;
36 GB, 73 GB, 146 GB, 300 GB 15,000 rpm disk
drives
Clustering
Support
N/A Microsoft Windows MSCS Microsoft Windows MSCS Microsoft Windows MSCS HACMP™