Specifications

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Evaluator Series On-Line™
Storage Systems
Product Analysis
May, 2011
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Analysis of Fujitsu ETERNUS DX400 S2
Models DX410 and DX440
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Specification
Model DX410 S2
Model DX440 S2
Number of iSCSI Hosts
1024
1024
Number of Affinity Groups
1024
1024
Affinity Groups per Port
256
256
Table 6: ETERNUS DX400 S2 iSCSI Host Limitations
SOFTWARE FEATURES AND FUNCTIONS
The ETERNUS SF software suite includes a number of offerings that provide options for system and SAN
management, data protection and disaster recovery, backup and archiving, local replication and path failover.
Storage Management
SMI-S Interface
The SNIA along with the DTMF have created a set of storage management interface specifications, known
as “SMI-S” interface.
Evaluator Group Comment: Prior models of the ETERNUS DX400 S2 have supported and been
certified to be interoperable with SMI-S version 1.2 frameworks. Check with the vendor to confirm the
status of current models.
ETERNUSmgr (Included)
ETERNUSmgr is a device management application that is included with ETERNUS storage systems,
including ETERNUS DX400 S2 systems. The backend program is embedded in the ETERNUS systems
and is accessed by a web browser, the ETERNUSmgr frontend software or other operation management
software. This browser based management application is used to configure, manage and monitor
(including email notification) one or more ETERNUS systems.
ETERNUSmgr Aid (Optional)
ETERNUSmgr Aid adds management value to ETERNUSmgr with its simplified GUI interface and
additional management features. Customers will find it easier to manage their ETERNUS storage systems.
ETERNUSmgr Aid is optional software that is installed on an administrative server.
ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser (Optional)
Storage Cruiser is a SAN management application that provides configuration, specification, and
monitoring of a SAN environment. It may also be used to manage the relationship between the storage as
viewed from the host server and the physical storage, allowing the whole storage system’s configuration
and failure conditions to be managed. It will manage the ETERNUS family and also supports other
selected vendors products.
ETERNUS SF Storage Cruiser consists of two modules, with an optional third module:
• The Agent feature is installed on each server node being managed
• The Manager feature is installed on the selected administrative server