Back-End Connectivity - Dell Storage Center SCv2000 Deployment Manual

SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System with SAS Front-End Connectivity
An SCv2000/SCv2020 storage system with SAS front-end connectivity may communicate with the
following components of a Storage Center system.
Figure 5. Storage System with SAS Front-End Connectivity
Item Description
1 Server with SAS host bus adapters (HBAs)
2 Ethernet switch
3 SCv2000/SCv2020 storage system with SAS
front-end connectivity
4 SC100/SC120 expansion enclosures
5 Remote Storage Center connected via iSCSI
for replication
6 Management network (computer connected
to the storage system through the Ethernet
switch)

Back-End Connectivity

Back-end connectivity is strictly between the storage system and expansion enclosures, which hold the
physical drives that provide back-end expansion storage.
An SCv2000/SCv2020 storage system supports back-end connectivity to multiple expansion enclosures.
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Speed
12 Gbps per channel
1 Gbps or 10 Gbps
(Management/
Replication)
12 Gbps per channel
6 Gbps per channel
1 Gbps or 10 Gbps
Up to 1 Gbps
About the SCv2000/SCv2020 Storage System
Communication Type
Front End
Front End
Front End
Back End
Front End
System Administration