Table Of Contents - Seagate AssuredSAN 3xx4 Configuration Manual

Config Guide
1. WHAT'S NEW .............................................................................................................................................................. 5
2. CONFIGURATION OVERVIEW: .............................................................................................................................. 6
3. MODEL NUMBERS ..................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1. Shipping Notes, Components, & Weights: ............................................................................................................................. 7
3.1.1. Notes: ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1.2. Components/Cables: ............................................................................................................................................................... 7
3.1.3. Weights: ................................................................................................................................................................................. 8
4. CONTROLLERS ......................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.1. Protocols - CNC (FC&iSCSI) & SAS ....................................................................................................................................... 10
4.2. SFPs .................................................................................................................................................................................... 10
4.3. SAS Port Expansion Cables .................................................................................................................................................. 11
4.4. RAID Levels Supported ........................................................................................................................................................ 11
4.5. Performance Overview ...................................................................................................................................................... 11
5. CHASSIS: ....................................................................................................................................................................... 12
5.1. 2U12 TLA Overview ............................................................................................................................................................ 12
5.2. 2U24 Overview ................................................................................................................................................................... 13
5.3. How many RBOD/JBOD Chassis are Supported ................................................................................................................. 14
5.4. Hot Plug Expansion & Replacement Support ..................................................................................................................... 14
5.5. Power Supplies/Rail Kits ................................................................................................................................................... 14
6. EXPANSION JBODS ....................................................................................................................................................... 15
6.1. Expansion JBOD Overview ................................................................................................................................................. 15
6.2. JBOD Enclosure .................................................................................................................................................................. 15
6.3. What JBODs are supported behind 3xx4 RBODs................................................................................................................ 16
7. DRIVES ......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
7.1. What Drives Are Supported ............................................................................................................................................... 17
7.2. How many SSDs are supported (SFF in LFF Chassis) ......................................................................................................... 17
7.3. Drive Sleds & Air Management Sleds (AMS) ...................................................................................................................... 17
7.3.1. Drive Sleds: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 17
7.3.2. Air Management Sleds:........................................................................................................................................................ 17
7.4. 512e Drives ........................................................................................................................................................................ 18
8. SOFTWARE / FEATURES ...................................................................................................................................... 18
8.1. Feature Scale Factors .......................................................................................................................................................... 18
8.2. RealStor .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20
8.2.1. New User Interface: ............................................................................................................................................................. 20
8.3. Storage Pools/Virtual Disk Groups/Volumes: ...................................................................................................................... 20
8.3.1. Mapping in the V3 Interface: ............................................................................................................................................... 21
8.3.2. Provisioning and Mapping with the CLI: .............................................................................................................................. 21
8.4. RealThin: Thin Provisioning ................................................................................................................................................. 22
8.5. Performance Volumes/LUNs and Rapid Rebuilds: ................................................................................................................ 23
8.5.1. Large LUNs: .......................................................................................................................................................................... 23
8.5.2. RealQuick: Rapid Rebuilds ................................................................................................................................................... 23
8.6. RealSnap: Advanced Copy Services / Snapshots .................................................................................................................. 24
8.6.1. Differences between Copy on Write (COW) and Redirect on Write: .................................................................................. 24
8.6.2. Redirect on write snapshot overview: ................................................................................................................................. 24
8.7. RealCache: SSD Read Cache ................................................................................................................................................ 25
8.7.1. Read Cache .......................................................................................................................................................................... 25
8.7.2. Key CLI Commands for Read Cache: .................................................................................................................................... 26
9. WARRANTY .............................................................................................................................................................. 26
9.1. General Warranty Options .................................................................................................................................................. 26
9.1.1. 3 year warranty from date of shipment on all enclosures .................................................................................................... 26
9.2. Support Contact #'s / Resources ......................................................................................................................................... 26
9.2.1. Customer Resource Center (CRC) ........................................................................................................................................ 26
9.2.2. SANsolve Contact Information ............................................................................................................................................ 27
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