• Up to seven network adapters
ESS 5000 product line-up
Based on the enclosure that is used in the ESS 5000 system, the following variants of ESS 5000 products
are available:
• ESS 5000 SC series
• ESS 5000 SL series
ESS 5000 SC series
The main features of the ESS 5000 SC series are as follows:
• Uses the 5147-106 enclosures
• Uses up to six network adapters per ESS system
– 25G Ethernet, 100G Ethernet, 100G InfiniBand
• HDD options available are 10 TB, 14 TB, and 16 TB
The following figure shows the basic building block of the ESS 5000 system with Model 106 expansion
enclosures:
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