Dot Hill Systems SANnet II 200 - Manual (Page 3)

Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................. 3
INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................ 4
K EY F EATURES ........................................................................................................................................... 4
A RCHITECTURE F UNDAMENTALS ................................................................................................................ 5
M ANAGEMENT I NTERFACES ........................................................................................................................ 5
R ELIABILITY , A VAILABILITY AND S ERVICEABILITY .................................................................................... 6
P ERFORMANCE ............................................................................................................................................ 7
S CALABILITY ............................................................................................................................................... 7
ARCHITECTURE ....................................................................................................................................... 8
E NCLOSURE M ODULES ................................................................................................................................ 8
C ONTROLLER M ODULES ............................................................................................................................. 8
D ISK M ODULES ........................................................................................................................................... 9
P OWER AND C OOLING M ODULES .............................................................................................................. 10
E NCLOSURE M ANAGEMENT U NIT M ODULES ............................................................................................ 11
SCSI M ODULE .......................................................................................................................................... 12
T ERMINATION M ODULE ............................................................................................................................ 13
FEATURES................................................................................................................................................. 14
C ONTROLLER O PTIMIZATION .................................................................................................................... 14
C ONTROLLER R EDUNDANCY ..................................................................................................................... 14
C ACHE P ROTECTION .................................................................................................................................. 15
R EAD C ACHING ......................................................................................................................................... 15
W RITE C ACHING ....................................................................................................................................... 16
L OGICAL D RIVES ....................................................................................................................................... 16
D ISK R EDUNDANCY .................................................................................................................................. 16
S PARE D ISKS ............................................................................................................................................. 17
L OGICAL D RIVE R EBUILDING .................................................................................................................... 17
MANAGEMENT........................................................................................................................................ 18
C ONFIGURATION ....................................................................................................................................... 18
M ONITORING ............................................................................................................................................. 19
E VENT L OGS ............................................................................................................................................. 19
I N -B AND & O UT - OF -B AND M ANAGEMENT ............................................................................................... 20
E VENT R EPORTING .................................................................................................................................... 22
F IRMWARE U PDATES ................................................................................................................................. 23
RAID ........................................................................................................................................................ 24
C
ACHING ................................................................................................................................................... 24
A DVANCED F EATURES .............................................................................................................................. 25
RAID E XPANSION ..................................................................................................................................... 26
R EDUNDANT C ONTROLLERS ..................................................................................................................... 26
D ATA S AFETY ........................................................................................................................................... 27
U SER I NTERFACE ....................................................................................................................................... 28
PERFORMANCE PARAMETERS.......................................................................................................... 29
DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS .............................................................................................................. 24
GLOSSARY ................................................................................................................................................ 30
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