Dell PowerVault DP100- User Manual

DELL STORAGE SOLUTIONS  85% Commercial Business  15% Consumer Business  20% Enterprise Solutions  1 in 4 Servers worldwide now Dell  #1 US Servers/PC‘s - IDC Dell Storage Business  Dell $2.3 Billion Storage revenue  Worlds fastest growing vendor  #1 ISCSI vendor worldwide  EMC‘s largest OEM...

DELL SAN PORTFOLIO 7 MD3000i EMC AX/NX4 Series EQL (PS) Series EMC CX Series Complement your PowerEdge server with affordable storage Remote site and work-group storage with CX management Enterprise-class, scale-out storage optimized for virtual servers and data consolidation Enterprise-class Multi-...

DELL STORAGE IN FULL PowerConnect Networking Storage Software ProSupport & Storage Consulting NX1950 NF100/500/600 MD3000i CX4-120 CX4-480 CX4-960 CX4-240 PS6000E PS6000X ML6000 TL4000 TL2000 PV124T RD1000 DP100/500/600 PV110T AX4-5 MD1000 MD3000 8 PS6500E PS6000XV/ S DL2000 MD1120 NX4

9 PS6000 SERIES PRODUCT LINE PERFORMANCE PS6000XV 4.8, 7.2 TB 15,000 RPM SAS PS6000X 6.4 TB 10,000 RPM SAS Balance of cost, performance and capacity for enterprise data centers Databases, Exchange servers, high-I/O virtual server environments, etc. Highest performance HDD system for critical applica...

10 PS6000 SERIES PRODUCT LINE CAPACITY PS6000E 2, 4, 8, 16 TB 7,200 RPM SATA Entry-level configurations for affordable capacity High capacity configuration for data-intensive applications, highly consolidated environments Tiered storage, File Services, moderate I/O Exchange, databases, backup data, ...

Myths – incorrect:  It is all about iSCSI  This is a low performance solution  Microsoft/VMWare/Redhat don‘t support it Truths:  IP Storage (iSCSI) has arrived as an Enterprise-class solution  Easy to buy, deploy, manage, scale reduces costs and time to market  iSCSI is fastest growing segment...

Microsoft customers with MS Exchange / SQL  Excellent fit for Exchange/SQL/Hyper-V  Full integration with Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) Storage Consolidation opportunities  Where no FC SAN exists  Consolidation of multiple servers (Linux, Windows, Unix etc)  Customers buying DELL Powervault...

 Existing DELL CX Fibre Channel customers  High IOPS Database environments (10,000 IOPS+) , data warehouses with high bandwidth / sequential writes  High bandwidth Video Streaming  Customers who need Synchronous (Real Time) Mirroring WHERE EQUALLOGIC MAY NOT BE THE BEST SOLUTION 14

EQUALLOGIC (PS) OR EMC? Ideal EQL Customers – Values ease-of-deployment and management – Values seamless scalability of performance, capacity – Values all-included SW – DR, Snaps – App consistent snapshots Exchange and SQL – Virtualization deployments – Using DAS (or moving from competing SAN) – Nee...

Delivers  More Storage  Better Performance  Greater Protection  Increased Flexibility Without  Heavy management  Escalating costs  HBAs and fibre infrastructure BREAKTHROUGH STORAGE ECONOMICS EQUALLOGIC PS SERIES 16 2 TB — 16+ TB … Operations / Management $$ STORAGE CAPACITY Learning Curve Pe...

IDENTIFYING THE TOTAL COST OF OWNERSHIP OF THE SAN : 17  Fiber Channel SAN economics – Cost of chassis, processors, disk enclosures, HBAs – SAN Ports, switches, fiber cabling + maintenance fees (if not 3 yrs included) – Multipathing I/O licence + maint.(per server for 3 years) – Software replicatio...

PS SERIES COMPREHENSIVE DATA MANAGEMENT ALL-INCLUSIVE WITH NO ADDITIONAL COSTS BASESOFTWARE FEATURES Management  Instant on ‗set-up‘ manager  Group manager  Rapid provisioning  Roles-based management Data Protection and Availability  RAID 5, 6, 10, and 50  Automatic RAID placement  Multi-path...

 Fully Redundant & Hot Swappable (5- 9‘s Availability) – Controllers – 16 or 48 disk drives – Fans and power supplies  High-end Components – 4 active 1-GB Network Interfaces – Enterprise SATA,SAS or SSD drives – 4 GB battery-backed mirrored memory PERFORMANCE AND END-TO-END HARDWARE RELIABILIT...

 Installs in less than an hour – Automatic RAID configuration – Automatic sparing – Multi-level security access control  No Server Software or Licensing Fees — EVER  Comprehensive OS Support EASY SET-UP Backup Servers File Servers Application Servers PS Series Array Switched Gb Ethernet E-mail Sh...

SINGLE-VIEW MANAGEMENT SINGLE SAN MANAGER – ANY SIZE, ANY FORM SAN Virtualizer System Load Balancer Storage Configuration Assistant — best practice hints and clues Volume Manager Data Replication Control Multiple Storage Pool Creation — online volume movement between pools Enclosure Monitoring Syste...

 Faster, Easier, and More Intuitive Setup – Install and configure a PS Series array in a fraction of the time – Everyday tasks take less time with EqualLogic – Less time means lower project costs and fewer headaches USABILITY COMPARISON EQUALLOGIC, NETAPP FAS3020, OTHER MID-RANGE FC 3 0.5 2 5 2 20 ...

SAN CONFIGURATION CHOICE ON DEMAND STORAGE GROWTH WITH ANY ARRAY TYPE  Add New Array Online  Choose Any Configuration – Mix SAS and SATA and SSD arrays  Complete Modularity – Add disks – Add and/or remove arrays  Auto Load Balancing Across Entire SAN  No Manual Tuning Required E-mail Shares SQL...

PS Series Array 2 RAID 10, 50 or 5 PS SERIES ARCHITECTURE Storage Pool Disks RAID PS Series Array 1 Pages RAID 10, 50 or 5 Archive SQL 1 2 N Exchange Switched Gb Ethernet Archive Exchange SQL 3 4 2 4 Automatic and transparent load balancing across arrays 25

26 SEAMLESS SAN EXPANSION CONTINUOUS SOFTWARE ADVANCEMENTS PS3000 Series Backup Servers AD / Dom PS100 Series PS3000 Series PS5000 Series PS5500E PS6000 Series Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME) Thin Provisioning Core Data Protection VMware Site Recovery Manager Auto-Snapshot Manager/ ...

SCALE UP V SCALE OUT PERFORMANCE # of Shelves P er forma nce EqualLogicScale Out TraditionalFibre Channel TraditionaliSCSI EqualLogic scales capacity and performance linearly  EqualLogic: better performance for business applications  Fibre Channel: better performance for certain applications (Back...

28 TIERED STORAGE Rethinking the basic approach to data storage High-end storage for all data is costly Align storage on devices according to value in the organization The most important data on fast I/O storage. Data can be moved over time as value changes. This is a business not an IT decision. Ti...

Pool 1 is an array of 15K SAS drives RAID 10 Best IOPS/$ Pool 3 is an array of 7.2K SATA drives RAID 5 or 50 Best $/TB Performance Capacity TIERING STORAGE POOLS Pool 2 is an array of 10K SAS drives RAID 50 Balanced IOPS/$ and $/TB PS6000X PS6000XV Single SAN View PS6000E PS6500E 29

POOL SEGREGATION / STORAGE TIERS INCREASED FLEXIBILITY  Mix and match drive capacity and performance profiles to meet your business needs, by Department Application Physical Location Storage Pool B SQL Vols File Shares Archives Storage Pool A Oracle Switched Gigabit Ethernet Network VMware • Group ...

EXTRAORDINARY CUSTOMER SATISFACTION ―Would you recommend an EqualLogic product to others?‖ Source: Yankee Group, ―EqualLogic Customer Satisfaction Survey‖, July 2008, * Average of Surveys 1-4 Yes * 98% of EqualLogic Customers Would Recommend the PS Series 31

MULTI-PATH I/O IMPROVE SERVER PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY  Customer Objectives – Improve server bandwidth to SAN – Eliminate single point of failure between server and SAN – Deploy an affordable out of the box solution  Key Applications – Database and mission critical systems – E-mail applications...

OFF-HOST BACKUPS – SNAPSHOT TO TAPE No server burden during backups Backup Server Tape Library L A N Remote Location 1 2 3 Server Server Server Snapshot Switched Gb Ethernet 33

COMPREHENSIVE DATA PROTECTION WITH REPLICATION  Asynchronous Replication – Selected volumes are incrementally replicated to remote site – Snapshots available for backup to tape, locally or remote backup – Instant incremental or brick level restore capability – High performance, no downtime, full pr...

EQUALLOGIC SOLUTIONS PS Series Arrays Linux Servers Gigabit Ethernet iSCSI SAN PS Series Array Recovery File Servers WAN Windows File Servers Exchange & SQL Servers Oracle Servers Back upServer VSS Recovery Application Servers DR/Remote Site SAN Consolidation of Servers & Storage Automation ...

IMPLEMENTATION SERVICES Dell ProSupport for EqualLogic • ProSupport for IT Professional/ ProSupport for End-User  NBD or 4 HR Non Mission Critical • Direct access to Dell experts • 7x24x365 phone support • ProSupport Add-on Options • Mission Critical Onsite Service - 2,4,8hr • Enterprise-Wide-Contr...

 Auto-Replication  Server Management Integration – Auto-Snapshot Manager/Microsoft Edition – Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition – Site Recovery Manager Adapter – Automatic MPIO Connection Management  Thin Provisioning  Roles-Based Management 39 ADVANCED ENTERPRISE FEATURES

PS SERIES AUTO-REPLICATION LOWERS THE COST OF DR THROUGH AUTOMATION Replicate volumes to remote sites over any distance – Easy to configure and set up – Quick recovery and availability of data volumes – Leverages existing IP network infrastructure and expertise – No impact to application performance...

ADVANCED REPLICATION – MANUAL SYNC  Manual Transfer for Initial Replication or Re-Sync during Production – Perform initial volume replication using transportable media – Perform complete re-sync of existing volume replica using transportable media, if WAN link is too small to keep up – Follow-on up...

PROTECTING APPLICATION DATA AUTO-SNAPSHOT MANAGER SMART COPY Copy Challenges:  Creating Copies – Disruptive to running systems and applications – Slow copy processes– High overhead  Using copies – Slow and complex recovery from copies Results in:  Longer backup intervals – more data at risk  Red...

 ASM Smart Copy provides application level integration with PS Series‘ all-inclusive data protection features – Snapshots – Rapid Restores – Clones – Replicas  All performed on the application server – Alleviates application data management at the SAN level – Provides application consistent data s...

APPLICATION VIEW ASM SMART COPY OPERATIONS 44 Switched GbE Network SQL & Exchange Servers  Streamlines application protection tasks  Significantly accelerates application data recovery  Simplifies application data management tasks  Enhances backup processes  Provides advanced scripting capa...

EQUALLOGIC FOR MICROSOFT 45  Leading iSCSI SAN for Microsoft – Innovative, intelligent, virtualizedconsolidated storage solutions – Affordable, enterprise-class storage with enhanced, advanced functionality  Superior performance in Microsoft environments – Fastest SAN storage solutions for Exchang...

AUTO-SNAPSHOT MANAGER/ MICROSOFT EDITION EqualLogic™ Auto-SnapshotManager /Microsoft Edition (ASM/ME)  ASM/ME Smart Copy: Application level data management software forPS Series and Microsoft hosts/applications – Improves and accelerates • data protection and rapid recovery • test and development •...

EQUALLOGIC SOLUTIONS FOR VIRTUALIZATION  Benefits of Virtual Server Solutions – Lower costs through consolidation – Reduce IT complexity – Enhance data and disaster protection – Improve flexibility in operations  Why EqualLogic – Affordable, enterprise-class storage – Rapid deployment and provisio...

EQUALLOGIC IN A VMWARE ENVIRONMENT  HCL-certified, purpose-built enterprise storage increases availability  Fully virtualized SAN speeds deployment and removes complexity  Automatic load balancing and online volume migration maximizes IT responsiveness  Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition &...

EQUALLOGIC PS SERIES SUPPORTS VMWARE SITE RECOVERY MANAGER EqualLogic SRM Adapter  Affordable enterprise disaster protection and recovery  Auto-Replication coordinates directly with SRM Server  Seamless integration of virtualized iSCSI SAN further simplifies the virtual data center  All-inclusiv...

THIN PROVISIONING  Thin Provisioning – Method of assigning virtual storage volumes to applications and consuming physical capacity on demand  Economic Benefits – Eliminate much of standard provisioning costs – Buy storage later, as you need it – Improves storage utilization – Reduce power costs (f...

EQUALLOGIC’S THIN PROVISIONING CUSTOMER CHOICE AND CONTROL EqualLogic Advantage: – No extra cost – No licenses and keys – Others charge by volume – Ease of use – Automatic space addition – System warnings, notifications – Flexibility – Ability to transition betweenthin and classic volume – DR site /...

 EqualLogic Advantage – Can assign separate administrators for each pool – Administrator can only change objects within authorized pools – Supports multi-organization administration – Enables ASP/ISP business models – Flexible views ADMINISTRATIVE BENEFITS ROLE-BASED MANAGEMENT Engineering Finance ...

 Automation and intelligence that simplifiesstorage management  Fast and highly scalable iSCSI SAN  All inclusive price with no hidden costs  Enterprise-class system designed for iSCSI  Comprehensive iSCSI ecosystem support EQUALLOGIC DELIVERS 55

 Strong Global Support Network  Unmatched Support Staff & Knowledge – Extensive knowledgebase of overall iSCSI ecosystem – Comprehensive vendor testing lab and qualification program  Customer Success-drivenBusiness Model – Single service contract coverage – Includes all HW & SW Services –...

CONTACTS FOR EQUALLOGIC STORAGE Dell Inc. 300 Innovative Way Suite 301 Nashua, NH 03062 USA Tel: 603-579-9762 Toll Free USA and Canada: 888-579-9762 www.dell.com/psseries www.dell.com/storage  Sales [email protected] Tel: 603-579-9762 x7792  Channel Development [email protected] Tel: 603-249-7915 ...

PS6X00 CHANGES DELL CONFIDENTIAL - INTERNAL DELL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISTRIBUTE 59 PS6X00 New Controller Features  4x1GB Ethernet Ports  Improves performance for sequential I/O workloads by up to 30%  New Faster processor  2GB Memory per controller  Doubles memory for 3U arrays for cache-intensiv...

DRIVE & FIRMWARE CHANGES DELL CONFIDENTIAL - INTERNAL DELL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISTRIBUTE 60 Highland Park (FW 4.1) Features  RAID 6 on all arrays  Adds RAID 6,10 and 5 for PS6500E and PS5500E 4U, 48-drive arrays PS6000 Drive Changes  Not146 offered with 146GB 15K SAS or 750GB SATA  Adds 50GB ...

PS6000S – SOLID STATE DISK Features & Benefits: • As little as 1/10 th the latency of 15k rpm array • Up to 30% better random read performance of a 15k rpm array • Value-focused Affordable SSD Offering • 50GB SSD drives • 8 and 16 drive options (dual controllers only) • Available at PS6000 RTS •...