Thats where the cost of a san is, not in the controller itself, its just an x86 server. Installation overview the installation process follows the general steps below. Enhance your storage efficiency, performance and scalability with the dell storage sc8000 array controller. Theres an email address on the login page to request an account if you dont already have one. How to select ssds for host side caching for vmware interface, model, size, source and raid level. How to deploy the lowest latency horizon view and xendesktop vdi vms. Sc8000 series compellent reference articles dell us. The current version of storage center on the controller must be 6. Dell storage center sc8000 controller particulate contamination tech note this tech note defines the limits to help avoid it equipment damage andor failure from particulates and gaseous contamination. Leveraging 12 generations of design experience, the dell compellent sc8000 controller offers high performance and memory, advanced power efficiency and proactive diagnostics. Veeam backup software and compellent post by shestakov. Dell sc200sc220 storage enclosures getting started with. Anyone using freenas with dell compellent hardware. Scos is the storage center operating system, which is the software that runs dells sc storage line, including the scv2000, sc4020, sc8000, and sc9000, with more to come soon.
Dell emc sc8000 is designed for large to midsize installations and can add enclosures in a fibre channel and iscsi configurations. Allows the dell compellent storage center to reach. Configuring the dell compellent sc8000 storage array. Dell storage compellent integration tools for vmware. Enhance your storage efficiency, performance and scalability with the dell compellent sc8000 storage center controller that can help lower the total cost of ownership. This page is a frequently updated collection of dell emc sc series including dell compellent technical white papers and videos produced by dell emc. The dell compellent storage center management pack 3. Software licences are required up to its maximum of 120 drives. Updating the ipfc inbox fibre channel driver with command line interface cli or vmware update. These are the products that were formerly known as compellent. If it is determined that levels of particulates or gaseous pollution are beyond the limits specified below and are the reason for the damage. Get drivers and downloads for your dell dell storage sc8000.
Selfoptimizing architecture responds to realtime data use. Finally got to do our first dell compellent sc8000 san installation today. Email address problems logging in with your compellent. A storage center san built with an sc8000 controller is an allinone storage array that allows organizations to actively manage data at a highly granular level using builtin intelligence and automation with storage center array software. The sc8000 controller is actually a server as far as i know. I know that these were originally sold as storage controllers.
Dell compellent sc8000 controllers component description processor 2. Dell compellent storage mpio multipath configuration youtube. We have a dell compellent sc8000 setup both here and in our dr site. The new sc8000 controllers are based on the dell r710 servers, no more. Verify software support for enclosures dell sc8000. Dell compellent sc8000 controller details data center. Management, expansion and drive support options are shared across the portfolio. The dell compellent fs8600 nas solution provides an extremely agile platform for constantly evolving block and file storage requirements. Veeam backup and replication offers different type of primary storage integration to improve and offload the backup process using storage snapshots and limiting vmware snapshots only for the time.
If you are adding or upgrading enclosures, check the update status and install software updates before discovering the new or changed enclosures in storage manager. Support for dell storage sc8000 documentation dell us. Veeam backup software and compellent veeam community. A storage center san built with an sc8000 controller is an allinone storage array. Optional select a folder in the inventory location pane to which to deploy the virtual appliance. Dell compellent storage center multiprotocol enterprise storage for virtualized data centers and the cloud thats efficient, agile, and resilient dell compellent sc8000. I dont think what youre wanting will be possible, you have to license the controller and the disks in packs of 16. The one thing that really stood out for me, even though it has nothing to do with technology, was the way the controllers were shipped.
The next generation dell compellent sc8000 controller was announced on june 12, 2012 and available to order and ship on june 19, 2012. For example, if you have 86 disks total in your system, and 4 of them are spares then you only have 82 that count towards your license. This article is focused how to set up mpio in windows server 2016 and dell emc sc compellent storage series. Dell storage compellent integration tools for vmware version 4. The sc8000 can dynamically scale to meet a wide range of business requirements while offering all the efficiencies of the sc series line. Install new disks 1 follow the instructions in the storage center sc8000 deployment guide to install a new enclosure or to install new disks into an existing enclosure.
Unlike dell compellent sc8000, there is no enterprise cap for dell storage sc4020. Register account on compellent customer portal below link, then you can download the guide. Get drivers and downloads for your dell dell compellent sc4020. The fs8600 leverages dells fludfs to support a scaleout file architecture with up to 2pb in a single namespace, and provides policybased dedupe, compression, and other. The sc8000 s were sold to us as dell compellent san controllers. Upgrades from series 30 and series 40 systems to the new sc8000 are now available for sale worldwide. Api plugin for dell emc compellent veeam community forums. Gov sector, compellent nas self installation services. This video is part 2 in the 2part video series on daytoday management with dell storage manager dsm. The new sc8000 controllers are based on the dell r710 servers, no more supermicro components. The compellent fs8600 is a nas filer that can be added to a compellent san in front of the sc8000 controller to provide a fluid file v3 nas unified file storage environment. Dell compellent storage center technical specifications. The sc8000 intelligently optimizes drive utilization, reducing total cost of ownership while providing high performance and granular control for large data stores. Improving the performance of dell compellent san for.
Dell nx3000 for dell compellent dell compellent znas controllers clustered controllers provide automatic failover seamlessly connects to any opensystems server without the need for server agents mix and match fibre channel, fcoe and iscsi server connectivity software applications a powerful suite of enterprise capabilities. The dell storage sc8000 offers high performance for midsize to large deployments with enterprise processing power and advanced software. I guess it wont be based on a smart raid card, because the intelligent component is the server itself running compellent software. Dell compellent storage mpio multipath configuration installation details. How to configure dell compellent scv2000 series check out the video about compellent intelligent, automated storage when your data is your business. The dell sc8000 upgrade kit is now available in quote center for quoting and ordering. Sc8000 licensing rules for software features dell community. Part 2 includes a demonstration of dsm as it relates to managing dell storage sc series. Support, 24x7, nbd, dell compellent znas ha cluster software. Verify software support for enclosures, verify software. The default name of the virtual appliance is compellent integration tools for vmware. Run powershell with administrator privileges and run.
Make sure that the environment is ready for installation. We only have volumes on the compellent setup and presented to vmware 6. You need compellent customer number can get it from your dell sales guy. Dell compellent scv2000 series initial configuration in 10. Sc8000 licensing rules for software features what they refer to when they say spares are not counted is that the number of spares in your system are not coutned as active disks. Straightforward software upgrades and perpetual software licensing enable consistent, seamless growth. Revise software startup procedure for securedata and seds implemented in version 6.
Deploying with other sc or ps series arrays sc8000 is ideal for both standalone and distributed deployments with sc4020, sc7020 or sc9000 arrays. Download and install the latest drivers, firmware and software. Somone on craigslist has two dell compellent sc8000 barebone servers for sale in my area. The sc8000 adjusts automatically, restriping data across all drives and updating the inflight use characteristics. Dell compellent sc8000 with freenas installed before everyone asks me in the comments why i bough this, it is for a jbod disk array that is freely expandable with out and hardware raid, and i. Storage center sc8000 controller deployment guide sc8000 controller nic indicator codes. If it can boot, you can see the hardware inventory. Download latest dell storage manager client from dell support website latest version 2016 r3. Windows server 2016 mpio and sas conectivity with dell. Email address problems logging in with your compellent portal login. The packing is much more efficient and probably more environmentally. Support, 24x7, dell compellent znas ha cluster software license. Three full height, three low profile transport speeds 8 gb or 16 gb fibre channel 10 gb fcoe 3 gb, 6 gb 1 gb, 10 gb iscsi note. But again, base licences cover 48 drives, with expansion in 24drive increments, which means far fewer licences are required overall.