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 IBM XIV Storage System series—System specifications
  XIV (Model 2810/2812-A14) XIV Gen3 (Model 2810/2812-114)
General properties
Disk drives (7,200 RPM) SATA (1 TB or 2 TB) SAS (2 TB or 3 TB)
Number of disk drives (min/max) 72/180 72/180
Performance features
Max number of CPUs 21 Intel Xeon Processor L5410 15 Intel Xeon Processor E5620
Max number of CPU cores 84 60 (hyperthreaded)
Max memory 120 GB (model with 8 GB of memory per module)

240 GB (model with 16 GB of memory per module)		 360 GB (24 GB of memory per module)
Max cache-to-disk bandwidth 240 Gbps 480 Gbps
SSD caching Not available Up to 6 TB
Connectivity
Max number of ports—Fibre Channel* 24 (4 Gbps ports) 24 (8 Gbps ports)
Max number of ports—iSCSI over Gigabit Ethernet 6 22
Physical features
Temperature 10 - 35ºC 10 - 35ºC
Altitude (max) 2134 m/7000 ft. 2134 m/7000 ft.
Humidity 25 - 80% non-condensing 25 - 80% non-condensing
Dimensions (height × width × depth) 199 × 60 × 107 cm 202 × 66 × 120 cm
Maximum weight 877 kg (1934 lbs) 1044.5 kg (2303.1 lbs)
Clearance front/rear 120/100 cm 120/120 cm
Redundant power feed √ √
Input voltage 180 - 264 V ac at 60 A or 30 A (±10%) 180 - 264 V ac at 60 A or 30 A (±10%)
Power usage See power usage table below See power usage table below
Host connectivity
Fibre Channel rates 4 Gbps 8 Gbps
iSCSI over 1 Gigabit Ethernet port √ √
Capacity on demand configurations √ √
Warranty 1 and 3 year Limited Warranty, Onsite service, Same Day 24×7 1 and 3 year Limited Warranty, Onsite service, Same Day 24×7
* FC ports are capable of auto-negotiation
 IBM XIV Storage series—Capacity and connectivity
Number of modules Number of disks Usable capacity (TB, decimal) Connectivity FC ports Connectivity iSCI ports
    XIV
1 TB/2 TB SATA drives		 XIV Gen3
2 TB/3 TB SAS drives		 XIV (4 Gbps) XIV Gen3 (8 Gbps) XIV (1 Gbps) XIV Gen3 (1 Gbps)
6 72 27/55 55/84 8 8 0 6
9 108 43/87 88/132 16 16 4 14
10 120 50/102 102/154 16 16 4 14
11 132 54/111 111/168 20 20 6 18
12 144 61/125 125/190 20 20 6 18
13 156 66/134 134/203 24 24 6 22
14 168 73/149 149/225 24 24 6 22
15 180 79/161 161/243 24 24 6 22
 IBM XIV Storage System series—Number of CPUs and memory
Number of modules Number of disks Number of CPUs XIV memory (GB) SSD

(TB) (optional)
    XIV XIV Gen3 XIV

(8G B/16 GB per module)		 XIV Gen3

(24 GB per module)		 XIV Gen3
6 72 9 6 48/96 144 2.4
9 108 15 9 72/144 216 3.6
10 120 16 10 80/160 240 4.0
11 132 17 11 88/176 264 4.4
12 144 18 12 96/192 288 4.8
13 156 19 13 104/208 312 5.2
14 168 20 14 112/224 336 5.6
15 180 21 15 120/240 360 6.0
Number of modules Number of disks XIV (1 TB/2 TB SATA) XIV Gen3 (2 TB/3 TB SAS) XIV Gen3 with SSD

(2 TB/3 TB SAS)
    kVA (max) kVA (idle) kVA (max) kVA (idle) kVA with SSD (max) kVA with SSD (idle)
6 72 3.4/3.1 2.9/2.8 2.8/2.8 2.7/2.7 2.9/2.9 2.7/2.7
9 108 5.0/4.5 4.2/4.0 4.2/4.1 4.0/4.0 4.3/4.2 4.1/4.1
10 120 5.5/4.9 4.7/4.4 4.6/4.6 4.3/4.4 4.7/4.7 4.4/4.5
11 132 6.1/5.4 5.2/4.7 5.0/5.1 4.7/4.7 5.1/5.2 4.8/4.8
12 144 6.7/5.8 5.7/5.1 5.4/5.6 5.1/5.1 5.5/5.7 5.2/5.2
13 156 7.2/6.2 6.2/5.5 5.8/6.0 5.5/5.5 5.9/6.1 5.6/5.6
14 168 7.8/6.6 6.7/5.9 6.3/6.5 5.9/5.9 6.5/6.7 6.0/6.0
15 180 8.4/7.1 7.2/6.2 6.7/7.0 6.2/6.3 6.9/7.2 6.3/6.4
 IBM XIV Storage System series—Power usage (typical)
Number of modules Number of disks XIV (1 TB/2 TB SATA) kVA XIV Gen3 (2 TB/3 TB SAS) kVA XIV Gen3 with SSD (2 TB/3 TB SAS) kVA
6 72 3.4/3.1 2.9/2.8 2.9/2.9
9 108 5.0/4.5 4.2/4.1 4.3/4.2
10 120 5.5/4.9 4.6/4.6 4.7/4.7
11 132 6.1/5.4 5.0/5.1 5.1/5.2
12 144 6.7/5.8 5.4/5.6 5.5/5.7
13 156 7.2/6.2 5.8/6.0 5.9/6.1
14 168 7.8/6.6 6.3/6.5 6.5/6.7
15 180 8.4/7.1 6.7/7.0 6.9/7.2

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