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IBM System Storage DS4700

Scalable, high-performance storage for on demand computing environments

  
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Characteristics
Model 1814-70A/H/S/T, 1814-72A/H/S/T
1814-70S/T, 1814-72S/T (DC power supplies)
RAID controller Dual active
Cache Model 70A/70S: 2 GB
Model 72A/72S: 4 GB
Battery-backed
Host interface 8 host ports model 72, 4 host ports model 70—Fibre Channel (FC) Switched and FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standard, Auto-sensing 1 Gbps/2 Gbps/4 Gbps
Drive interface 4 drive ports—Fibre Channel (FC) Switched and FC Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) standard, Auto-sensing 1Gbps/2 Gbps/4 Gbps
Supported drives Supports 2 Gbps FC:10K – 73.4 GB, 146.8 GB, 300 GB E-DDM, 15K – 36.4 GB, 73.4 GB, 146.8 GB E-DDM
Supports 4 Gbps FC: 15k – 300 GB, 146.8 GB, 73.4 GB, 36.4 GB E-DDM
Supports 4 Gbps SATA: 7.2K 500 GB/750 GB and 1 TB E-DDM Disk drives
RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10
Storage partitions 4, 8, 16, 64 or 128 storage partitions
Maximum drives supported Model 72A/H/S/T: 112 FC or 112 SATA drives (using 6 DS4000 EXP810 Expansion Units)
Model 70A//H/S/T: 112 FC or 112 SATA drives (using 6 DS4000 EXP810 Expansion Units)
Fans and power supplies Dual redundant, hot-swappable
Rack support 19-inch, industry-standard rack
Management software IBM System Storage DS4000 Storage Manager version 10.10
SAN support Supported IBM FC switches and directors (product numbers 2005, 2006, 2109, 2026, 2027, 2031, 2032, 2034, 2042, 2054, 2061 and 2062, and IBM BladeCenter®)
Warranty Three year parts and labor warranty, 9x5 next business day, upgradeable to 24x7 with four hour response
Physical characteristics
Dimensions H - 130.3 mm (5.13 in) W - 447.0 mm (17.6 in) D - 563.8 mm (22.2 in)
Supported systems 1 For a list of currently supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering applications and SAN switches and directors, refer to the DS4700 Express Interoperability Matrix available at ibm.com /storage/disk/ds4000/ds4700 . For availability dates, configuration options, and attachment capabilities, refer to: ibm.com /storage/disk .
The DS4700 Express is supported only in rack installations. With optional features, up to six DS4000 EXP810 Expansion Units can be attached to the DS4700 Express up to a maximum of 112 drives.

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1 For specific details and configuration availability, please visit ibm.com /storage/disk .
 
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