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IBM System Storage N3700

Enterprise-class, affordable, highly scalable, and upgradeable storage



Operating system Data ONTAP 7.2
Standard software features Integrated automatic RAID manager, Snapshot™, Fast Boot, Telnet, e-mail alerts, NIS, DNS, SNMP, FilerView®, NDMP, SecureAdmin™, FlexVol®, AutoSupport
Network protocol support NFS V2/V3/V4 over UDP or TCP, PCNFSD V1/V2 for (PC) NFS client authentication, Microsoft® CIFS, VLD, FTP, HTTP 1.0, HTTP 1.1 Virtual Hosts
SAN protocol support iSCSI, Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP) fabric-attached and direct-attached configurations
Optional licensed functions NFS, CIFS, HTTP, Fibre Channel Protocol (FCP), iSCSI Protocol, FlexClone®, MultiStore®, Clustered Failover (CFO), SnapMirror®, SnapRestore®, SnapVault®, SnapLock® Compliance, SnapLock Enterprise, SyncMirror®, SnapValidator®, SnapDrive® for Windows®, SnapDrive for UNIX®, Single Mailbox Recovery for Exchange, SnapManager® for Exchange, SnapManager for SQL Server®, SnapManager for Oracle®, SnapManager for SAP®, SnapManager for Microsoft Office SharePoint®, Operations Manager, Protection Manager, Provisioning Manager, Virtual File Manager™ (VFM® )—Enterprise Edition, VFM Virtual File Manager—Migration Edition
Hardware features 3U Integrated filer and disk storage available in 19" rack-mount configurations, redundant hot-plug power supplies and cooling, two integrated full duplex 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports per NAS controller, two integrated FC ports per NAS controller, CompactFlash and diagnostic LEDs/OPS
Default/min./max. RAID group sizes Default: All N3700 devices shipped with root volume using RAID-DP™. Root consists of three disks (one data and two parity). System Administrator can change the designated root volume and create any new volumes using:
RAID 4 or RAID-DP
RAID 4 minimum configuration: 1 data + 1 parity/Maximum: 13 data + 1 parity
RAID-DP minimum configuration: 1 data + 2 parity/Maximum: 26 data + 2 parity (FC)
Disk storage expansion units supported EXN4000 – 4 Gbps Fibre Channel Disk Storage Expansion Unit
EXN1000 – Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) Disk Storage Expansion Unit; Legacy Expansion Unit Support
EXN2000 – Fibre Channel (FC) Disk Storage Expansion Unit
Disk drive capacities supported EXN4000—4 Gbps 15K RPM FC disk drives (144 GB, 300 GB); EXN1000—7200 RPM SATA disk drives (500 GB, 750 GB, 1 TB)
Disks supported for legacy configurations
FC – 36 GB, 72 GB, 144 GB, 300 GB disks
SATA – 250 GB, 320 GB, 500 GB, 750 GB disks
Filer specifications N3700 A10 N3700 A20
Max. raw capacity 16.8 TB 16.8 TB
Max. number of disk drives 56 56
ECC memory 1 GB 2 GB
Ethernet 10/100/1000copper 2 4
Copper FC ports for EXN expansion unit attachment 1 2
Optical FC ports for FC SAN and tape attachment 1 2
See ibm.com/storage/network/n3700/features.html for an overview of the N3700 software features, functions and benefits.

Environmental specifications
AC power/max. current 100 to 120VAC, 4 A; 200 to 240VAC, 2 A
Thermal rating 1,215 Btu/hr (fully loaded shelf)
Dimensions (height/width/depth) Three EIA U (5.25", 13.3 cm)/19" EIA rack compliant (17.6", 44.7 cm)/20" (50.8 cm)
Weight (max.) 78.8 lb (35.8 kg) fully loaded
Operating temperature & relative humidity 10°C to 40°C (50°F to 104°F); 10% to 90% relative humidity, non-condensing
Non-operating temperature & relative humidity -40°C to 65°C (-40°F to 149°F); 10% to 95% relative humidity, non-condensing