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IBM System Storage N5000 Modular Disk Storage Systems

Advanced system designed to enable outstanding, cost-effective deployment versatility


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Specifications
   N5300 N5300 N5600 N5600
Machine type model 2869-A10 2869-A20 2868-A10 2868-A20
Controller configuration Single Dual (active/active) Single Dual (active/active)
Processors speed and type 2.4 GHz AMD Single-core 64-bit Opteron 2.4 GHz AMD Single-core 64-bit Opteron 1.8 GHz AMD Dual-core 64-bit Opteron 1.8 GHz AMD Dual-core 64-bit Opteron
Number of processors 2 4 2 4
Random access memory 4 GB 8 GB 8 GB 16 GB
Nonvolatile memory 512 MB 1 GB 512 MB 1 GB
Integrated I/O ports
Fibre Channel ports (speed) 4 (4-Gbps) 8 (4-Gbps) 4 (4-Gbps) 8 (4-Gbps)
Ethernet ports (speed) 4 (GbE) 8 (GbE) 4 (GbE) 8 (GbE)
Storage scalability
Maximum number of Fibre Channel loops 10 10 10 10
Maximum raw capacity 336 TB 336 TB 504 TB 504 TB
Maximum number of disk drives 336 336 504 504
Maximum volume size 16 TB 16 TB 16 TB 16 TB
Maximum number of volumes/LUNs 2048 2048 2048 2048
Maximum number of storage enclosures 24 24 36 36
Maximum number of FC or iSCSI SAN connected servers (per controller and per active/active configuration) 256 256 256 256
Disk expansion units supported EXN4000—4 Gbps Fibre Channel Disk Storage Expansion Unit
EXN1000—SATA Disk Storage Expansion
EXN2000—FC Storage Expansion Unit (Legacy)
I/O scalability
PCI-Express (PCI-e) expansion slots 3 6 3 6
Maximum number FC ports 16 32 16 32
Maximum number of Ethernet ports 16