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IBM System Storage N7000 Modular Disk Storage System

Designed as reliable, powerful, scalable modular storage system


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Specifications
   N7700 N7700 N7900 N7900
Machine type model 2866-A11 2866-A21 2867-A11 2867-A21
Controller configuration Single Dual (active/active) Single Dual (active/active)
Processors speed and type 2.6 GHz AMD™ Opteron™ 2.6 GHz AMD Opteron 2.6 GHz AMD dual core Opteron 2.6 GHz AMD dual core Opteron
Number of processors 2 4 4 8
Random access memory 16 GB 32 GB 32 GB 64 GB
Nonvolatile memory 512 MB 1 GB 2 GB 4 GB
Standard Integrated I/O Ports
Fibre channel ports/speed 8 (4-Gbps) 16 (4-Gbps) 8 (4-Gbps) 16 (4-Gbps)
Ethernet ports/speed 6 (1-GbE) 12 (1-GbE) 6 (1-GbE) 12 (1-GbE)
Storage scalability
Maximum number of Fibre Channel loops 10 10 14 14
Maximum raw capacity1 840 TB 840 TB 1176 TB 1176 TB
Maximum number of disk drives 840 840 1176 1176
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 60 60 84 84
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 5 10 5 10
PCI-x expansion slots 3 6 3 6
Maximum number FC ports 28 56 28 56
Maximum number of Ethernet ports 26