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IBM System Storage N7000 Gateway for SAN Storage Environments

Unify NAS, FC SAN, and IP SAN under a common architecture


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Specifications
   N7700 N7700 N7900 N7900
Machine type model 2866-G11 2866-G21 2867-G11 2867-G21
Controller configuration Single Dual (active/active) Single Dual (active/active)
Processors speed and type (Note 1) 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
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-Gbps) 12 (1-Gbps) 6 (1-Gbps) 12 (1-Gbps)
Storage scalability
Maximum number of Fibre Channel loops 10 10 14 14
Maximum raw capacity 840 GB 840 GB 1176 GB 1176 GB
Maximum number of disk drives 840 840 1176 1176
Maximum volume size 16 TB 16 TB 16 TB 16 TB
Maximum number of backend LUNs 12 12 14 14
Maximum backend LUN size 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB
Maximum host side LUN size 16 TB 16 TB 16 TB 16 TB
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