Dell EqualLogic PS6210 Series

Power, simplicity and versatility.

New-generation Dell Storage PS Series arrays streamline storage management and improve and simplify performance for lasting value.

SKU
EqualLogic-PS6210

Specification 

Expansion Capacity

  • Can be combined with other PS Series arrays in the same SAN group online; maximum of 16 total arrays per group that can support a maximum of 384 drives and up to 1.536PB with the PS6210 Series. With multigenerational capabilities, you can support up to 10 cross-generation types of controllers with multiple network configurations and drive types in a new or existing PS Series SAN resource pool, all managed by a single interface. Maximum number of drives and capacity varies based on configuration model and drive types. Additionally, PS and SC Series offer common management and cross-platform replication capabilities between arrays, providing PS Series customers the flexibility to add SC Series arrays to their environment, if and when they choose.

Networking

  • TCP Network Support: 
    IPv4, IPv6 compliant. USGv6 certified. 

    Network Interfaces: 
    Management network: One 100BASE-TX per controller

Physical

  • PS6210E: 
    Height:
    4U / 175 mm (6.87 inches) 
    Width: 
    446 mm (17.57 inches) 
    Depth: 
    580 mm (22.83 inches) 
    Weight: 
    47.1 kg (103.8 lb)1

    Packaged physical: 
    Length: 
    905 mm (35.63 inches) 
    Width: 
    607 mm (23.88 inches) 
    Depth: 
    521 mm (20.50 inches) 
    Packaged weight: 
    66.0 kg (145 lbs)1

    PS6210X, PS6210XV, PS6210S, PS6210XS: 
    Height: 
    2U / 87 mm (3.42 inches) 
    Width: 
    446 mm (17.57 inches) 
    Depth: 
    546 mm (21.50 inches) 
    Weight: 
    26.4 kg (58.3 lb)1

    Packaged physical: 
    Length: 
    851 mm (33.50 inches) 
    Width: 
    616 mm (24.25 inches) 
    Depth: 
    508 mm (20.00 inches) 
    Packaged weight: 
    36.0 kg (79.3 lbs)1

Data Protection, Disaster Recovery, Security

  • CHAP authentication 
    Access control for iSCSI as well as new Access Control Policies
    Access control for management interfaces including Active Directory, LDAP, or RADIUS support 
    Common Criteria Certification with FW 7.1.1

Controller

  • Dual controllers with 16GB non-volatile memory per controller

Environmental Operating Conditions

  • Temperature range: 
    5° to 40°C (41° to 104°F) 

    Storage temperature: 
    –40° to 65°C (–40° to 149°F) 

    Altitude: 
    For altitudes above 2950 feet, the maximum operating temperature is derated 1ºF/550 ft. 

    Operating Relative humidity: 
    20% to 80% (noncondensing) with a maximum humidity gradation of 10% per hour 

    Operational shock: 
    Half-sine shock 31G +/- 5% with a pulse duration of 2.6ms +/- 10% in operational orientations only

    Operating Vibration: 
    0.26 Grms (5 to 350 Hz) for 5 minutes in operational orientations 

    Acoustics Category 4: 
    <=7.2 bels="" at="" 23c="" +/-=""> 

    Air Quality: 
    Airborne contaminant level of G1 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985

Power

  • Frequency: 
    50/60 Hz 

    Power factor: 
    0.98 (minimum) 

    PS6210E: 
    AC voltage: 
    100-240 VAC ±10% single phase 1080W (max, total), +5V up to 155W; +12V up to 924W; +5Vsb up to 10W
    Power supplies: 
    Dual, optional dual 1080W DC-DC 

    PS6210X, PS6210XV, PS6210S, PS6210XS: 
    AC voltage:
    100-240 VAC ±10% single phase, 700 W (max, total), +5V up to 155W; +12V up to 624W; +5Vsb up to 10W
    Power supplies: 
    Dual, optional dual 700W DC-DC

Energy Efficiency

  • ENERGY STAR®
    The Dell PS6210 series arrays have earned the ENERGY STAR Data Center Storage designation. Click Here to learn more about the ENERGY STAR Storage 1.0 designation.
    ENERGY STAR®

Management

  • Dell Storage Manager (DSM): 
    Allows you to perform day-to-day tasks across SC and PS Series arrays from a single management interface 

    Group Manager (GUI & CLI) 

    SAN Headquarters multi-group performance and event monitoring tool 

    Virtual Storage Manager 

    vCenter plugin 

    Serial console 

    Ability to configure a separate management network 

    SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL) 

    Host scripting, including Windows PowerShell 

    Multi-administrator support

Maximum Usable Capacity

  • Drive Capacities: 
    PS6210E:
     
    2TB, 3TB, 4TB, 6TB 

    PS6210X: 
    600GB, 900GB, and 1.2TB 

    PS6210XV: 
    300GB, 600GB 

    PS6210S: 
    400GB, 800GB, 1.6TB 

    PS6210XS: 
    Combines 400GB or 800GB SSDs and 600GB or 1.2TB 10K RPM SAS drives 

    System Capacities: 
    PS6210E:
     
    Up to 144TB (up to 2.3PB with 16 arrays) 

    PS6210X: 
    Up to 28.8TB (up to 460.8TB with 16 arrays) 

    PS6210XV: 
    Up to 14.4TB (up to 230.4TB with 16 arrays) 

    PS6210S: 
    Up to 38.4TB (up to 614.4TB with 16 arrays) 

    PS6210XS: 
    Up to 26TB (up to 416TB with 16 arrays)

Hard Drive

  • Hard Disk Drives:
    PS6210E:
    24 hot-pluggable 3.5" 7.2K RPM NL-SAS drives

    PS6210X:
    24 hot-pluggable 2.5" 10K RPM SAS drives

    PS6210XV:
    24 hot-pluggable 2.5" 15K RPM SAS drives

    PS6210S:
    24 hot-pluggable 2.5" SSDs

    PS6210XS:
    7 hot-pluggable 2.5" SSDs and 17 hot-pluggable 2.5" 10K RPM SAS drives

    Self Encrypting Drives (SED):
    PS6210E:
    4TB 7.2K RPM NL-SAS drives

    PS6210X:
    1.2TB 10K RPM SAS drives

    PS6210XV:
    600GB 15K RPM SAS drives

    PS6210S:
    N/A

    PS6210XS:
    N/A

Reliability

  • Redundant hot-swappable controllers with vertical port sharing Hot-swappable disks and power supplies

RAID

  • PS6210E: 
    RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 50 (for 2 TB drives)2

    PS6210X, PS6210XV, PS6210S: 
    RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 502

    PS6210XS: 
    Accelerated RAID 6

Rack Support

  • ReadyRails™ II static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded-hole racks

Notification Methods

  • SAN Headquarters alerting, including Dell SupportAssist, SNMP traps, email, syslog

Technical Highlights

  • Interface ports: 
    Two 10GBASE-T with RJ45 and two 10GbE SFP+ for fibre or twin-ax copper cabling 

    Volumes: 
    Up to 1,024 

    Snapshots: 
    512 per volume/up to 10,000 total per group
     
    Volume connections per PS series pool/group:
     
    Up to 1024/4096 

    Host Protocol: 
    Any standards-compliant iSCSI initiator 

    OS Supported: 
    Microsoft Windows Server® 
    including Hyper-V® 
    VMware® 
    ESX Server™ 
    Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® (RHEL) 
    SUSE® Enterprise Linux® (SLES) 
    Oracle® Linux® 
    Citrix® XenServer®

Enclosure Monitoring System

  • Automatic spare configuration and utilization 

    SMART 

    Automatic bad block replacement 

    Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives
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