Product Brief

Engenio 1532 Storage Systems

The proliferation of servers and influx of data growth in today’s IT environ-

ments is not limited to just the enterprise, but to the SMB as well. To lever-
age data to its fullest extent, it must be manageable as well as accessible
when needed. Data consolidation via a network is a highly desirable solu-
tion to achieve this. The connecting of storage devices via a storage area
network, or SAN, is generally recognized to provide substantially higher
scalability, flexibility, availability and manageability than is possible with
many SMB’s direct attach storage (DAS) environments.
F e at u r e s

n iSCSI connectivity –integration The 1532 storage system is the newest addition date data and take overburdened DAS to the
into low-cost IP networks
to the Engenio Simplicity-managed family of next level. For the enterprise and larger organi-
• Pervasive and well-understood
systems designed to meet data consolidation zations, the 1532 is a reliable and robust system
interface technology
requirements for the SMB. The 1532 introduces for their remote sites as well as low-cost, blade
n The affordability of the 1532 and
inexpensive iSCSI equipment iSCSI host connectivity providing a simple and and virtual servers.
allows businesses to control their scalable network storage solution. Designed for
storage expenses With four host-side 1Gb/s iSCSI interfaces, the
a wide range of organizations, the 1532 deliv-
n Support for high-performance 1532 storage system can attach to redundant IP
SAS and/or high capacity SATA ers the benefits of a cost-effective and reliable
switches—enabling capacity-efficient storage
drives within the same enclosure storage system to consolidate storage leverag-
addresses the needs of tiered consolidation without the need of an expen-
ing an IP storage network.
storage and ILM solutions sive storage network.
n Leverages generations of LSI With iSCSI host interface connectivity and SAS
storage development for “best- The 1532 supports a mature, well-understood
back-end technology, the 1532 will specifically
of-breed” technology technology. This ensures low costs through
benefit environments where flexibility, price/
n Simple to implement and man- commodity economics as well as leverages
age with intuitive easy-to-use performance, and availability of administrative
an enormous knowledge and experience
storage software staff are critical IT decision factors. For SMBs
base—as some level of network expertise is
n Premium key-enabled features and workgroups, the 1532 is an easy-to-use
for additional flexibility and func- typically present in all sizes of organizations.
tionality affordable primary storage solution to consoli-

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 The 1532 storage system’s modular design Simple installation and management Premium features enhance flexibility
creates an affordable entry-point without sac-
Simplicity Storage Manager ensures a friendly Premium key-enabled features provide ad-
rificing future scalability—enabling customers
management interface from set up to adminis- ditional functionality and replication features
to start small and grow big when they’re ready.
tration. Intuitive Simplicity software leverages to an organization’s storage system only when
Dual-active controllers and up to 12 SAS and/or
generations of LSI software development to and if their storage demands call for it. As
SATA drives combine to create a fully-featured
provide trusted and reliable data management. businesses continue to grow, administrators
and highly available storage system in a 2U
Its web-like and task-based management have the flexibility to add premium features to
enclosure. And when capacity and/or perfor-
interface significantly reduces the complexity support data utilization and protection require-
mance requirements change, the 1532s “start
of installation, configuration, management ments.
small, grow big” scalability supports up to 36
and diagnostic tasks. Online capacity expan- Storage partitioning logically divides a single
additional SAS and/or SATA drives.
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sion, dynamic RAID-level migration, an iSCSI system into multiple systems by defining which
LSI expertise in external storage system de- configuration tab, volume creation and host- host or host group can access each volume
velopment was the intellectual ground work to-volume mappings, gives the user control of within the 1532. This enables a range of hosts
for the 1532—assuring best-of-breed technol- with different capacity, performance or data
their storage system and the ability to make
protection demands to effectively share a single
ogy and reliability. By combining this proven quick changes when necessary. With proactive
system.
technology with next-generation SAS drive and drive health monitoring, RAID 6 and global hot
n Volume Snapshot creates capacity-efficient,
expansion technology, growing organizations spares, Simplicity provides the highest protec-
point-in-time volume images, providing a logi-
can take advantage of improved availability tion available against drive errors and failures. cal volume for such uses as file restoration and
and reliable data protection. backup.
n Volume Copy creates a complete physical
copy—or clone—of a volume within a storage
system. These unique copies can be assigned to
any host and used for application testing and
development, information analysis or data mining.

Technical specifications

P e r f o r m a n c e ( SAS D R I V ES )
Maximum burst I/O rate from cache n 64,000 I/Os per second
Maximum sustained I/O rate from disk n 21,300 I/Os per second
Maximum sustained transfer rate from media n 380 MB per second
Capacity
Maximum capacity with 73 GB SAS drives n 3.5 TB
Maximum capacity with 146 GB SAS drives n 7.0 TB
Maximum capacity with 300 GB SAS drives n 14.4 TB
Maximum capacity with 500 GB SATA drives n 24.0 TB
Maximum capacity with 750 GB SATA drives n 36.0 TB
Maximum capacity with 1.0 TB SATA drives n 48.0 TB
Maximum number of drives supported n 48 drives (both 10K and 15K RPM SAS and 7.2K SATA drive options supported)
H o s t / d r iv e c o n n e c t i o n s
Host channels n Two 1Gb/s iSCSI ports per controller

Expansion port n One 3Gb/s SAS drive expansion port per controller

Av a i l a b i l i t y
n Supports dual-active controllers
n RAID Levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 10
n Redundant hot-swappable controllers, drives, power supply and cooling fans
n Mirrored cache with optional battery backup
n Automatic drive failure detection and rebuild with global hot spares
n Proactive drive health monitoring

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 C o n fi g u r a t i o n AN D P H YS I CAL COM P ONENTS
Processor n Intel X-Scale 667 MHz
XOR technology n Built-in hardware XOR for high speed parity calculations
Integrated TOE support n QLogic EP4032 TCP/IP Offline Engine chip
Cache memory per controller n 512 MB with 1 GB option
OS s u pp o r t
n Windows Server 2003 SP2 (32 and 64 bit)
n Windows XP (client only, excludes I/O attach)
n Windows Vista (client only, excludes I/O attach)
n Windows Server 2008
n Solaris 9 (Sparc, FC, I/O attach)
n Solaris 10 (x86 & Sparc, SAS, iSCSI, I/O attach)
n Netware 6.5 SP7 (I/O attach)
n Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4.7, v5.2
n Red Hat Client (client only, excludes I/O attach)
n SuSE v9 SP4, v10 SP2
n SuSE Professional (client only, excludes I/O attach)
Physical characteristics
Rack mount: Height Width Depth
Controller and drive module 3.39 in (86.1 mm) 17.66 in (448.6 mm) 21.26 in (540 mm)
Module weight n 59.55 lbs
Maximum weight (12 300GB drives, 2 controllers, 2 PSU, bezel) n 88.55 lbs
Operating temperature n 10°C to 40°C (50°F to 104°F) controller integrated into an enclosure
AC power consumption (per enclosure) n 530 watts (+ 5V @ 22A/+12 V @ 35A)
R e g u l ato ry / co m p l i a n c e
n FCC Class A, VCCI Class A, EN55022 Class A, EN55024, UL, BSMI, C-Tick, SBB
n WEEE and RoHS compliant

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