Install Guide

Introduction
5 Dell EMC SC Series Storage with SAS Front-end Support for Microsoft Hyper-V | 3026-CD-WS | V3
1 Introduction
All SC Series arrays can be configured to support iSCSI or Fibre Channel (FC) for connecting host servers to
SAN storage. These are flexible, robust, and highly scalable transport options that are the best choice for
most SAN environments. For a location such as a small branch office, SAS FE is an attractive, simple, cost-
effective transport option because it does not require additional switch hardware or support expertise.
However, with SAS FE, the number of physical host servers supported with each SC array is limited to four
hosts. The figures in this document present cabling options.
1.1 Supported hardware
The following SC Series arrays support SAS FE:
 SCv2000
 SCv3000
 SC4020
 SC5020
The SCv2000 and SCv3000 arrays are affordable, entry-level systems that offer many of the same enterprise-
class features as other SC Series arrays, and the SC4020 and SC5020 are fully featured arrays. Each of
these arrays supports three different front-end transport options: FC, iSCSI, or SAS FE. Customers can
decide at the time of purchase the type of front-end connectivity that is right for each SC Series array in their
environment.
Front and rear views of the SCv2000/SC4020 with SAS FE ports