Reference Guide

Workgroup (NX440 only) Standard

Hardware RAID Yes Yes

Users

Concurrent SMB Connections 250 Unlimited

# Users 50 Unlimited

Software Features

File sharing (SMB and NFS) Yes Yes

Online Backup Yes Yes

DFS-Replication Yes Yes

File Classification Infrastructure (FCI) Yes Yes

File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) Yes Yes

Domain Join Yes Yes

Shared block storage (iSCSI Target + Boot) Yes Yes

OEM Customizable Out of Box Experience Yes Yes

Spaces Yes Yes

Deduplication No Yes

BranchCache - Hosted Cache No Yes

Virtualization No Host + 2 VM

Clustering (including AD/DNS) No Yes

Simplified Cluster Setup No Yes

Networking (DHCP, DNS, and WINS) No Yes

AD Roles including domain controller (RODC) No No

Active Directory (domain controller, Certificate

Services, Family of brands Services, Rights

Management)

No No

Application Server, Network Policy, Remote Desktop

Broker Agent, WDS, and Fax Server

No No

System configurations and documents

The NX Series systems are pre-defined, factory-installed configurations based on a parent PowerEdge server. NX Series

systems contain a sub-set of all options that are available on the leveraged server, selected to make it easier to order and install

as an entry-level NAS appliance. The following sections describe each NX Series system configurations and options and the

documentation available.

General configuration notes

NX systems include support for the following features:

● Supports BIOS mode, does not support UEFI or BitLocker

● Supports the PowerVault NX systems resource DVD, see the following documentation for more information:

○ Dell EMC Network Attached Storage System using Windows Storage Server 2016 Administrator's Guide

○ The applicable NAS System Installation and Service Manual

System configurations and documents