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Overview of Dell EqualLogic™ Products and Resources

Thank you for your interest in Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series storage products. We hope you

will find them intuitive and simple to configure and manage.

PS Series Hardware

PS Series arrays are designed to be highly available and optimize resources by automating

volume and network load balancing.

• PS6000 Series – Enterprise Oriented, 16 drive, 3U chassis with full features

S6000S – Low Latency, High Random IO SSD

For more information:

http://www.equallogic.com/products/Default.aspx?id=7881

 S6000XV – Performance Oriented 15,000 RPM SAS

For more information:

http://www.equallogic.com/products/Default.aspx?id=7897

 S6000X – Balanced Performance and Capacity 10,000 RPM SAS

For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/Default.aspx?id=7889

 S6000E – Cost Effective SATA

For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/default.aspx?id=7873

• PS6500 Series – Enterprise Oriented, 48 drive, 4U chassis with full features

S6500E – High Density SATA

For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/products/default.aspx?id=7905

PS Series Software

In addition to the scalable hardware, PS Series arrays provide as part of your warrantee or

support contract all-inclusive array management software, host software, and firmware

updates. The following value-add features and products integrate with PS Series arrays and

are included t for the duration of your warrantee or support agreement.

• Firmware - Installed on each array, PS Series firmware software allows you to manage

your storage environment and provides capabilities such as volume snapshots,

cloning, and replication to ensure data hosted on the arrays is protected in the event

of an error or disaster.

For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=5601

 Group Manager GUI: Provides a graphical user interface for managing a group.

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Overview of Dell EqualLogic™ Products and Resources Thank you for your interest in Dell EqualLogic™ PS Series storage products. We hope you will find them intuitive and simple to configure and manage. PS Series Hardware PS Series arrays are designed to be highly available and optimize resources by automating volume and network load balancing. • PS6000 Series – Enterprise Oriented, 16 drive, 3U chassis with full features S6000S – Low Latency, High Random IO SSD For more information: http://www.equallogic.
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 Group Manager CLI: Provides a command line interface for managing a group. • Manual Transfer Utility (MTU) – Runs on Microsoft® Windows® and Linux systems and enables you to use physical media to securely transfer large amounts of data to a replication partner, facilitating replication and preventing network congestion.
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Host Software for VMware  Storage Adapter for Site Recovery Manager (SRM): Allows SRM to understand and recognize PS Series replication for full SRM integration. For more information: http://www.equallogic.com/resourcecenter/assetview.aspx?id=7097  Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware® Edition (ASM/VE): Integrates with VMware Virtual Center and PS Series snapshots to allow administrators to enable Smart Copy protection of Virtual Center folders, datastores, and virtual machines. For more information: http://www.
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http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps3q08-20080395-Gilman.pdf High-Density, Highly Scalable Storage: Dell EqualLogic PS5500E iSCSI SANs http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps4q08-20080396-Locsin.pdf How Dell EqualLogic Auto-Snapshot Manager/VMware Edition Helps Protect Virtual Environments http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/power/ps4q08-20090107-Gilman.pdf Extending Benefits of Virtual Remote Desktops Using VMware and Dell EqualLogic SANs http://www.dell.
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Technical Product Documentation For detailed information about PS Series arrays, groups, volumes, array software, and host software, see the product documentation located on the EqualLogic customer support site. For more information: https://www.equallogic.com/support/resources.
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Technical Support and Customer Service Dell's support service is available to answer your questions about PS Series SAN arrays. If you have an Express Service Code, have it ready when you call. The code helps Dell's automatedsupport telephone system direct your call more efficiently. Contacting Dell Dell provides several online and telephone-based support and service options. Availability varies by country and product, and some services might not be available in your area.
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