Setup Guide
Storage Controllers
the battery backup unit provides power to the
storage controller so that the write cache can be
saved to an SSD within the storage controller.
Storage Connectivity
Congurations
SC7020: Supports a total of 500 drives and 192
drives per SAS chain. Each SAS chain supports up
to sixteen SC400 expansion enclosures or eight
SC420 expansion enclosures.
SC7020F: Supports a total of 500 SSDs and up to
192 SSDs per SAS chain. Each SAS chain supports
up to eight SC420F expansion enclosure.
Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID)
Controller Two hot-swappable storage controllers
Management RAID management using the Storage Manager
Back-Panel Ports Connectors (per Storage Controller)
Fibre Channel or iSCSI front-
end connectors
Connection to a Fiber Channel fabric or iSCSI
network
Ethernet connectors MGMT – 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps embedded Ethernet
port used for Storage Center management
SAS back-end connectors 12 Gb SAS ports for connections to expansion
enclosures
NOTE: SAS connectors are SFF-8644
compliant.
Serial connector (micro USB) Used for initial conguration and support-only
functions
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