Release Notes

New in This Release
The following features were added to Storage Center 7.1.
Dell Storage Manager 2016 R2
Dell Storage Manager 2016 R2 or later is required to manage storage systems running Storage Center 7.1.
Storage Center 7.1 no longer supports the browser-based GUI known as Storage Center System Manager
You must install Dell Storage Manager 2016 R2 or later before updating a storage system to Storage Center 7.1. If you update a storage
system to Storage Center 7.1 without using Dell Storage Manager 2016 R2 or later, you will lose management connectivity to the storage
system.
NOTE:
The storage system must be running Storage Center 6.6.4 or later to update to Storage Center 7.1.
SC7020 Storage System
Storage Center 7.1 introduces support for the SC7020 storage system.
The SC7020 consists of a 3U chassis with dual storage controllers, redundant power supplies, and up to 30 2.5-inch hot swappable SAS
hard drives. The SC7020 can be expanded up to 500 drives and it supports SC400 and SC420 12 Gb expansion enclosures and SC280 6
Gb expansion enclosures.
NOTE: Support for upgrading a storage system with SC200 and SC220 expansion enclosures to an SC7020 storage system is
planned for a later release.
SC4020 Storage Systems with Front-End SAS Connectivity
Storage Center 7.1 adds support for SC4020 storage system models with front-end SAS I/O cards.
NOTE:
An SC4020 storage system with front-end SAS connectivity does not support the Live Volume feature in Storage
Center 7.1.
32 Gb FC I/O Card Support
Storage Center 7.1 adds support for a 32 Gb Fibe Channel I/O card.
Support for the 32 Gb Fibre Channel I/O card is currently limited to SC9000 storage systems with a specific configuration of switches and
operating systems. See the Dell Storage Compatibility Matrix for more information.
4Kn Drive Support
Storage Center 7.1 adds support for native 4K sector drives.
Native 4K drives use a 4096-byte sector size instead of the legacy 512-byte sector size.
Cross-Platform Replication
The cross-platform replication feature provides a method for performing volume replication between PS Series storage arrays and Storage
Centers. This feature preserves the functional and operational models in the current replication implementation for each storage system.
NOTE:
SCv2000 series storage systems do not support cross-platform replication.
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