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HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.

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Version No.: M3-022693-2012815-C-1.0

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Huawei OceanstorTM

Storage Product Portfolio

SSD Storage

1-2 controller 2-4GB Cache Up to 12 x 1Gbit/s iSCSI ports onboard 1-2x I/O modules (each module 4x 8Gbps FC ports) SAS/NL SAS/SATA 132 drives

High Availability 100% redundancy

Integrated UPS and Data Coffer

High Performance SmartCache SSD acceleration

Proven SSD technology inside

Validated Performance by Industry Benchmark

Efficiency Green technologies

Unified management (ISM) cross entire systems

Intelligent Software Dynamic Multi-Pathing(DMP)

Dynamic Storage Tiering(DST)

SmartCache/SmartTiering/HyperImage/HyperClone/ HyperMirror/Hyper-Thin

Simple SW License Model One-off licensing

Chassis

BBU module

Fan module

Power supply module

Control module

I/O modules

Dorado5100 Up to 12 I/O modules ( each module 4X 8Gbps FC port)

SLC/eMLC SSD Up to 1,000,000 IOPS Up to 4x 9.6TB Capacity

Dorado2100 8 x 8Gbps FC ports onboard 2 I/O modules (4x 8Gbps FC) SLC/eMLC SSD Up to 200,000 IOPS Up to 9.6TB Capacity

N8300 2-6 active-active clustered NAS engine

Multi-protocol support SSD/SAS/SATA/NL SAS Supports up to 7PB

N8500 2-16 active-active clustered NAS engine

Multi-protocol support SSD/SAS/SATA/NL SAS Supports up to 15PB

S5600T/ S5800T/ S6800T 24-192GB Cache Up to 10-12x I/O modules SAS/NL SAS/SATA/SSD 576-1440 drives

8- 32GB Cache 8 x 8Gbps FC ports onboard 2x I/O modules (each module 4X 8Gbps FC/2X10GE ports)

8-16GB Cache 12 x 1Gbit/s iSCSI ports onboard 2x I/O modules (each module 4x 8Gbps FC/4x 1Gbit/s iSCSI/2x 10GE iSCSI ports)

SAS/NL SAS/SATA/SSD 204 drivers

NAS Storage

SAN Product

SAS/NL SAS/SATA/SSD 288 drives

S2200T S2600T

S5500T

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OceanStor S2200T/S2600T SAN Storage Solutions for SMB

Huawei OceanStor S2200T/S2600T is a brand new storage product designed for

entry-level storage applications in enterprises. It provides industry-leading hardware

specifications and incorporates a rich set of advanced features and technologies,

including miscellaneous interface integration, flexible networking and hot swapping (TurboModule), three-layer performance acceleration (TurboBoost), and multi-level data protection.

Industry-Leading Hardware Specifications: 64-bit multi-core processors, 8GB FC /10GE Front-end port ,SAS 2.0 wide-port rear-end port

Multiple Supported Disk Types: SAS, NL SAS, SATA, and SSD disks.

Customizable Performance Acceleration:SmartCache technology , SSD-based RAID groups.

Integrated Data Protection: HyperImage , HostAgent , HyperClone , HyperCopy and HyperMirror.

OceanStor S2200T

Scenario Description

Centralized storage Storage system for database and mail applications for SMBs

Data backup Backup medium

Video surveillance Back-end storage

OceanStor S2600T

Technical Specifications

Model S2200T S2600T

Hardware Specifications

Storage processor Multi-core processors Several Multi-core processors

Cache capacityFor a single controller: 2 GB, For dual controllers: 4 GB

8GB/16GB

Number of controllersSingle controller or Dual controllers

2

Front-end port types 8 Gbps FC or 1 Gbps iSCSI 8Gbit/s FC, GE/10GE (iSCSI)

Back-end port types SAS 2.0 wide port SAS 2.0 wide port

Host connectivityFor a single controller: 6x1 Gbps iSCSI port,

12 x 1 Gbit/s iSCSI port or 12 x 1 Gbit/s iSCSI port + 8 x 8 Gbit/s FC port/4X 10GE port

Maximum supported number of disk 132 204

Supported disk types SAS, NL SAS, SATA SAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD

Software Features

Supported RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

Maximum number of snapshots 256 256

Maximum number of LUNs 512 512

TurboModule Supported. Yes

Functional software

HyperImage(Snapshot), HyperCopy(LUN Copy), HyperMirror/S(Synchronous data remote replication), HyperMirror/A(Asynchronous data remote replication),UltraPath(Multi-pathing Software)

HyperImage, HyperCopy, HyperClone, HyperMirror,HyperThin, UltraPath, DiskGuard, SmartCache

Supported operating systemsAIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, Windows

AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux, Windows, VMware

Physical Specifications

Power supplyAC: 100 V~127 V or 200 V~240 VDC: 48 V~ 60 V

AC: 100V~127V or 200V~ 240VDC: 48V~ 60V

Power consumption

2U controller enclosure (fully configured with 600 GB SAS disks) 365W4U disk enclosure (fully configured with 600 GB SAS disks) 441W

2 U controller enclosure 380W (with 12 SAS disks)4 U disk enclosure 441W (fully configured with 600GB SAS disks)

Dimensions (H%W%D)2U controller enclosure:86.1mm%446mm%582mm 4U disk eenclosur:175mm%446mm%412mm

2 U controller enclosure: 86.1mm%446mm%582mm4 U disk enclosure:175mm%446mm%412mm

WeightController enclosure 22.98kgDisk enclosure 25.2kg

Controller enclosure 22.98kgDisk enclosure 25.2kg

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OceanStor S5000T Series& S6800T Enterprise-class SAN Storage Solution

S5600T S5800T S6800T

Huawei OceanStor T series is a new generation of mid-range and high-end storage systems. Based on its industry leading hardware specification, T series integrates the Advanced technologies of high-density disk design, TurboModule(high-density and hot swappable I/O modules), and TurboBoost( three-level performance boost), and multi-level data protection, satisfying the application requirement of large OLTP/OLAP database, high-performance computing, digital media, Internet operation, centralized storage, backup, disaster recovery and data migration.

Flexibility : Up to 12 hot swappable I/O modules, flexible networking according to various applications.

High Performance and Scalability : 8Gb FC, 6Gb SAS2.0, PCI-E2.0, 10Gb/s Ethernet I/O channels, new generation 64bit multi-core CPU; SSD acceleration technologies; up to 1440 disks and 192GB cache.

High Availability : Bad sector repair, disk pre-copy technology reduce disk failure and data loss.

Easy to Manage : Unified management using ISM, only 5 steps are needed for initial configuration.

Green Technologies : Disk spin-down, Intelligent 16-step fan speed tuning technology, Intelligent CPU speed adjusting.

Model S5500T S5600T S5800T S6800T

Hardware Specifications

Storage processor Multi-core processors

Cache capacity8 GB/16 GB/32 GB

24 GB/48 GB 48 GB/96 GB48 GB/96 GB/192 GB

Number of controllers 2 2 2 2

Front-end port types8 Gb FC, GE/10GE (iSCSI)

8 Gb FC, GE/10GE (iSCSI)

8 Gb FC, GE/10GE (iSCSI)

8 Gb FC, GE/10GE (iSCSI)

Back-end port types6 Gb SAS 2.0 wide ports

4 Gb FC, 6 Gb SAS 2.0 wide ports

4 Gb FC, 6 Gb SAS 2.0 wide ports

4 Gb FC, 6 Gb SAS 2.0 wide ports

Number of onboard I/O ports

8*8 Gb FC ports (front-end) and 4*SAS 2.0 wide ports (back-end)

None None None

Maximum number of I/O modules

2 10 12 12

Maximum number of disk slots

288 576 1152 1440

Supported disk typesSAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD

FC, SAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD

FC, SAS, NL SAS, SATA, SSD

Software Feature

RAID levels0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

Maximum number of hosts

512 1024 1024 1024

Maximum number of snapshots

1024 2048 2048 2048

Application Scenarios Description

Centralized storageScalable storage system for database, mail, media, file sharing applications etc.

Disaster recovery Disaster recovery solution for DC/IDC or enterprise

Video surveillance Back-end storage for video surveillance solution

Technical Specifications

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OceanStor N8000 Clustered NAS Storage Solution

Application Scenarios Description

Media and entertainment industry application

Centralized storage for TV stations, Postproduction, Animation, backup and archiving etc.

File service Mass small files storage for NSP

High performance computingHigh performance storage system for research and design institutes

Unified storage Convergence of NAS and SAN for Database, mail, file, media applications etc.

Huawei OceanStor N8000 clustered NAS storage system is a leading unified storage platform des igned for medium -range and high-end storage application. N8000 features advanced architecture ,robust reliability , superb scalability, high performance and easy management. It meets the needs of telecom operators, digital media, high-performance computing, government entities and educational and scientific research industries for high performance, high expansion, effective data management and unified storage.

Industry Leading Performance: Ranked among top in SPECsfs2008 benchmark; delivers linear performance improvement as the NAS engine increases

Unified Storage: Convergence of SAN and NAS. Clustered architecture design supports online expansion of capacity up to 15PB on demand

Efficient: Dynamic Storage Tiering (Policy-based data migration reduces the initial investment costs) and de-duplication

Rich File-level/Block-level Data Protection: Snapshot, Mirror and remote replication

Symantec NetBackup Client Built-in: Symantec NetBackup Client built in NAS Nodes

Oceanstor N8300

Oceanstor N8500

Model N8300 N8500

Hardware Specifications

System architecture Multi-node Active-Active cluster architecture

Number of nodes 2 ~ 6 2 ~16

Cache/nodeStandard Version: 16GB,up to 24GBEnterprise Version: 16GB,up to 32GB,48GB

Basic Version: 16GB; Standard Version: 24GBEnterprise Version: 48GB; Enhanced Version: 96GB

GE ports/nodeStandard configuration: 4 x GE, up to 12 x GE

Standard configuration: 4 x GE, up to 16 x GE

10 GE ports/node Up to 2 x 10 GE Up to 2 x 10 GE

Disk type SSD,FC,SAS,SATA,NL SAS

Physical storage capacity Dynamically expansible, up to 7 PB Dynamically expansible, up to 15 PB

Supported Protocols

Storage network protocols FC, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS, FTP, HTTP

Access control NIS, Microsoft Active Directory, LDAP

Other protocols NDMP, SNMP, NTP

Software Specifications

RAID level RAID 0,1,3,5,6,10,50

File system size Dynamically expansible, up to 256 TB

Value-added functions

DST(dynamic storage tiering),De-duplication,Snapshot,Mirror,Quota,Replication,SmartCache (dynamic data cache technology), embedded Symantec NetBackup Client, HyperThin(thin provisioning),HyperImage (snapshot), HyperCopy (LUN copy),HyperClone (split mirror),HyperMirror (synchronous/asynchronous remote replication)

Quota NFS/CIFS soft/hard quota management

Maximum number of snapshots 512 (each file system)

Management mode GUI, CLI

Supported operating systems Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX

Fault alarm modes E-mail, SNMP, Syslog

Physical Specifications

Power AC: 100V ~ 127V/200V ~ 240V AC: 100V ~ 127V/200V ~ 240V

Power consumption

Engine 870 W (single node) 830 W (dual-node cluster)

Storage unit Controller enclosure: 830 W; Disk enclosure: 550 W

Dimensions

Engine2U,86.4mm(H) % 482.4mm(W) % 720.6mm(D) (single node)

4U,175mm(H) % 446mm(W) % 502mm(D)(dual-node cluster)

Storage unit

2U, Controller enclosure: 86.1mm(H) % 446mm(W) % 582mm(D); 4U, Controller enclosure: 175mm(H) % 446mm(W) % 502mm(D);2U, Disk enclosure: 86.1mm(H) % 446mm(W) % 412mm(D); 4U, Disk enclosure: 175mm(H) % 446mm(W) % 412mm(D)

Cabinet 42U, 205cm(H) % 57.5cm(W) % 118cm(D)

Weight

Engine Clustered NAS engine: 26 kg/node Dual-node clustered NAS engine: 43.6 kg

Storageunit(in full configuration)

2U, Controller enclosure 29.9Kg/enclosure; 4U, Controller enclosure 43.6Kg/enclosure2U, Disk enclosure 26.5Kg/ enclosure; 4U,Disk enclosure 42.64Kg/enclosure

Technical Specifications

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OceanStor Dorado2100 Full SSD Storage Solution for High Performance Application

Oceanstor Dorado2100

Huawei OceanStor Dorado2100 is an FC SAN solid state storage array for the enterprise-class high performance market. The Dorado2100 relies entirely on solid-state storage technology, and features advanced cache management and an advanced I/O scheduling algorithm to deliver unsurpassed performance. It increases application memory requirements for querying and searching large databases, as well as for processor-intense calculations and image editing.

High Performance: Full SSD architecture, delivers up to 100,000 IOPS (SPC-1), and low access latency( 600 s)

SLC/eMLC Flash Technology: Both SLC and eMLC supported, up to 9.6 TB capacity

Energy Efficient: Save energy by up to 90% compared to traditional storage, intelligent fan speed control and intelligent CPU clock speed control

High Availability: Dual controller architecture, multiple media protection mechanism and data protection mechanism ensures data safety

Low TCO: Save the cabinet space and reduce management cost

Model Dorado2100

Hardware Features

Front-end port type 8Gbps FC

Back-end port type 6Gbps SAS 2.0 wide ports

Number of onboard I/O ports 8 x 8Gbps FC

Maximum number of expansion I/O modules

2

Number of expansion I/O module ports

4 x 8Gbps FC

Supported Capacity SLC:1.2TB/2.4TB/4.8TB eMLC:4.8TB/9.6TB

Performance

Maximum bandwidth 5.6GB/s

Maximum IOPS 200,000

SPC-1 IOPS 100,051.99

Access latency 600s

Software Features

RAID support 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

Number of hosts supported 512

Number of LUNs supported 2,048

Multipath software UltraPath

Physical Specifications

Power AC:100V ~ 127V or 200V ~ 240V

Typical power consumption SLC:350W eMLC:410W

Dimensions (H%W% D) 2U, 86.1mm%582mm%446mm

Weight 27.5kg

Operating temperatureWhen the altitude is lower than 1800m: 5C ~ 40CWhen the altitude is 1800m ~ 3000m: 5C ~ 30C

Technical Specifications

Application Scenarios Description

Database application acceleration High-performance SSDs for high IOPS and low latency

High performance computing (HPC)High performance storage system for research and design institutes

Video editing and processingPowerful I/O processing capability and latency for video editing system

Storage tiering Act as the primary tier

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OceanStor Dorado5100 Full SSD Storage Solution for High Performance Application

Oceanstor Dorado5100

Huawei OceanStor Dorado5100 is an FC-SAN solid-state storage array for the enterprise-class high performance storage market. The Dorado5100 can meet the requirements of various applications such as large-scale database, high-performance computing, and VDI for highly reliable and high-performance storage.

Outstanding Performance: 1,000,000 IOPS a performance equal to traditional arrays with 1400 15K RPM SAS disks; Access latency is as low as 500 us.

Energy Savings:As low as 160 W, energy savings up to 90% over traditional arrays with equivalent performance.

Model Dorado5100

Hardware Features

Front-end port type 8Gbps FC

Back-end port type 6Gbps SAS 2.0 wide ports

Maximum number of expansion I/O modules

12

Disk enclosure typeSLC: 2.4 -4.8TB/enclosureeMLC: 4.8 -9.6TB/enclosure

Max. number of disk enclosures 4

Performance

Max. bandwidth 12GB/s

Max. IOPS 1,000,000

Access latency 500s

Software Features

RAID support 0, 1, 5, 10

Number of hosts supported 1024

Number of LUNs supported 2,048

Multipathing software UltraPath

Physical Specifications

Power AC: 100V ~ 127V or 200V ~ 240V

Operating temperatureWhen the altitude is lower than 1800m: 5C ~ 40CWhen the altitude is1800m ~ 3000m: 5C ~ 30C

Operating humidity 5% ~ 90% R.H

Dimensions (H%W%D)Controller enclosure: 175mm%446mm%502mmDisk enclosure: 86.1mm%446mm%412mm

Application Scenarios Description

Database application acceleration High-performance SSDs for high IOPS and low latency

High performance computing (HPC)High performance storage system for research and design institutes

Video editing and processingPowerful I/O processing capability and short latency for video editing system

Storage tiering Act as the primary tier

Technical Specifications

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ISM- Integrated Storage Manager Software that Manages all Huawei Storage

Software suite: ISM device management software ISM cloud storage management software ISM storage network management software ISM disaster recovery management software

Unified Management Support up to 512 management nodes of all Huawei storage devices

Flexibility Alarm export Log query

Easy Management Support SMI-S,SNMP Protocol One-click upgrade through JWS (Java Web Start)

Features

Types of storage equipment S2200T/S2600T/S5500T/S5600T/S5800T/S6800T/N8300/N8500/Dorado2100/Dorado5100

Max. number of management nodes

512

Equipment discovery Discovery by IP address, IP address segment, or subnet

Performance statistics Live performance statistics of host ports, logical LUNs, and links

Disk information collection Disk health analysis (DHA); export and remote transfer of the analysis result

Topology view Level-specific and layer-specific topology by subnet or geographical location

User authentication Permission-specific management Different users' concurrent login

Storage resource management Query and statistics of OceanStor storage arrays

Ethernet switch management Monitoring of Ethernet switches' ports

Host management Query of basic host information

Event alarming

Dynamic display of current events; automatic matching for recovered faults; deletion, filtering, and statistics of events Event alarming through SMS or email Automatic dumping of alarm information in 90 day

Central Management

One management platform

Efficient Data Services

Virtual provisioning, file de-duplication and compression, file replication

Optimized for Virtulization Application

VAAI and Hper-V integration

Software solution

One-off licensing

Performance

New multi-core Intel CPUs and 6 Gb/s NL backend SAS

Easy Upgrade

Start with file or block and unification-based upgrade

High Availability

99.9999% availability

Unified Platform

One platform for files, blocks and objects

Software featuresSoftware feature Description

HyperImage Snapshot

HyperCopy Copy all the data on the source LUN to the target LUN

HyperClone Create a complete point-in-time LUN copy

HyperMirror Remote copy of LUNs across disk arrays by synchronous or asynchronous mode

HyperThin Extend storage capacity automatically and increase disk usage, allowing storage purchase on demand and maximize the return on investment (ROI)

UltraPath Multi-pathing management

SmartCache Read performance acceleration using SSDs as a cache pool

Dynamic LUN Expansion Increase the LUN capacity online. This function is not restricted by the RAID group

Dynamic RAID Expansion Online RAID group expansion

DiskGuard Disk protection in Windows environment

VAAI IntegrationTransfer I/O operations processed on VMware ESX servers to the disk array, saving virtual machine resources and improving the virtual machine performance

Disk Spin-Down Spin-down of inactive disks for backup and archiving.