Dell I EMC CX3-40f series Specifications

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Dell

| EMC

CX3-40f

™

and CX3-40c

High-performance networked enterprise

storage

with

outstanding

and protection for use in growing SAN

environments.

Dell | EMC CX3-40f

Dell | EMC CX3-40c

The Dell

| EMC

™

capacity

midrange storage array market in performance and scalability. Now in its third generation, the

Dell | EMC CX3 series offers a redesigned architecture that is designed to deliver maximum

performance, versatile connection options and an expansive range of scalability.

The Dell | EMC CX3-40f and Dell | EMC CX3-40c offer an excellent combination of performance

and scalability and are well suited for OLTP and messaging workloads, or other applications

that benefit from array-based replication. Both 1U Storage Processor Enclosures (SPE) offer

four Intel

Xeon

Channel host connections and four back end drive loops. The Dell | EMC CX3-40c provides four

4GB Fibre Channel host connections and eight iSCSI host connections, along with two back end

drive loops. Both models support directly connected hosts or up to 128 HA (dual-connected)

SAN connected hosts. And, each array supports up to 240 disk drives for a maximum raw

capacity of up to 173TB

The Dell | EMC CX3 series also marks the introduction of the new DAE4P which supports both

Fibre Channel and SATA II drives allowing storage administrators to create an optimal blend of

performance and capacity tailored to their unique application requirements.

Excellent Performance and Expansive Scalability

The third generation fully-integrated 4GB Dell | EMC CX3 arrays can deliver 2x the capacity

and dramatically increased performance as compared to the corresponding previous models.

Throughput and performance gains can provide faster access to data, particularly applications

characterised by large block sequential I/O (disk based backup and restore, audio/video

streaming, and replications). Email/messaging, database, OLTP (online transition processing),

and other compute-intensive applications (such as seismic data analysis, computational

chemistry, and genome sequencing), may see shorter response times.

Designed to maximise throughput and performance, the Dell | EMC CX3 series is designed from

the ground up to take advantage of end-to-end 4GB architecture. State-of-the-art embedded

storage processor technology leverages the highly scalable PCI Express

offers low latency and high bandwidth.

Streamlined SAN deployment and Management Experience

To further streamline SAN deployment, Dell

to-order with SAN components pre-installed to help streamline deployments. Fibre Channel

Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) enable direct connectivity to a storage array or SAN fabric via a

Fibre Channel switch. EMC

loaded on servers to help reduce software installation and SAN configuration time.

To help reduce the complexity of managing a SAN, Dell offers simple systems management

tools with robust capabilities such as Dell IT Assistant and EMC Navisphere. Moreover, core

business applications, such as Oracle

validated on Dell enterprise systems to form a stable and supported infrastructure for your

most critical information.

CX3 series delivers a true end-to-end 4GB architecture to redefine Dell's

processors and 8GB memory. The Dell | EMC CX3-40f offers eight 4GB Fibre

ships PowerEdge

™

Navisphere

Manager Server Utility and PowerPath

, Microsoft

interconnect, which

servers from the factory built-

™

Exchange, Microsoft SQL

, are tested and

™

can be pre-