Dell Equallogic PS6500 PS6510 quick reference specifications

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PS6500 / PS6510 series Supported drives: All drives require unique Equallogic firmware.  SAS 15K - 146, 300, 450, 600 Gb  SAS 10K - 600 Gb  SATA - 250, 500, 750, 1, 2 Tb 7,200 rpm  NL-SAS - 3 Tb 7,200 rpm  NL-SAS SED - 3 Tb 7,200 rpm  SSD - 50, 100 Gb SATA Version 6 firmware and higher support RAID levels 6, 10, 50   Editors note:  RAID 5 removed in order to increase reliability   3 Tb NL-SAS drives - RAID 50 is not a RAID option Version 5 firmware supports RAID levels 5, 6, 10, 50 Firmware upgrade path thru version 8 series is assured 16 max members in one group Dimensions:  x 7.0 x 37.8  x 19  inches Weight: 165 pounds with 48 drives installed Standardized chassis PS6500 series - 2 x type 7 controllers PS6510 series - 2 x type 10 controllers 3 x 440 watt power supplies. Autoswitching 120- 240 Volts AC, 50-60 hertz   Each 48 drive chassis requires 7 amps at 120 volts ( 10 amps required for cold start up) Backplane: 48 3.5" drives with Equallogic trays supporting specified size SAS or SATA drives   Equallogic interposers required for SATA drives.   Equallogic SSD drives require a unique tray with SATA interposers. PS6000 controller Type 7 (green) 4 x 1 Gb RJ45 1 x management port RJ45 1 x serial port DB9 4 IP addresses needed per chassis for ports eth0 thru eth3 Only one controller is active at a time.  The other controller is purely a standby until failover occurs. Controllers will fail over from primary to secondary, corresponding IP addresses switch automatically. PS6010 controller Type 10 (red) 2 x 10 Gb SFP+ (no SFP module installed) 1 x management port RJ45 1 x serial port DB9 2 IP addresses needed per chassis for ports eth0 thru eth1 Only one controller is active at a time.  The other controller is purely a standby until failover occurs. Controllers will fail over from primary to secondary, corresponding IP addresses switch automatically.   PS6500 series rear view     PS6510 series rear view Top view of 48 drives