Dell PowerVault ME5084

Specifications
Rack size
5U
Processor
Intel® Xeon Processor
Internal storage ME5084:
84x 3.5” drive bays (2.5” drive carriers supported)
Syst. Memory per ctrl
8GB for controller and 16GB for cache (24GB total)
Min/Max drive count ME5084:
28/336
Max raw capacity per base ME5084:
Up to 2.01PB
NAS Support
Supported with NX Series Windows NAS appliance
Storage media
SAS and NL-SAS drives; different drive types, transfer rates, rotational speeds can be mixed in the same system:
  • NLSAS 7.2K 3.5” – 4TB, 8TB, 12TB, 16TB, 16TB FIPS, 20TB, 22TB, 24TB
  • SAS 10K 2.5” – 1.2TB, 2.4TB, 2.4TB FIPS
  • SSD – 1.6TB MU, 1.92TB, 3.84TB, 3.84TB FIPS, 7.68TB R
Host interface
FC, iSCSI (optical or BaseT), SAS
Max 32Gb FC ports
8 per array (support auto-negotiate to 16Gb)
Max 25Gb iSCSI ports
8 SFP+ or SFP28 ports per array
Max 10Gb iSCSI ports
8 BaseT ports per array (only support auto negotiate to 1Gb)
Max 12Gb SAS ports
8 12Gb SAS ports
Max management ports
2 per array (1Gb BASE-T)
RAID support
RAID 1, 5, 6, 10, or ADAPT RAID; any combination of RAID levels can exist in single array
Supported host OS
  • Windows 2022, 2019 and 2016
  • RHEL 9.2, 8.8, 8.2 and 7.8
  • SLES 15.2 and 12.5
  • VMware 8.0 U1, 7.0 and 6.7
  • Citrix XenServer 8.x and 7.x
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