The Dell EqualLogic PS6510X is a virtualized iSCSI SAN that combines intelligence and automation with fault tolerance to provide simplified administration, rapid deployment, enterprise performance and reliability, and seamless scalability. With 10,000 RPM SAS or SAS SED disk drives, the PS6510X array provides up to 43.2TB¹ of storage for an excellent balance of cost-effective performance and large capacity. A PS Series SAN built with PS6510X arrays can scale up to 691.2TB¹ under a single, intuitive management interface. The PS6510 line features a redesigned 10GbE dual-port controller delivering up to 10x the bandwidth per port and 2.5x the bandwidth per array compared to previous generations².

All PS Series storage arrays include SAN configuration features and capabilities that sense network connections, automatically build RAID sets, and conduct system health checks to help ensure that all components are fully functional. A PS6510X is designed to be installed, configured, and serving storage in less than one hour.

The EqualLogic SAN line is designed to meet and exceed the rugged requirements of the data center. The PS6510X includes fault tolerance capabilities through fully redundant and hot-swappable components — dual-controllers, three fan trays and power supplies, and disk drives with hot spares.

With built-in storage features once available only to top-tier data centers, the PS6510X enables best practice storage for every size organization. Unlike traditional SANs, the EqualLogic PS Series includes software and applications expected from an enterprise-level SAN at no extra cost. The PS Series scales on-demand — and online — allowing storage growth without disrupting applications. As a result, EqualLogic PS6010X arrays provide exceptional flexibility at a low total cost of ownership.

Product Configurations

• Storage Controllers
  Dual 10GbE controllers with a total of 4GB¹ battery-backed memory
  Battery-backed memory provides up to 72 hours of data protection
  
• Hard Disk Drives
  Forty-eight (48) SAS or SAS SED hot-pluggable hard disk drives
  
• Drive Capacities
  10,000 RPM SAS drives available in 600GB¹ and 900GB¹ 
  10,000 RPM SAS SED drives available in 900GB¹ 
  
• System Capacities
  28.8TB¹ using forty-eight (48) 600GB¹ SAS disk drives
  43.2TB¹ using forty-eight (48) 900GB¹ SAS or SAS SED disk drives

Technical Highlights

• Volumes
  Up to 1,024
  
• Snapshots
  512 per volume / up to 10,000 total
  
• Hosts Accessing PS Series Group
  Up to 1,024 per pool / 4,096 per group
  
• Host Protocol
  Any standards compliant iSCSI initiator
  
• Operating Systems Supported
  
  • Windows^® 2000 Server
    
  • Windows Server^® 2003
    
  • Windows Server^® 2008, including Hyper-V^™
    
  • Windows Server^® 2008 R2, including Hyper-V^™
    
  • Windows Vista^®
  • Windows XP^®
  • VMware^® ESX Server 3 / 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5, ESXi 3.5 / 4 / 4.1 / 5
    
  • Citrix^® XenServer^™
    
  • Red Hat^® Enterprise Linux^®
    
  • SUSE^® Linux Enterprise
    
  • Sun^™ Solaris^™
    
  • IBM^® AIX
    
  • HP-UX^®
    
  • Mac OS^® X
    
  • Novell^® Netware^®
    
• RAID Support
  RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10 and RAID 50
  
• Network Interfaces
  Two (2) SFP+ per controller, One (1) 10/100 copper (optional management network only) per controller
  
• TCP Network Support
  IPv4, IPv6 core support
  
• Expansion Option
  Can be combined with other EqualLogic PS Series arrays in the same SAN group, online. Up to 16 total members per group

Reliability

• Redundant, hot-swappable controllers; power supplies / cooling fans, and hot-swappable disks
  
• Individual disk drive slot power control

Enclosure Monitoring System

• Automatic spare configuration and utilization
  
• SMART
  
• Automatic bad block replacement
  
• Auto-Stat Disk Monitoring System (ADMS) to monitor health of data on disk drives

Management Interfaces

• SAN Headquarters (SANHQ) multi-group performance and event monitoring tool
  
• SNMP, telnet, SSH, HTTP, Web (SSL), host scripting
  
• Serial console
  
• Multi-administrator support
  
• Ability to configure a separate management network

Security

• CHAP authentication
  
• Access control for iSCSI
  
• Access control for management interfaces including RADIUS support

Notification Methods

• SNMP traps, e-mail, syslog
  

Power

• AC voltage: 100-240 VAC ±10% single phase
  
• Frequency: 47-63 Hz
  
• Power factor: 0.95 (minimum)
  
• Power consumption: 1,030 VA, 1,200 PeakVA (operating maximum)
  
• Heat dissipation: 3,500 BTU per hour (maximum)
  
• Power supplies: Three 440W DC

Environmental

• Temperature range: 5 to 35 °C / 41 to 95 °F
  
• Storage temperature: -20 to 60 °C / -22 to 140°F
  
• Altitude: -70 to 3,000 m operational / -305 to 12,192 m non-operational
  
• Relative humidity: 20 to 80% non-condensing operational / 5 to 95% non-condensing non-operational
  
• Shock: 5 g 10 ms ½ sine operational / 20g 10 ms ½ sine, Z axis only non-operational
  
• Vibration: Random .21 grms @ 5-500Hz operational / Random 1.04 grms 2-200Hz non-operational
  
• Acoustics: LwA 6.6 Bels
  
• Air Quality: Airborne contaminant level of G2 or lower as defined by ISA-S71.04-1985

Chassis

• Height: 17.5 cm / 6.89 in / 4 EIA units
  
• Width: 48.3 cm / 19.01 in / 1EC Rack Compliant
  
• Depth: 96 cm / 37.8 in
  
• Weight: 74.8 kg / 165 lb

Regulatory

• Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
• Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
• Dell and the Environment

Dell Support and Optional Storage Service Offerings

1-Year Dell Basic Service² is included with all EqualLogic purchases. This service covers essential telephone support during local business hours, service parts logistics available in the locality, and access to software/firmware updates. Service upgrades are available supporting faster response times, extended hours and escalation options. Dell Data Management Services help customers plan, design, implement and support an efficient data management strategy and ecosystem. This comprehensive suite of services provides flexible, personalized storage options that meet your company's specific business needs. Storage management costs and explosive data growth are top concerns for organizations—large and small. Our experts will build you a blueprint that addresses your company's storage issues today and in the future—providing fast time to value for your business. Rely on Dell to help you effectively manage your storage growth through simple and scalable service options that are right for your data, budget and business. Contact your Dell representative today for the answers to your storage challenges.

Dell ProSupport

Is a configurable suite of support services that enables you to build a support solution based on who you are, how you use technology, and where you want to allocate your IT resources. We know downtime equals lost productivity and revenue and that storage is the heart of the data center. That’s why Dell ProSupport goes beyond the hardware protection included in the Dell EqualLogic basic hardware service. Choose ProSupport for End-Users if you need full service support or ProSupport for IT if you have an IT staff.

Dell ProSupport for End-Users or Dell ProSupport for IT With NBD or 4hr Onsite Response Options Provides:

• How-to Application & Configuration Assistance
• 24x7 phone and online support
• Collaborative hardware and software support
• Single point of contact for escalation management with customer-defined severity levels
• Global Command Centers to help manage critical situations, monitor all onsite dispatches, and provide proactive crisis management during events like natural disasters

Additional Dell ProSupport Service Options:

You also have additional Dell ProSupport options to further customize your support experience based on the critical factors that define your IT environment such as: Speed of Response, Data Protection, Proactive Support, or a combination of all three.

Speed of Response Options
Dell ProSupport Mission Critical
Servers and storage are the backbone of your infrastructure. Every minute of unplanned downtime is lost productivity and quite often, lost revenue. Reducing recovery time from days to hours is a must. It’s for these scenarios that Dell offers the Mission Critical Option, Dell’s most rapid response option. With this option, you can choose from 2-, 4-, or 8-hour onsite response service for rapid resolution and reply on Dell’s demonstrated Critical Situation (CritSit) Process to get you back up and running fast.

Data Protection Options
Keep your Hard Drive
Enables you to maintain control over your sensitive data by retaining your hard drive while it is covered by your limited hardware warranty.

Proactive Options
Dell ProSupport for IT with Enterprise-Wide Contract
Dell believes that support should be more than break-fix—it’s about preventing problems before they happen. Offered with Dell ProSupport for IT, the Enterprise-Wide Contract option provides a deep support relationship and is ideally suited for more complex IT environments. Includes a designated Service Delivery Manager, performance benchmarking reporting, proactive planning, and custom reporting to help you maximize uptime and performance— and, ultimately, reduce costs.

Learn More about ProSupport