Dell Compellent Series 30 - Manual (Page 11)

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What’s New in this Release
OpenVMS Unique Disk IDs Displayed
The Volume Properties screen now allows the user to set the Open VMS Unique Disk Id for
the volume. This attribute is used by Open VMS to uniquely identify the volume. It is
ignored by other operating systems.
Log Filter Improvements
Users can now select a log filter timeframe from a dropdown menu on the Filter Log
Messages window. On dual-controller systems, logging can be set per controller. The
default is to show all log messages.
Enabling / Disabling Secure Console Access
If secure console access to the Storage Center was configured, menu options to restart and
disable this access are now available on the Storage Management > System menu. The
new menu options provide easy access to common secure console actions previously
available only within the Configure Secure Console wizard.
Storage Center 5.4
Model 40 Storage Controller (CT-SC040)
The Model 40 storage controller is based on the SuperMicro X8DTH-iF motherboard with
Intel Nehalem chipset technology.
Fibre Channel over Ethernet – 10Gb
This release adds Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) capabilities to the product line via
the QLogic FCoE CNA QLE8152 IO card. This card provides PCI Express dual 10Gbps
Ethernet ports with full hardware offload for FCoE protocol processing. While the QLE8152
is capable of standard TCP/IP and Ethernet processing, Storage Center only supports the
card for FCoE capabilities. The card must be connected to a CISCO Nexus 5000 series
switch.
Fibre Channel – 8Gb
This release provides a second source for 8Gb Fibre Channel interfaces via the QLogic
QLE2564 PCI Express, quad port, Fibre Channel adapter. This card provides functional
equivalence to the existing Emulex 8Gb Fibre Channel card and can be used in addition to
as well as a replacement for the Emulex card.
SAS – 6 Gb
This release provides the next step in performance and scalability of the storage back-end
technology with the introduction of SAS 2.0 compliant 6G IO cards to communicate with
new SAS 2.0 6G compliant enclosures and disk drives. The LSI SAS 9200-16e is a quad
wide port full height PCI-e card with support for 16 lanes of 6Gb interfaces. The initial
release of SAS 6G provides support for 48 devices per chain, with the ability to have two
chains of devices per IO Card. SAS connections are described in greater detail in the
Storage Center 5.4 SAS Connections Guide, document number 680-049-001.