OceanStor Dorado V3 Series

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About This Document

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Change History
Changes between document issues are cumulative. The latest document issue contains all the
changes made in earlier issues.

Issue 03 (2019-02-20)
This issue is the third official release.
Added the description of Dorado3000 V3.

Issue 02 (2019-01-15)
This issue is the second official release.
Updated specifications.

Issue 01 (2018-10-30)
This issue is the first official release.

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Contents

About This Document.....................................................................................................................ii

1 Product Positioning.......................................................................................................................1
2 Product Highlights........................................................................................................................ 4
3 Typical Applications.....................................................................................................................9
4 Hardware Architecture............................................................................................................... 10
4.1 Device Composition (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)...................................10
4.2 Device Composition (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3)............................................................................................... 12
4.3 Components (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)............................................... 14
4.4 Components (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3)............................................................................................................19

5 Software Architecture................................................................................................................. 24
6 Product Specifications................................................................................................................ 30
6.1 Hardware Specifications (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)............................ 30
6.2 Hardware Specifications (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3).........................................................................................40
6.3 Software Specifications (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)............................. 48
6.4 Software Specifications (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3).......................................................................................... 53

7 Environmental Requirements................................................................................................... 58
7.1 Temperature, Humidity, and Altitude........................................................................................................................... 58
7.2 Vibration and Shock..................................................................................................................................................... 60
7.3 Particle Contaminants...................................................................................................................................................61
7.4 Corrosive Airborne Contaminants................................................................................................................................62
7.5 Heat Dissipation and Noise.......................................................................................................................................... 64

8 Standards Compliance................................................................................................................69
9 Certifications................................................................................................................................ 73
10 Operation and Maintenance....................................................................................................77
11 Privacy Statement on Personal Data Collection.................................................................. 79
A How to Obtain Help...................................................................................................................80
A.1 Preparations for Contacting Huawei............................................................................................................................80
A.1.1 Collecting Troubleshooting Information.................................................................................................................. 80

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A.1.2 Making Debugging Preparations.............................................................................................................................. 80

A.2 How to Use the Document...........................................................................................................................................80
A.3 How to Obtain Help from Website.............................................................................................................................. 81
A.4 Ways to Contact Huawei..............................................................................................................................................81

B Glossary........................................................................................................................................ 82
C Acronyms and Abbreviations.................................................................................................. 93

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Product Description 1 Product Positioning

1 Product Positioning

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system is a Huawei brand-new all-flash storage product
designed for medium- and large-sized storage environments. It provides mass data storage,
fast data access, high availability, and excellent utilization in the energy saving and ease-of-
use way.
Business development leads to a great amount of service data, which poses ever high demands
on storage systems. Traditional storage systems fail to meet these demands and encounter the
following bottlenecks: inflexible storage performance expansion, complex management of
various devices, failure to utilize legacy devices, and increasing maintenance costs occupying
a large part of total cost of ownership (TCO). To overcome those bottlenecks, Huawei
launches the next-generation all-flash storage product: OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage
system.
With its industry-leading performance and multiple efficiency improving mechanisms,
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system provides customers with comprehensive high-
performance storage solutions, helping to maximize customer ROI. The product is applicable
to a variety of services such as online transaction processing/online analytical processing
(OLTP/OLAP), high-performance computing (HPC), and virtual desktop infrastructure.
In addition to providing enterprise users with high-performance and efficient storage services,
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system supports advanced data backup and disaster
recovery technologies, ensuring secure and smooth operation of data services. Furthermore,
the storage system also offers easy-to-use management and convenient local/remote
maintenance, greatly decreasing the management and maintenance costs.
Figure 1-1, Figure 1-2, Figure 1-3, and Figure 1-4 show the OceanStor Dorado V3 series
storage systems, including Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, Dorado6000 V3, and
Dorado18000 V3.

Figure 1-1 OceanStor Dorado3000 V3 storage system

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Figure 1-2 OceanStor Dorado5000 V3 storage system

Figure 1-3 OceanStor Dorado6000 V3 storage system

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Figure 1-4 OceanStor Dorado18000 V3 storage system

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2 Product Highlights

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system combines a superior hardware structure and an
all-flash software architecture with advanced data application and protection technologies,
meeting medium- and large-sized enterprises' storage requirements for excellent performance,
flexible scalability, proven reliability, and high availability.

High Performance
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system uses the flash-dedicated FlashLink® technique to
optimize SSDs and storage controllers from end to end and provide million-level IOPS at a
stable low latency.

l FlashLink®
FlashLink® associates controller CPUs with SSD CPUs to coordinate SSD algorithms
between these CPUs, thereby achieving high system performance and reliability.
FlashLink® has the following advantages:
– Industry's fastest SSD
Huawei-developed SSDs use the built-in Flash Translation Layer (FTL) algorithm
for CPU acceleration. The latency is far lower than that of other SSDs, improving
read/write performance.
– Optimized controller for flash media
The controller software of OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system uses
dedicated cores for specific services, reducing the scheduling overhead between
multiple CPU cores and between controller CPUs and SSD CPUs. This improves
the insertion and search efficiency and enhances overall system performance.
– Huawei's proprietary SSD-controller algorithm
Controller CPUs collaborate with SSD CPUs. The large-block sequential write
technique reduces the frequency of disk access. Using separate blocks for user data
and metadata improves garbage collection efficiency and system performance in
various scenarios.
l Superior hardware acceleration
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system is equipped with 64-bit multi-core
processors, high-speed and large-capacity caches, various high-speed host interface
modules, and back-end disk interface modules. It offers better storage performance than
traditional storage systems.

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l Huawei-developed SSD
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system uses Huawei-developed SSDs that perfectly
work with the OceanStor OS to maximize their capabilities and boost the storage system
performance.
In addition, OceanStor Dorado5000 V3 (NVMe) supports non-volatile memory express
SSDs (NVMe SSDs) that provide even lower read/write latency than common SSDs,
maximizing the storage system's data transmission speed.
l Full-stripe write
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system uses redirect-on-write (ROW) for full-stripe
write to reduce CPU usage and ensure optimal write performance.

Flexible Scalability
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system supports both scale-up and scale-out, achieving
flexible scalability while maintaining high performance.
l Scale-up
Increases storage capacity and improves processing capabilities of existing controllers.
l Scale-out
Enables performance to increase linearly as the number of controllers increases.

High Reliability
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system offers protection measures against component
and power failures, and uses advanced technologies to minimize risks of disk failures and data
loss.
l Component failure protection
Storage system components are in 1+1 redundancy. Normally, the two redundant
components are working simultaneously and share loads. Once one component fails or is
offline, the other one takes over all loads without affecting ongoing services.
l RAID 2.0+
The storage system uses RAID 2.0+ underlying virtualization to balance loads across
disks automatically. If a disk encounters a fault, all the other disks in the same disk
domain help reconstruct the faulty disk's service data, achieving a 20-fold faster
reconstruction speed than traditional RAID and significantly reducing the possibility of
multi-disk failure. In addition, RAID 2.0+ supports dynamic RAID and flexible data
layout, accelerating SSD reconstruction.
l Power failure protection
Built-in backup battery units (BBUs) supply power to controller enclosures in the event
of unexpected power failures. This enables the storage system to write cache data to
disks to prevent data loss.
l Global wear leveling and anti-wear leveling
– Global wear leveling: If data is unevenly distributed to SSDs, certain SSDs may be
used more frequently and wear faster than others. As a result, they may fail much
earlier than expected, increasing the maintenance costs. OceanStor Dorado V3
series storage system addresses this problem by using global wear leveling that
levels the wear degree among all SSDs, improving SSD reliability.
– Global anti-wear leveling: When the wear degree of multiple SSDs is reaching the
threshold, the system preferentially writes data to certain SSDs. In this way, these

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SSDs wear faster than the others. This prevents multiple SSDs from failing at a
time.
l Disk data pre-copy
Disk data pre-copy enables the storage system to routinely check its hardware status and
migrate data from any failing disk to minimize the risk of data loss.

High Availability (HA)

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system uses TurboModule, online capacity expansion,
and disk roaming to ensure service continuity during routine maintenance. These technologies
have the following functions:

l TurboModule enables hot swap of controllers, fans, power supplies, interface modules,
BBUs, and disks. All these modules can be operated online.
l Online capacity expansion allows you to add disks to disk domains online.
l Disk roaming enables the storage system to automatically identify relocated disks and
resume their services.

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system provides multiple advanced data protection
technologies to protect data against catastrophic disasters and ensure continuous system
running. These include HyperSnap (snapshot), HyperReplication (remote replication),
HyperClone (clone), HyperCopy, HyperCDP, CloudReplication, and CloudBackup.

l HyperSnap supports writable snapshots. Snapshot creation and activation have no impact
on performance.
l HyperReplication backs up local data onto a remote storage system for disaster recovery.
l HyperClone preserves a real-time physical copy of a source LUN for the high
availability of local data.
l HyperCopy supports incremental synchronization and restoration, and allows data copy
across engines, disk domains, and consistency groups, ensuring local data availability.
l HyperCDP achieves continuous data protection at an interval of several seconds,
generating more intensive recovery points on storage devices.
l CloudReplication provides cloud DR for storage systems, implementing data protection
on the cloud.
l CloudBackup allows storage systems to back up data to the cloud without the backup
server or gateway, ensuring data security.

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system also uses multiple resource application
technologies to flexibly manage resources and maximize customers' return on investment
(ROI). Typical technologies include SmartVirtualization, SmartMigration, and SmartQoS.

l SmartVirtualization enables a local storage system to centrally manage storage resources

of third-party storage systems, simplifying storage system management and reducing
maintenance costs.
l SmartMigration migrates LUNs in or between storage systems, adjusting and allocating
resources along with business development.
l SmartQoS categorizes service data based on its characteristics (each category represents
a type of application) and sets a priority and performance objective for each category. In
this way, resources can be preferentially allocated to services with high priorities to
guarantee their performance.

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High System Security

l Storage Network Security
– Management channel security
All management operations from physical ports are controlled by the access
authentication mechanism of the storage system, and only authorized users are
allowed to manage the storage system.
– Anti-attack protection for protocols and interfaces
The storage system provides necessary external communication connections for
system operations and maintenance. All the ports used are listed in the
Communication Matrix. Dynamic listening ports are functioning in the proper
scope, and no unopened ports exist.
– Service and management ports isolation
The Access Control List (ACL) mechanism is used to isolate Ethernet ports from
internal heartbeat network ports, management network ports, and maintenance
ports. Service ports and management ports are isolated from each other.
NOTE

Internal heartbeat links exist between the controllers in a storage system and are used to check the
operating status of the controllers. No additional links are required.
l Storage management security
Users can be disabled and enabled. All management operations are logged.

Virtualization, Intelligence, and Efficiency

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system achieves higher storage space utilization, faster
data reconstruction, smarter performance allocation, and finer service quality control in
comparison to traditional storage systems. To achieve these advancements, the following
technologies contribute:
l RAID 2.0+ underlying virtualization
RAID 2.0+ divides disk storage space into small-sized data blocks and uses them to
create RAID groups for fine-grained resource management. This enables automatic load
balancing, higher storage performance, better storage space utilization, faster disk
reconstruction, and granular storage space management. It is the basis for many other
advanced storage features.
l Intelligent thin provisioning (SmartThin)
SmartThin allocates storage space on demand rather than pre-allocating all storage space
at the initial stage. It is more cost-effective because customers can start business with a
few disks and add disks based on site requirements. In this way, the initial purchase cost
and TCO are reduced.
l Deduplication and compression (SmartDedupe and SmartCompression)
OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system uses global and inline SmartDedupe and
SmartCompression to reduce space occupation and I/Os on SSDs. This improves storage
space utilization, extends the SSDs' service life, and reduces the investment and O&M
costs.

Economy and Ease-of-Use

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system employs intelligent CPU frequency control, fan
speed control, SmartDedupe, and SmartCompression to ensure cost effectiveness. It also

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provides a series of management and maintenance tools to simplify operation and

maintenance tasks.
l Cost-effectiveness
– Intelligent CPU frequency control
This technology changes the CPU frequency automatically based on system loads.
For example, it decreases the CPU frequency and power consumption during off-
peak hours for a low operation cost and long CPU service life.
– Intelligent fan speed control
This technology dynamically adjusts the fan speed based on storage system
temperature, lowering the noise and power consumption while saving device
operation costs.
l Ease-of-use
– DeviceManager
A tool that is developed based on HTML5 and provides the graphical user interface
(GUI) for storage management. It helps you to easily manage storage systems
through wizard-instructed operations.
– Management on tablets
The storage system can be managed using a tablet.
– Various alarm notification methods
The storage system supports alarm notification by sound, indicator, short message
service (SMS), and email. Critical information is sent to users in a timely manner.
– Simple point-and-click upgrade tool
Controllers support point-and-click upgrade without suspending services.
– Cloud O&M (Call Home service)
Huawei provides the Call Home service to connect the OceanStor Dorado V3
storage system to the eService cloud platform for centralized, remote, and
intelligent O&M of the storage system. The Big Data analytics technology is used
to prevent faults and locate faults quickly. In addition, it provides the optimal
configuration, performance optimization suggestions, and troubleshooting solutions
based on user service characteristics.

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3 Typical Applications

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system is a professional storage system dedicated to

medium- and large-sized data centers of enterprises. It provides storage resources for critical
service storage, virtual environment storage, and virtual desktops.

Storage of Critical Services

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system boasts the innovative flash-oriented software
architecture, leading hardware specifications, and 100% component redundancy. These
advantages enable the storage system to provide unparalleled levels of performance,
consistently low latency, and 24/7 services for critical service storage. In addition, features
such as writable snapshot and SmartDedupe and SmartCompression are used to improve the
storage space utilization and cut down the total cost of ownership (TCO) without any loss of
performance. These features are perfect for data processing of service systems such as OLTP/
OLAP databases and HPC.

Storage for Virtual Environments

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system incorporates server virtualization optimization
technologies. It also employs numerous key technologies in virtual machines (VMs) to deploy
VMs fast, enhance VMs' bearing capability and operation efficiency, and streamline storage
management in virtual environments, removing the worry of complicated storage systems in
virtual environments.

Virtual Desktop Service

OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system can easily meet large-scale virtual desktop
deployment and performance requirements while reducing TCO with minimal SSDs in
comparison to traditional storage systems. In addition, OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage
system provides inline deduplication and compression to increase space usage and maximize
ROI. Performance-lossless snapshots and remote replication of OceanStor Dorado V3 series
storage system improve data backup and disaster recovery capabilities without affecting
normal use of virtual desktops.

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4 Hardware Architecture

Hardware of the OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system is the basis of data storage. A
storage unit typically consists of a controller enclosure or a controller enclosure plus disk
enclosures.
4.1 Device Composition (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000
V3)
4.2 Device Composition (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3)
4.3 Components (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)
4.4 Components (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3)

4.1 Device Composition (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3,

Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)
A storage system consists of a controller enclosure and one or more disk enclosures, and it
provides an intelligent storage platform that features robust reliability, high performance, and
large capacity.
Table 4-1 lists the device composition of storage systems.

NOTE

When the PCIe Scale-out is implemented for adding controllers of a storage system, data switches are
used for the connection between PCIe ports of controllers.

Table 4-1 Device composition

Product Controller Disk Enclosure (Optional) (Optional)
Model Enclosure Data Dorado
Switch NAS Unit

OceanStor 2 U SAS all-flash 2 U SAS disk Supported Not

Dorado3000 controller enclosure enclosure with 25 supported
V3 with 25 disk slots disk slots

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Product Controller Disk Enclosure (Optional) (Optional)

Model Enclosure Data Dorado
Switch NAS Unit

OceanStor l 2 U NVMe all- l 2 U NVMe Supported Supported

Dorado5000 flash controller disk enclosure
V3 enclosure with 25 with 25 disk
disk slots slots
l 2 U SAS all-flash l 2 U SAS disk
controller enclosure with
enclosure with 25 25 disk slots
disk slots

OceanStor l 3 U NVMe all- l 2 U NVMe Supported Supported

Dorado6000 flash controller disk enclosure
V3 enclosure with 25 disk
l 3 U SAS all-flash slots
controller l 2 U SAS disk
enclosure enclosure with
25 disk slots

The following figures show the appearances of the storage devices.

Figure 4-1 2 U controller enclosure with 25 disk slots

Figure 4-2 3 U controller enclosure

Figure 4-3 2 U SAS disk enclosure

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Figure 4-4 2 U NVMe disk enclosure

Figure 4-5 Data switch

Figure 4-6 Dorado NAS unit

4.2 Device Composition (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3)

A storage system consists of system bays. A system bay consists of a controller enclosure,
disk enclosures, and data switches.

Dorado18000 V3 (SAS)
The storage system supports up to two system bays as system bay 0 and system bay 1.
l System bay 0 houses disk enclosures (up to sixteen 2 U disk enclosures), and a controller
enclosure.
l System bay 1 houses disk enclosures (up to sixteen 2 U disk enclosures), two data
switches, and a controller enclosure.
Figure 4-7 shows the front view of system bays.

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Figure 4-7 Front view of system bays

Dorado18000 V3 (NVMe)
The storage system supports up to two system bays as system bay 0 and system bay 1.
l System bay 0 houses disk enclosures (up to eight 2 U NVMe disk enclosures), and a
controller enclosure.
l System bay 1 houses disk enclosures (up to eight 2 U NVMe disk enclosures), two data
switches, and a controller enclosure.
Figure 4-8 shows the front view of system bays.

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Figure 4-8 Front view of system bays

4.3 Components (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3,

Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)
This section describes the components of OceanStor Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3 and
Dorado6000 V3 storage system.

2 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000

V3)
The controller enclosure adopts a modular design and consists of a system subrack,
controllers, power-BBU modules, and disk modules. Figure 4-9 shows the overall structure
and components of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure.

NOTE

A2 U controller enclosure of OceanStor Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3 supports both AC and DC

power modules. The following figure uses the AC power module as an example.

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Figure 4-9 Overall structure of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure (OceanStor Dorado3000

V3, Dorado5000 V3)

1 System subrack 2 Disk module

3 Power-BBU module 4 Controller

NOTE

In the rear view of a controller enclosure, controller A is above controller B.

3 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor Dorado6000 V3)

The controller enclosure consists of a system subrack, controllers, BBU module, power
modules, management modules, and interface modules. Figure 4-10 shows the overall
structure of a controller enclosure.

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Figure 4-10 Overall structure of a controller enclosure

1 System subrack 2 BBU module

3 Controller 4 Power module

5 Management 6 Interface module

module

2 U NVMe Disk Enclosure

The disk enclosure consists of a system subrack, expansion modules, disk modules, and
power modules. Figure 4-11 shows the overall structure of a 2 U NVMe disk enclosure.

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Figure 4-11 Overall structure of a 2 U NVMe disk enclosure

1 System subrack 2 Disk module

3 Power module 4 Expansion module

2 U SAS Disk Enclosure

The disk enclosure consists of a system subrack, expansion modules, disk modules, and
power modules. Figure 4-12 shows the overall structure of a 2 U SAS disk enclosure.

Figure 4-12 Overall structure of a 2 U SAS disk enclosure

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1 System subrack 2 Disk module

3 Power module 4 Expansion module

(Optional) Data Switch

When the PCIe Scale-out is implemented for adding controllers of a storage system, data
switches are used for the connection between PCIe ports of controllers.

Figure 4-13 Front view of a data switch

1 AC power module 2 Latch of an AC

power module

3 Handle of an AC 4 Fan module

power module

5 Fan module latch 6 Fan module handle

7 Alarm indicator of a 8 Data switch Power

data switch indicator

Figure 4-14 Rear view of a data switch

1 Power socket 2 Management

network interface

3 Serial port 4 Management

network interface

5 PCIe port Link/ 6 PCIe port

Speed indicator

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(Optional) Dorado NAS Unit

The Dorado NAS unit adopts a modular design and consists of a system subrack, controllers,
Power-Fan/BBU modules, and disk modules. Figure 4-15 shows the overall structure and
components of a Dorado NAS unit.

NOTE

The Dorado NAS unit supports both AC and DC power modules. The following figure uses the AC
power module as an example.

Figure 4-15 Overall structure of a Dorado NAS unit

NOTE

Controller A is above controller B. Controllers communicate with each other using internal heartbeat
links and do not need cable connections.

4.4 Components (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3)

This section describes the components of OceanStor Dorado18000 V3 storage system.

6 U Controller Enclosure
The controller enclosure consists of a system subrack, controllers, BBU module, power
modules, management modules, and interface modules. Figure 4-16 shows the overall
structure of a 6 U controller enclosure.

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Figure 4-16 Overall structure of a controller enclosure

1 System subrack 2 Controller

3 BBU 4 Power module

5 Management 6 Interface module

module

2 U NVMe Disk Enclosure

The disk enclosure consists of a system subrack, expansion modules, disk modules, and
power modules. Figure 4-17 shows the overall structure of a 2 U NVMe disk enclosure.

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Figure 4-17 Overall structure of a 2 U NVMe disk enclosure

1 System subrack 2 Disk module

3 Power module 4 Expansion module

2 U SAS Disk Enclosure

The disk enclosure consists of a system subrack, expansion modules, disk modules, and
power modules. Figure 4-18 shows the overall structure of a 2 U SAS disk enclosure.

Figure 4-18 Overall structure of a 2 U SAS disk enclosure

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1 System subrack 2 Disk module

3 Power module 4 Expansion module

(Optional) Data Switch

When the PCIe Scale-out is implemented for adding controllers of a storage system, data
switches are used for the connection between PCIe ports of controllers.

Figure 4-19 Front view of a data switch

1 AC power module 2 Latch of an AC

power module

3 Handle of an AC 4 Fan module

power module

5 Fan module latch 6 Fan module handle

7 Alarm indicator of a 8 Data switch Power

data switch indicator

Figure 4-20 Rear view of a data switch

1 Power socket 2 Management

network interface

3 Serial port 4 Management

network interface

5 PCIe port Link/ 6 PCIe port

Speed indicator

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(Optional) Dorado NAS Unit

The Dorado NAS unit adopts a modular design and consists of a system subrack, controllers,
power-fan/BBU modules, and disk modules. Figure 4-21 shows the overall structure and
components of a Dorado NAS unit.

NOTE

The Dorado NAS unit supports both AC and DC power modules. The following figure uses the AC
power module as an example.

Figure 4-21 Overall structure of a Dorado NAS unit

NOTE

Controller A is above controller B. Controllers communicate with each other using internal heartbeat
links and do not need cable connections.

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5 Software Architecture

Storage system software manages storage devices and stored data, and assists application
servers in data operations.
The software suite provided by OceanStor Dorado V3 series storage system consists of
software running on a storage system, software running on a maintenance terminal, and
software running on an application server. These three types of software work jointly to
deliver storage, backup, and disaster recovery services in a smart, efficient, and cost-effective
manner.
Figure 5-1 shows the storage system software architecture.

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Figure 5-1 Storage system software architecture

Software running on a Software running on an
maintenance terminal application server
SmartKit OceanStor
BCManager
eService

OceanStor UItraPath
SystemReporter

Operating system layer of a Operating system layer of a SAN

management host host

Management
Software running on iSCSI/Fibre
network port/
Channel/IB channel
serial port a storage system
Management function control software
OceanStor DeviceManager SNMP CLI Syslog

Basic function control software Value-added function control software

HyperSnap HyperReplication HyperClone

Cache SPool HyperCopy HyperCDP HyperMetro

SCSI SRAID SmartVirtualization SmartDedupe&SmartCompression

Quota SmartQoS SmartMigration SmartThin

File protocol
Management
CloudReplication CloudBackup HyperLock
Volume management module
of file systems
HyperVault SmartMulti-Tenant SmartPartition

Operating system layer of a storage system

Table 5-1 describes the storage system software architecture.

Table 5-1 Storage system software architecture

Software Function

Table 5-2 The dedicated operating system OceanStor OS manages storage

system hardware and supports the running of storage service
software.
l The basic function control software provides basic data storage
and access functions.
l The value-added function control software provides advanced
functions such as backup, disaster recovery, and performance
tuning.
l The management function control software provides the
management utilities to the storage system.

Table 5-3 Configures and maintains the storage system. The software includes
SmartKit, OceanStor SystemReporter and eService.

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Software Function

Table 5-4 On a SAN network, software running on an application server enables

the application server to communicate and cooperate with the storage
system. The software includes OceanStor BCManager and UltraPath.

Table 5-2 describes the software running on a storage system.

Table 5-2 Software running on a storage system

Software Set Software Function

Storage - Manages storage system hardware and supports the

system running of storage service software.
operating
system

Management OceanStor OceanStor DeviceManager is an integrated storage

function DeviceManager management platform developed by Huawei. It
control provides easy configuration, management, and
software maintenance of storage devices.

SNMPa, b The storage system can be connected to third-party

management software using the SNMP protocol. In
addition, the storage system provides the functions
supported by the third-party management software
using the MIB interface. A variety of network
management software supports SNMP. Users can
choose desired software based on their
requirements.

CLIc The storage system supports CLI-based

management and configuration. Users can use a
third-party terminal software to log in to the storage
system through its serial port or management
network port (over SSH), and manage the storage
system on the CLI.

Syslog The storage system can send alarm information to a

third party. Syslog software is used to receive and
save the information. Among various types of third-
party Syslog software, and users can choose one
based on site requirements.

Basic function SCSI software Manages the status of SCSI commands, and
control module dispatches, resolves, and processes SCSI
software commands.

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Software Set Software Function

SRAID software Uses data stripping and redundancy to provide high

module performance, large capacity, and high reliability for
data storage.
A wide range of RAID levels are provided for
diversified data reliability and access performance.

SPool software Logically combines disks from different disk

module enclosures into a disk domain, in which storage
pools are created to provide storage resources for
services.

Cache software Converts a high-speed and small-capacity memory

module to a buffer for improving system performance.
Its major functions include data caching.

File protocol Provides file system sharing and backup functions.

module It supports CIFS and NFS file sharing protocols.

Quota Provides quota management for file system sharing.

management A shared file system allows you to specify the
module maximum storage capacity available to a specific
directory.

Volume Implements virtualized management based on

management volumes.
module of file
system

Value-added HyperSnap Provides the snapshot function. Snapshot does not

function software module provide a complete physical duplicate but only an
control image of the source data, and locates the image
software through a mapping table.

HyperReplication Provides the remote replication function. Remote

software module replication creates an available data duplicate almost
in real time on a storage system that resides in a
different region from the local storage system. The
duplicate can be used immediately without data
recovery, protecting service continuity and data
availability to the maximum. A consistency group
manages remote replication tasks in batches. Any
operation to the consistency group is also applied to
the remote replication tasks in the group, ensuring
data consistency throughout those remote
replication tasks.

HyperMetro Provides the HyperMetro function. HyperMetro

software module enables real-time data synchronization and access
between two storage systems, improving resource
utilization. When data access fails, HyperMetro
implements seamless service switchover, ensuring
data security and service continuity.

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Software Set Software Function

HyperClone Provides the clone function. Clone generates a full

software module data copy of the source data in the local storage
system.

HyperCopy HyperCopy supports incremental synchronization

software module and restoration, and allows data copy across
engines, disk domains, and consistency groups,
ensuring local data availability.

HyperCDP HyperCDP achieves continuous data protection at

software module an interval of several seconds, generating more
intensive recovery points on storage devices.

SmartQoS Provides the SmartQoS function. SmartQoS controls

software module the storage performance of LUNs, and prioritizes
the quality of service (QoS) of critical applications.

SmartThin Provides the SmartThin function. SmartThin

software module achieves the on-demand space allocation. It
allocates free storage space in quota to application
servers only as needed, increasing the storage space
usage.

SmartMigration Provides the SmartMigration function.

software module SmartMigration migrates services on a source LUN
transparently to a target LUN without interrupting
host services. After the migration, the target LUN
can replace the source LUN to carry the services.

SmartVirtualiza- Provides the SmartVirtualization function.

tion software SmartVirtualization enables a local storage system
module to centrally manage storage resources of third-party
storage systems, simplifying storage system
management and reducing maintenance costs.

SmartDedupe and Provides deduplication and compression. The

SmartCompression deduplication function is used to analyze and delete
software module duplicate data in a storage system. The compression
function is used to minimize space occupied by
data.

CloudBackup CloudBackup allows storage systems to back up

software module data to the cloud without the backup server or
gateway, ensuring data security.

CloudReplication CloudReplication provides cloud DR for storage

software module systems, implementing data protection on the cloud.

HyperLock Implements WORM to set critical data to read-only

software module state, preventing unauthorized data change and
deletion during a specified period of time.

HyperVault Provides the HyperVault function. HyperVault

software module enables storage systems to protect their data.

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Software Set Software Function

SmartMulti-Tenant Provides the SmartMulti-Tenant function.

software module SmartMulti-Tenant enables a storage system to
provide different tenants with shared storage
resources and to separate tenant access and
management.

SmartPartition Provides the SmartPartition function. SmartPartition

software module allocates the cache resources from storage system
engines on demand to improve QoS for mission-
critical applications and high-level users.

a: Simple Network Management Protocol

b: The supported character encoding is UTF-8.
c: Command Line Interface

Table 5-3 describes the software running on a maintenance terminal.

Table 5-3 Software running on a maintenance terminal

Software Function

SmartKit SmartKit helps service engineers and O&M engineers deploy,

maintain, and upgrade devices.

eService eService is a piece of remote maintenance and management software

used for device monitoring, alarm reporting, and device inspection.

OceanStor OceanStor SystemReporter is a dedicated performance and capacity

SystemReporter report analysis tool for storage systems.

Table 5-4 describes the software running on an application server.

Table 5-4 Software running on an application server

Software Function

OceanStor Provides data protection and disaster recovery for application

BCManager servers using related storage system value-added features
(asynchronous remote replication and snapshot). It centrally
manages the requirements for data protection and disaster recovery
between storage systems and application servers.

UltraPath A storage system driver program installed on application servers.

When multiple data channels are set up between an application
server and a storage system, the UltraPath selects an optimal
channel for the application server to access the storage system.
UltraPath provides an easy and efficient path management solution
for proven data transmission reliability and high path security.

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6 Product Specifications

This chapter describes the hardware specifications and software specifications of the storage
system.
6.1 Hardware Specifications (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, and
Dorado6000 V3)
6.2 Hardware Specifications (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3)
6.3 Software Specifications (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3, and
Dorado6000 V3)
6.4 Software Specifications (Applicable to Dorado18000 V3)

6.1 Hardware Specifications (Applicable to Dorado3000

V3, Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)
Hardware specifications cover the hardware configuration, port specifications, disk
specifications, dimensions, weight, electrical specifications, and reliability specifications.
Table 6-1 describes the hardware specification categories to help you quickly find out the
specification information you need.

Table 6-1 Description of hardware specification categories

Category Description

Hardware Describes the configuration of major hardware components, such as

Configuration memory capacity, hard disks, and ports.

Port Describes the port specifications, such as the maximum number of

Specifications ports provided by each type of interface module and the maximum
number of interface modules supported by each controller.

Disk Describes the dimensions, rotational speed, capacity, and weight of

Specifications each type of disks.

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Category Description

Dimensions and Describes the dimensions and weight of controller enclosures and disk
Weight enclosures.
(Unpackaged)

Electrical Describes the electrical specifications of controller enclosures and

Specifications disk enclosures.

Reliability Describes the reliability specifications of storage systems.

Specifications

Hardware Configuration
Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Form factor of SAN: disk-controller l SAN: disk-controller l SAN: disk and

enclosures integration (2 U 25 disk integration (2 U 25 disk controller separation (3
slots) slots) U independent
l NAS: disk-controller controller enclosure)
integration (2 U 25 disk l NAS: disk-controller
slots) integration (2 U 25 disk
slots)

Maximum number 2 2 2
of controllers per
controller enclosure

Maximum number 16 16 16
of controllers*

Maximum number 800 (100 per dual 1400 (9600) 2400 (9600)
of disks* controllers)

Memory per SAN: 96 GB l SAN: 128 GB and 256 l SAN: 256 GB, 512 GB,
controller GB and 1 TB
l NAS: 64 GB l NAS: 64 GB

Mirror channel SAN: PCIe 3.0 x 8 SAN: PCIe 3.0 x 8 SAN: 4 x PCIe 3.0 x 8
NAS: PCIe 3.0 x 8 NAS: PCIe 3.0 x 8

Controller SAN: 2 U, disk-controller SAN: 2 U, disk-controller SAN: 3 U independent

enclosure integration, 25 x 2.5-inch integration, 25 x 2.5-inch controller enclosure
SAS SSDs NVMe or SAS SSDs without disks
NAS: 2 U, disk-controller NAS: 2 U, disk-controller
integration integration

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Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Disk enclosure Independent SAS model: A l Independent NVMe l Independent NVMe

controller enclosure (with model: A controller model: A controller
two controllers) supports a enclosure (with two enclosure (with two
maximum of three SAS controllers) supports a controllers) supports a
disk enclosures. Each disk maximum of one NVMe maximum of four
enclosure can house 25 x disk enclosure. Each NVMe disk enclosures.
2.5-inch SAS SSDs. disk enclosure can Each disk enclosure can
house 25 x 2.5-inch house 25 x 2.5-inch
NVMe SSDs. NVMe SSDs.
l Independent SAS l Independent SAS
model: A controller model: A controller
enclosure (with two enclosure (with two
controllers) supports a controllers) supports a
maximum of six SAS maximum of 12 SAS
disk enclosures. Each disk enclosures. Each
disk enclosure can disk enclosure can
house 25 x 2.5-inch house 25 x 2.5-inch
SAS SSDs. SAS SSDs.
l Intermixing of SAS and l Intermixing of SAS and
NVMe SSDs: A NVMe SSDs: A
controller enclosure controller enclosure
(with two controllers) (with two controllers)
supports a maximum of supports a maximum of
two SAS disk eight SAS disk
enclosures + two NVMe enclosures + four
disk enclosures. NVMe disk enclosures.

Maximum number Single-uplink networking. l NVMe: single-uplink l NVMe: single-uplink

of disk enclosures Each SAS port connects to networking. Each port networking. Each port
connected to back- only one SAS disk only connects to one only connects to one
end channels (ports) enclosure. Cascading is not disk enclosure. disk enclosure.
supported. Cascading is not Cascading is not
supported. supported.
l SAS: single-uplink l SAS: single-uplink
networking. Each port networking. Each port
only connects to one only connects to one
disk enclosure. disk enclosure.
Cascading is not Cascading is not
supported. supported.

Length of back-end SAS cable: 1 m (electrical), l SAS cable: 1 m l SAS cable: 1 m

cables 2 m (electrical), 3 m (electrical), 2 m (electrical), 2 m
(electrical), 5 m (electrical), (electrical), 3 m (electrical), 3 m
and 15 m (optical) (electrical), 5 m (electrical), 5 m
(electrical), and 15 m (electrical), and 15 m
(optical) (optical)
l NVMe cable: 1 m l NVMe cable: 1 m
(electrical) and 3 m (electrical) and 3 m
(electrical) (electrical)

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Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Redundancy of SAN/dual-controller: BBUs l SAN/dual-controller: l SAN: BBUs (2+1),

main components (1+1), power modules BBUs (1+1), power power modules (1+1),
(1+1), and fans (3+1) modules (1+1), and fans fans (5+1), and
(3+1) management modules
l NAS/dual-controller: (1+1)
BBUs (1+1), power l NAS/dual-controller:
modules (1+1), and fans BBUs (1+1), power
(3+1) modules (1+1), and fans
(3+1)

System bus SAN/dual-controller: 192 l SAN/dual-controller: l SAN/dual-controller:

bandwidth GB/s 192 GB/s 384 GB/s
l NAS/dual-controller: l NAS/dual-controller:
192 GB/s 192 GB/s

Maximum number SAN: 2 l SAN: 2 l SAN: 8

of hot-swappable l NAS: 2 l NAS: 2
I/O interface
modules per
controller

Onboard I/O ports 2 x 4 x 12 Gbit/s SAS ports l Independent NVMe -

(per controller) for model: 1 x 8 x 8 Gbit/s
disk connections PCIe port
l Mixed NVMe+SAS
model: 2 x 4 x 12 Gbit/s
SAS ports

Onboard I/O ports Four front-end SmartIO Four front-end SmartIO -

(per controller) for ports are used. Each ports are used. Each
host connections module supports four module supports four
optical ports (adjustable): 8 optical ports (adjustable): 8
Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16
Gbit/s Fibre Channel, and Gbit/s Fibre Channel, and
10 Gbit/s ETH. 10 Gbit/s ETH or FCoE.

Hot-swappable l 4-port SmartIO module l 4-port SmartIO module l 4-port SmartIO module
front-end interface l 2-port 40GE/100GE I/O l 2-port 40GE/100GE I/O l 2-port 40GE/100GE I/O
modules module module module
l 4-port 10GE (Base-T) l 4-port 10GE (Base-T) l 4-port 10GE (Base-T)
I/O module I/O module I/O module

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Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Maximum number l Dual-controller: 24 l Dual-controller: 24 l Dual-controller: 56

of front-end ports (each controller (each controller (each controller
(SAN) supports 3 x four-port 8 supports 3 x four-port 8 supports 7 x four-port 8
Gbit/s Fibre Channel Gbit/s Fibre Channel Gbit/s Fibre Channel
I/O modules.) I/O modules.) I/O modules.)
l Four-controller: 32 l Four-controller: 32 l Four-controller: 96
(each controller (each controller (each controller
supports 2 x four-port 8 supports 2 x four-port 8 supports 6 x four-port 8
Gbit/s Fibre Channel Gbit/s Fibre Channel Gbit/s Fibre Channel
I/O modules.) I/O modules.) I/O modules.)
l Eight-controller: 64 l Eight-controller: 192
(each controller (each controller
supports 2 x four-port 8 supports 6 x four-port 8
Gbit/s Fibre Channel Gbit/s Fibre Channel
I/O modules.) I/O modules.)

Maximum number l Dual-controller: 12 (4 x l Dual-controller: 12 (4 x l Dual-controller: 48 (4 x

of back-end ports 12 Gbit/s SAS) 12 Gbit/s SAS) 12 Gbit/s SAS)
(SAS) l Four-controller: 20 (4 x l Four-controller: 24 (4 x l Four-controller: 96 (4 x
12 Gbit/s SAS) 12 Gbit/s SAS) 12 Gbit/s SAS)
l Eight-controller: 48 (4 x l Eight-controller: 192 (4
12 Gbit/s SAS) x 12 Gbit/s SAS)

Maximum number - l Dual-controller: 2 (8 x 8 l Dual-controller: 8 (8 x 8

of back-end ports Gbit/s PCIe 3.0) Gbit/s PCIe 3.0)
(NVMe) l Four-controller: 4 (8 x 8 l Four-controller: 16 (8 x
Gbit/s PCIe 3.0) 8 Gbit/s PCIe 3.0)
l Eight-controller: 8 (8 x l Eight-controller: 32 (8 x
8 Gbit/s PCIe 3.0) 8 Gbit/s PCIe 3.0)

Hot-swappable 4-port 4 x 12 Gbit/s SAS l 2-port 8 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe l 2-port 8 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe
back-end interface module scale-up module scale-up module
modules l 4-port 4 x 12 Gbit/s l 4-port 4 x 12 Gbit/s
SAS module SAS module

* If you require the specifications marked with *, contact Huawei sales personnel.

Port Specifications
Maximum Number of Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3
Ports on Each
Interface Module

GE electrical interface 4-port interface module 4-port interface module, used in HyperMetro quorum
module used in HyperMetro networking and NAS front-end
quorum networking

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Maximum Number of Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Ports on Each
Interface Module

10GE electrical interface 4-port front-end interface 4-port front-end interface module for SAN and NAS
module module for SAN

40GE or 100GE interface Front-end interface Front-end interface module for SAN and NAS, each
module module for SAN, each with two 40GE or 100GE optical ports
with two 40GE or 100GE
optical ports

SmartIO interface module Front-end interface l Front-end interface module for SAN, each with
module for SAN, each four optical ports. The port type can be 8 Gbit/s, 16
with four optical ports. Gbit/s, or 32 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10GE, or
The port type can be 8 25GE.
Gbit/s, 16 Gbit/s, or 32 l Front-end interface module for NAS, each with
Gbit/s Fibre Channel, four optical ports. The port type can be 10GE, or
10GE, or 25GE. 25GE.
l Used for connecting NAS and SAN storage. Each
module has four optical ports. The port type can be
16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel or 10GE.

12 Gbit/s SAS expansion Back-end module, each with four 4 x 12 Gbit/s SAS electrical or optical ports.
module

PCIe 3.0 scale-up module - Used for the scale-up connection between a controller
enclosure and an NVMe disk enclosure. Each module
has two 8 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe ports.

PCIe 3.0 scale-out Used for the scale-out connection between controller enclosures. Each module has
module two 4 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe ports.

Maximum Number of Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

SAN Front-End Ports
on Each Controller

8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel 12 (including onboard 12 (including onboard 28

port ports) ports)

16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel 12 (including onboard 12 (including onboard 28

port ports) ports)

32 Gbit/s Fibre Channel 8 8 28

port

10GE port 12 (including onboard 12 (including onboard 28

ports) ports)

25GE port 8 8 28

40GE port 4 4 14

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Maximum Number of Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

SAN Front-End Ports
on Each Controller

100GE port 4 4 14

Maximum Number of NAS Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Front-End Ports on Each
Controller

GE port 8 8

10GE port 12 (including onboard ports) 12 (including onboard ports)

25GE port 8 8

40GE port 4 4

100GE port 4 4

Disk Specifications
Disk Dimen Weight Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3
Typea sions

SSD in a 2.5-inch 0.25 kg 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB and l 960 GB, 1.92 TB, -
25-slot (0.55 7.68 TB SAS SSD 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB,
controller lb) and 15.36 TB
enclosure NVMe SSD
l 960 GB, 1.92 TB,
3.84 TB, 7.68 TB,
15.36 TB, and
30.72 TB SAS SSD
Self-encrypting drive
(only for sales outside
China): 7.68 TB SAS
SSD, 4 TB NVMe
SSD

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Disk Dimen Weight Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Typea sions

SSD in a 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB and l 960 GB, 1.92 TB, l 960 GB, 1.92 TB,
25-slot disk 7.68 TB SAS SSD 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB,
enclosure and 15.36 TB and 15.36 TB
NVMe SSD NVMe SSD
l 960 GB, 1.92 TB, l 960 GB, 1.92 TB,
3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB,
15.36 TB, and 15.36 TB, and
30.72 TB SAS SSD 30.72 TB SAS SSD
Self-encrypting drive Self-encrypting drive
(only for sales outside (only for sales outside
China): 7.68 TB SAS China): 7.68 TB SAS
SSD, 4 TB NVMe SSD, 4 TB NVMe
SSD SSD

a: SSDs that have no data can be preserved for a maximum of 12 months while powered off. SSDs that have
data can be preserved for a maximum of 3 months while powered off. If the maximum preservation time
expires, data loss or SSD failures may occur.

Dimensions and Weight (Unpackaged)

Hardware Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

NVMe all-flash Dimensions - l Depth: 748 mm l Depth: 750 mm

controller (29.45 in.) (29.53 in.)
enclosure l Width: 447 mm l Width: 447 mm
(17.60 in.) (17.60 in.)
l Height: 86.1 mm l Height: 130.5 mm
(3.39 in.) (5.14 in.)

Weight (without - 33 kg (72.75 lb) 58.9 kg (129.85 lb)

disks)

Weight (with - 39.3 kg (86.64 lb) -

disks)

SAS all-flash Dimensions l Depth: 748 mm (29.45 in.) l Depth: 750 mm

controller l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.) (29.53 in.)
enclosure l Width: 447 mm
l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)
(17.60 in.)
l Height: 130.5 mm
(5.14 in.)

Weight (without 31.8 kg (70.11 lb) 58.9 kg (129.85 lb)

disks)

Weight (with 38.1 kg (84 lb) -

disks)

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Hardware Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

2 U NVMe disk Dimensions - l Depth: 488 mm (19.21 in.)

enclosure l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)

Weight (without - 17.5 kg (38.58 lb)

disks)

Weight (with - 23.75 kg (52.36 lb)

disks)

2 U SAS disk Dimensions l Depth: 488 mm (19.21 in.)

enclosure l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)

Weight (without 13.3 kg (29.32 lb)

disks)

Weight (with 19.6 kg (43.21 lb)

disks)

Dorado NAS Dimensions - l Depth: 748 mm (29.45 in.)

unit l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)

Weight - 34 kg (74.96 lb)

Electrical Specifications
Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Power NVMe all- - l Max: 863 W l Max: 1270 W

consumption flash l Typical: 700 W l Typical: 1002 W
controller
enclosure l Min: 570 W l Min: 640 W

SAS all-flash l Max: 750 W l Max: 908 W l Max: 1270 W

controller l Typical: 567 W l Typical: 716 W l Typical: 1002 W
enclosure
l Min: 420 W l Min: 410 W l Min: 640 W

2 U NVMe - l Max: 440 W

disk enclosure l Typical: 291.5 W
l Min: 264 W

2 U SAS disk l Max: 320 W

enclosure l Typical: 240 W
l Min: 150 W

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Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Dorado NAS - l Max: 560 W

unit l Typical: 415 W
l Min: 312 W

Power voltage NVMe all- Supports only the SAS AC: AC:
and rated flash all-flash controller l 100 V to 240 V, l 200 V to 240 V,
current controller enclosure. ±10%, 10 A, single- ±10%, 10 A, single-
enclosure AC: phase, 50/60 Hz phase, 50/60 Hz
SAS all-flash l 100 V to 240 V, l Dual-live wire input l Dual-live wire input
controller ±10%, 10 A, single- (2W+PE) (2W+PE)
enclosure phase, 50/60 Hz High-voltage DC (not High-voltage DC (not
l Dual-live wire input supported in North supported in North
(2W+PE) America and Canada): America and Canada):
High-voltage DC (not l 240 V, ±20%, 6.5 A l 240 V, ±20%, 10 A
supported in North Low-voltage DC (not
America and Canada): supported in India,
l 240 V, ±20%, 6.5 A Taiwan, and South
Low-voltage DC (not Korea):
supported in India, l -48 V/-60 V, ±20%,
Taiwan, and South 30 A
Korea):
l -48 V/-60 V, ±20%,
30 A

2 U NVMe Supports only the 2 U AC: AC:

disk enclosure SAS disk enclosure. l 100 V to 240 V, l 100 V to 240 V,
2 U SAS disk AC: ±10%, 10 A, single- ±10%, 10 A, single-
enclosure l 100 V to 240 V, phase, 50/60 Hz phase, 50/60 Hz
±10%, 10 A, single- l 110 V single/dual- l 110 V single/dual-
phase, 50/60 Hz live wire input live wire input
l 110 V single/dual- High-voltage DC (not High-voltage DC (not
live wire input supported in North supported in North
High-voltage DC (not America and Canada): America and Canada):
supported in North l 240 V, ±20%, 5 A l 240 V, ±20%, 5 A
America and Canada): Low-voltage DC (not
l 240 V, ±20%, 5 A supported in India and
Low-voltage DC (not Taiwan):
supported in India and l -48 V/-60 V, ±20%,
Taiwan): 18.5 A
l -48 V/-60 V, ±20%,
18.5 A

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Dorado NAS - AC:

unit l 100 V to 240 V, ±10%, 10 A, single-phase,
50/60 Hz
l Dual-live wire input (2W+PE)
High-voltage DC (not supported in North America
and Canada):
l 240 V, ±20%, 6.5 A

AC power l AC: IEC60320-C14

input type l High-voltage DC: IEC60320-C14
(socket type)
l Low-voltage DC: OT-M6

BBU capacity 16 Wh 32 Wh

Reliability Specifications
Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Solution-level 99.9999%
reliability

MTBFa 700,000 hours

MTTRb 2 hours

a: Mean Time Between Failures

b: Mean Time To Repair

6.2 Hardware Specifications (Applicable to Dorado18000

V3)
Hardware specifications cover the hardware configuration, port specifications, disk
specifications, dimensions, weight, electrical specifications, and reliability specifications.
Table 6-2 describes the hardware specification categories to help you quickly find out the
specification information you need.

Table 6-2 Hardware specification categories

Category Description

Hardware Describes the configuration of major hardware components, such as

Configuration memory, disks, and ports.

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Category Description

Port Describes the port specifications, such as the maximum number of

Specifications ports provided by each type of interface module and the maximum
number of interface modules supported by each controller.

Disk Describes the dimensions, rotational speed, capacity, and weight of

Specifications each type of disks.

Bay Describes the configuration of bay.

Specifications

Dimensions and Describes the dimensions and weight of controller enclosures and disk
Weight enclosures.

Electrical Describes the electrical specifications of controller enclosures and

Specifications disk enclosures.

Reliability Describes the reliability specifications of storage systems.

Specifications

Hardware Configuration
Item Dorado18000 V3

Form factor of enclosures l SAN: 6 U independent controller enclosure without

disks, multi-controller Scale-out architecture
l NAS: disk-controller integration (2 U 25 disk slots)

Maximum number of 4
controllers per controller
enclosure

Maximum number of 16
controllers*

Maximum number of disks* 3200 (9600)

Memory per controller l SAN: 256 GB, 512 GB, or 1 TB

l NAS: 64 GB

Mirror channel SAN

l Between controllers A and B: 2 x PCIe 3.0 x 8
l Between controllers A and C, or A and D: 1 x PCIe 3.0
x8
NAS: PCIe 3.0 x 8

Controller enclosure l SAN: 6 U independent controller enclosure without

disks
l NAS: 2 U, disk-controller integration

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Item Dorado18000 V3

Disk enclosure l NVMe model: A single controller enclosure (with four

controllers) supports a maximum of eight NVMe disk
enclosures, each with 25 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs.
l SAS model: A single controller enclosure (with four
controllers) supports a maximum of 16 SAS disk
enclosures, each with 25 x 2.5-inch SAS SSDs.
l The SAS model also supports intermixing of SAS and
NVMe SSDs. A single controller enclosure (with four
controllers) supports a maximum of eight NVMe disk
enclosures and eight SAS disk enclosures.

Maximum number of disk NVMe model: Single-uplink networking. Each NVMe port
enclosures connected to can connect to only one NVMe disk enclosure. Cascading
back-end channels (ports) is not supported.
SAS model: Dual-uplink networking. Each SAS port can
connect to only one SAS disk enclosure. Cascading is not
supported.

Length of back-end cables l SAS cable: 1 m (electrical), 2 m (electrical), 3 m

(electrical), 5 m (electrical), and 15 m (optical)
l NVMe cable: 1 m (electrical) and 3 m (electrical)

Redundancy of main l SAN/four-controller: BBUs (3+1), 2 x power modules

components (1+1), fans (11+1), and management modules (1+1)
l NAS/dual-controller: BBUs (1+1), power modules
(1+1), and fans (3+1)

System bus bandwidth l SAN/four-controller: 768 GB/s

l NAS/dual-controller: 192 GB/s

Maximum number of hot- l SAN: 6

swappable I/O interface l NAS: 2
modules per controller

Onboard I/O ports (per -

controller) for disk
connections

Onboard I/O ports (per -

controller) for host
connections

Hot-swappable front-end l 4-port SmartIO module

interface modules l 2-port 40GE/100GE I/O module
l 4-port 10GE (Base-T) I/O module

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Maximum number of front- l Dual-controller: 40 (each controller supports 5 x four-

end ports (SAN) port 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel I/O modules.)
l Four-controller: 64 (each controller supports 4 x four-
port 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel I/O modules.)
l Eight-controller: 128 (each controller supports 4 x four-
port 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel I/O modules.)

Maximum number of back- l Dual-controller: 32 (4 x 12 Gbit/s SAS)

end ports (SAS) l Four-controller: 64 (4 x 12 Gbit/s SAS)
l Eight-controller: 128 (4 x 12 Gbit/s SAS)

Maximum number of back- l Dual-controller: 8 (8 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe 3.0)

end ports (NVMe) l Four-controller: 16 (8 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe 3.0)
l Eight-controller: 32 (8 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe 3.0)

Hot-swappable back-end l 2-port 8 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe Scale-up module

interface modules l 4-port 4 x 12 Gbit/s SAS I/O module

* If you require the specifications marked with *, contact Huawei sales personnel.

Port Specifications
Maximum Number of Dorado18000 V3
Ports on Each Interface
Module

GE electrical interface 4-port interface module, used in HyperMetro quorum

module networking and NAS front-end

10GE electrical interface 4-port front-end interface module for SAN and NAS
module

40GE or 100GE interface Front-end interface module, each with two 40GE or 100GE
module optical ports

SmartIO interface module l Front-end interface module for SAN, each with four
optical ports. The port type can be 8 Gbit/s, 16 Gbit/s, or
32 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10GE, or 25GE.
l Front-end interface module for NAS, each with four
optical ports. The port type can be 10GE, or 25GE.
l Used for connecting NAS and SAN storage. Each
module has four optical ports. The port type can be 16
Gbit/s Fibre Channel or 10GE.

12 Gbit/s SAS expansion Back-end module, each with four 4 x 12 Gbit/s SAS
module electrical or optical ports.

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Maximum Number of Dorado18000 V3

Ports on Each Interface
Module

PCIe 3.0 scale-up module Used for the scale-up connection between a controller
enclosure and an NVMe disk enclosure. Each module has
two 8 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe ports.

PCIe 3.0 scale-out module Used for the scale-out connection between controller
enclosures. Each module has two 4 x 8 Gbit/s PCIe ports.

Maximum Number of SAN Dorado18000 V3

Front-End Ports on Each
Controller

8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel port 20

16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel port 20

32 Gbit/s Fibre Channel port 20

10GE port 20

25GE port 20

40GE port 10

100GE port 10

Maximum Number of NAS Dorado18000 V3

Front-End Ports on Each
Controller

GE port 8

10GE port 12 (including onboard ports)

25GE port 8

40GE port 4

100GE port 4

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Disk Specifications
Disk Typea Dimensions Weight Capacity

SSD in a 25- 2.5-inch 0.25 kg l 960 GB, 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB,
slot disk (0.55 lb) and 15.36 TB NVMe SSD
enclosure l 960 GB, 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB,
15.36 TB, and 30.72 TB SAS SSD
Self-encrypting drive (only for sales
outside China): 7.68 TB SAS SSD, 4 TB
NVMe SSD

a: SSDs that have no data can be preserved for a maximum of 12 months while powered
off. SSDs that have data can be preserved for a maximum of 3 months while powered off.
If the maximum preservation time expires, data loss or SSD failures may occur.

Bay Specifications
Item Dorado18000 V3

System bay Each system bay houses the following components:

l Power distribution unit (PDU)
l 6 U controller enclosure (one per system bay,
each with four controllers)
l Up to 16 x 2 U disk enclosures (2.5-inch disks)
l One system switch matrix in system bay 1

System switch matrix Two PCIe data switches (2 U) in system bay 1

Bay display System bay 0 provides alarm indicators.

Shipment as an integrated bay Supported

Third-party bay Bays that meet the requirements of Huawei storage

products

Huawei modular data center IDS1000 and IDS2000

Dimensions and Weight

Item Dorado18000 V3

Full bay dimensions (system bay) l Depth: 1232 mm (48.50 in.)

l Width: 600 mm (23.62 in.)
l Height: 2000 mm (78.74 in.)

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Package dimensions (system bay) l Depth: 1456 mm (57.32 in.)

l Width: 1000 mm (39.37 in.)
l Height: 2176 mm (85.67 in.)

Fully loaded weight (system bay 0) l NVMe: 527.5 kg (1162.94 lb)

l SAS: 657.3 kg (1449.10 lb)

Weight with packages (system bay l NVMe: 725.7 kg (1599.89 lb)

0) l SAS: 857.3 kg (1890.02 lb)

Fully loaded weight (system bay 1) l NVMe: 551.2 kg (1215.19 lb)

l SAS: 682.8 kg (1505.32 lb)

Weight with packages (system bay l NVMe: 751.2 kg (1656.11 lb)

1) l SAS: 882.8 kg (1946.24 lb)

Unloaded bay weight l NVMe: 140 kg (308.65 lb)

l SAS: 140 kg (308.65 lb)

Dimensions of an NVMe all-flash l Depth: 750 mm (29.53 in.)

controller enclosure l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
Dimensions of a SAS all-flash l Height: 263.9 mm (10.39 in.)
controller enclosure

Dimensions of a 2 U SAS disk l Depth: 488 mm (19.21 in.)

enclosure l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
Dimensions of a 2 U NVMe disk l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)
enclosure

Dimensions of a Dorado NAS unit l Depth: 748 mm (29.45 in.)

l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)

Electrical Specifications
Item Dorado18000 V3 (NVMe) Dorado18000 V3 (SAS)

System bay 0 l Max: 6404 W l Max: 7713 W

1 x 6 U controller enclosure 1 x 6 U controller enclosure
(with four controllers) and 8 x (with four controllers) and 16 x
2 U disk enclosures 2 U disk enclosures
l Typical: 4093 W l Typical: 4983 W
l Min: 3275 W l Min: 3691 W

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Item Dorado18000 V3 (NVMe) Dorado18000 V3 (SAS)

System bay 1 l Max: 6617 W l Max: 7926 W

1 x 6 U controller enclosure 1 x 6 U controller enclosure
(with four controllers), 8 x 2 U (with four controllers), 16 x 2 U
disk enclosures, and 2 x PCIe disk enclosures, and 2 x PCIe
switches switches
l Typical: 4285 W l Typical: 5175 W
l Min: 3435 W l Min: 3691 W

Controller l Max: 2668 W

enclosure power l Typical: 1761 W
consumption
(with four l Min: 1163 W
controllers)

2 U disk l Max: 440 W l Max: 320 W

enclosure power l Typical: 291.5 W l Typical: 240 W
consumption
l Min: 264 W l Min: 150 W

Dorado NAS l Max: 560 W

unit l Typical: 415 W
l Min: 312 W

PDU power l 220 V single-phase AC: 200 V to 240 V, AC±10%, IEC60309

voltage, rated 32A-6h (2P+G)
current, and l 380 V three-phase AC: 346 V to 415 V, AC±10%, IEC60309
socket type 32A-6h (3W+N+PE)
l 240 V high voltage DC: 240 V, DC±20%, IEC60309 32A-6h (2P+G)

BBU capacity 32 Wh

Reliability Specifications
Item Value

Solution-level reliability 99.9999%

MTBFa 800,000 hours

MTTRb 1 hour

a: Mean Time Between Failures

b: Mean Time To Repair

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6.3 Software Specifications (Applicable to Dorado3000 V3,

Dorado5000 V3, and Dorado6000 V3)
The software specifications include the basic specifications, feature specifications,
performance specifications, supported operating systems, and license control.

Table 6-3 describes the categories of storage software specifications to help you quickly find
out the specification information you need.

Table 6-3 Description of software specification categories

Category Description

Basic Describes the basic software specifications of storage systems,

Specifications including the maximum number of connected application servers,
maximum number of LUNs, and maximum number of mapping views.

Feature Describes the feature specifications of storage systems, such as

Specifications snapshot, remote replication, and SmartMigration.

License Control Describes whether software features of storage systems are controlled
by licenses.

Basic Specifications
Item Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

RAID level RAID 10*, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID-TP (able to tolerate
three faulty disks)

Maximum number of SAN: 2 SAN: 4

disk domains per dual- NAS: 64
controller system

Maximum number of SAN: 2 SAN: 4

storage pools per dual- NAS: 64
controller system

Maximum capacity per 500 TB 1 PB 2 PB

dual-controller system

Maximum number of 16,384 32,768

LUNs (including The total number of LUNs and their The total number
snapshots) in a storage writable snapshots cannot exceed 16,384. of LUNs and their
pool writable snapshots
cannot exceed
32,768.

Maximum number of 200 350 600

disks in a disk domain

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Minimum number of SAN: 8 SAN: 8

disks in a disk domain NAS: 4

Maximum number of - 128

logical ports per
controller

Maximum number of - 128

VLANs per controller

Maximum number of - 1024

built-in DNS zones

Maximum number of - 256

LIFs listening to DNS
requests

Maximum number of 8192

hosts

Maximum number of 16,384 32,768

LUNs (including
snapshots)

Maximum number of 8192

LUN groups

Maximum number of 4095

host LUNs

Minimum capacity of a 512 KB

LUN

Maximum capacity of a 256 TB

LUN

Maximum number of 8192

host connections

Maximum number of file - The number of clone file systems and

systems file systems cannot exceed 2048.

Minimum capacity of a - 1 GB
file system

Maximum capacity of a - 16 PB
file system

Maximum number of - 2 billion

files per file system (no
limit in software)

Maximum capacity of a - 256 TB

file (no limit in software)

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Maximum number of - 30 million

subdirectories and files
per directory (no limit in
software)

Maximum number of - 12,000

SMB shares

Maximum number of - 10,000

NFS shares

Maximum number of - 16,000

CIFS and NFS
connections per
controller

Maximum number of - 64
FTP connections per
controller

Maximum number of - 64
HTTP connections per
controller

Maximum number of - 8
NDMP streams per
controller (maximum
number of concurrent
NDMP backup and
recovery tasks allowed
by the backup software)

Maximum number of - 2000

local users (no limit in
software)

Maximum number of - 50,000

local user groups

Maximum number of - 150,000

group members (total
number of members in
all groups)

Maximum full file path - 4096 bytes

length

Maximum length of a - 256 bytes

single file name or
directory name

Maximum directory - 256

depth of a file system (no
limit in software)

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Maximum number of - 150,000

files that can be opened
at a time per controller

* If you require the specifications marked with *, contact Huawei sales personnel.

Feature Specifications
Feature Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Snapshot HyperSnap

HyperCopy HyperCopy

HyperCDP HyperCDP

Clone HyperClone

Remote replication HyperReplication

Cloud backup CloudBackup

Active-active arrays HyperMetro

Intelligent thin SmartThin

provisioning

LUN migration SmartMigration

Intelligent SmartVirtualization
heterogeneous
virtualization

Inline deduplication SmartDedupe and SmartCompression

and compression

System management OceanStor DeviceManager

software

Host proxy OceanStor BCManager

Host multipathing UltraPath and ALUA

software

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License Control
Function Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

Basic software Control system Control system software package:

package (out-of-box software package: DeviceManager, SmartThin,
software functions) DeviceManager, SmartMigration, SmartDedupe,
SmartThin, SmartCompression, SmartQoS,
SmartVirtualization, SystemReporter, eService
SmartMigration,
SmartDedupe,
SmartCompression,
SmartQoS,
HyperSnap,
HyperClone,
HyperCopy,
HyperCDP,
HyperReplication,
HyperMetro,
CloudBackup,
SystemReporter,
eService

The NAS unit - CIFS, NFS, NDMP, SmartVirtualization,

provides built-in SmartMulti-tenant, SmartThin, SmartQuota,
software functions SmartQoS, SmartPartition, HyperSnap,
HyperClone, HyperReplication,
HyperMetro, HyperVault, HyperLock

Feature Requiring a License or Not

HyperSnap Yes

HyperCopy Yes

HyperCDP Yes

HyperReplication Yes

HyperClone Yes

HyperMetro Yes

SmartThin Yes

SmartMigration Yes

SmartVirtualization Yes

SmartDedupe and Yes

SmartCompression

SmartQoS Yes

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Feature Requiring a License or Not

CloudBackup Yes

Interoperability
Use the Huawei Storage Interoperability Navigator to check the interoperability of storage
systems.

6.4 Software Specifications (Applicable to Dorado18000

V3)
The software specifications include the basic specifications, feature specifications,
performance specifications, supported operating systems, and license control.

Table 6-4 describes the categories of storage software specifications to help you quickly find
out the specification information you need.

Table 6-4 Software specification categories

Category Description

Basic Describes the basic software specifications of storage systems,

Specifications including the maximum number of connected application servers,
maximum number of LUNs, and maximum number of mapping views.

Value-Added Describes the feature specifications of storage systems, such as

Features snapshot, remote replication, and SmartMigration.

License Control Describes whether software features of storage systems are controlled
by licenses.

Basic Specifications
Item Dorado18000 V3

RAID level RAID 10*, RAID 5, RAID 6, and RAID-TP (able to

tolerate three faulty disks)

Maximum number of disk domains SAN: 4

per dual-controller system NAS: 64

Maximum number of storage pools SAN: 4

per dual-controller system NAS: 64

Maximum capacity per dual- 2 PB

controller system

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Maximum number of LUNs 65,536

(including snapshots) in a storage The total number of LUNs and their writable
pool snapshots cannot exceed 65,536.

Maximum number of disks in a 400

disk domain

Minimum number of disks in a SAN: 8

disk domain NAS: 4

Maximum number of logical ports 128

per controller

Maximum number of VLANs per 128

controller

Maximum number of built-in DNS 1024

zones

Maximum number of LIFs 256

listening to DNS requests

Maximum number of hosts 8192

Maximum number of LUNs 65,536

(including snapshots)

Maximum number of LUN groups 8192

Maximum number of host LUNs 4095

Minimum capacity of a LUN 512 KB

Maximum capacity of a LUN 256 TB

Maximum number of host 8192

connections

Maximum number of file systems The number of clone file systems and file systems
cannot exceed 2048.

Minimum capacity of a file system 1 GB

Maximum capacity of a file system 16 PB

Maximum number of files per file 2 billion

system (no limit in software)

Maximum capacity of a file (no 256 TB

limit in software)

Maximum number of 30 million

subdirectories and files per
directory (no limit in software)

Maximum number of SMB shares 12,000

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Item Dorado18000 V3

Maximum number of NFS shares 10,000

Maximum number of CIFS and 16,000

NFS connections per controller

Maximum number of FTP 64

connections per controller

Maximum number of HTTP 64

connections per controller

Maximum number of NDMP 8

streams per controller (maximum
number of concurrent NDMP
backup and recovery tasks allowed
by the backup software)

Maximum number of local users 2000

(no limit in software)

Maximum number of local user 50,000

groups

Maximum number of group 150,000

members (total number of
members in all groups)

Maximum full file path length 4096 bytes

Maximum length of a single file 256 bytes

name or directory name

Maximum directory depth of a file 256

system (no limit in software)

Maximum number of files that can 150,000

be opened at a time per controller

* If you require the specifications marked with *, contact Huawei sales personnel.

Value-Added Features
Feature Dorado18000 V3

Snapshot HyperSnap

HyperCopy HyperCopy

HyperCDP HyperCDP

Clone HyperClone

Remote replication HyperReplication

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Feature Dorado18000 V3

Cloud backup CloudBackup

Active-active arrays HyperMetro

Intelligent thin provisioning SmartThin

LUN migration SmartMigration

Intelligent heterogeneous SmartVirtualization

virtualization

Inline deduplication and SmartDedupe and SmartCompression

compression

System management software OceanStor DeviceManager

Host proxy OceanStor BCManager

Host multipathing software UltraPath and ALUA

License Control
Function Description

Basic software package (out-of-box Control system software package:

software functions) OceanStor OS, DeviceManager, SmartThin,
SmartMigration, SmartDedupe,
SmartCompression, SmartQoS, SystemReporter,
eService

The NAS unit provides built-in CIFS, NFS, NDMP, SmartVirtualization,

software functions SmartMulti-tenant, SmartThin, SmartQuota,
SmartQoS, SmartPartition, HyperSnap,
HyperClone, HyperReplication, HyperMetro,
HyperVault, HyperLock

Feature Requiring a License or Not

HyperSnap Yes

HyperCopy Yes

HyperCDP Yes

HyperReplication Yes

HyperClone Yes

HyperMetro Yes

SmartThin Yes

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Feature Requiring a License or Not

SmartMigration Yes

SmartVirtualization Yes

SmartDedupe and Yes

SmartCompression

SmartQoS Yes

CloudBackup Yes

Interoperability
Use the Huawei Storage Interoperability Navigator to check the interoperability of storage
systems.

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7 Environmental Requirements

Environmental requirements cover the following aspects: temperature, humidity, particle

contaminants, corrosive airborne contaminants, heat dissipation, and noise.
7.1 Temperature, Humidity, and Altitude
7.2 Vibration and Shock
7.3 Particle Contaminants
7.4 Corrosive Airborne Contaminants
7.5 Heat Dissipation and Noise

7.1 Temperature, Humidity, and Altitude

Temperature, humidity, and altitude requirements must be met so that storage systems can
correctly work or be properly preserved.

Table 7-1 lists the temperature, humidity, and altitude requirements of OceanStor
Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3 and Dorado6000 V3 storage system.

Table 7-1 Temperature, humidity, and altitude requirements

Parameter Condition Requirement

Temperature Operating temperature l 5°C to 40°C (41°F to 104°F) when the

altitude is between -60 m and +1800 m
(-196.85 ft. and +5905.51 ft.)
l When the altitude is between 1800 m
and 3000 m (5905.51 ft. and 9842.52
ft.), the temperature drops by 1ºC
when the altitude increases by 220 m
(721.78 ft.).

Temperature variation 20ºC/h

in the operating
environment

Storage temperature -40ºC to +70ºC (-40°F to +158°F)

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Parameter Condition Requirement

Non-operating ambient -40ºC to +70ºC (-40°F to +158°F)

temperature

Temperature variation 30ºC/h

in the non-operating
environment

Humidity Operating humidity 10% RHa to 90% RH

Non-operating ambient 5% RH to 95% RH

humidity

Storage humidity 5% RH to 95% RH

Max. humidity 25%/h

variation

Altitude Operating altitude of -305 m to +3048 m (-1000.66 ft. to 10000

disks ft.)

Non-operating altitude -305 m to +12192 m (-1000.66 ft. to

of disks 40000 ft.)

a: relative humidity (RH)

Table 7-2 lists the temperature, humidity, and altitude requirements of OceanStor
Dorado18000 V3 storage system.

Table 7-2 Requirements on ambient temperature and humidity

Parameter Condition Requirement

Temperature Operating temperature l 5°C to 35°C when the altitude is

lower than 1800 m
l 5°C to 30°C when the altitude is
between 1800 m and 3000 m

Temperature variation in the 20°C/H

operating environment

Non-operating ambient -40°C to +60°C

temperature

Temperature variation in the 30°C/H

non-operating environment

Storage temperature (during -40°C to +60°C

transportation and storage
with packages)

Humidity Operating humidity 10% RHa to 90% RH

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Parameter Condition Requirement

Storage humidity (during 5% RH to 95% RH

transportation and storage
with packages)

Non-operating ambient 5% RH to 95% RH

humidity

Max. humidity variation 25%/H

a: Relative Humidity

7.2 Vibration and Shock

Vibration and shock requirements must be met so that storage systems can correctly work or
be properly preserved.

Table 7-3 lists the vibration and shock requirements of OceanStor Dorado3000 V3,
Dorado5000 V3 and Dorado6000 V3 storage system.

Table 7-3 Vibration and shock requirements

Parameter Requirement

Operating vibration 5 to 350 Hz: 0.0002 g2/Hz, 350 to 500 Hz: -3

dB, 0.3 Grms, 3 axes, 15 min/axis

Non-operating vibration 10 to 500 Hz, 2.0 Grms, 3 axes, 30 min/axis,

PSD: 0.008 g2/Hz

Operating shock 50 Gs/2 ms, 1 time/face

Non-operating shock 110 Gs/2 ms, 1 shock/face, total of 6 faces

Table 7-4 lists the vibration and shock requirements of OceanStor Dorado18000 V3 storage
system.

Table 7-4 Vibration and shock requirements of the bay

Parameter Requirement

Operating vibration l SAN

5 to 10 Hz: +12 dB/Oct; 10 to 50 Hz:
0.000416 g2/Hz; 50 to 100 Hz: -12 dB/Oct,
3 axes, 15 min/axis
l NAS
5 to 350 Hz: 0.0002 g2/Hz, 350 to 500 Hz:
-3 dB, 0.3 Grms, 3 axes, 15 min/axis

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Parameter Requirement

Non-operating vibration l SAN

5 to 30 Hz: 0.00052 g2/Hz; 100 to 500 Hz:
0.0001 g2/Hz, 3 axes, 15 min/axis
l NAS
10 to 500 Hz, 2.0 Grms, 3 axes, 30 min/
axis, PSD: 0.008 g2/Hz

Operating shock SAN: 3 Gs/11 ms, 3 shocks/face, total of 6

faces
NAS: 50 Gs/2 ms, 1 time/face

Non-operating shock SAN: 8 Gs/15 ms, 3 shocks/face, total of 6

faces
NAS: 110 Gs/2 ms, 1 shock/face, total of 6
faces

7.3 Particle Contaminants

Particle contaminants and other negative environmental factors (such as abnormal
temperature and humidity) may expose IT equipment to a higher risk of corrosive failure. This
section specifies the limitation on particle contaminants with the aim at avoiding such risks.

The concentration level of particle contaminants in a data center should meet the requirements
listed in the white paper entitled Gaseous and Particulate Contamination Guidelines for Data
Centers published in 2011 by American Society of Heating Refrigerating and Air-
conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Technical Committee (TC) 9.9.

ASHRAE, affiliated to International Organization for Standardization (ISO), is an

international organization operated for the exclusive purpose of advancing the arts and
sciences of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, and refrigeration (HVAC & R).

According to the Guidelines, particle contaminants in a data center shall reach the cleanliness
of ISO 14664-1 Class 8:

l Each cubic meter contains not more than 3,520,000 particles that are greater than or
equal to 0.5 μm.
l Each cubic meter contains not more than 832,000 particles that are greater than or equal
to 1 μm.
l Each cubic meter contains not more than 29,300 particles that are greater than or equal to
5 μm.

It is recommended that you use an effective filter to process air flowing into the data center as
well as a filtering system to periodically clean the air already in the data center.

ISO 14644-1, Cleanrooms and Associated Controlled Environments - Part 1: Classification of

Air Cleanliness, is the primary global standard on air cleanliness classification. Table 7-5
gives the air cleanliness classification by particle concentration.

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Table 7-5 Air cleanliness classification by particle concentration of ISO 14664-1

ISO Maximum allowable concentrations (particles/m3) for particles equal

Class to and greater than the considered sizes shown below

- ≥ 0.1 μm ≥ 0.2 μm ≥ 0.3 μm ≥ 0.5 μm ≥ 1 μm ≥ 5 μm

Class 1 10 2 - - - -

Class 2 100 24 10 4 - -

Class 3 1000 237 102 35 8 -

Class 4 10,000 2370 1020 352 83 -

Class 5 100,000 23,700 10,200 3520 832 29

Class 6 1,000,000 237,000 102,000 35,200 8320 293

Class 7 - - - 352,000 83,200 2930

Class 8 - - - 3,520,000 832,000 29,300

Class 9 - - - - 8,320,000 293,000

7.4 Corrosive Airborne Contaminants

Corrosive airborne contaminants and other negative environmental factors (such as abnormal
temperature and humidity) may expose IT equipment to higher risks of corrosive failure. This
article specifies the limitation on corrosive airborne contaminants with an aim at avoiding
such risks.

Table 7-6 lists common corrosive airborne contaminants and their sources.

Table 7-6 Common corrosive airborne contaminants and their sources

Symbol Source

H2S Geothermal emissions, microbiological activities, fossil fuel

processing, wood rot, sewage treatment

SO2, SO3 Coal combustion, petroleum products, automobile

emissions, ore smelting, sulfuric acid manufacture

S Foundries, sulfur manufacture, volcanoes

HF Fertilizer manufacture, aluminum manufacture, ceramics

manufacture, steel manufacture, electronics device
manufacture

NOX Automobile emissions, fossil fuel combustion, chemical

industry

NH3 Microbiological activities, sewage, fertilizer manufacture,

geothermal emissions, refrigeration equipment

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Symbol Source

C Incomplete combustion (aerosol constituent), foundry

CO Combustion, automobile emissions, microbiological

activities, tree rot

Cl2, ClO2 Chlorine manufacture, aluminum manufacture, zinc

manufacture, refuse decomposition

HCl Automobile emissions, combustion, forest fire, oceanic

processes, polymer combustion

HBr, HI Automobile emissions

O3 Atmospheric photochemical processes mainly involving

nitrogen oxides and oxygenated hydrocarbons

CNHN Automobile emissions, animal waste, sewage, tree rot

The concentration level of corrosive airborne contaminants in a data center should meet the
requirements listed in the white paper entitled Gaseous and Particulate Contamination
Guidelines for Data Centers published in 2011 by the American Society of Heating
Refrigerating and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Technical Committee (TC) 9.9.

According to the Guidelines, corrosive airborne contaminants in a data center should meet the
following requirements:

l Copper corrosion rate

Less than 300 Å/month per ANSI/ISA-71.04-1985 severity level G1.
l Silver corrosion rate
Less than 200 Å/month.
NOTE

Å, or angstrom, is a unit of length. One Å is equal to 1/10,000,000,000 meter.

According to ANSI/ISA-71.04-1985 Environmental Conditions for Process Measurement and

Control Systems: Airborne Contaminants, the gaseous corrosivity levels are G1 (mild), G2
(moderate), G3 (harsh), and GX (severe), as described in Table 7-7.

Table 7-7 Gaseous corrosivity levels per ANSI/ISA-71.04-1985

Severity Copper Reactivity Description

Level Level

G1 (mild) 300 Å/month An environment sufficiently well-controlled

such that corrosion is not a factor in
determining equipment reliability.

G2 (moderate) 300 Å/month to 1000 An environment in which the effects of

Å/month corrosion are measurable and may be a factor
in determining equipment reliability.

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Severity Copper Reactivity Description

Level Level

G3 (harsh) 1000 Å/month to 2000 An environment in which there is high

Å/month probability that corrosion will occur.

GX (severe) > 2000 Å/month An environment in which only specially

designed and packaged equipment would be
expected to survive.

See Table 7-8 for the copper and silver corrosion rate requirements.

Table 7-8 Concentration limitation of corrosive airborne contaminants in a data center

Group Gas Unit Concentration

Group A H2S ppba <3

SO2 ppb < 10

Cl2 ppb <1

NO2 ppb < 50

Group B HF ppb <1

NH3 ppb < 500

O3 ppb <2

a: Part per billion (ppb) is the number of units of mass of a contaminant per billion units of
total mass.

Group A and group B are common gas groups in a data center. The concentration limits of
Group A or group B that correspond to copper reactivity level G1 are calculated based on the
premise that relative humidity in the data center is lower than 50% and that the gases in the
group interact with each other. A 10% of increase in the relative humidity will heighten the
gaseous corrosivity level by 1.

Corrosion is not determined by a single factor, but by comprehensive environmental factors

such as temperature, relative humidity, corrosive airborne contaminants, and ventilation. Any
of the environmental factors may affect the gaseous corrosivity level. Therefore, the
concentration limitation values specified in the previous table are for reference only.

7.5 Heat Dissipation and Noise

A storage system can run steadily using the heat dissipation system carried in its own fan
modules. An external device is necessary to remove the hot air discharged from a storage
system into the equipment room to ensure proper air circulation.

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Heat Dissipation
Traditional heat dissipation modes are as follows:

l Controller enclosure
Cooling air enters from the front end through small holes on the interface modules. After
dissipating the heat of interface modules, controllers, and power modules, the air is
discharged out of its back end by fans. The controller enclosure dynamically adjusts
rotational speed of the fans based on the operational temperature of the storage system.
l Disk enclosure
Cooling air enters from the front end through the space between disks, passing the
midplane, into the power modules and expansion modules. After dissipating the heat, the
air is discharged out of its back end by fans. The disk enclosure dynamically adjusts
rotational speed of the fans based on the operational temperature of the storage system.

For better maintenance, ventilation, and heat dissipation, pay attention to the following when
installing the storage system in the cabinet:

l To ensure smooth ventilation, the cabinet should be at least 100 cm (39.4 inches) away
from the equipment room walls and at least 120 cm (47.24 inches) away from other
cabinets (that are in front of or behind).
l To keep air convection between the cabinet and the equipment room, no enclosed space
is allowed in the cabinet. 1 U (44.45 mm, 1.75 inches) space should be left above and
below each device.

Table 7-9 lists the airflow parameters of OceanStor Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3 and
Dorado6000 V3.

Table 7-9 Airflow parameters

System Airflow Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

NVMe all-flash - l 190 CFMa (at l 404 CFM (at

controller enclosure max. fan speed) max. fan speed)
l 70 CFM (25ºC) l 102 CFM (25ºC)

SAS all-flash l 183 CFM (at max. fan speed) l 404 CFM (at
controller enclosure l 83 CFM (25ºC) max. fan speed)
l 102 CFM (25ºC)

2 U NVMe disk - l 115 CFM (at max. fan speed)

enclosure l 35 CFM (25ºC)

2 U SAS disk l 117 CFM (at max. fan speed)

enclosure l 38 CFM

Dorado NAS unit - l 183 CFM (at max. fan speed)

l 83 CFM (25ºC)

a: cubic feet per minute (CFM)

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Table 7-10 lists the heat dissipation parameters of OceanStor Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000
V3 and Dorado6000 V3.

Table 7-10 Heat dissipation parameters

Maximum Heat Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3
Dissipation (in
Running)

NVMe all-flash - 2942.83 BTUa/h 4330.7 BTU/h

controller enclosure

SAS all-flash 2557 BTU/h 3096.28 BTU/h 4330.7 BTU/h

controller enclosure

2 U NVMe disk - 2013 BTU/h

enclosure

2 U SAS disk 1091.2 BTU/h

enclosure

Dorado NAS unit - 1555.2 BTU/h

a: British thermal unit (BTU)

Table 7-11 lists the airflow parameters of OceanStor Dorado18000 V3.

Table 7-11 Airflow parameters

System Airflow Dorado18000 V3

NVMe all-flash controller enclosure l 808 CFMa (at max. fan speed)
SAS all-flash controller enclosure l 204 CFM (25ºC)

2 U NVMe disk enclosure l 115 CFM (at max. fan speed)

l 35 CFM (25ºC)

2 U SAS disk enclosure l 117 CFM (at max. fan speed)

l 38 CFM (25ºC)

Dorado NAS unit l 183 CFM (at max. fan speed)

l 83 CFM (25ºC)

a: cubic feet per minute (CFM)

Table 7-12 lists the heat dissipation parameters of OceanStor Dorado18000 V3.

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Table 7-12 Heat dissipation parameters

Parameter Dorado18000 V3

Heat dissipation (system bay) NVMe: 22564 BTU/H

SAS: 27027.66 BTU/H

Heat dissipation airflow (system NVMe

bay) l Typical: 484 CFM
l Max: 1728 CFM
SAS
l Typical: 821 CFM
l Max: 2680 CFM

Noise
The disks and fans make noise when in operation, with fans being the major noise source. The
intensity of fan rotation is associated with the temperature. A higher temperature leads to
greater rotational speed by the fans, which in return creates greater noise. Therefore, there is a
direct correlation between the noise made by a storage system and the ambient temperature in
the equipment room.
When the temperature is 25°C, the parameters of the noise generated by OceanStor
Dorado3000 V3, Dorado5000 V3 and Dorado6000 V3 storage system are listed in Table
7-13.

Table 7-13 Noise parameters

Device Dorado3000 V3 Dorado5000 V3 Dorado6000 V3

NVMe all-flash - 63.1 dB 69.4 dB

controller enclosure

SAS all-flash 63.1 dB 69.4 dB

controller enclosure

2 U NVMe disk - 67.5 dB

enclosure

2 U SAS disk 67.5 dB

enclosure

Dorado NAS unit - 63.1 dB

When the temperature is 25°C, the parameters of the noise generated by OceanStor
Dorado18000 V3 storage system are listed in Table 7-14.

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Table 7-14 Noise parameters of storage systems

Parameter Value

Operating noise 73.4 dB (A)

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8 Standards Compliance

The chapter describes the protocol standards, the safety specifications and electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC) standards, the industry standards that the storage system complies with.

Protocol Standards
Table 8-1 lists the protocol standards that the storage system complies with.

Table 8-1 Protocol standards

Name Standard No.

SCSI system FC-PH: ANSI X3.230

FC-PH2: ANSI X3.297

SCSI-FCP: ANSI X.269

FC-AL: ANSI X.272

FC-AL-2: ANSI NCITS 332-1999

FC-SW: ANSI NCITS 321

FC-SW-2: ANSI NCITS 355-2001

FC-GS: ANSI X.288 (for FC switch)

FC-GS2: ANSI NCITS 288 (for FC switch)

SAS Serial Attached SCSI-1.1 (SAS-1.1)

SAS Serial Attached SCSI-2.0 (SAS-2.0)

SAS Serial Attached SCSI-3.0 (SAS-3.0)

T10/1562D Rev.05 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)

T10/1601D Rev.07 Serial Attached SCSI Model-1.1

(SAS-1.1)

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Name Standard No.

T10/1601D Rev.07 Serial Attached SCSI Model-1.1

(SAS-2.0)

T10/1601D Rev.07 Serial Attached SCSI Model-1.1

(SAS-3.0)

SFF 8301 form factor of 3.5' disk drive

SFF 8323 3.5' disk drive form factor with serial connector

SFF 8482 SAS plug connector

SCSI 3 SAM-2: ANSI INCITS 366-2003

SPC-2: ANSI INCITS 351-2001

SBC: ANSI INCITS 306-1998

PICMG3.0 Advanced Telecommunications Computing

Architecture

PICMG3.1 Ethernet/fiber Channel Over PICMG3.0

iSCSI RFC 3720/7143

TCP/IP system SNMP v1

SNMP v2c

SNMP v3

PCIe system PCI Express Base Specification R1.1

PCI Express to PCI or PCI-X Bridge Specification v1.0

PCI Express Base Specification v2.0

PCI Express Base Specification v3.0

Safety Specifications and EMC Standards

Table 8-2 lists the safety specifications and EMC standards that the storage system complies
with.

Table 8-2 Safety specifications and EMC standards

Name Standard No.

China safety standard GB 4943

North America safety UL 60950-1

standard

European safety directive 2014/35/EU

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Name Standard No.

European safety standard EN 60950-1

China EMC standard GB9254-2008

GB17625.1-2012

Canada EMC standard ICES-003

CAN/CSA-CEI/IEC CISPR 22:02

North America EMC FCC, CFR 47 Part 15, Subpart B

standard

European EMC directive EMC Directive 2004/108/EC

European EMC standard EN 55032

EN 55024

Industry Standards
Table 8-3 lists the industry standards that the storage system complies with.

Table 8-3 Industry standards

Name Standard No.

Ethernet IEEE 802.3

Fast Ethernet IEEE 802.3u

Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3z

IEEE 802.3ab

10-Gigabit Ethernet IEEE 802.3ae

VLAN IEEE 802.1q

IEEE standard test access IEEE 1149.1-2001

port and boundary-scan
architecture

Procedure for failure modes IEC 812

and effects analysis
(FMEA)

Presentation of reliability, IEC 863

maintainability and
availability predictions

ETSI standard ETS 300 019

(environment)

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Name Standard No.

ETSI standard (power) ETS 300 132

ETSI standard (noise) ETS 300 753

ETSI standard ETS 300 119

(environment)

ETSI standard (grounding) ETS 300 253

ITUT standard (grounding) ITUT K.27

Environmental protection ECMA TR/70

Reliability GR-929, Telcordia SR-332

Clean room and related ISO 14664-1 Class8

controlled environments

Airborne contaminants and ANSI/ISA-71.04-1985 severity level G1

environment standards

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9 Certifications

The chapter describes the certifications of the storage system.

Table 9-1 lists the certifications that the storage system obtains.

Table 9-1 Certifications

Name Description

CB The IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical

Equipment (IECEE) is based on the use of specific IEC standards for
electrical equipment. The Certification Bodies (CB) Scheme is applicable to
electrical equipment within the scope of IEC standards for safety, accepted for
use in the IECEE. The Scheme becomes operative for such standards as soon
as at least one National Certification Body has declared their recognition of
CB Test Certificates. The CB scheme is designed for eliminating the
international commerce barriers resulted from the compliance with
certifications and approval guidelines of different countries.
The IEC System for Conformity Testing to Standards for Safety of Electrical
Equipment (referred to as the IECEE) is based on the use of specific IEC
standards for electrical equipment. The CB Scheme is applicable to electrical
equipment within the scope of IEC standards for safety, accepted for use in
the IECEE. The Scheme becomes operative for such standards as soon as at
least one National Certification Body has declared their recognition of CB
Test Certificates.

CCC China Compulsory Certification (CCC) is a three-in-one authoritative

certification incorporating the Conformity Certification of Electrical
Equipment (CCEE), the certificate for the safe license of import granted by
China Commodity Inspection Bureau (CCIB), and Safety and Electro
Magnetic Compatibility (EMC).
The China Compulsory Certificate (CCC) mainly involves the products
related to human health and security, animal and plant life and health,
environmental protection, and public security.

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Name Description

FCC Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorizes and manages all RF

transmission facilities and devices except for those used by the federal
government. It is also responsible for the environmental damages generated
by the facilities and devices it approves.

IC Industry Canada (IC) sets up the test standards for analog and digital terminal
devices and specifies corresponding EMC certificates that all import
electronic products must obtain.

UL Underwriters Laboratories Inc. (UL): The UL is a non-profit agency engaged

in product safety testing.
UL has its own certification system for the entire system, components, and
materials. All electric products that are exported to the USA must pass the UL
certification.
The UL safety certification is classified into the following three methods:
l Labeling
The UL labeling service is the best known service of the UL safety
certification. The UL label on the product indicates that UL has tested the
sample of the product according to the safety standards approved by the
USA. The sample does not cause fire, creepage, or other dangers if
predictable.
l Classification
UL tests the product according to different features, in the specified danger
range, or under specific cases. In general, the classified products are
mostly construction materials or industrial instruments. The classified
products include industrial or commercial products. Some specified
features must be tested, such as inflammability, hazardous performance, or
specifications specified by the government.
l Approval
UL tests parts of the product or unfinished product. These parts will be
used in the UL labeled product list. This service covers millions of
plastics, wires, circuit boards, various finished products, and even some
large components, such as motorcycles or power supplies.

CE Conformite Europeenne (CE): Products marked with CE conform to EMC

(2014/30/EU) and low-voltage (2014/35/EU) specifications published by EU.
If this product has telecommunication functionality, the R_TTE Directive
(2014/53/EU) that complies with the directives mentioned previously implies
conformity to the following European norms (in parentheses are the
equivalent international standards and regulations):
l EN 55032 (CISPR 32)-Electro Magnetic Interference
l EN 55024 (IEC61000-4-2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 11)-Electro Magnetic Immunity
l EN 60950 (IEC 60950)-Product Safety

REACH REACH is a set of comprehensive regulations that require all chemical

products that are both imported and produced in Europe must be registered,
assessed, authorized, and restricted. In this way, customers can easily
recognize the chemical elements. As a result, both humans and environment
are protected.

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Name Description

RoHS The restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and
electronic equipment (RoHS) is the directive that restricts the use of certain
hazardous substances in the electrical, electronic equipment.
RoHS is the European Union (EU) compulsory standard that is designed to
regulate the materials and the technical standard of the electrical and
electronic products. In this way, it does good to human health and
environment protection. That is, the six hazardous substances of lead (Pb),
mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), hexavalent chromium (Cr6+), polybrominated
biphenyl (PBB), polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) cannot exceed the
specified limits.

WEEE The EU Directive on Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment. Electrical

and electronic products sold in the EU market must comply with this directive
and have the mark of cross out wheeled bin.

CU-TR Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus have integrated their own certification
technology requirements and formulated a unified Customs Union (CU)
certification. The products within the scope of control are subject to
mandatory certification of customs union technical regulations (CU-TR),
unified technical regulations and evaluation modes, product qualification
directories, certificate forms, and technical supervision and registration.

RCM The Australian & New Zealand Regulatory Compliance Mark (RCM) is the
mandatory compliance for selling electrical equipment products in the market.

SONCAP A certification issued by Standards Organization of Nigeria. The products in

the certification item list must acquire SONCAP for the entrance to Nigeria
market.

Security Symbol (CCC)

The product is a Class A device based on the CCC. Use of it in a residential area is likely to
cause radio interference. Users may be required to prevent the interference by taking
protective measures.

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FCC-DOC
Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC)
Unique Identifier: trade name: HUAWEI; product name: Storage System; model number:
OceanStor Dorado5000 V3, Dorado6000 V3
Responsible Party- U.S. Contact Information
Huawei Technologies USA Inc.
5700 Tennyson Parkway, Suite 500
Plano, Texas 75024
Main: 214-919-6000 / TAC Hotline: 877-448-2934
FCC Compliance Statement (for products subject to Part 15)
This device complies with part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following
two conditions: (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device
must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired
operation.

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Product Description 10 Operation and Maintenance

10 Operation and Maintenance

The storage systems can be operated and maintained by using DeviceManager and the
command-line interface (CLI), adapting to different environments and user habits.

Introduction to DeviceManager
Figure 10-1 shows the DeviceManager main window. The information displayed on the
interface is only for reference and is subject to the actual situation.

Figure 10-1 DeviceManager main window

Table 10-1 describes the components of the DeviceManager main window.

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Table 10-1 Components of the DeviceManager main window

No. Name Description

1 Function pane The function pane shows a page associated with the current
operation.

2 Status bar The status bar shows information such as the user name
currently logged in and the login time.

3 Navigation bar The navigation bar shows the function modules of a storage
system. Users can click a function module to configure the
corresponding functions.

4 Exit, help, and This area displays an exit button, a help button, and a language
language selection button. DeviceManager supports two languages:
selection area simplified Chinese and English.

5 Fault statistics The fault statistics area shows the number of each level of
area system faults, providing information about the running status of
a storage system.

You can log in to DeviceManager using a common browser.

Introduction to the CLI

The CLI enables users to manage and maintain the storage systems using command lines.
Users need to log in to the CLI by using terminal software, such as the HyperTerminal
provided by Windows, or PuTTY.
There are two ways to log in to the CLI.
l Log in through a serial port of a storage system. To connect to a serial port, the
maintenance terminal must be located next to the storage system. Therefore, this login
mode is applicable to users who do not know the management IP address of a storage
system or a storage system is faulty.
l Log in through a management network port of a storage system. When there are
reachable routes, a user can log in to the CLI by entering the IP address of the
management network port of a storage system in the terminal software. IP networks are
easily accessible. Therefore, a user can log in to a storage system remotely, and this login
mode is more popular.

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11 Privacy Statement on Personal Data

Collection

Service Type (System/ System alarm System alarm System management

Application Name/
Function/Product)

Personal Data Collection Mobile phone number Email address and LDAP user name and LDAP
Item account user group name

Data Meaning (Data Mobile phone number set Email address and l LDAP user name: user
Description) by the system account set by the name registered by an
administrator for system enterprise or user for
receiving alarm administrator for device management
notification receiving alarm l LDAP user group name:
notification user group allocated for
an enterprise or user
during the registration

Mandatory or Optional Optional Optional Optional

(Forced or Not/Provided
by Users by Default)

Personal Data Collection Configured by the system Configured by the Configured by the system
Source, Method, and Basis administrator system administrator
administrator

Personal Data Collection To notify users of the To notify users of To manage and maintain the
Purpose and Application system alarm the system alarm system
Scenario

Transfer Mode Transferred to the server Transferred to the Transferred to the server
through HTTPS/SSH server through through HTTPS/SSH
HTTPS/SSH

Storage Mode Plaintext Plaintext Plaintext

Storage Period Determined by customers Determined by Determined by customers

customers

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Product Description A How to Obtain Help

A How to Obtain Help

If a tough or critical problem persists in routine maintenance or troubleshooting, contact

Huawei for technical support.

A.1 Preparations for Contacting Huawei

To better solve the problem, you need to collect troubleshooting information and make
debugging preparations before contacting Huawei.

A.1.1 Collecting Troubleshooting Information

You need to collect troubleshooting information before troubleshooting.

You need to collect the following information:

l Name and address of the customer

l Contact person and telephone number
l Time when the fault occurred
l Description of the fault phenomena
l Device type and software version
l Measures taken after the fault occurs and the related results
l Troubleshooting level and required solution deadline

A.1.2 Making Debugging Preparations

When you contact Huawei for help, the technical support engineer of Huawei might assist you
to do certain operations to collect information about the fault or rectify the fault directly.

Before contacting Huawei for help, you need to prepare the boards, port modules,
screwdrivers, screws, cables for serial ports, network cables, and other required materials.

A.2 How to Use the Document

Huawei provides guide documents shipped with the device. The guide documents can be used
to handle the common problems occurring in daily maintenance or troubleshooting.

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To better solve the problems, use the documents before you contact Huawei for technical
support.

A.3 How to Obtain Help from Website

Huawei provides users with timely and efficient technical support through the regional
offices, secondary technical support system, telephone technical support, remote technical
support, and onsite technical support.
Contents of the Huawei technical support system are as follows:
l Huawei headquarters technical support department
l Regional office technical support center
l Customer service center
l Technical support website: http://support.huawei.com/enterprise/
You can query how to contact the regional offices at http://support.huawei.com/enterprise/.

A.4 Ways to Contact Huawei

Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. provides customers with comprehensive technical support and
service. For any assistance, contact our local office or company headquarters.
Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
Address: Huawei Industrial Base Bantian, Longgang Shenzhen 518129 People's Republic of
China
Website: http://enterprise.huawei.com/

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Product Description B Glossary

B Glossary

A
AC power module The module that transfers the external AC power supply into
the power supply for internal use.
Application server A service processing node (a computer device) on the
network. Application programs of data services run on the
application server.
Asynchronous remote A kind of remote replication. When the data at the primary
replication site is updated, the data does not need to be updated
synchronously at the mirroring site to finish the update. In
this way, performance is not reduced due to data mirroring.

B
Backup Process of copying data to another storage area so that it can
be used to restore the data when the source data is damaged
or lost.
Backup window An interval of time during which a set of data can be backed
up without seriously affecting applications that use the data.
Bandwidth The numerical difference between the upper and lower
frequencies of a band of electromagnetic radiation. A
deprecated synonym for data transfer capacity that is often
incorrectly used to refer to throughput.
Baud rate The number of times per second the signal can change on a
transmission line. Typically, the transmission line uses only
two signal states, making the baud rate equal to the number
of bits per second that can be transferred.
Bit error An incompatibility between a bit in a transmitted digital
signal and the corresponding bit in the received digital
signal.

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Bit error rate The probability that a transmitted bit will be erroneously
received. The BER is measured by counting the number of
bits in error at the output of a receiver and dividing by the
total number of bits in the transmission. BER is typically
expressed as a negative power of 10.
Boundary scan A test methodology that uses shift registers in the output
connections of integrated circuits (ICs). One IC is often
connected to the next IC. A data pattern is passed through
the chain and the observed returned data stream affected by
the circuit conditions gives an indication of any faults
present. The system is defined under IEEE standard 1149.1
and is also known as Joint Test Action Group (JTAG).
Browser/Server Architecture that defines the roles of the browser and server.
The browser is the service request party and the server is the
service provider.

C
Cache hit ratio The ratio of the number of cache hits to the number of all
I/Os during a read task, usually expressed as a percentage.
Captive screw Specially designed to lock into place on a parent or
motherboard, allowing for easy installation and removal of
attached pieces without release of the screw.
Challenge Handshake A password-based authentication protocol that uses a
Authentication Protocol challenge to verify that a user has access rights to a system.
A hash of the supplied password with the challenge is sent
for comparison so the cleartext password is never sent over
the connection.
Coffer A technology for ensuring data security and integrity in a
storage system. It is used to store the mission-critical data of
the system.
Coffer disk Disks that build up the coffer.
Controller The control logic in a disk or tape that performs command
decoding and execution, host data transfer, serialization and
deserialization of data, error detection and correction, and
overall management of device operations. The control logic
in a storage subsystem that performs command
transformation and routing, aggregation (RAID, mirroring,
striping, or other), high-level error recovery, and
performance optimization for multiple storage devices.
Controller enclosure An enclosure that accommodates controllers and provides
storage services. It is the core component of a storage
system and generally consists of components, such as
controllers, power supplies, and fans.
Copying A pair state. The state indicates that the source LUN data is
being synchronized to the target LUN.

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D
Data compression The process of encoding data to reduce its size. Lossy
compression (i.e., compression using a technique in which a
portion of the original information is lost) is acceptable for
some forms of data (e.g., digital images) in some
applications, but for most IT applications, lossless
compression (i.e., compression using a technique that
preserves the entire content of the original data, and from
which the original data can be reconstructed exactly) is
required.
Data flow A process that involves processing data extracted from the
source system. These processes include: filtering,
integration, calculation, and summary, finding and solving
data inconsistency, and deleting invalid data so that the
processed data meets the requirements of the destination
system for the input data.
Data migration Data migration refers to that data is migrated from one data
space to another. During migration, both the data format and
size do not change.
Data source A system, database (database user; database instance), or
file that can make BOs persistent.
Deduplication Deduplication is a specialized data compression technique
for eliminating coarse-grained redundant data, typically to
improve storage utilization. In the deduplication process,
duplicate data is deleted, leaving only one copy of the data
to be stored, along with references to the unique copy of
data. Deduplication is able to reduce the required storage
capacity since only the unique data is stored.
Dirty data Data that is stored temporarily on the cache and has not been
written onto disks.
disaster recovery A system deployment solution aiming at reducing loss in
disasters. A set of disaster recovery system that is the same
as the production system is deployed as a backup to store the
production data when a fault occurs in the production
system. The applications are switched over to the disaster
recovery system before the production system recovers.
After the production system recovers, the applications are
switched back to the production system.
Disk arrays Groups of multiple disk devices that make up the typical
SAN disk storage device. These arrays vary in design,
capacity, performance, and other features.
Disk domain A disk domain consists of the same type or different types of
disks. Disk domains are isolated from each other. Therefore,
services carried by different disk domains do not affect each
other in terms of performance and faults (if any).

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Disk enclosure Consists of the following parts in redundancy: expansion

module, disk, power module, and fan module. System
capacity can be expanded by cascading multiple disk
enclosures.
Disk location The process of locating a disk in the storage system by
determining the enclosure ID and slot ID of the disk.
Disk utilization The percentage of used capacity in the total available
capacity.

E
Engine An engine is a core component that provides storage
services for external applications. Hosted in a controller
enclosure, the engine usually consists of one pair of
controllers, disk modules, interface modules, power
modules, fan modules, and batteries.
Expander module A component used for expanding.
Expansion Connecting a storage system to more disk enclosures
through connection cables, expanding the capacity of the
storage system.

F
Field replaceable unit A unit or component of a system that is designed to be
replaced in the field, i.e., without returning the system to a
factory or repair depot. Field replaceable units may either be
customer-replaceable or their replacement may require
trained service personnel.
Firmware Low-level software for booting and operating an intelligent
device. Firmware generally resides in read-only memory
(ROM) on the device.
Flash Translation Layer Flash Translation Layer (FTL) organizes and manages host
data, enables host data to be allocated to NAND flash chips
of SSDs in an orderly manner, mains the mapping
relationship between logical block addresses (LBAs) and
physical block addresses (PBAs), and implements garbage
collection, wear leveling, and bad block management.
Front-end host port The port that connects the controller enclosure to the service
side and transfers service data. There are three types of
front-end host ports: SAS, Fibre Channel, and iSCSI.

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garbage collection The process of reclaiming resources that are no longer in

use. Garbage collection has uses in many aspects of
computing and storage. For example, in flash storage,
background garbage collection can improve write
performance by reducing the need to perform whole block
erasures prior to a write.
Gateway A device that receives data via one protocol and transmits it
via another.
global garbage collection With a view to defragmentation of storage arrays and
garbage collection of disks, global garbage collection
reduces garbage of disks by enabling storage arrays to
inform disks of not implementing invalid data relocation and
of controlling space release so that disks and controllers
consume less space, reducing costs and prolonging the
useful life of storage arrays.
Global system for mobile The second-generation mobile networking standard defined
communications by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute
(ETSI). It is aimed at designing a standard for global mobile
phone networks. GSM consists of three main parts: mobile
switching subsystem (MSS), base station subsystem (BSS),
and mobile station (MS).
global wear leveling With a view to individual characteristics of a single disk,
Global wear leveling uses space allocation and write
algorithms to achieve wear leveling among disks, preventing
a disk from losing efficacy due to excessive writes and
prolonging the useful life of the disk.

H
Hard disk tray The tray that bears the hard disk.
Heartbeat Heartbeat supports node communication, fault diagnosis,
and event triggering. Heartbeats are protocols that require no
acknowledgement. They are transmitted between two
devices. The device can judge the validity status of the peer
device.
Hit ratio The ratio of directly accessed I/Os from the cache to all
I/Os.
Hot swap The substitution of a replacement unit (RU) in a system for a
defective unit, where the substitution can be performed
while the system is performing its normal functioning
normally. Hot swaps are physical operations typically
performed by humans.

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In-band management The management control information of the network and the
carrier service information of the user network are
transferred through the same logical channel. In-band
management enables users to manage storage arrays through
commands. Management commands are sent through
service channels, such as I/O write and read channels. The
advantages of in-band management include high speed,
stable transfer, and no additional management network ports
required.
initiator A system component that initiates an I/O operation on an
I/O bus or on a network.
input/output Shorthand for input/output. I/O is the process of moving
data between a computer system's main memory and an
external device or interface such as a storage device, display,
printer, or network connected to other computer systems.
This encompasses reading, or moving data into a computer
system's memory, and writing, or moving data from a
computer system's memory to another location.
Interface module A replaceable field module that accommodates the service
or management ports.

L
Load balance A method of adjusting the system, application components,
and data to averagely distribute the applied I/Os or
computing requests to physical resources of the system.
Logical unit The addressable entity within a SCSI target that executes
I/O commands.
Logical unit number The SCSI identifier of a logical unit within a target. Industry
shorthand, when phrased as LUN, for the logical unit
indicated by the logical unit number.
LUN formatting The process of writing 0 bits in the data area of the logical
drive and generating related parity bits so that the logical
drive can be in the ready state.
LUN mapping A storage system maps LUNs to application servers so that
application servers can access storage resources.
LUN migration A method for the LUN data to migrate between different
physical storage spaces while ensuring data integrity and
uninterrupted operation of host services.
LUN snapshot A type of snapshot created for a LUN. This snapshot is both
readable and writable and is mainly used to provide a
snapshot LUN from point-in-time LUN data.

M
Maintenance terminal A computer connected through a serial port or management
network port. It maintains the storage system.

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Management interface The module that integrates one or more management

module network ports.
Management network An entity that provides means to transmit and process
network management information.
Management network port The network port on the controller enclosure connected to
the maintenance terminal. It is provided for the remote
maintenance terminal. Its IP address can be modified with
the change of the customer's environment.

N
NVM Express A host controller interface with a register interface and
command set designed for PCI Express-based SSDs.
NVMe SSD A solid state disk (SSD) with a non-volatile memory express
(NVMe) interface. Compared with other SSDs, such SSDs
can deliver higher performance and shorter latency.

O
Out-of-band management A management mode used during out-of-band networking.
The management and control information of the network
and the bearer service information of the user network are
transmitted through different logical channels.
Owning controller The controller that can prior access a certain LUN.

P
PCIe switch A PCIe switch interconnects multiple devices using the
PCIe protocol to forward data among the devices.
Power failure protection When an external power failure occurs, the AC PEM
depends on the battery for power supply. This ensures the
integrity of the dirty data in the cache.
Pre-copy When the system monitors a failing member disk in a RAID
group, the system copies the data from the disk to a hot
spare disk in advance.
Primary storage controller The controller that plays a leading role in controlling
management. It can perform relevant management
operations on the controller enclosure.
Primary/Secondary A process for the conversion of the primary/secondary
switchover relationship.
Prior controller For the application server LUN, prior controller means the
working controller is the owner controller of the
corresponding LUN array.

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RAID level The application of different redundancy types to a logical

drive. A RAID level improves the fault tolerance or
performance of the logical drive but reduces the available
capacity of the logical drive. You must specify a RAID level
for each logical drive.
Reconstruction The regeneration and writing onto one or more replacement
disks of all of the user data and check data from a failed disk
in a mirrored or RAID array. In most arrays, a rebuild can
occur while applications are accessing data on the array's
virtual disks.
Redundancy The inclusion of extra components of a given type in a
system (beyond those required by the system to carry out its
function) for the purpose of enabling continued operation in
the event of a component failure.
Remote replication A core technology for disaster recovery and a foundation
that implements remote data synchronization and disaster
recovery. This technology remotely maintains a set of data
mirrors through the remote data connection function of the
storage devices that are separated in different places. Even
when a disaster occurs, the data backup on the remote
storage device is not affected. Remote replication can be
divided into synchronous remote replication and
asynchronous remote replication.
Reverse synchronization The process of restoring data from the redundancy machine
(RM) when the services of the production machine (PM) are
recovering.
Route The path that network traffic takes from its source to its
destination. On a TCP/IP network, each IP packet is routed
independently. Routes can change dynamically.

S
Script A collection of data statements used to perform an
operation.
Secondary controller (1) A controller that backs up service and management data
of the primary controller in a clustered system. When the
primary controller fails, the secondary controller is upgraded
to the primary controller and takes over the management and
services of the controller enclosure. (2) A controller that
backs up the management data of the primary controller in a
block-level array. When the primary controller fails, the
secondary controller is upgraded to the primary controller
and takes over the management of the system.
Serial port An input/output location (channel) that sends and receives
data (one bit at a time) to and from the CPU of a computer
or a communications device. Serial ports are used for serial
data communication and as interfaces for some peripheral
devices, such as mouse devices and printers.

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Service data The user and/or network information required for the normal
functioning of services.
Service network port The network port that is used to store services.
Simple network An IETF protocol for monitoring and managing systems and
management protocol devices in a network. The data being monitored and
managed is defined by a MIB. The functions supported by
the protocol are the request and retrieval of data, the setting
or writing of data, and traps that signal the occurrence of
events.
Single point of failure One component or path in a system, the failure of which
would make the system inoperable.
Slot A position defined by an upper guide rail and the
corresponding lower guide rail in a frame. A slot houses a
board.
Small computer system A collection of ANSI standards and proposed standards that
interface define I/O interconnects primarily intended for connecting
storage subsystems or devices to hosts through host bus
adapters. Originally intended primarily for use with small
(desktop and desk-side workstation) computers, SCSI has
been extended to serve most computing needs, and is
arguably the most widely implemented I/O interconnect in
use today."
Snapshot A point in time copy of a defined collection of data.
Snapshot copy A copy of a snapshot LUN.
Source LUN The LUN where the original data is located.
Storage pool shrinking A method of shrinking the total storage pool capacity.
Storage system An integrated system that consists of the following parts:
controller, storage array, host bus adapter, physical
connection between storage units, and all control software.
Storage unit An abstract definition of backup storage media for storing
backup data. The storage unit is connected to the actual
storage media used to back up data.
Streaming media Streaming media is media continuously streamed over the
network. Combining technologies concerning streaming
media data collection, compression, encoding, storage,
transmission, playback, and network communications,
streaming media can provide high-quality playback effects
in real time at low bandwidth.
Subnet A type of smaller network that forms a larger network
according to a rule, such as, forming a network according to
different districts. This facilitates the management of a large
network.

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Target The endpoint that receives a SCSI I/O command sequence.

Target LUN The LUN on which target data resides.
Thin LUN A logic disk that can be accessed by hosts. It dynamically
allocates storage resources from the thin pool according to
the actual capacity requirements of users.
Timing snapshot Creates virtual snapshots periodically to continuously
protect data.
Topology The logical layout of the components of a computer system
or network and their interconnections. Topology deals with
questions of what components are directly connected to
other components from the standpoint of being able to
communicate. It does not deal with questions of physical
location of components or interconnecting cables. The
communication infrastructure that provides Fibre Channel
communication among a set of PN_Ports (e.g., a Fabric, an
Arbitrated Loop, or a combination of the two).
trim A method by which the host operating system may inform a
storage device of data blocks that are no longer in use and
can be reclaimed.

U
User interface The space where users interact with a machine.

W
wear leveling A set of algorithms utilized by a flash controller to distribute
writes and erases across the cells in a flash device. Cells in
flash devices have a limited ability to survive write cycles.
The purpose of wear leveling is to delay cell wear out and
prolong the useful life of the overall flash device.
Working controller The controller that reads data from and writes data onto
LUNs or file systems in storage arrays.
Write Amplification Increase in the number of write operations by the device
beyond the number of write operations requested by hosts.
write amplification factor The ratio of the number of write operations on the device to
the number of write operations requested by the host.

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Write back A caching technology in which the completion of a write

request is signaled as soon as the data is in the cache. Actual
writing to non-volatile media occurs at a later time. Write
back includes inherent risks: an application will take action
predicated on the write completion signal, and a system
failure before the data is written to non-volatile media will
cause media contents to be inconsistent with that subsequent
action. For these reasons, sufficient write back
implementations include mechanisms to preserve cache
contents across system failures (including power failures)
and a flushed cache at system restart time.
Write Once Read Many A type of storage, designed for fixed content, that preserves
what is written to it in an immutable fashion. Optical disks
are an example of WORM storage.
Write through A caching technology in which the completion of a write
request is not signaled until data is safely stored on non-
volatile media. Write performance equipped with the write
through technology is approximately that of a non-cached
system. However, if the written data is also held in a cache,
subsequent read performance may be dramatically
improved.

Z
Zone A Fibre Channel switch function that is similar to the VLAN
function for Ethernet switches. It logically allocates the
devices including hosts and storage systems on a SAN to
different zones. In this way, the devices in different zones
cannot directly access each other over a Fibre Channel
network, implementing device isolation on the SAN.

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C Acronyms and Abbreviations

B
BBU Backup Battery Unit

C
CLI Command Line Interface

F
FC Fibre Channel

H
HBA Host Bus Adapter
HPC High-performance Computing

I
IOPS Input/Output Operations Per Second
iSCSI Internet Small Computer Systems Interface

L
LUN Logical Unit Number

N
NVMe Non-volatile Memory Express

O
ODX Offloaded Data Transfer
OLTP Online Transaction Processing
OLAP Online Analytical Processing

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R
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
ROW Redirect-On-Write

S
SAS Serial Attached SCSI
SNMP Simple Network Management Protocol
SSD Solid-State Drive

T
TCO Total Cost of Ownership

V
VDI Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

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