Huawei Oceanstor 5000 v5 Product Description

OceanStor 5000 and 6000 V5 Series
V500R007
Product Description
Issue 08
Date 2019-06-30
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Product Description About This Document
About This Document
Purpose
This document describes the positioning, features, typical applications, architecture,
specifications, environmental requirements, standards compliance, and granted certifications
of OceanStor storage systems.
Supported product models are as follows.
Product Series Product Model
OceanStor 5000 V5 series OceanStor 5110 V5a, 5300 V5, 5500 V5, 5600 V5, and 5800
V5
OceanStor 6000 V5 series OceanStor 6800 V5
a: supported in V500R007C30
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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 08 (2019-06-30)
This issue is the eighth official release. The updates are as follows:
Made some changes in specifications.
Issue 07 (2019-05-15)
This issue is the seventh official release.
l Added the feature of SmartMigration for file services.
l Optimized the description of storage systems' environment requirements.
l Updated specifications.
Issue 06 (2019-03-30)
This issue is the sixth official release that contains the following changes:
Added the description of 5110 V5.
Issue 05 (2018-12-06)
This issue is the fifth official release that contains the following changes:
l Added the 40GE and 100GE interface modules.
l Added the 1288H V5 quorum server.
l Updated specifications.
Issue 04 (2018-07-30)
This issue is the fourth official release that updated specifications.
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Issue 03 (2018-05-09)
This issue is the third official release that updated specifications.
Issue 02 (2018-01-30)
This issue is the second official release that updated specifications.
Issue 01 (2017-11-30)
This issue is the first official release.
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Product Description Contents
Contents
About This Document.....................................................................................................................ii

1 Product Positioning.......................................................................................................................1
2 Product Features.............................................................................................................................3
3 Typical Applications...................................................................................................................10
3.1 High-Performance Applications................................................................................................................................... 10
3.2 High-Availability Applications.....................................................................................................................................12
3.3 High-Density and Multi-Service Applications............................................................................................................. 14
4 Hardware Architecture............................................................................................................... 17
4.1 Device Composition..................................................................................................................................................... 17
4.2 3D Interactive Hardware Demonstration......................................................................................................................20
4.3 2 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor 5110 V5/5300 V5)..................................................................... 21
4.3.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................... 21
4.3.2 Component Description............................................................................................................................................. 24
4.3.2.1 System Subrack...................................................................................................................................................... 24
4.3.2.2 Controller................................................................................................................................................................25
4.3.2.3 Power Module.........................................................................................................................................................28
4.3.2.4 Disk Module........................................................................................................................................................... 30
4.3.3 Indicator Introduction................................................................................................................................................ 31
4.4 2 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor 5500 V5).................................................................................... 35
4.4.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................... 35
4.4.2.1 System Subrack...................................................................................................................................................... 38
4.4.2.2 Controller................................................................................................................................................................39
4.4.2.3 Power-BBU Module............................................................................................................................................... 42
4.4.2.4 Disk Module........................................................................................................................................................... 44
4.5 3 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor 5600 V5 and 5800 V5).............................................................. 50
4.5.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................... 50
4.5.2.1 System Subrack...................................................................................................................................................... 52
4.5.2.2 Controller................................................................................................................................................................53
4.5.2.3 Fan Module.............................................................................................................................................................55
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4.5.2.4 BBU........................................................................................................................................................................ 56
4.5.2.5 Management Module.............................................................................................................................................. 57
4.5.2.6 Power Module.........................................................................................................................................................58
4.6 6 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor 6800 V5).................................................................................... 64
4.6.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................... 65
4.6.2.1 System Subrack...................................................................................................................................................... 68
4.6.2.2 Controller................................................................................................................................................................68
4.6.2.3 Assistant Cooling Unit............................................................................................................................................70
4.6.2.4 Fan Module.............................................................................................................................................................71
4.6.2.5 BBU........................................................................................................................................................................ 73
4.6.2.6 Management Module.............................................................................................................................................. 74
4.6.2.7 Power Module.........................................................................................................................................................75
4.7 Interface Module...........................................................................................................................................................80
4.7.1 GE Electrical Interface Module................................................................................................................................. 80
4.7.2 10GE Electrical Interface Module............................................................................................................................. 81
4.7.3 40GE Interface Module............................................................................................................................................. 83
4.7.4 100GE Interface Module........................................................................................................................................... 84
4.7.5 SmartIO Interface Module.........................................................................................................................................85
4.7.6 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Interface Module (Four Ports)..............................................................................................89
4.7.7 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Interface Module (Eight Ports)............................................................................................ 91
4.7.8 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Interface Module (Eight Ports).......................................................................................... 92
4.7.9 10 Gbit/s FCoE Interface Module (Two Ports)..........................................................................................................94
4.7.10 56 Gbit/s InfiniBand Interface Module................................................................................................................... 95
4.7.11 12 Gbit/s SAS Expansion Module........................................................................................................................... 96
4.7.12 12 Gbit/s SAS Shared Expansion Module...............................................................................................................98
4.8 2 U Disk Enclosure (2.5-Inch Disks)............................................................................................................................99
4.8.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................... 99
4.8.2 Component Description........................................................................................................................................... 101
4.8.2.1 System Subrack.................................................................................................................................................... 101
4.8.2.2 Expansion Module................................................................................................................................................ 102
4.8.2.3 Power Module.......................................................................................................................................................103
4.8.2.4 Disk Module......................................................................................................................................................... 105
4.8.3 Indicator Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 106
4.9 4 U Disk Enclosure (3.5-Inch Disks)..........................................................................................................................108
4.9.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................. 108
4.9.2 Component Description........................................................................................................................................... 110
4.9.2.1 System Subrack.....................................................................................................................................................110
4.9.2.2 Expansion Module................................................................................................................................................ 111
4.9.2.3 Power Module.......................................................................................................................................................113
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4.9.2.4 Fan Module........................................................................................................................................................... 114

4.9.2.5 Disk Module......................................................................................................................................................... 115
4.9.3 Indicator Introduction.............................................................................................................................................. 116
4.10 High-Density Disk Enclosure................................................................................................................................... 119
4.10.1 Overview................................................................................................................................................................119
4.10.2 Component Description......................................................................................................................................... 122
4.10.2.1 System Subrack.................................................................................................................................................. 122
4.10.2.2 Expansion Module.............................................................................................................................................. 123
4.10.2.3 Disk Module....................................................................................................................................................... 124
4.10.2.4 Power Module.....................................................................................................................................................126
4.10.2.5 Fan Module.........................................................................................................................................................127
4.10.3 Indicator Introduction............................................................................................................................................ 127
4.11 Coffer Disk............................................................................................................................................................... 130
4.12 (Optional) Data Switch............................................................................................................................................. 134
4.13 (Optional) Quorum Server........................................................................................................................................135
4.13.1 (Optional) Quorum Server (RH1288 V3)..............................................................................................................135
4.13.2 (Optional) Quorum Server (1288H V5)................................................................................................................ 140
4.14 Device Cables........................................................................................................................................................... 144
4.14.1 Power Cables......................................................................................................................................................... 144
4.14.2 Ground Cables....................................................................................................................................................... 145
4.14.3 Network Cables..................................................................................................................................................... 145
4.14.4 Serial Cables.......................................................................................................................................................... 146
4.14.5 Mini SAS HD Cables............................................................................................................................................ 146
4.14.5.1 Mini SAS HD Electrical Cables......................................................................................................................... 147
4.14.5.2 Mini SAS HD Optical Cables.............................................................................................................................147
4.14.6 Optical Fibers........................................................................................................................................................ 148
4.14.7 FDR Cables............................................................................................................................................................149
4.14.8 MPO-4*DLC Fiber................................................................................................................................................149
5 Software Architecture............................................................................................................... 151

6 Product Specifications.............................................................................................................. 158
6.1 Hardware Specifications (5300 V5/5500 V5/5600 V5/5800 V5/6800 V5)............................................................... 158
6.2 Hardware Specifications (5110 V5)........................................................................................................................... 173
6.3 Software Specifications (5300 V5/5500 V5/5600 V5/5800 V5/6800 V5).................................................................179
6.4 Software Specifications (5110 V5).............................................................................................................................204
7 Environmental Requirements................................................................................................. 217

7.1 Temperature, Humidity, and Altitude......................................................................................................................... 217
7.2 Vibration and Shock................................................................................................................................................... 218
7.3 Particle Contaminants.................................................................................................................................................219
7.4 Corrosive Airborne Contaminants..............................................................................................................................220
7.5 Heat Dissipation and Noise........................................................................................................................................ 222
8 Standards Compliance..............................................................................................................226
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9 Certifications.............................................................................................................................. 230
10 Operation and Maintenance..................................................................................................233
A How to Obtain Help.................................................................................................................235
A.1 Preparations for Contacting Huawei..........................................................................................................................235
A.1.1 Collecting Troubleshooting Information................................................................................................................ 235
A.1.2 Making Debugging Preparations............................................................................................................................ 235
A.2 How to Use the Document.........................................................................................................................................235
A.3 How to Obtain Help from Website............................................................................................................................ 236
A.4 Ways to Contact Huawei............................................................................................................................................236
B Glossary...................................................................................................................................... 237
C Acronyms and Abbreviations................................................................................................ 238
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Product Description 1 Product Positioning
1 Product Positioning
The OceanStor 5110 V5/5300 V5/5500 V5/5600 V5/5800 V5 storage system is Huawei mid-
range storage providing stable, reliable, converged, and efficient data services for enterprises.
The OceanStor 6800 V5 storage system is Huawei mission-critical storage dedicated to
providing the highest level of data services for enterprises' key services.
The 5110 V5/5300 V5/5500 V5/5600 V5/5800 V5/6800 V5 storage system offers
comprehensive and superb solutions by unifying file-based, block-based offerings and various
protocols into a single product and using diverse efficiency boost mechanisms to provide
industry-leading performance. Those solutions help customers maximize their return on
investment (ROI) and meet the requirements of different application scenarios such as Online
Transaction Processing (OLTP) and Online Analytical Processing (OLAP) of large databases,
high-performance computing (HPC), digital media, Internet operation, centralized storage,
backup, disaster recovery, and data migration.
In addition to providing high-performance storage services for application servers, the storage
system supports advanced data backup and disaster recovery technologies, ensuring the secure
and smooth running of data services. Also, it offers easy-to-use management modes and
convenient local/remote maintenance modes, greatly decreasing the management and
maintenance costs.
On a Unified SAN and NAS Network

Figure 1-1 shows the position and application of the storage system on a unified SAN and
NAS network.
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Product Description 1 Product Positioning
Figure 1-1 Position and application

Product Description 2 Product Features
2 Product Features
Designed for midtier-to-enterprise storage environments, the storage system utilizes high-
specification hardware and is available in block, file, and unified configurations. It offers
significant advancements in data applications and protection and provides the following
benefits.
Unified Storage
l Support for SAN and NAS storage technologies
Unifies SAN and NAS technologies to store both structured and unstructured data.
l Support for mainstream storage protocols
Supports mainstream storage protocols such as iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NFS, CIFS, HTTP,
and FTP.
l Support for hosts to access any LUN or file system using the front-end ports of any
controller.
High Performance
The storage system offers a three-level performance acceleration technology, and delivers
hierarchical performance for different applications. The three levels are:
1. State-of-the-art hardware
The storage system is equipped with 64-bit multi-core processors, high-speed and large-
capacity caches, and various high-speed interface modules. The superior hardware
allows it to offer better storage performance than tradition storage systems.
2. SmartTier
The SmartTier technology identifies hotspot data and periodically promotes them to
high-performance storage medium for a performance boost. In addition, SmartTier
supports SSD data caching, accelerating access to hotspot data.
3. Solid state drives (SSDs)
The storage system can be fully configured with SSDs to provide peak performance for
the most-demanding applications.
Flexible Scalability
The storage system has an outstanding scalability. It supports a wide range of the following
disks and host interface modules in a high density:

l Disks:
SAS disks, NL-SAS disks, and SSDs.
l Host interface modules:
8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, GE, 10GE, 10 Gbit/s FCoE, 56 Gbit/s
(4 x 14 Gbit/s) InfiniBand, and SmartIO.
The storage system also supports the Scale-out technology to improve storage system
performance as the number of controllers increases.
Proven Reliability
The storage system uses advanced technologies to offer protection measures, minimizing risks
of failures and data loss.
l Protection against component failures

The storage system components are in 1+1 redundancy and work in active-active mode.
Normally, every two components are working simultaneously and share loads. If one
component fails or goes offline, the other one takes over all loads and speeds up to
compensate. The whole process is transparent to applications.
l RAID 2.0+ underlying virtualization
The storage system employs innovative RAID 2.0+ underlying virtualization technology
for automatic disk load balancing. If a disk encounters a fault, all the other disks in the
same disk domain help construct the faulty disk's service data, achieving a 20-fold faster
reconstruction speed than traditional RAID technology. In addition, RAID 2.0+
significantly reduces the possibility of multi-disk failure.
l Data protection in the event of a controller failure
– Built-in backup battery units (BBUs) supply power to controller enclosures in the
event of unexpected power failures. BBUs enable cache data to be written to built-
in disks of controllers to avoid data loss.
– When a piece of software is faulty, the storage system will attempt to reboot.
During the reboot, data is stored in the cache. If the reboot fails, data in the cache
will be written into the built-in disks of controllers to avoid data loss.
– If hardware of a controller is faulty, the storage system will use the memory
mirroring technology to enable the other normal controller to take over the services
to ensure data consistency.
l Bad sector repair
In a storage system, the frequently occurred faults are bad sectors of disks. The storage
system adopts the bad sector repair technology to proactively detect and repair bad
sectors, reduce the disk failure rate by 50%, and prolong the service life of disks.
l Disk pre-copy
The disk pre-copy technology enables the storage system to routinely check the hardware
status. Once it detects that a disk has fault risks, it will enable data migration from the
disk to another normal disk to prevent data loss.
l IP address failover
The storage system adopts IP address failover technology. If a physical host port that
implements the NAS protocol is damaged, the IP address assigned to that port
automatically fails over to another functional port. Based on the correct networking,
services are seamlessly failed over, preventing damage to a port from affecting services.

l Online disk diagnosis

The online disk diagnosis feature is used to handle disk faults. If a disk fault occurs, the
storage system takes the disk offline. Then, the online diagnosis module reads the
S.M.A.R.T information about the disk and takes analysis, testing, and recovery
measures. After the disk is recovered, the online diagnosis module enables the disk to
rejoin the RAID, prolonging the lifecycle of the disk.
l Data coffer disk
Data coffer disks consist of the first four disks of a storage system's controller enclosure
or disk enclosure as well as each controller's built-in disk or disks. They store three types
of data: cache data requiring power failure protection, OceanStor OS system data, and
system configuration information and logs.
High Availability
In routine maintenance:
The storage system (OceanStor 5110 V5, 5300 V5, 5500 V5, 5600 V5, 5800 V5, or 6800 V5)
uses Turbo Module, online capacity expansion, and disk roaming technologies to provide high
availability for applications and non-disruptive system running during maintenance.
l Turbo Module enables controllers, fans, power modules, interface modules, BBUs, and
disks to be hot-swappable, allowing online operations.
l Dynamic capacity expansion enables users to add disks to a disk domain in an online and
easy manner.
l Disk roaming enables a storage system to automatically identify relocated disks and
resume their services.
In data protection:
The storage system provides the following advanced data protection technologies and
protocols to protect data integrity and continuous system running even when catastrophic
disasters happen:
l HyperSnap generates multiple point-in-time images for the source logical unit number
(LUN) or source file system data. The snapshot images can be used to recover data
quickly when needed.
l HyperCopy backs up data among heterogeneous storage systems for data protection.
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 or file system for the
high availability of local data.
l HyperMirror backs up data in real time. If the source data becomes unavailable,
applications can automatically use the data copy, ensuring data security and application
continuity.
l HyperMetro synchronizes and replicates data between storage arrays, monitors service
operating status, and performs failovers. In addition, it can switch over services and
implement service load sharing when storage arrays are running.
l The Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) is used for data backup and recovery.
In resource management:
The storage system employs the following resource application technologies for flexible
resource management to protect customers' storage investments:

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

of heterogeneous storage systems, simplifying storage system management and reducing
maintenance costs.
l SmartMigration migrates LUNs or file systems in between storage systems, adjusting
and allocating resources along with business development.
l SmartMulti-Tenant enables a storage system to provide different tenants with shared
storage resources and to separate tenant access and management.
The storage system supports memory upgrade so that storage performance matches service
development.
High System Security

Storage network security:
l Security of management channels

The 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.
l Anti-attack protection for protocols and ports
The storage system provides only necessary ports to the external 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 undisclosed interface exists.
l Service ports are isolated from management ports
The Access Control List (ACL) mechanism is adopted to isolate Ethernet ports from
internal heartbeat network ports, management network ports, and maintenance network
ports.
Storage service security:
l Security of the operating system

The storage system uses a dedicated operating system. Security of the operating system
has been hardened before the storage system is delivered. The storage systems update
security patches for their operating systems and open-source software based on site
requirements, safeguarding users' data.
l Data storage encryption
– The storage system supports data encryption by using a network password manager.
The network password manager employs the standard cryptographic algorithm
supported by the State Encryption Administration of China. It allows only the hosts
that comply with security policies to access storage system data by auditing access
control policies and controlling access attempts from hosts. After the network
password manager is deployed, all mutual information between the hosts and
storage system will pass the network password manager to enable read/write data
encryption and decryption. This ensures data security of the storage system.
– The storage system supports disk encryption. The hardware circuits and internal
data encrypt key of disks are used for data writing encryption and data reading
decryption. To ensure the security of the data encrypt key, the storage system and
the third-party key management server jointly provide a highly secure, reliable, and
available key management solution.
l Data destruction

When deleting unwanted data, the system erases the specified LUN to make the deleted
data unable to be restored, preventing critical data leaks.
l File antivirus
When the storage system runs a file system and shares the file system with clients
through CIFS, third-party antivirus software can be used to trigger virus scanning and
delete virus-infected files, improving storage system security.
Storage management security:
l Security of management and maintenance
The operations of users can be allowed and denied. All management operations are
logged by the system.
l Data integrity protection and tamper resistance
The Write Once Read Many (WORM) feature allows users to set critical data to the read-
only state, preventing unauthorized data change and deletion during a specified period of
time.
In addition, trusted verification is enabled during the storage system startup to measure and
verify BIOS > Grub > Euler Linux Kernel > Euler Linux > Storage application software
level by level to prove integrity of loaded software at each level and to prevent software
tampering. The storage system's power-on process will be verified to ensure that the system is
not tampered with.
Virtualization, Intelligence, and Efficiency

The storage system absorbs the concept of "Virtualization, Intelligence, and Efficiency",
which fits the up-to-date storage design idea and wins a leading position for the storage
system. Compared with traditional storage systems, the series introduces the following
technologies to provide higher storage space usage, faster data reconstruction, smarter
performance allocation, and finer service quality control:
l RAID 2.0+ underlying virtualization
Divides disk storage space into small-sized data blocks and uses the blocks to create
RAID groups for fine-grained resource management. The technology realizes automatic
load balancing, higher storage performance, better storage space utilization, faster disk
reconstruction, and finer storage space management. RAID 2.0+ serves as a basis for a
number of other advanced storage technologies.
l SmartTier (intelligent storage tiering)
Enables a storage system to automatically analyze data access frequency per unit time
and relocate data to disks of different performance levels based on the analysis result.
High-performance disks store hot data, performance disks store warm data, and large-
capacity disks store cold data. As a result, SmartTier optimizes overall performance and
reduces costs per IOPS.
l SmartQoS (intelligent service quality control)
Enables a storage system to categorize service data based on data characteristics (each
category represents a type of application) and set a priority and performance objective
for each category. In this way, resources are assigned to services based on priorities,
ensuring the performance of mission-critical services that have the top priority.
l SmartThin (Thin provisioning)
Allows on-demand allocation of storage space rather than the traditional method of pre-
allocating all storage space at the initial stage. It is more efficient because the amount of

resources used is close to the amount of resources allocated. In this way, the initial
purchase cost and total cost of ownership are reduced.
l SmartCache (intelligent storage cache)
Uses SSDs as cache resources to significantly promote system read performance when
random, small I/Os with hot data require more read operations than write operations.
l Quick document incremental backup with Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)
When the storage system interworks with the TSM backup software to perform
incremental file backup, the Snapdiff feature uses the snapshot mechanism to quickly
obtain differential file information and identify changed files. Without the need for full
scanning, only changed files are backed, greatly shortening backup time. The backup
performance is not affected by the number of files, which greatly improves the backup
efficiency.
Cost-Effectiveness and Ease-of-Use

The storage system delivers cost-effective performance through intelligent CPU frequency
control, delicate fan speed control, and deduplication and compression. It also provides a
series of management and maintenance tools for easy use and maintenance.
l Cost-effectiveness
– Intelligent CPU frequency control
Automatically changes the CPU frequency based on the system loads, that is, it
decreases the CPU frequency and power consumption during off-peak hours for a
low operation cost and long CPU service life.
– Delicate fan speed control
Dynamically adjusts the fan speed based on the storage system's temperature. It
lowers the noise and power consumption and cuts the operation cost.
– Deduplication and compression
Checks and processes duplicate data in disks based on deduplication, and minimizes
space occupied by data based on compression to improve disk utilization.
l Ease-of-use
– DeviceManager
An HTML5-based tool providing the graphical user interface (GUI) allows you to
easily manage storage systems through wizard-instructed operations.
– Integrated management
Implements convenient device management by integrating a management plug-in
into mainstream management software such as VMware vCenter plug-in, Hyper-V
System Center, vSphere API for Storage Awareness (VASA), vSphere Storage APIs
for Array Integration (VAAI), and Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Provider.
– Tablet management
Supports flexible storage system management on a tablet.
– Various alarm notification methods
Provides alarm notification by sound, indicator, short message service (SMS), and
email.
– Tool for an upgrade at your fingertips
Provides online upgrade for controllers. The operation is easy without interrupting
services.

Intelligent O&M
The eService intelligent cloud management system (eService for short) improves customers'
O&M capabilities and takes planned maintenance actions to prevent potential risks.
Being authorized by customers, eService monitors device alarms in 24/7 mode. Whenever an
alarm is detected, eService automatically notifies Huawei technical support center and creates
service requests (SRs). Huawei service engineers will help customers solve problems in a
timely manner.
l eService provides a self-service O&M system for customers, aiming for precise and
customized information services.
l Based on HUAWEI CLOUD, the eService cloud system drives IT O&M activities via
big data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to identify faults in
advance, reduce O&M difficulties, and improve O&M efficiency.
l Data is encrypted during the data transmission, ensuring secure data transmission.
eService can access the customer's system only after being authorized by the customer.
l eService provides 24/7 secure, reliable, and proactive O&M services. SRs can be
automatically created.
l Customers can use any PC to access eService at any time and any place to view device
information.
eService enables the client system to work with the cloud system.
l eService client system:
Deployed on the customer side, the eService client system collects customer device alarms
and sends them to the eService cloud system in a timely manner to implement remote
maintenance functions, such as remote inspection and remote log collection.
l eService cloud system:
Deployed in Huawei technical support center, the eService cloud system receives device
alarms from the client system in 24/7 mode, automatically notifies Huawei technical support
personnel to handle the alarms in a timely manner, and supports automatic inspection and log
collection for devices on the customer side.
For details, see the eService Intelligent Cloud Management System User Guide or log in to
http://support.eservice.huawei.com to access and use eService.

Product Description 3 Typical Applications
3 Typical Applications
About This Chapter

The storage system offers industry-leading hardware specifications, a flexible and reliable
hardware design, a virtualized underlying architecture, and a variety of data protection
technologies, addressing the needs of differentiated storage applications. It is designed for a
wide range of applications including high-performance, high-availability, or high-density and
multi-service applications.
3.1 High-Performance Applications
3.2 High-Availability Applications
3.3 High-Density and Multi-Service Applications
3.1 High-Performance Applications

The storage system incorporates various technologies to boost the system performance. Its
high-performance hardware delivers outstanding data access performance. The virtualization
technology can improve the storage performance continuously and it shatters performance
bottlenecks from future business growth. The intelligent data tiering technology SmartTier
automatically detects and prioritizes hotspot data. Therefore, the storage system is a great
choice for the high-performance applications.
On-Demand System Performance Boost

In certain scenarios, a storage system may have been provisioned to meet the initial
application requirements. However, the future growth of applications often exceeds
expectation, and the performance of a traditional storage system will soon become a limiting
factor. The virtualization technology of the storage system (OceanStor 5110 V5, 5300 V5,
5500 V5, 5600 V5, 5800 V5, or 6800 V5) can address this issue. It dynamically increases
storage performance based on current application requirements. This prolongs the system
service life and lowers customers' total cost of ownership (TCO).
After the initial purchase, the storage system is equipped with affordable hard disk drives
(HDDs) to deliver data storage services. As the service requirements increase and the storage
system requires higher performance, administrators can add HDDs or SSDs to boost the
system performance. If even greater system performance is required, administrators can
replace all the existing HDDs with SSDs to further improve system performance.

This on-demand system performance boost brings the following benefits:

l The system performance is improved gradually, balancing the return on investment
(ROI) and the system service life.
l Components for upgrade are available, following the Moore's Law to reduce the
purchase cost and the TCO.
Dynamic Storage Tiering for Hotspot Data

In media and website applications, information has a high access frequency, which can
generate hotspot data. The hotspot data receives simultaneous read and write requests from a
large number of servers, and poses a demanding requirement on storage system performance.
Traditional storage systems cannot address such a storage requirement.
The storage system uses its resident intelligent data tiering technology, SmartTier, to identify
hotspot data and promote it to high-performance SAS disks or SSDs. If SmartTier later finds
out that the hotspot data becomes cold (receiving fewer access requests), it demotes the data
to low-performance disks and clears storage space for new hotspot data. Figure 3-1 depicts
the working principle of SmartTier.
Figure 3-1 SmartTier working principle

3.2 High-Availability Applications

The storage system has a highly reliable design, achieving a long mean time between failures
(MTBF), and ensuring high availability of storage applications. It also incorporates a variety
of data protection technologies, and protects data integrity and service continuity against
catastrophic disasters.
In-Service Routine Maintenance

In traditional storage systems, routine maintenance tasks, such as component replacement and
capacity expansion, must be implemented in offline mode. The storage system, however,
assembles advanced technologies for in-service routine maintenance:
l Turbo Module
Enables online replacement of components and requires no system restart.
l Online capacity expansion
Allows online addition of disks and expansion of storage pools.
Tolerance of Single Points of Failures

The storage system incorporates a hierarchical redundancy design to eliminate the impact of
single points of failure:
l Hardware redundancy
All components of the series are in redundancy and work in active-active mode. If one
component fails, the other speeds up to compensate so that the storage system can
continue operating.
l Link redundancy
If there is only one link between the storage system and an application server, the
disconnection of the link terminates their communication. To eliminate this failure, the
series storage system uses two or more links to communicate with the application server.
Therefore, if one link is down, the other links take over the services to continue the data
transmission.
l Application server clustering
If the storage system cooperates with only one application server, the failure of the
application server interrupts services. Application server clustering can address this
issue. A cluster consists of two or more application servers that share loads. If one
application server in the cluster fails, the other application servers take over its loads, and
the whole process is transparent to users. Application server clustering supported by the
series ensures business continuity.
Based on the previous protection mechanisms, the storage system has proven tolerance of
single points of failure, as shown in Figure 3-2.

Figure 3-2 Tolerance of single points of failure
In the example in Figure 3-2, application server A and controller A are faulty, and a link
between the cluster and the storage system is down. Under this circumstance, the redundant
components and links compensate for the failed ones, and services are switched to application
server B that is running properly. This ensures the nonstop system operations and greatly
improves the service availability.
Resilience Against Disasters

The storage system compliments various data protection methods for backup and disaster
recovery. Those methods eliminate the risks of unexpected downtime and data loss caused by
natural disasters, serious device failures, or man-made misoperations.
The supported data protection methods include:
l Backup
The storage system processes a huge amount of data, and the loss of any data can lead to
a disastrous result. Therefore, enterprises are used to periodically back up their critical
data. The following backup technologies are most commonly used because they
complete data backup in a hitless manner:
– HyperSnap: locally generates a virtual duplicate for a source LUN or file system at
a specified point in time. The duplicate is immediately usable and any access to it
will have no impact on the source LUN or file system data.
– HyperClone: locally generates a complete copy for a source LUN or file system at a
specified point in time. After the clone task, the destination LUN or file system
stores the same data as the source LUN or file system, and their relationship can be
split. Then any access to the destination LUN or file system has no impact on the
source LUN data.

– HyperCopy: replicates data from the source LUN to the destination LUN at block
level. A LUN copy task can be performed within a storage system or among storage
systems (even if they are heterogeneous).
– HyperMirror: backs up data in real time. If the source data becomes unavailable,
applications can automatically use the data copy, ensuring data security and
application continuity.
– HyperMetro: synchronizes and replicates data between storage arrays, monitors
service operating status, and performs failovers. In addition, it can switch over
services and implement service load sharing when storage arrays are running.
l Disaster recovery
Disaster recovery is essential for critical applications that must continue operating even
during catastrophic disasters. Disaster recovery technologies involve many aspects such
as storage systems, application servers, application software, and technicians. From the
storage system aspect, the remote replication technology is used for disaster recovery
because it can back up data in real time.
The technology duplicates backup data in real time across sites, and utilizes the long
distance between sites to eliminate data loss. This ensures that data is readily available
on other sites if one site is destroyed.
3.3 High-Density and Multi-Service Applications

The storage system delivers industry-leading density of interface modules in an enclosure and
a flexible configuration of interface modules and hard disks of different types. This design
makes the series suitable for high-density and multi-service applications.
High-Density Virtual Machine Applications

The virtual machine technology greatly improves application servers' utilization, and lowers
services' deployment and operating expense. Therefore, it is popular in many application
scenarios. However, virtual machines are now facing a challenge, that is, they are equipped
with an increasing number of application systems and virtual desktops, leading to the high
density of virtual machines. Compared with a single server, high-density virtual machines
generate more service data, consume more bandwidth, and pose more demanding
requirements on performance and scalability.
Excellent in both performance and compatibility, the storage system is ideal for high-density
virtual machine applications:
l The three-level performance acceleration technology provides robust storage
performance for high-density virtual machine applications.
l The proprietary Turbo Module technology significantly improves the density of interface
modules in a single enclosure. This high-density design translates into a capability to
support hundreds of virtual machines.
l Various virtual machine applications are supported, including VMware, Hyper-V, and
Citrix Xen.
Figure 3-3 shows an example of the high-density virtual machine application scenario.

Figure 3-3 Example of the high-density virtual machine application scenario
Multi-Service Applications
It is common nowadays for one storage system to process diversified applications. However,
those applications have differentiated requirements on storage. Therefore, the storage system
must have high flexibility in performance and networking.
Each type of services has its specific requirements for storage systems:
l Database servers (featuring structured data) have high requirements on storage
performance, data integrity, and system stability.
l Mail servers (featuring high randomicity of concurrent accesses) have high requirements
on storage performance, data integrity, and system stability.
l Video servers have high requirements on storage capacity, data access continuity, and
continuous bandwidths.
l Backup servers have low requirements on performance and bandwidths.
The storage system supports an intermixed configuration of SSDs, SAS disks, and NL-SAS
disks to deliver optimal performance.
l SSDs: deliver the highest performance among these three types of disks, and are suitable
for application servers such as busy database servers and mail servers that require
superior storage performance.
l SAS disks: deliver performance lower than SSDs but higher than NL-SAS disks, and are
suitable for application servers such as common database servers, mail servers, and high-
definition (HD) video servers that have a moderate storage performance requirement.

l NL-SAS disks: deliver the lowest performance among these three types of disks, and are
suitable for application servers such as low-end video servers and backup servers that
have a low storage performance requirement.
Multiple front-end interface modules are flexibly configured with customizable transmission
rates, adapting to various networks and providing storage services in different networks.
Figure 3-4 shows an example of multi-service application scenario.
Figure 3-4 Example of a multi-service application scenario

Product Description 4 Hardware Architecture
4 Hardware Architecture
About This Chapter

The OceanStor storage hardware 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
4.2 3D Interactive Hardware Demonstration
4.3 2 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor 5110 V5/5300 V5)
4.4 2 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor 5500 V5)
4.5 3 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor 5600 V5 and 5800 V5)
4.6 6 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor 6800 V5)
4.7 Interface Module
4.8 2 U Disk Enclosure (2.5-Inch Disks)
4.10 High-Density Disk Enclosure
4.11 Coffer Disk
4.12 (Optional) Data Switch
4.13 (Optional) Quorum Server
4.14 Device Cables
4.1 Device Composition

A storage system consists of one or more controller enclosures and disk enclosures, and it
provides an intelligent storage platform that features robust reliability, high performance, and
large capacity.
Different product models use different types of controller enclosures and disk enclosures.
Table 4-1 compares each model in the storage system.

Table 4-1 Model comparison

Product Controller Enclosure Disk Enclosure
Model
OceanStor l 2 U controller enclosure with l 2 U disk enclosure with 25 disk

5110 V5 with 12 disk slots slots
disk and l 2 U controller enclosure with l 4 U disk enclosure with 24 disk
controller 25 disk slots slots
integration
OceanStor l 2 U disk enclosure with 25 disk

5300 V5/5500 slots
V5 with disk l 4 U disk enclosure with 24 disk
and controller slots
integration
l 4 U high-density disk enclosure
OceanStor 3 U controller enclosure with 75 disk slots
5600 V5/5800
V5 with disk
and controller
separation
OceanStor 6 U controller enclosure

6800 V5 with
disk and
controller
separation
The following figures show the appearances of the storage devices.
Figure 4-1 2 U controller enclosure with 12 disk slots
Figure 4-2 2 U controller enclosure with 25 disk slots

Figure 4-3 3 U controller enclosure
Figure 4-4 6 U controller enclosure
Figure 4-5 2 U disk enclosure with 25 disk slots
Figure 4-6 4 U disk enclosure with 24 disk slots

Figure 4-7 4 U high-density disk enclosure with 75 disk slots
4.2 3D Interactive Hardware Demonstration

OceanStor storage systems provide all-new hardware simulation for interactive experience,
which supports all-round demonstration of hardware components and manual disassembly,
providing details on the internal structure. Furthermore, documents, utilities, multimedia,
software, and success stories relevant to the products are provided for reference.
1. Log in to https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/.
2. Choose Technical Support > Product Support > Enterprise Data Center >
Enterprise Storage.
3. Select the desired product model.
4. Click the Video tab and select 3D Demo in Type.
Figure 4-8 Selecting 3D Demo
5. Select the desired demonstration.

A page similar to Figure 4-9 is displayed

Figure 4-9 3D interactive demonstration
4.3 2 U Controller Enclosure (Supported by OceanStor

5110 V5/5300 V5)
This section describes a controller enclosure in terms of its hardware structure, component
functions, front and rear views, and indicators.
4.3.1 Overview
The controller enclosure adopts a modular design and consists of a system subrack,
controllers (housing backup power modules), power modules, and disk modules.
The 2 U controller enclosure of OceanStor 5110 V5 supports AC power modules, and that of
OceanStor 5300 V5 supports both AC and DC power modules. One 2 U controller enclosure
supports dual controllers only. The following figures show the structure of OceanStor 5300
V5 with dual controllers and AC power modules.
Overall Structure
Figure 4-10 shows the overall structure and components of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure
and Figure 4-11 shows the overall structure and components of a 2 U 12-disk controller
enclosure.

Figure 4-10 Overall structure of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure
Power module
Disk module
~AC
System subrack
Backup power module
Front panel
Controller Power module
IOM
0
IOM
1
EXP0 12Gb
SAS
EXP1
IOM
0
IOM
1
EXP0 12Gb
SAS
EXP1
CTM
H4
H5
CTM
H4
H5 ~AC
Rear panel
Power module Disk module
~AC
System subrack
Backup power module
Power module Front panel

Controller
IOM0
IOM1
EXP0 12Gb
SAS
EXP1
IOM0
IOM1
EXP0 12Gb
SAS
EXP1
CTM
H4
Rear panel
H5
CTM
H4
H5 ~AC
NOTE
Controller A is above controller B. Controllers communicate with each other using internal heartbeat
links and do not need cable connections.
Front View
Figure 4-12 shows the front view of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure and Figure 4-13
shows the front view of a 2 U 12-disk controller enclosure.

Figure 4-12 Front view of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure
NOTE
l The disk slots of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure are numbered 0 to 24 from left to right. The four
coffer disks are located in slot 0 to slot 3.
l The disk slots of a 2 U 12-disk controller enclosure are numbered 0 to 11 from left to right and from
top to bottom. The four coffer disks are located in slot 0 to slot 3.
l SAS, NL-SAS, and SSD disks can be used as coffer disks. The type of the four coffer disks must be
the same.
l Slots are used to accommodate and secure disks, interface modules, controller modules, fan
modules, and power modules.
l The information plate records device information.
Rear View
Figure 4-14 shows the rear view of a 2 U controller enclosure of OceanStor 5300 V5, with
the AC power supply and SmartIO interface modules.
Do not connect the management network port and maintenance network port to the same
switch.

NOTE
l OceanStor 5110 V5/5300 V5 provides onboard GE and mini SAS HD ports.

l The controller enclosure of OceanStor 5110 V5 supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface modules
(four ports), GE electrical interface modules, 10GE electrical interface modules, SmartIO interface
modules, 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface modules (eight ports), 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface
modules (eight ports), and 12 Gbit/s SAS expansion modules.
l The controller enclosure of OceanStor 5300 V5 supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface modules
(four ports), GE electrical interface modules, 10GE electrical interface modules, 40GE interface
modules, 100GE interface modules, SmartIO interface modules, 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface
modules (eight ports), 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface modules (eight ports), and 12 Gbit/s SAS
expansion modules.
l When the maintenance network port is used for management and maintenance, the maintenance
network port can only be used by Huawei technical support for emergency maintenance and cannot
be connected to the same network with the management network port. Otherwise, a network
loopback may occur, causing a network storm. The initial value for the IP address of the
maintenance network port is 172.31.128.101 or 172.31.128.102. The default subnet mask is
255.255.0.0. You are advised to only connect the management network port to the network.
Figure 4-14 Rear view of the OceanStor 5300 V5 controller enclosure (with AC power
modules)
NOTE
A 2 U controller enclosure houses controller A and controller B from top to bottom. From left to right,
the interface module slots of controller A are A0 and A1, and those of controller B are B0 and B1. When
the storage device requires IP Scale-out, SmartIO interface modules must be installed in A1 and B1
slots.
4.3.2 Component Description

This section provides the detailed illustration and description for each component.
4.3.2.1 System Subrack

The system subrack houses a midplane to provide reliable connections for interface modules
and to distribute power and signals to inner modules.

Appearance
Figure 4-15 shows the appearance of a system subrack.
Figure 4-15 System subrack
4.3.2.2 Controller
A controller is the core component of a storage system. It processes storage services, receives
configuration management commands, saves configuration data, connects to disk enclosures,
and saves critical data onto coffer disks. Each controller houses one backup power module to
supply power to a controller enclosure in the event of unexpected power failures.
NOTE
Each controller has two built-in disks. The disks are used to store the configuration data of the storage
system, data in cache after a power failure, and OceanStor OS data. The disks built in one controller and
those built in another are redundant for each other.
Appearance
Each controller supports two interface modules.
Figure 4-16 shows the appearance of a controller.

Figure 4-16 Controller
Ports
Figure 4-17 describes the ports of a controller.
Figure 4-17 Ports of a controller
Indicators
Table 4-2 describes the states and corresponding meanings of indicators on a controller after
it is powered on.

Table 4-2 Checklist for indicators on a controller

Indicator Status and Description
Link/Active/Mode indicator of l Blinking blue slowly (1 Hz): The interface module is

the SmartIO port working in FC mode, and the port link is down.
l Blinking blue quickly (2 Hz): The interface module is
working in FC mode, and data is being transmitted.
l Steady blue: The interface module is working in FC
mode, the port link is up, and no data is being
transmitted.
l Blinking green slowly (1 Hz): The interface module is
working in ETH mode, and the port link is down.
l Blinking green quickly (2 Hz): The interface module is
working in ETH mode, and data is being transmitted.
l Steady green: The interface module is working in ETH
transmitted.
l Steady red: The port is faulty.
l Off: The port is not powered on.
Power indicator of the l Steady green: The interface module is running

interface module/Hot Swap properly.
button of the module l Blinking green: The interface module receives a hot
swap request.
l Steady red: The interface module is faulty.
l Off: The interface module is powered off or can be
hot-swappable.
Link/Active indicator of the l Steady green: The port is connected properly.

management network port l Blinking green: Data is being transferred.
l Off: The port is connected abnormally.
Speed indicator of the l Steady orange: Data is being transferred at the highest
management network port rate.
l Off: The data transfer speed is lower than the highest
speed.
Running/Alarm indicator of l Steady green: The backup power module is fully

the backup power module charged.
l Blinking green (1 Hz): The backup power module is
being charged.
being discharged.
l Steady red: The backup power module is faulty.

Power indicator of the l Steady green: The controller is powered on.

controller l Blinking green (0.5 Hz): The controller is powered on
and in the BIOS boot process.
l Blinking green (2 Hz): The controller is in the
operating system boot process, or the controller is in
the power-off process.
l Off: The controller is absent or powered off.
Alarm indicator of the l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the controller.

controller l The Alarm indicator blinking red and the Power
indicator blinking green: The controller is being
located.
l Off: The controller is working correctly.
Indicator of the mini SAS HD l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream
expansion port disk enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
l Steady green: Data is transferred to the downstream
disk enclosure at the rate of 4 x 3 Gbit/s or 4 x 6
Gbit/s.
l Off: The link to the port is down.
Link/Active indicator of the l Steady green: The link to the application server is
GE electrical port normal.
l Blinking green: Data is being transferred.
l Off: The link to the application server is down or no
link exists.
Speed indicator of the GE l Steady orange: The data transfer rate between the
electrical port storage system and the application server is 1 Gbit/s.
l Off: The data transfer rate between the storage system
and the application server is less than 1 Gbit/s.
4.3.2.3 Power Module

Power modules can ensure that the controller enclosure works correctly in maximum power
consumption mode. The controller enclosure supports both AC and DC power modules.
NOTE
OceanStor 5110 V5 does not support DC power modules.
Appearance
Figure 4-18 and Figure 4-19 show the front view of an AC power module and a DC power
module respectively.

Figure 4-18 Front view of an AC power module
Figure 4-19 Front view of a DC power module
Indicators
Table 4-3 describes indicators on a power module of a powered-on storage system.

Table 4-3 Indicators on a power module

Running/Alarm indicator of l Steady green: The power supply is correct.

the power module l Green blinking: The power input is normal but the
enclosure is powered off.
l Steady red: The power supply is faulty.
l Off: No external power input is found.
4.3.2.4 Disk Module

Disk modules provide storage capacity for a storage system. Disk modules can function as
system coffer disks to save service data, system data, and cache data.
Appearance
Figure 4-20 shows the appearance of a 2.5-inch disk module. Figure 4-21 shows the
appearance of a 3.5-inch disk module.
Figure 4-20 2.5-inch disk module

Indicators
Table 4-4 describes indicators on a disk module of a powered-on storage system.
Table 4-4 Indicators on a disk module

Running indicator of the disk l Steady green: The disk module is working correctly.
module l Blinking green: Data is being read and written on the
disk module.
l Off: The disk module is powered off or powered on
incorrectly.
Alarm/Location indicator of l Steady red: The disk module is faulty.

the disk module l Blinking red: The disk module is being located.
l Off: The disk module is working correctly or hot
swappable.
4.3.3 Indicator Introduction

After a controller enclosure is powered on, you can check the current operating status of the
controller enclosure by viewing its indicators.
Indicators on the Front Panel

Figure 4-22 shows the indicators on the front panel of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure and
Figure 4-23 shows the indicators on the front panel of a 2 U 12-disk controller enclosure.

Figure 4-22 Indicators on the front panel of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure
Table 4-5 describes the indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure.
Table 4-5 Description of the indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure
Module Indicator Status and Description
Disk Running indicator of the disk l Steady green: The disk module is
module module working correctly.
l Blinking green: Data is being read and
written on the disk module.
l Off: The disk module is powered off
or powered on incorrectly.
Location/Alarm indicator of the l Steady red: The disk module is faulty.

disk module l Blinking red: The disk module is
being located.
l Off: The disk module is working
correctly or hot swappable.
System Location indicator of the l Blinking blue: The controller

subrack controller enclosure enclosure is being located.
l Off: The controller enclosure is not
located.
Alarm indicator of the controller l Steady red: An alarm whose severity

enclosure is major or higher is generated on the
storage system.
l Off: The storage system is running
properly.

Power indicator/Power button of l Steady green: The controller enclosure

the controller enclosure is powered on.
l Blinking green (0.5 Hz): The
controller enclosure is being powered
on.
l Blinking green (1 Hz): The controller
enclosure is in the burn-in test.
enclosure is in the operating system
boot process, or is being powered off.
l Off: The controller enclosure is
powered off or is in the standby state.
Indicators on the Rear Panel

Figure 4-24 shows the indicators on the rear panel of a controller enclosure.
Figure 4-24 Indicators on the rear panel of a controller enclosure
Table 4-6 describes the indicators on the rear panel of a controller enclosure.
Table 4-6 Description of the indicators on the rear panel of a controller enclosure
Interface Power l Steady green: The interface module is running

module indicator of the properly.
interface l Blinking green: The interface module receives a hot
module/Hot swap request.
Swap button of
the module l Steady red: The interface module is faulty.
l Off: The interface module is powered off or can be hot-
swappable.

Link/Active/ l Blinking blue slowly (1 Hz): The interface module is

Mode indicator working in FC mode, and the port link is down.
of the SmartIO l Blinking blue quickly (2 Hz): The interface module is
port working in FC mode, and data is being transmitted.
transmitted.
transmitted.
Power Running/Alarm l Steady green: The power supply is correct.

module indicator of the l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
power module device is powered off.
l Steady red: The power module is faulty.
Controller Link/Active l Steady green: The port is connected properly.

indicator of the l Blinking green: Data is being transferred.
management
network port l Off: The port is connected abnormally.
Speed indicator l Steady orange: Data is being transferred at the highest

of the rate.
management l Off: The data transfer speed is lower than the highest
network port speed.
Running/Alarm l Steady green: The backup power module is fully

indicator of the charged.
backup power l Blinking green (1 Hz): The backup power module is
module being charged.
being discharged.
l Steady red: The backup power module is faulty.

Power l Steady green: The controller is powered on.

indicator of the l Blinking green (0.5 Hz): The controller is powered on
controller and in the BIOS boot process.
Alarm l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the controller.

indicator of the l The Alarm indicator blinking red and the Power
controller indicator blinking green: The controller is being
located.
Indicator of the l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream disk

mini SAS HD enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
expansion port l Steady green: Data is transferred to the downstream
disk enclosure at the rate of 4 x 3 Gbit/s or 4 x 6 Gbit/s.
Link/Active l Steady green: The link to the application server is

indicator of the normal.
GE electrical l Blinking green: Data is being transferred.
port
link exists.
Speed indicator l Steady orange: The data transfer rate between the
of the GE storage system and the application server is 1 Gbit/s.
electrical port l Off: The data transfer rate between the storage system
and the application server is less than 1 Gbit/s.

5500 V5)
4.4.1 Overview
The controller enclosure adopts a modular design and consists of a system subrack,
controllers, Power-Fan/BBU modules, and disk modules.

Overall Structure
Figure 4-25 shows the overall structure and components of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure
and Figure 4-26 shows the overall structure and components of a 2 U 12-disk controller
enclosure.
NOTE
2 U controller enclosures support both AC and DC power modules. The following figure uses the AC
power module as an example.

NOTE
Controller A is above controller B. Controllers communicate with each other using internal heartbeat
links and do not need cable connections.
Front View
Figure 4-27 shows the front view of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure and Figure 4-28
shows the front view of a 2 U 12-disk controller enclosure.
NOTE
l The disk slots of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure are numbered 0 to 24 from left to right. The four
coffer disks are located in slot 0 to slot 3.
l The disk slots of a 2 U 12-disk controller enclosure are numbered 0 to 11 from left to right and from
top to bottom. The four coffer disks are located in slot 0 to slot 3.
l SAS, NL-SAS, and SSD disks can be used as coffer disks. The type of the four coffer disks must be
the same.
l Slots are used to accommodate and secure disks, interface modules, controller modules, fan
modules, and power modules.
Rear View
Figure 4-29 shows the rear view of a 2 U controller enclosure of OceanStor 5500 V5, with
AC power supply and 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface modules.

switch.
NOTE
l OceanStor 5500 V5 provides onboard SmartIO and mini SAS HD ports.

l A controller enclosure supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface modules (four ports), GE electrical
interface modules, 10GE electrical interface modules, 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface modules (two ports),
56 Gbit/s InfiniBand interface modules, SmartIO interface modules, 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface
expansion modules.
Figure 4-29 Rear view of a controller enclosure (with AC power modules)
NOTE
A 2 U controller enclosure houses controller A and controller B from top to bottom. The slots for
interface modules of controller A are A0 and A1, and the slots for interface modules of controller B are
B0 and B1. When the storage device requires IP Scale-out, SmartIO interface modules must be installed
in A1 and B1 slots.


The system subrack houses a midplane that provides reliable connections for interface
modules and distributes power and signals to inner modules.

Appearance
4.4.2.2 Controller
and saves critical data onto coffer disks.
NOTE
Each controller has one or more built-in disks to store system data. If a power failure occurs, such disks
also store cache data. The disks built in one controller and those built in another are redundant for each
other.
Appearance
Figure 4-31 shows the appearance of a controller.

Figure 4-31 Controller
Ports
Figure 4-32 describes the ports of a controller.
Figure 4-32 Ports of a controller
Indicators
Table 4-7 describes the states and corresponding meanings of indicators on a controller after
it is powered on.

Table 4-7 Checklist for indicators on a controller

Link/Speed indicator of the 8 l Steady blue: The data transfer rate between the storage
Gbit/s Fibre Channel port system and the application server is 8 Gbit/s.
l Blinking blue: Data is being transferred.
l Steady green: The data transfer rate between the
storage system and the application server is 2 Gbit/s or
4 Gbit/s.
Power indicator/Hot Swap l Steady green: The interface module is working

button of the module correctly.
l Blinking green: There is a hot swap request to the
module.
l Steady red: The module is faulty.
l Off: The interface module is powered off or can be
hot-swappable.

speed.
Power indicator of the l Steady green: The controller is powered on.

controller l Power indicator blinking green and Alarm indicator
blinking red: The controller is being located.
l Blinking green (0.5 Hz): The controller is powered on
Alarm indicator of the l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the controller.

controller l The Alarm indicator blinking red and the Power
indicator blinking green: The controller is being
located.

Mini SAS HD expansion port l Steady blue: The data transfer rate between the
indicator controller enclosure and the disk enclosure is 4 x 12
Gbit/s.
controller enclosure and the disk enclosure is 4 x 3
Gbit/s or 4 x 6 Gbit/s.
l Off: The link is down.
Link/Active/Mode indicator of l Blinking blue slowly (1 Hz): The interface module is

the SmartIO port working in FC mode, and the port link is down.
transmitted.
transmitted.
4.4.2.3 Power-BBU Module

A Power-BBU module consists of a power module, a fan module, and a BBU. Both AC and
DC power modules are supported and they allow the controller enclosure to work correctly in
maximum power consumption mode. BBUs provide enough power to ensure that any data in
flight is de-staged to the vault area in the event of a power failure. If a BBU is faulty, it can be
isolated without affecting the normal running of the storage system. If a power failure occurs,
BBUs ensure that the storage system writes cached data to the built-in disks of the controllers,
preventing data loss. After the external power supply resumes, the driver reads data from the
built-in disks of the controllers to the cache. In a system using the lithium batteries, the
battery capacity is updated and detected by charging and discharging the batteries. In this way,
the problems can be detected in advance that the battery capacity attenuates, the batteries fail
to meet the power backup requirements of the system, and thus the data backup fails when the
batteries are not used for a long time. Then, the reliability of data protection upon the system
power failure can be improved.
Appearance
Figure 4-33, Figure 4-34, and Figure 4-35 show the front view of an AC Power-BBU
module, the front view of a DC Power-BBU module, and the rear view of a Power-BBU
module respectively.

Figure 4-33 Front view of an AC Power-BBU module
Figure 4-34 Front view of a DC Power-BBU module

Figure 4-35 Rear view of a Power-BBU module
Indicators
Table 4-8 describes indicators on a Power-BBU module of a powered-on storage system.
Table 4-8 Indicators on a Power-BBU module
Running/Alarm indicator of l Steady green: The power supply is normal.

the power module l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
device is powered off.
Running/Alarm indicator of l Steady green: The BBU is fully charged.

the BBU l Blinking green (1 Hz): The BBU is being charged.
l Blinking green (4 Hz): The BBU is being discharged.
l Steady red: The BBU is faulty.
4.4.2.4 Disk Module


Appearance
Figure 4-36 shows the appearance of a 2.5-inch disk module. Figure 4-37 shows the
appearance of a 3.5-inch disk module.

Indicators

disk module.
incorrectly.

swappable.


Figure 4-38 shows the indicators on the front panel of a 2 U 25-disk controller enclosure and
Figure 4-39 shows the indicators on the front panel of a 2 U 12-disk controller enclosure.

Table 4-10 Description of the indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure
l Blinking green: Data is being read and
written on the disk module.
Location/Alarm indicator of the l Steady red: The disk module is faulty.

being located.
System Location indicator of the l Blinking blue: The controller

located.
Alarm indicator of the controller l Steady red: An alarm whose severity

enclosure is major or higher is generated on the
storage system.
properly.
Power indicator/Power button of l Steady green: The controller enclosure

the controller enclosure is powered on.
controller enclosure is being powered
on.
powered off or is in the standby state.


Table 4-11 Description of the indicators on the rear panel of a controller enclosure
Interface Power l Steady green: The interface module is working

module indicator/Hot correctly.
Swap button on l Blinking green: The interface module receives a hot
an interface swap request.
module
swappable.
Link/Speed l Steady blue: The data transfer rate is 8 Gbit/s.

indicator of the l Blinking blue: Data is being transferred.
8 Gbit/s Fibre
Channel port l Steady green: The data transfer rate is 2 Gbit/s or 4
Gbit/s.
Power- Running/Alarm l Steady green: The power supply is correct.

BBU indicator of the l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
module power module device is powered off.
Controller Link/Active l Steady green: The port is connected properly.

management


of the rate.
network port speed.
Power l Steady green: The controller is powered on.

indicator of the l Power indicator blinking green and Alarm indicator
controller blinking red: The controller is being located.
Alarm l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the controller.

indicator of the l The Alarm indicator blinking red and the Power
controller indicator blinking green: The controller is being
located.
Mini SAS HD l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream disk

expansion port enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
indicator l Steady green: Data is transferred to the downstream

transmitted.
transmitted.

Power- Running/Alarm l Steady green: The BBU is fully charged.

BBU indicator of the l Blinking green (1 Hz): The BBU is being charged.
module BBU

5600 V5 and 5800 V5)
4.5.1 Overview
The controller enclosure consists of a system subrack, controllers, BBU modules, power
modules, management modules, and interface modules.
Overall Structure
Figure 4-41 shows the overall structure of a 3 U controller enclosure.
NOTE
A 3 U controller enclosure can use AC or DC power modules. The following figure uses the AC power
module as an example.
Figure 4-41 Overall structure of a controller enclosure

Front View
Figure 4-42 shows the front view of a controller enclosure.
Figure 4-42 Front view of a controller enclosure
NOTE
l After opening the controller panel latch, you will see that each controller contains three fan modules.
l BBU slots are numbered 0 to 3 from left to right. BBUs are inserted into slots 0, 1, and 3. The other
slots are vacant (filler panels are installed for these slots).
l Controllers are controller A and controller B from left to right. Controllers communicate with each
other using internal heartbeat links and do not need cable connections.
Rear View
Figure 4-43 shows the rear view of a controller enclosure with the AC power module as an
example.
NOTE
A controller enclosure supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface modules (four ports), GE electrical
interface modules, 10GE electrical interface modules, 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface modules (two ports), 56
Gbit/s InfiniBand interface modules, SmartIO interface modules, 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface
modules (eight ports), and 12 Gbit/s SAS expansion modules.
switch.

Figure 4-43 Rear view of a controller enclosure with the AC power module
The slots for interface modules of a 3 U controller enclosure are B0, B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6,
B7, A7, A6, A5, A4, A3, A2, A1, and A0 from left to right. Among the slots, A0 to A7 are
slots for the interface modules of controller A and B0 to B7 are slots for the interface modules
of controller B.
NOTE
A controller enclosure provides the following interface modules. You can configure them based on
service needs.
l Slots A0 and B0 accommodate back-end ports and only allow 12 Gbit/s SAS expansion modules.
l A6, A7, B6, and B7 are slots for front-end interface modules and do not support 12 Gbit/s SAS
expansion modules.
l When the storage device requires IP Scale-out, SmartIO interface modules must be installed in A3
and B3 slots.
l Management module (mandatory): used for management and maintenance.
l 12 Gbit/s SAS expansion module (mandatory): used for connecting disk enclosures.
l Interface modules (optional but at least one type required): used for connecting application servers.



Appearance
4.5.2.2 Controller
NOTE
other.
Appearance
Figure 4-45 shows the appearance of a controller. Figure 4-46 shows the front view of a
controller.

Figure 4-45 Appearance of a controller
Figure 4-46 Front view of a controller
Indicators
Table 4-12 describes the indicators on a controller of a storage system that is powered on.
Table 4-12 Indicators on a controller
Running/Alarm indicator of l Steady green: The fan module is working correctly.

the fan module l Steady red: The fan module is faulty.
l Off: The fan module is powered off.

Controller alarm indicator l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the controller.

Controller power indicator l Steady green: The controller is powered on.

operating system boot process.
l Off: The controller cannot be detected or is powered
off.
4.5.2.3 Fan Module

A fan module dissipates heat and enables a controller enclosure to work properly at the
maximum power consumption.
Appearance
Figure 4-47 shows the appearance of a fan module. Figure 4-48 shows the front view of a fan
module.
Figure 4-47 Appearance of a fan module

Figure 4-48 Front view of a fan module
Indicators
Table 4-13 describes indicators on a fan module of a powered-on storage system.
Table 4-13 Indicators on a fan module


4.5.2.4 BBU
A BBU provides backup power for a storage system during an external power failure,
protecting the integrity of service data. When the external power supply is normal, BBUs are
standby. In the event of a power failure, BBUs provide power for the storage system. A faulty
BBU can be isolated without affecting the normal running of the storage system. If a power
failure occurs, BBUs ensure that the storage system writes cached data to the built-in disks of
the controllers, preventing data loss. After the external power supply resumes, the driver reads
data from the built-in disks of the controllers to the cache. In a system using the lithium
batteries, the battery capacity is updated and detected by charging and discharging the
batteries. In this way, the problems can be detected in advance that the battery capacity
attenuates, the batteries fail to meet the power backup requirements of the system, and thus
the data backup fails when the batteries are not used for a long time. Then, the reliability of
data protection upon the system power failure can be improved.
Appearance
Figure 4-49 shows the appearance of a BBU. Figure 4-50 shows the front view of a BBU.

Figure 4-49 Appearance of a BBU
Figure 4-50 Front view of a BBU
Indicator
Table 4-14 describes the indicator on a BBU of a storage system that is powered on.
Table 4-14 Indicator on a BBU
Running/Alarm indicator on a l Steady green: The BBU is fully charged.

BBU l Blinking green (1 Hz): The BBU is being charged.
l Off: The interface module is powered off or hot
swappable.
4.5.2.5 Management Module

A management module provides management ports, including a USB port, management
network port, serial port, and maintenance network port.

Ports
Figure 4-51 shows a management module.
Figure 4-51 Management module
Indicators
Table 4-15 describes the indicators on a management module of a storage system that is
powered on.
Table 4-15 Indicators on a management module
Power indicator of the l Steady green: The module is working correctly.

management module l Blinking green: The module receives a hot swap
request.
l Off: The module is powered off or hot swappable.
speed.


Power modules are AC power modules and DC power modules that allow a controller
enclosure to work properly at the maximum power consumption.

Appearance
Figure 4-52 shows the appearance of an AC power module. Figure 4-53 shows the
appearance of a DC power module.
Figure 4-52 AC power module
Figure 4-53 DC power module
Indicators





Figure 4-54 shows the indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure.
Figure 4-54 Indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure
Table 4-17 Indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure

BBU Running/Alarm indicator on a l Steady green: The BBU is fully

BBU charged.
l Blinking green (1 Hz): The BBU is
being charged.
being discharged.
System Location indicator on the l Blinking blue: The controller

located.

Alarm indicator on the l Steady red: An alarm whose severity

controller enclosure is major or higher is generated on the
storage system.
properly.
Power indicator/Power button l Steady green: The controller enclosure

on the controller enclosure is powered on.
controller enclosure is powered on for
a short time.
boot process or in the power-off
process.
powered off or powered by BBUs.
Controller Running/Alarm indicator of the l Steady green: The fan module is

fan module working correctly.
l Steady red: The fan module is faulty.
Controller power indicator l Steady green: The controller is

powered on.
controller is powered on and in the
BIOS boot process.
is in the operating system boot
process.
l Off: The controller cannot be detected
or is powered off.
Controller alarm indicator l Steady red: An alarm about the

controller is generated.
l Off: The controller is working
correctly.


Table 4-18 Indicators on the rear panel of a controller enclosure

Power Running/Alarm l Steady green: The power supply is normal.

module indicator on a l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
power module device is powered off.
l Off: No external power input is available.
Manageme Power l Steady green: The module is working correctly.

nt module indicator on a l Blinking green: The module receives a hot swap
management request.
module

of the rate.
network port speed.
Link/Active l Steady green: The port is connected properly.

management


Swap button on l Blinking green: The interface module receives a hot
an interface swap request.
module
swappable.
of a GE controller enclosure and the application server is 1
electrical port Gbit/s.
l Off: The data transfer rate between the controller
enclosure and the application server is lower than 1
Gbit/s.
Link/Active l Steady green: The connection between the controller

indicator of a enclosure and the application server is correct.
GE electrical l Blinking green: Data is being transferred.
port
l Off: The connection between the controller enclosure
and the application server is incorrect.
of a 10 GE controller enclosure and the application server is 10
electrical port Gbit/s.
l Off: The data transfer rate between the controller
enclosure and the application server is lower than 10
Gbit/s.
Link/Active l Steady green: The connection between the controller

indicator of a enclosure and the application server is correct.
10 GE l Blinking green: Data is being transferred.
electrical port
l Off: The connection between the controller enclosure
and the application server is incorrect.


transmitted.
transmitted.
Link/Speed l Steady blue: The data transfer rate between the storage
indicator of a system and the application server is 10 Gbit/s.
10 Gbit/s FCoE l Blinking blue: Data is being transferred.
port
Link/Speed l Steady blue: The data transfer rate is 8 Gbit/s.

indicator of an l Blinking blue: Data is being transferred.
8 Gbit/s Fibre
Gbit/s.
Indicator of the l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream disk

mini SAS HD enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.

6800 V5)

4.6.1 Overview
A controller enclosure employs a modular design and consists of a system subrack,
controllers, BBUs, power modules, management modules, and interface modules.
Overall Structure
Figure 4-56 shows the overall structure of a 6 U controller enclosure.
NOTE
A 6 U controller enclosure can use AC or DC power modules. The following figure uses the AC power
Figure 4-56 Overall structure of a controller enclosure
Front View
Figure 4-57 shows the front view of a controller enclosure.

Figure 4-57 Front view of a controller enclosure
NOTE
l After opening the controller panel latch, you will see that each controller contains three fan modules.
l Controllers A, B, C, and D are placed from left to right and from top to bottom. Controllers
communicate with each other using internal heartbeat links and do not need cable connections.
Rear View
Figure 4-58 shows the rear view of a controller enclosure with the AC power module as an
example.
NOTE
A controller enclosure supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface modules (four ports), GE electrical
interface modules, 10GE electrical interface modules, 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface modules (two ports), 56
Gbit/s InfiniBand interface modules, SmartIO interface modules, 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface
shared expansion modules.
switch.

Figure 4-58 Rear view of a controller enclosure with the AC power module
The slots for interface modules of a 6 U controller enclosure are L0, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, R5,
R4, R3, R2, R1, and R0 from left to right. From the top to bottom, the slots are IOM0 and
IOM1.
l R5IOM0 to R0IOM0 are slots for interface modules of controller A.
l L0IOM0 to L5IOM0 are slots for interface modules of controller B.
l R5IOM1 to R0IOM1 are slots for interface modules of controller C.
l L0IOM1 to L5IOM1 are slots for interface modules of controller D.
NOTE
A controller enclosure provides the following interface modules. You can configure them based on
service needs.
l The first pair of 12 Gbit/s SAS shared expansion modules are installed in slots L5 and R5, and the
second pair are installed in slots L4 and R4.
l Front-end interface modules are installed in slots L0, L1, L2, R0, R1, and R2. Slots L4 and R4 can
only be used once all the slots on the front-end interface modules are fully configured and SAS
interface modules are not installed in slots L4 and R4.
l When the storage system requires IP Scale-out, SmartIO interface modules must be installed in
L3IOM0, R3IOM0, L3IOM1, and R3IOM1 slots.
l Insert interface modules of the same type into a slot of controller A and the corresponding slot of
controller B. Insert interface modules of the same type into a slot of controller C and the
corresponding slot of controller D.
For example, if you insert a 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface module into slot R2IOM0 of controller A, you
must insert a 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface module into slot L2IOM0 on controller B.
l Management module (mandatory): used for management and maintenance
l 12 Gbit/s SAS shared expansion module (mandatory): used for connecting disk enclosures
l Interface modules (optional but at least one type required): used for connecting application servers



Appearance
4.6.2.2 Controller
NOTE
other.
Appearance
Figure 4-60 shows the appearance of a controller. Figure 4-61 shows the front view of a
controller.

Figure 4-60 Appearance of a controller
Figure 4-61 Front view of a controller
Indicators
Table 4-19 describes the indicators on a controller of a storage system that is powered on.
Table 4-19 Indicators on a controller


Controller alarm indicator l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the controller.

Controller power indicator l Steady green: The controller is powered on.

operating system boot process.
l Off: The controller cannot be detected or is powered
off.
4.6.2.3 Assistant Cooling Unit

When two controllers are deployed in a controller enclosure, the assistant cooling units are
inserted into the lower slots to help the controller enclosure in heat dissipation.
Appearance
Figure 4-62 shows the appearance of an assistant cooling unit. Figure 4-63 shows the front
view of an assistant cooling unit.
Figure 4-62 Appearance of an assistant cooling unit

Figure 4-63 Front view of an assistant cooling unit
Indicators
Table 4-20 describes the indicators on an assistant cooling unit of a storage system that is
powered on.
Table 4-20 Indicators on an assistant cooling unit

Assistant cooling unit alarm l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the assistant
indicator cooling unit.
l Off: The assistant cooling unit is working correctly.
Assistant cooling unit power l Steady green: The assistant cooling unit is powered
indicator on.
l Blinking green (0.5 Hz): The assistant cooling unit is
powered on and in the BIOS boot process.
l Blinking green (2 Hz): The assistant cooling unit is in
the operating system boot process.
l Off: The assistant cooling unit cannot be detected or is
powered off.
4.6.2.4 Fan Module

A fan module dissipates heat and enables a controller enclosure to work properly at the
maximum power consumption.

Appearance
Figure 4-64 shows the appearance of a fan module. Figure 4-65 shows the front view of a fan
module.
Figure 4-64 Appearance of a fan module
Figure 4-65 Front view of a fan module
Indicators



4.6.2.5 BBU
A BBU provides backup power for a storage system during an external power failure,
protecting the integrity of service data. When the external power supply is normal, BBUs are
standby. In the event of a power failure, BBUs provide power for the storage system. A faulty
BBU can be isolated without affecting the normal running of the storage system. If a power
failure occurs, BBUs ensure that the storage system writes cached data to the built-in disks of
the controllers, preventing data loss. After the external power supply resumes, the driver reads
data from the built-in disks of the controllers to the cache. In a system using the lithium
batteries, the battery capacity is updated and detected by charging and discharging the
batteries. In this way, the problems can be detected in advance that the battery capacity
attenuates, the batteries fail to meet the power backup requirements of the system, and thus
the data backup fails when the batteries are not used for a long time. Then, the reliability of
data protection upon the system power failure can be improved.
Appearance
Figure 4-66 shows the appearance of a BBU. Figure 4-67 shows the front view of a BBU.
Figure 4-66 Appearance of a BBU
Figure 4-67 Front view of a BBU
Indicator
Table 4-22 describes the indicator on a BBU of a storage system that is powered on.

Table 4-22 Indicator on a BBU

Running/Alarm indicator on a l Steady green: The BBU is fully charged.

BBU l Blinking green (1 Hz): The BBU is being charged.
l Off: The interface module is powered off or
swappable.
4.6.2.6 Management Module

A management module provides management ports, including a USB port, management
network port, serial port, and maintenance network port.
Ports
Figure 4-68 shows a management module.
Figure 4-68 Management module
NOTE
Management network ports 1 and 2 are reserved and have no function.
Indicators
Table 4-23 describes the indicators on a management module of a storage system that is
powered on.

Table 4-23 Indicators on a management module
Indicators Status and Description
Power indicator on the l Steady green: The module is working correctly.

management module l Blinking green: The module receives a hot swap
request.
speed.


Power modules are AC power modules and DC power modules that allow a controller
enclosure to work properly at the maximum power consumption.
Appearance

Indicators




Figure 4-71 shows the indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure.

Figure 4-71 Indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure
Table 4-25 Indicators on the front panel of a controller enclosure

BBU Running/Alarm indicator on a l Steady green: The BBU is fully

BBU charged.
being charged.
being discharged.
Controller Fan module Running/Alarm l Steady green: The fan module is

indicator working correctly.

Controller power indicator l Steady green: The controller is

powered on.
controller is powered on and in the
BIOS boot process.
is in the operating system boot
process.
l Off: The controller cannot be detected
or is powered off.
System Alarm indicator on the l Steady red: An alarm whose severity

subrack controller enclosure is major or higher is generated on the
storage system.
properly.
Power indicator/Power button l Steady green: The controller enclosure

on the controller enclosure is powered on.
controller enclosure is powered on for
a short time.
powered off or powered by BBUs.
Location indicator on the l Blinking blue: The controller

controller enclosure enclosure is being located.
located.
Controller Controller alarm indicator l Steady red: An alarm about the

controller is generated.
l Off: The controller is working
correctly.


Table 4-26 Indicators on the rear panel of a controller enclosure

Power Running/ l Steady green: The power supply is normal.

module Alarm l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
indicator on a device is powered off.
power module
l Off: No external power input is available.

Swap button l Blinking green: The interface module receives a hot
on an swap request.
interface
module l Steady red: The interface module is faulty.
l Off: The interface module is powered off or swappable.
Manageme Power l Steady green: The module is working correctly.

nt module indicator on a l Blinking green: The module receives a hot swap
management request.
module
Speed l Steady orange: Data is being transferred at the highest

indicator of rate.
the l Off: The data transfer speed is lower than the highest
management speed.
network port

Link/Active l Steady green: The port is connected properly.

indicator of l Blinking green: Data is being transferred.
the
management l Off: The port is connected abnormally.
network port
Interface Link/Speed l Steady blue: The data transfer rate is 8 Gbit/s.

module indicator of an l Blinking blue: Data is being transferred.
8 Gbit/s Fibre
Gbit/s.
Mini SAS HD l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream disk

expansion port enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
indicator l Steady green: Data is transferred to the downstream disk
enclosure at the rate of 4 x 3 Gbit/s or 4 x 6 Gbit/s.
4.7 Interface Module

Interface modules are used to connect storage devices to application servers. This section
describes the functions, appearance, and indicator status of interface modules. For details
about the types of hot-swappable interface modules supported by each product model, see
section 6.1 "Hardware Specifications."
4.7.1 GE Electrical Interface Module

Function
A GE electrical interface module has four 1 Gbit/s electrical ports.
Ports
Figure 4-73 shows the appearance of a GE electrical interface module.

Figure 4-73 GE electrical interface module
Indicators
Table 4-27 describes indicators on a GE electrical interface module of a powered-on storage
system.
Table 4-27 Indicators on a GE electrical interface module


button correctly.
module.
swappable.
GE electrical port normal.
link exists.
Speed indicator of the GE l Steady yellow: The speed is the highest.

electrical port l Off: The speed is not the highest.
4.7.2 10GE Electrical Interface Module

Function
A 10GE electrical interface module has four 10 Gbit/s electrical ports.

Ports
Figure 4-74 shows the appearance of a 10GE electrical interface module. 10GE electrical
interface modules of the storage system support GE/10GE autonegotiation.
Figure 4-74 10GE electrical interface module
Indicators
Table 4-28 describes indicators on a 10GE electrical interface module of a powered-on
storage system.
Table 4-28 Indicators on a 10GE electrical interface module

button correctly.
module.
10GE electrical port normal.
link exists.
Speed indicator of the 10GE l Steady yellow: The speed is the highest.
electrical port l Off: The speed is not the highest.

4.7.3 40GE Interface Module

Function
A 40GE interface module provides two 40 Gbit/s optical ports.
Interface
Figure 4-75 shows the appearance of a 40GE interface module.
Figure 4-75 40GE interface module
Indicator
Table 4-29 describes the indicators on a 40GE interface module after the storage system is
powered on.
Table 4-29 Indicators on a 40GE interface module


button correctly.
module.

Speed indicator of the 40GE l Steady blue: The speed is the highest.
port l Blinking blue (2 Hz): The port is transmitting data at
the highest speed.
l Steady green: The speed is not the highest.
l Blinking green (2 Hz): The port is transmitting data, but
not at the highest speed.
l Steady red: The optical module or cable is faulty or not
supported by the port.
l Off: The port is not connected.
4.7.4 100GE Interface Module
Function
A 100GE interface module provides two 100 Gbit/s optical ports.
Interface
Figure 4-76 shows the appearance of a 100GE interface module.
Figure 4-76 100GE interface module
Indicator
Table 4-30 describes the indicators on a 100GE interface module after the storage system is
powered on.

Table 4-30 Indicators on a 100GE interface module


button correctly.
module.
Speed indicator of the 100GE l Steady blue: The speed is the highest.
port l Blinking blue (2 Hz): The port is transmitting data at
the highest speed.
l Steady green: The speed is not the highest.
l Blinking green (2 Hz): The port is transmitting data,
but not at the highest speed.
l Steady red: The optical module or cable is faulty or not
supported by the port.
l Off: The port is not connected.
4.7.5 SmartIO Interface Module

Function
l In versions earlier than V500R007C30, SmartIO interface modules (8 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s,
and 16 Gbit/s) are supported.
l In V500R007C30 and later versions, there are two types of SmartIO interface modules
with the following speeds:
– 8 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, and 16 Gbit/s
– 8 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, 16 Gbit/s, 25 Gbit/s, and 32 Gbit/s
NOTE
The interface module supports 8, 16, and 32 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10GE, and 25GE ports.
Interface
l Figure 4-77 shows a SmartIO interface module (8 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, and 16 Gbit/s).

Figure 4-77 SmartIO interface module
l Figure 4-78, Figure 4-79, Figure 4-80, Figure 4-81, and Figure 4-82 show 8 Gbit/s, 10
Gbit/s, and 16 Gbit/s, 25 Gbit/s, and 32 Gbit/s SmartIO interface modules respectively.
Figure 4-78 8 Gbit/s SmartIO interface module


Indicators
Table1 Indicator status description for a SmartIO interface module describes the states of
indicators and their meanings on a SmartIO interface module after the storage system is
powered on.

Table 4-31 Indicator status description for a SmartIO interface module
Indicator Status Description

button of the module correctly.
module.
swappable.
Port link/active/mode l Blinking blue slowly (1 Hz): The interface module is

indicator working in FC mode, and the port link is down.
transmitted.
transmitted.
l Off: The port is powered off.
NOTE
The SmartIO interface module supports multiple working modes which need to be adjusted based on the
used optical module. For details, see section "Checking and Setting the Working Mode of SmartIO
Interface Modules" in the Installation Guide.
4.7.6 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Interface Module (Four Ports)
Function
An 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (four ports) provides four 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel
ports. If the port speed is auto-negotiable, the port will auto-negotiate 2 Gbit/s, 4 Gbit/s, or 8
Gbit/s. If the port speed is manually set but inconsistent with the data transfer speed of the
connected application server, the connection will be interrupted.
Ports
Figure 4-83 shows the appearance of an 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (four ports).

Figure 4-83 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (four ports)
Indicators
Table 4-32 describes the indicators on an 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (four ports)
of a storage system that is powered on.
Table 4-32 Indicators on an 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (four ports)

button correctly.
l Blinking green: The interface module receives a hot
swap request.
swappable.
Link/Speed indicator of an 8 l Steady blue: The data transfer rate between the storage
Gbit/s Fibre Channel port system and the application server is 8 Gbit/s.
storage system and the application server is 2 Gbit/s or
4 Gbit/s.

4.7.7 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Interface Module (Eight Ports)

Function
An 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports) provides two ports and can be
converted to eight 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports through dedicated fiber cables. If the port
speed is auto-negotiable, the port will auto-negotiate 2 Gbit/s, 4 Gbit/s, or 8 Gbit/s. If the port
speed is manually set but inconsistent with the data transfer speed of the connected
application server, the connection will be interrupted.
Interface
Figure 4-84 shows the appearance of an 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight
ports).
Figure 4-84 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports)
Indicators
Table 4-33 describes the states of indicators and their meanings on an 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel
interface module (eight ports) after the storage device is powered on.

Table 4-33 Indicator status description for an 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight
ports)
Module Power/Hot Swap l Steady green: The interface module is running

indicator properly.
swap request.
l Off: The interface module is not powered on or can be
hot-swappable.
Link/Speed indicator of the 8 l Steady blue: Data is being transmitted between the
Gbit/s Fibre Channel port storage system and the application server at a rate of 8
Gbit/s.
l Steady green: Data is being transmitted between the
storage system and the application server at a rate of 2
Gbit/s or 4 Gbit/s.
l Blinking green: Data is being transmitted.
l Off: The port link is down.
4.7.8 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Interface Module (Eight Ports)

Function
A 16 Gbit/s Fiber Channel interface (eight ports) module provides two ports and can be
converted to eight 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel ports through dedicated fiber cables. If the port
speed is auto-negotiable, the port will auto-negotiate 4 Gbit/s, 8 Gbit/s, or 16 Gbit/s. If the
port speed is manually set but inconsistent with the data transfer speed of the connected
application server, the connection will be interrupted.
Interface
Figure 4-85 shows the appearance of a 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight
ports).

Figure 4-85 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports)
Indicators
Table 4-34 describes the states of indicators and their meanings on a 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel
interface module (eight ports) after the storage device is powered on.
Table 4-34 Indicator status description for a 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight
ports)
Module Power/Hot Swap l Steady green: The interface module is running

indicator properly.
swap request.
l Off: The interface module is not powered on or can be
hot-swappable.
Link/Speed indicator of the 16 l Steady blue: Data is being transmitted between the
Gbit/s Fibre Channel port storage system and the application server at a rate of
16 Gbit/s.
l Steady green: Data is being transmitted between the
storage system and the application server at a rate of 4
Gbit/s or 8 Gbit/s.
l Blinking green: Data is being transmitted.
l Off: The port link is down.

4.7.9 10 Gbit/s FCoE Interface Module (Two Ports)
Function
A 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface module provides two 10 Gbit/s FCoE ports.
Ports
Figure 4-86 shows the appearance of a 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface module.
NOTE
l A 10 Gbit/s two-port FCoE interface module only supports direct connection networking.
l You are not advised to run iSCSI and FCoE protocols simultaneously for a 10 Gbit/s two-port FCoE
interface module to prevent performance deterioration and fluctuation.
Figure 4-86 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface module
Indicators
Table 4-35 describes the indicators on a 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface module of a storage system
that is powered on.
Table 4-35 Indicators on a 10 Gbit/s FCoE interface module


button correctly.
swap request.
swappable.

Link/Speed indicator of a 10 l Steady blue: The data transfer rate between the storage
Gbit/s FCoE port system and the application server is 10 Gbit/s.
4.7.10 56 Gbit/s InfiniBand Interface Module

Function
A 56 Gbit/s InfiniBand interface module provides two 4 x 14 Gbit/s InfiniBand ports.
Interface
Figure 4-87 shows the appearance of a 56 Gbit/s InfiniBand interface module.
Figure 4-87 56 Gbit/s InfiniBand interface module
Indicators
Table 4-36 describes the states of indicators and their meanings on a 56 Gbit/s InfiniBand
interface module after the storage device is powered on.

Table 4-36 Indicator status description for a 56 Gbit/s InfiniBand interface module

button correctly.
module.
swappable.
56 Gbit/s InfiniBand port Link l Steady green: The port is connected properly.
indicator l Off: The port link is down.
56 Gbit/s InfiniBand port l Steady orange: Data is being transmitted.

Active indicator l Off: No data is being transmitted.
4.7.11 12 Gbit/s SAS Expansion Module

An expansion module provides expansion ports that are used for communication between a
controller enclosure and a disk enclosure.
Function
A SAS interface module provides four 4 x 12 Gbit/s mini SAS HD expansion ports that
provide connectivity to disk enclosures. The SAS interface module connects to the back-end
storage array of the storage system through a mini SAS HD cable. When the transfer rate of
the connected device is less than that of the expansion port, the expansion port automatically
adjusts the transfer rate to that of the connected device to ensure the connectivity of the data
transfer channel.
Ports
Figure 4-88 shows the appearance of a 12 Gbit/s SAS expansion module.

Figure 4-88 12 Gbit/s SAS expansion module
Indicators
Table 4-37 describes indicators on a 12 Gbit/s SAS expansion module of a powered-on
storage system.
Table 4-37 Indicators on a 12 Gbit/s SAS expansion module


button correctly.
module.
swappable.
Indicator of the mini SAS HD l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream
expansion port disk enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
Gbit/s.

4.7.12 12 Gbit/s SAS Shared Expansion Module

An expansion module provides expansion ports that are used for communication between a
controller enclosure and a disk enclosure.
Function
A 12 Gbit/s SAS shared expansion module on an engine provides twelve 4 x 12 Gbit/s mini
SAS ports to connect the engine to a disk enclosure through a mini SAS HD cable. When the
transfer rate of the connected device is less than that of the expansion port, the expansion port
automatically adjusts the transfer rate to that of the connected device to ensure the
connectivity of the data transfer channel.
Ports
Figure 4-89 shows a 12 Gbit/s SAS shared expansion module.
Figure 4-89 12 Gbit/s SAS shared expansion module

Indicators
Table 4-38 describes indicators on a 12 Gbit/s SAS shared expansion module of a powered-on
storage system.
Table 4-38 Indicators on a 12 Gbit/s SAS shared expansion module

Port Link/Speed indicator l Steady blue: Data is being transferred at the highest
rate.
l Steady green: The data transfer speed is lower than the
highest speed.
l Blinking red: The module is being located.
l Off: The link of the port is down.
Power indicator/Hot Swap l Steady green: The module is working properly.

button l Blinking green: There is a hot swap request to the
module.
l Off: The module is powered off.

This section describes a disk enclosure in terms of its hardware structure, component
4.8.1 Overview
The disk enclosure consists of a system subrack, expansion modules, disk modules, and
power modules.
Overall Structure
Figure 4-90 shows the overall structure of a disk enclosure.
NOTE
A 2 U SAS disk enclosure can use AC or DC power modules. The following figure uses the AC power

Figure 4-90 Overall structure of a disk enclosure
Front View
Figure 4-91 shows the front view of a disk enclosure.
Figure 4-91 Front view of a disk enclosure
NOTE
The disk slots are numbered 0 to 24 from left to right.

The first four disks (slot 0 to slot 3) in the first disk enclosure that is connected to the 3 U or 6 U
controller enclosure are coffer disks.
Rear View
l Figure 4-92 shows the rear view of a disk enclosure with the DC power module.

Figure 4-92 Rear view of a disk enclosure with the DC power module
l Figure 4-93 shows the rear view of a disk enclosure with the AC power module.
Figure 4-93 Rear view of a disk enclosure with the AC power module


Appearance

4.8.2.2 Expansion Module

An expansion module provides expansion ports for communication between a disk enclosure
and a controller enclosure. Each expansion module provides a P0 expansion port and a P1
expansion port.
Appearance
Figure 4-95 shows the appearance of an expansion module.
Figure 4-95 Expansion module

Ports
Figure 4-96 shows the ports of an expansion module.
Figure 4-96 Interfaces of an expansion module
Indicators
Table 4-39 describes indicators on an expansion module of a powered-on storage system.
Table 4-39 Indicators on an expansion module

Alarm indicator of the l Steady red: An alarm is generated in the expansion

expansion module module.
l Off: The expansion module is working correctly.
Power indicator of the l Steady green: The expansion module is powered on.
expansion module l Off: The expansion module is powered off.
Indicator of the mini SAS l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream disk
HD expansion port enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.

The storage system supports AC and DC power modules. Power modules can ensure that the
disk enclosure works correctly in maximum power consumption mode.
Appearance


Indicators

Running/Alarm indicator of l Steady green: The power module and fan module are
the power/fan module normal.
l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
l Steady red: The power module or fan module is faulty.
4.8.2.4 Disk Module

Appearance
Figure 4-99 shows the appearance of a disk module.
Figure 4-99 Disk module

Indicators

disk module.
incorrectly.

swappable.

After a disk enclosure is powered on, you can check the current operating status of the disk
enclosure by viewing its indicators.

Figure 4-100 shows the indicators on the front panel of a disk enclosure.
Figure 4-100 Indicators on the front panel of a disk enclosure
Table 4-42 describes the indicators on the front panel of the disk enclosure.
Table 4-42 Description of the indicators on the front panel of a disk enclosure
l Blinking green: Data is being read
and written on the disk module.

Alarm/Location indicator of the l Steady red: The disk module is faulty.

being located.
System Location indicator of the disk l Blinking blue: The disk enclosure is
subrack enclosure being located.
l Off: The disk enclosure is not
located.
Alarm indicator of the disk l Steady red: An alarm is generated in

enclosure the disk enclosure.
l Off: The disk enclosure is working
correctly.
Power indicator of the disk l Steady green: The disk enclosure is

enclosure powered on.
l Off: The disk enclosure is powered
off.

Figure 4-101 shows the indicators on the rear panel of a disk enclosure.
Figure 4-101 Indicators on the rear panel of a disk enclosure
Table 4-43 describes the indicators on the rear panel of the disk enclosure.
Table 4-43 Description of the indicators on the rear panel of a disk enclosure
Expansion Alarm l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the expansion

module indicator of the module.
expansion l Off: The expansion module is working correctly.
module

Power l Steady green: The expansion module is powered on.

indicator of the l Off: The expansion module is powered off.
expansion
module
Indicator of the l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream

mini SAS HD disk enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
Gbit/s.
Power Running/ l Steady green: The power module and fan module are
module Alarm normal.
indicator of the l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
power/fan device is powered off.
module

This section describes a disk enclosure in terms of its hardware structure, component
4.9.1 Overview
The disk enclosure consists of a system subrack, expansion modules, power modules, fan
modules, and disk modules.
Overall Structure
Figure 4-102 shows the overall structure of a 4 U disk enclosure.

Figure 4-102 Overall structure of a 4 U disk enclosure
Front View
Figure 4-103 shows the front view of a 4 U disk enclosure.
Figure 4-103 Front view of a 4 U disk enclosure
NOTE
The disk slots of a 4 U disk enclosure are numbered 0 to 23 from left to right and from top to bottom.
The first four disks in the first disk enclosure that is connected to the 3 U or 6 U controller enclosure are
coffer disks. The coffer disks are inserted into slot 0 to slot 3.

Rear View
Figure 4-104 shows the rear view of a disk enclosure with the AC power module as an
example.
Figure 4-104 Rear view of a disk enclosure


Appearance


An expansion module connects a disk enclosure and a controller enclosure through expansion
ports. Each expansion module provides a P0 expansion port and a P1 expansion port.
Appearance

Ports
Figure 4-107 Interfaces of an expansion module
Indicators
Table 4-44 describes indicators on an expansion module of a powered-on storage system.
Table 4-44 Indicators on an expansion module
Alarm indicator of the l Steady red: An alarm is generated in the expansion

expansion module module.
l Off: The expansion module is working correctly.

Power indicator of the l Steady green: The expansion module is powered on.
expansion module l Off: The expansion module is powered off.
Indicator of the mini SAS l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream disk
HD expansion port enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.

The storage system supports AC and DC power modules. Power modules can ensure that the
disk enclosure works correctly in maximum power consumption mode.
Appearance

Indicators
Running/Alarm indicator of l Steady green: The power module and fan module are
the power/fan module normal.
l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
4.9.2.4 Fan Module

A fan module provides heat dissipation and supports the normal running of the disk enclosure
in maximum power consumption mode.
Appearance
Figure 4-110 shows the appearance of a fan module.

Figure 4-110 Fan module
Indicators


4.9.2.5 Disk Module

Disk modules provide storage capacity for a storage system to store service data and can
function as system coffer disks.
Appearance

Indicators


swappable.
disk module.
incorrectly.


Figure 4-112 shows the indicators on the front panel of a disk enclosure.

Figure 4-112 Indicators on the front panel of a disk enclosure
Table 4-48 describes the indicators on the front panel of the disk enclosure.
Table 4-48 Description of the indicators on the front panel of a disk enclosure
and written on the disk module.
Alarm/Location indicator of the l Steady red: The disk module is faulty.

being located.
System Location indicator of the disk l Blinking blue: The disk enclosure is
subrack enclosure being located.
l Off: The disk enclosure is not located.
Alarm indicator of the disk l Steady red: An alarm is generated in

enclosure the disk enclosure.
l Off: The disk enclosure is working
correctly.
Power indicator of the disk l Steady green: The disk enclosure is

enclosure powered on.
l Off: The disk enclosure is powered
off.

Figure 4-113 shows the indicators on the rear panel of a disk enclosure.

Figure 4-113 Indicators on the rear panel of a disk enclosure
Table 4-49 describes the indicators on the rear panel of the disk enclosure.
Table 4-49 Description of the indicators on the rear panel of a disk enclosure
Fan module Running/ l Steady green: The fan module is working correctly.
Alarm l Steady red: The fan module is faulty.
indicator of the
fan module l Off: The fan module is powered off.
Power Running/ l Steady green: The power module and fan module are
module Alarm normal.
indicator of the l Blinking green: The power input is normal but the
power/fan device is powered off.
module
Expansion Indicator of the l Steady blue: Data is transferred to the downstream

module mini SAS HD disk enclosure at the rate of 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
Gbit/s.
Power l Steady green: The expansion module is powered on.

indicator of the l Off: The expansion module is powered off.
expansion
module

Alarm l Steady red: An alarm is generated on the expansion

indicator of the module.
expansion l Off: The expansion module is working correctly.
module
4.10 High-Density Disk Enclosure

This chapter describes a high-density disk enclosure in terms of its hardware structure,
component functions, front and rear views, and indicators.
4.10.1 Overview
A high-density disk enclosure employs a modular design and consists of a system subrack,
disk modules, fan modules, power modules, and expansion modules.
Overall Structure
Figure 4-114 shows the overall structure of a high-density disk enclosure.
Figure 4-114 Overall structure of a high-density disk enclosure with four 1200 W power
modules
Front View
Figure 4-115 shows the front view of a high-density disk enclosure.

Figure 4-115 Front view of a high-density disk enclosure
Rear View
Figure 4-116 shows the rear view of a high-density disk enclosure.
Figure 4-116 Rear view of a high-density disk enclosure

Top View
Figure 4-117 shows the top view of a high-density disk enclosure.
Figure 4-117 Top view of a high-density disk enclosure
The disk number of a high-density disk enclosure displayed on DeviceManager or CLI ranges
from 0 to 74. These disks are numbered from left to right (15 columns) and from bottom to
top (five rows). The slots of a high-density disk enclosure are numbered 0 to 14 from left to
right (15 columns), and A to E from bottom to top (five rows). For example, in the preceding
figure, the disk in the red box is numbered 40 in slot C10.
Table 4-50 lists the mappings between disk numbers and slot numbers of high-density disk
enclosures.

Table 4-50 Mappings between disk numbers and slot numbers of high-density disk enclosures
Disk Slot Disk Slot Disk Slot Disk Slot Disk Slot
No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No.
0 A0 15 B0 30 C0 45 D0 60 E0
1 A1 16 B1 31 C1 46 D1 61 E1
2 A2 17 B2 32 C2 47 D2 62 E2
3 A3 18 B3 33 C3 48 D3 63 E3
4 A4 19 B4 34 C4 49 D4 64 E4
5 A5 20 B5 35 C5 50 D5 65 E5
6 A6 21 B6 36 C6 51 D6 66 E6
7 A7 22 B7 37 C7 52 D7 67 E7
8 A8 23 B8 38 C8 53 D8 68 E8
9 A9 24 B9 39 C9 54 D9 69 E9
10 A10 25 B10 40 C10 55 D10 70 E10
11 A11 26 B11 41 C11 56 D11 71 E11
12 A12 27 B12 42 C12 57 D12 72 E12
13 A13 28 B13 43 C13 58 D13 73 E13
14 A14 29 B14 44 C14 59 D14 74 E14


Appearance


Each expansion module provides two PRI HD expansion ports and two EXP HD expansion
ports. Expansion modules enable a high-density disk enclosure to communicate with a
controller enclosure or another high-density disk enclosure.
Appearance

Ports
Figure 4-120 Ports on an expansion module
Indicators
Table 4-51 describes the indicators on a disk enclosure expansion module of a storage system
that is powered on.
Table 4-51 Indicators on an expansion module in a disk enclosure

Power indicator of the l Steady green: The expansion module is working

expansion module correctly.
l Off: The expansion module is powered off.
Alarm indicator of the l Steady red: An alarm about the expansion module is
expansion module generated.
l Off: The expansion module is powered off or working
correctly.
Mini SAS HD expansion port l Steady blue: The link to the expansion port is normal,
indicator and the data transfer rate is 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
l Steady green: The link to the expansion port is normal,
and the data transfer rate is 4 x 6 Gbit/s.
l Off: The link to the expansion port is down.
4.10.2.3 Disk Module

Disk modules provide storage capacity for a storage system to store service data.
Appearance

Indicator
Table 4-52 describes the indicator on a disk module of a storage system that is powered on.
Table 4-52 Indicator on a disk module

Disk module status indicator l Steady green: The disk module is working correctly.
l Blinking green: Data is being read and written on the
disk module.
l Steady red: The disk module is faulty.
l Blinking red: The disk module is located.
incorrectly.


The storage system supports AC power modules that ensure that a high-density disk enclosure
works correctly in maximum power consumption mode.
Appearance
Figure 4-122 shows the appearance of a power module.
Indicator
Table 4-53 describes the indicator on a power module of a storage system that is powered on.
Table 4-53 Indicator on a power module

Running/Alarm indicator of l Steady green: The power module is working correctly.

the power module l Off: The power module is powered off, or
undervoltage, overvoltage, overtemperature, or short-
circuit occurs.

4.10.2.5 Fan Module

A fan module provides heat dissipation and supports the normal running of the disk enclosure
in maximum power consumption mode.
Appearance
Figure 4-123 shows the appearance of a fan module.
Figure 4-123 Fan module
Indicator
Table 4-54 describes the indicator on a fan module of a storage system that is powered-on.
Table 4-54 Indicator on a fan module

Fan module Running/Alarm l Steady green: The fan module is working correctly.
indicator l Steady red: The fan module is faulty.



Figure 4-124 shows the indicators on the front panel of a high-density disk enclosure.
Figure 4-124 Indicators on the front panel of a high-density disk enclosure
Table 4-55 describes the indicators on the front panel of a high-density disk enclosure.
Table 4-55 Description of the indicators on the front panel of a high-density disk enclosure
System Location indicator l Blinking blue: The high-density disk enclosure has
subrack been located.
l Off: The high-density disk enclosure is not located.
Alarm indicator l Steady red: An alarm is generated in the high-

density disk enclosure.
l Off: The high-density disk enclosure is running
correctly.
Power indicator l Steady green: The high-density disk enclosure is

powered on.
l Off: The high-density disk enclosure is not
powered on.
Overtemperature l Steady red: The temperature of the high-density

Alarm indicator disk enclosure is too high.
l Off: The temperature of the high-density disk
enclosure is within the normal range.
Internal module l Steady red: Internal disk modules of the high-

Alarm indicator density disk enclosure are faulty.
l Off: Internal disk modules are running correctly.

Rear module Alarm l Steady red: The number of rear field replaceable
indicator units (FRUs) is fewer than half of that in standard
configuration or rear FRUs are faulty.
NOTE
Modules on the rear of the high-density disk enclosure
include power modules, fan modules, and expansion
modules.
l Off: Rear FRUs are running correctly.

Figure 4-125 shows the indicators on the rear panel of a high-density disk enclosure.
Figure 4-125 Indicators on the rear panel of a high-density disk enclosure
Table 4-56 describes the indicators on the rear panel of a high-density disk enclosure.
Table 4-56 Description of the indicators on the rear panel of a high-density disk enclosure
Power Running/Alarm indicator of the l Steady green: The power module is

module power module working correctly.
l Off: The power module is powered
off, or the undervoltage, overvoltage,
overtemperature, overcurrent, fan
fault, or short-circuit occurs.

Expansion Indicator of the mini SAS HD l Steady blue: The link is up and the
module expansion port data transfer rate is 4 x 12 Gbit/s.
l Steady green: The link is up and the
data transfer rate is 4 x 6 Gbit/s.
l Steady red: The expansion port is
faulty.
l Off: The link is down.
Fan module Fan module Running/Alarm l Steady green: The fan module is
indicator running correctly.
l Off: The fan module is not powered
on.
Expansion Expansion module Alarm l Steady red: An alarm is generated on

module indicator the expansion module.
l Off: The expansion module is running
correctly.
Expansion module Power l Steady green: The expansion module

indicator is running correctly.
l Off: The expansion module is not
powered on.
4.11 Coffer Disk

The storage system has two kinds of coffer disks: built-in coffer disk and external coffer disk.
Coffer disks are used to store three types of data: cache data requiring power failure
protection, OceanStor OS system data, and system configuration information and logs.
Built-in Coffer Disk

Each controller houses one or more disks as coffer disks. Table 4-57 describes capacity
partitions of the built-in coffer disks.
Table 4-57 Capacity partitions of built-in coffer disks
Built-in 5110 5300 5500 5600 5800 6800 Description

Coffer V5 V5 V5 V5 V5 V5
Disk
Size 2 x 16 2x 1 x 64 1 x 64 2 x 64 1x -
GB 32 GB GB GB 800
SSDs GB SSD SSD SSDs GB
SSDs NVMe
SSD

Built-in 5110 5300 5500 5600 5800 6800 Description

Coffer V5 V5 V5 V5 V5 V5
Disk
Cache dirty 4.5 GB 21 GB 32 GB 32 GB 64 GB Stores the cache dirty data that

data has not been written into a disk
partition when the storage system is
powered off.
OS system 6 GB 10 GB Stores the OceanStor OS system

partition data.
Cluster 1.4 GB 2 GB Stores the user configuration

Configurati information (such as remote
on Database replication, HyperMetro, and
(CCDB) NAS data).
partition
LogZone 400 MB 2 GB 4 GB Stores system logs and run logs

partition when the storage system is
powered off and write through is
enabled.
DB partition 300 MB 1 GB Stores the user configuration

information (such as information
about the LUN capacity, ID,
WWN, Fibre Channel ports, and
iSCSI ports).
External Coffer Disk

If a storage system employs the disk and controller separation architecture, the first four disks
in the first disk enclosure are configured as coffer disks. If a storage system employs the disk
and controller integration architecture, the first four disks in the storage system are configured
as coffer disks. SAS, NL-SAS, and SSD disks can be used as coffer disks. The type of the
four coffer disks must be the same.
Appearance
Figure 4-126 and Figure 4-127 show the appearance of a coffer disk.

Figure 4-126 2.5-inch coffer disk
Figure 4-127 3.5-inch coffer disk
Positions

l If a storage system employs the disk and controller integration architecture, the first four
disks in the storage system are configured as coffer disks. Figure 4-128 uses a 2 U
controller enclosure with 25 disk slots as an example.
Figure 4-128 Positions of external coffer disks in the disk and controller integration
architecture
l If a storage system employs the disk and controller separation architecture, the first four
disks in the first disk enclosure are planned as coffer disks. Figure 4-129 uses a 2 U disk
enclosure with 25 disk slots as an example.
Figure 4-129 Positions of external coffer disks in the disk and controller separation
architecture
Capacity partitions: For the four disks, each spares 5 GB (for 5000 V5 series) or 7 GB (for
6000 V5 series) of space to form a RAID 1 group. The rest of the coffer disk space can be
used to store service data. Table 4-58 describes capacity partitions of external coffer disks.
Table 4-58 Capacity partitions of external coffer disks
Partition Name Partition Size Description
CCDB partition 2 GB Stores the user configuration information

(such as remote replication, HyperMetro, and
NAS data). The four coffer disks are mirrors
of each other for redundancy.
LogZone partition l 2 GB (for 5000 Stores system logs and run logs when the
V5 series) storage system is powered off and write
l 4 GB (for 6000 through is enabled. The four coffer disks are
V5 series) mirrors of each other for redundancy.
DB partition 1 GB Stores the user configuration information

(such as information about the LUN capacity,
ID, WWN, Fibre Channel ports, and iSCSI
ports). The four coffer disks are mirrors of
each other for redundancy.

4.12 (Optional) Data Switch

Data switches provide a high bandwidth and low latency to connect controller enclosures for
their control information exchange and service data flows. They are typically used for
connections between multiple controllers when:
l The storage system is installed for the first time. For detailed connection diagrams and
configurations, see the Installation Guide corresponding to your product model.
l The storage system capacity is expanded. To expand the capacity of storage components,
contact the technical support center.
When a storage system uses a switch-connection network for capacity expansion, only some
functions of the switches are used. For more information about the switches, see the
CloudEngine 8800&7800&6800&5800 Product Documentation.
NOTE
To obtain the latest CloudEngine 8800&7800&6800&5800 Product Documentation, log in to https://

e.huawei.com. In the search bar, enter the document name to search, browse, and download the
documents of the corresponding version.
Data Switch
The data switch used by OceanStor storage systems is CE6855-48S6Q-HI, as shown in
Figure 4-130.

Figure 4-130 Appearance of the data switch
4.13 (Optional) Quorum Server

This section describes Huawei quorum servers: RH1288 V3 and 1288H V5.
NOTE
When HyperMetro is used, the storage systems can also connect to third-party quorum servers. For the
compatibility requirements on third-party quorum servers, see Huawei Storage Interoperability
Navigator.
4.13.1 (Optional) Quorum Server (RH1288 V3)

For HyperMetro, if the heartbeats between two storage arrays are interrupted, the quorum
server decides which storage array continues providing services, thereby greatly improving
host service continuity.
Front Panel of the Quorum Server

Figure 4-131 shows the front panel of the quorum server.

Figure 4-131 Front panel of the quorum server
1 Disk 2 Disk Fault indicator
3 Disk Active indicator 4 Fault diagnosis LED
5 Health indicator 6 Network port Link indicator
7 NMI button 8 Power button/indicator
9 UID button/indicator 10 USB 2.0 port
11 USB 2.0 port 12 VGA port
13 Label (including ESN label) - -
Table 4-59 describes the indicators and buttons on the quorum server front panel.
Table 4-59 Indicators and buttons on the front panel

Number Meaning Color State Description
4 Fault diagnosis None l ---: The quorum server is

LED operating properly.
l Error Code: A fault occurs in
quorum server hardware.

8 Power button/ Yellow and l Off: The quorum server is not

indicator green powered on.
l Blinking yellow: The system is
being started.
l Steady yellow: The system is
in the standby state.
l Steady green: The system is
properly powered on.
NOTE
You can hold down the power button
for 6 seconds to power off the quorum
server.
9 UID button/ Blue The UID button/indicator helps

indicator identify and locate a quorum
server in a rack. You can turn on
or off the UID indicator by
manually pressing the UID button
or remotely running a command
on the iBMC CLI.
l Steady on: The quorum server
is located.
l Off: The quorum server is not
located.
l You can hold down the UID
button for 4 to 6 seconds to
reset the system.
5 Health indicator Red and green l Steady green: The quorum

server is operating properly.
l Blinking red at 1 Hz: A major
alarm is generated.
l Blinking red at 5 Hz: A critical
alarm is generated.

7 NMI button None The NMI button triggers a quorum

server to generate a non-maskable
interrupt. You can press this button
or control it remotely through the
WebUI.
NOTE
l Click the NMI button only when
the OS is abnormal. Do not click
this button when the quorum
server is operating properly.
l Click the NMI button only for
internal commissioning. Before
clicking this button, ensure that
the OS has the handler for NMI
interrupt. Otherwise, the OS may
crash. Exercise caution when
clicking this button.
3 Disk Active Green l Off: The disk is not detected or

indicator is faulty.
l Blinking green: Data is being
read from, written to the disk,
or synchronized between disks.
l Steady green: The disk is
inactive.
2 Disk Fault indicator Yellow l Off: The disk is working

properly.
l Blinking yellow: The disk is
being located, or the RAID is
being reconstructed.
l Steady yellow: The disk is
faulty, or hard disk members of
the RAID array the hard disk is
in are abnormal.
6 Network port Link Green Each indicator shows the status of

indicator an Ethernet port on the network
interface card (NIC).
l Steady green: The port is
properly connected.
l Off: The port is not in use.
NOTE
If the NIC provides only two network
ports, network port indicators 1 and 2
on the front panel are used.
Rear View of the Quorum Server

Figure 4-132 shows the rear view of the quorum server.

Figure 4-132 Rear view of the quorum server
1 Power socket for a power 2 Power module indicator

module
3 Power module 4 Serial port
5 VGA port 6 UID indicator
7 USB 3.0 port 8 USB 3.0 port
9 Management network port 10 GE electrical port P4
11 GE electrical port P3 12 GE electrical port P2
13 GE electrical port P1 14 Data transmission status indicator
15 Connectivity status indicator 16 Full-height PCIe slot

NOTE
This slot is reserved and does not install PCIe
here.
17 Half-height PCIe slot - -
NOTE
The default IP address of the management network port on the quorum server is 192.168.128.200, and
the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
Table 4-60 describes the indicators on the quorum server rear panel.
Table 4-60 Indicators on the rear panel

Num Indicator Color State
ber
14 Data transmission status Yellow l Off: No data is being transmitted.

indicator l Blinking: Data is being transmitted.
15 Connectivity status Green l Steady green: The network is

indicator properly connected.
l Off: The network is not connected.

Num Indicator Color State

ber
6 UID indicator Blue The UID button/indicator helps identify

and locate a quorum server in a rack.
You can turn on or off the UID indicator
by manually pressing the UID button or
remotely running a command on the
CLI.
l Steady on: The quorum server is
located.
l Off: The quorum server is not
located.
l You can hold down the UID button
for 4 to 6 seconds to reset the
system.
2 Power module indicator Green l Steady green: The power input is

normal.
l Off: There is no AC power input, or
the power module is in the standby
state or is faulty.
4.13.2 (Optional) Quorum Server (1288H V5)

For HyperMetro, if the heartbeats between two storage arrays are interrupted, the quorum
server decides which storage array continues providing services, thereby greatly improving
host service continuity.
Front Panel of the Quorum Server

Figure 4-133 shows the front panel of the quorum server.
Figure 4-133 Front panel of the quorum server
Table 4-61 describes the indicators and buttons on the quorum server front panel.

Table 4-61 Indicators and buttons on the front panel

Indicator and Button Color State
Fault diagnosis LED None l ---: The quorum server is operating

properly.
l Error Code: A fault occurs in quorum
server hardware.
Power button/indicator Yellow and green l Off: The quorum server is not
powered on.
l Blinking yellow: The system is being
started.
l Steady yellow: The system is in the
standby state.
l Steady green: The system is properly
powered on.
NOTE
You can hold down the power button for 6
seconds to power off the quorum server.
UID button/indicator Blue The UID button/indicator helps identify

and locate a quorum server in a rack. You
can turn on or off the UID indicator by
manually pressing the UID button or
remotely running a command on the
iBMC CLI.
l Steady on: The quorum server is
located.
l Off: The quorum server is not located.
l You can hold down the UID button for
4 to 6 seconds to reset the system.
Health indicator Red and green l Steady green: The quorum server is
operating properly.
l Blinking red at 1 Hz: A major alarm is
generated.
l Blinking red at 5 Hz: A critical alarm
is generated.

Indicator and Button Color State
NMI button None The NMI button triggers a quorum server

to generate a non-maskable interrupt. You
can press this button or control it
remotely through the WebUI.
NOTE
l Click the NMI button only when the OS is
abnormal. Do not click this button when
the quorum server is operating properly.
l Click the NMI button only for internal
commissioning. Before clicking this
button, ensure that the OS has the handler
for NMI interrupt. Otherwise, the OS may
crash. Exercise caution when clicking this
button.
Disk Active indicator Green l Off: The disk is not detected or is

faulty.
from, written to the disk, or
synchronized between disks.
l Steady green: The disk is inactive.
Disk Fault indicator Yellow l Off: The disk is working properly or

disks cannot be detected in the RAID
group.
l Blinking yellow: The disk is being
located, or the RAID is being
reconstructed.
l Steady yellow: The disk is faulty or
member disks in the RAID group are
abnormal.
Network port Link Green Each indicator shows the status of an

indicator Ethernet port on the network interface
card (NIC).
l Steady green: The port is properly
connected.
NOTE
If the NIC provides only two network ports,
network port indicators 1 and 2 on the front
panel are used.
Rear View of the Quorum Server

Figure 4-134 shows the rear view of the quorum server.

Figure 4-134 Rear view of the quorum server
NOTE
l The default IP address of the management network port on the quorum server is 192.168.2.100, and
the default subnet mask is 255.255.255.0.
l a: This port is reserved and does not have any function. Do not connect cables here.
Table 4-62 describes the indicators on the quorum server rear panel.
Table 4-62 Indicators on the rear panel

Indicator Color State
Data transmission status Yellow l Off: No data is being transmitted.

indicator l Blinking: Data is being transmitted.
Connectivity status indicator Green l Steady green: The port is properly

connected.
UID indicator Blue The UID indicator helps identify and locate a
quorum server in a rack. You can turn on or
off the UID indicator by manually pressing
the UID button or remotely running a
command on the iBMC CLI.
l Steady on: The quorum server is located.
l Off: The quorum server is not located.
l You can hold down the UID button for 4
to 6 seconds to reset the system.
Power module indicator Green l Steady green: The power input is normal.
l Off: There is no AC power input, or the
power module is in the standby state or is
faulty.

4.14 Device Cables

Device cables used in the storage system include power cables, ground cables, and signal
cables. This section displays their appearances and describes the functions and specifications
of various cables.
4.14.1 Power Cables

Power cables are classified into DC power cables, AC power cables, and power distribution
unit (PDU) power cables. Power cables supply power to devices in a cabinet. One end of a
power cable is connected to the power socket of the storage system, and the other end to an
external power supply.
DC Power
Each DC power module is equipped with two DC power cables. Figure 4-135 shows the
appearance of DC power cables.
Figure 4-135 DC power cable
NOTE
Connect the black cable to the positive pole of the battery (+) and the blue cable to the negative pole (-).
AC Power
l Each AC power module is equipped with one AC power cable. Figure 4-136 shows the
appearance of an AC power cable.
Figure 4-136 AC power cable
l If a cabinet is equipped with PDUs, use PDU power cables to supply power to devices in
the cabinet. Figure 4-137 shows the appearance of a PDU power cable.

Figure 4-137 PDU power cable
4.14.2 Ground Cables

Ground cables are used for device grounding to improve the security when you perform
operations on a storage device.
Appearance
Figure 4-138 shows the appearance of a ground cable.
Figure 4-138 Ground cable
4.14.3 Network Cables

The storage system uses network cables for its management network ports, service network
ports, and other ports to connect to other devices or application servers for communication.
Appearance
The storage system communicates with the external network using network cables. One end
of the network cable connects to the management network port, service network port, or other
maintenance network port of the storage system, and the other end connects to the network
switch, application server, or other devices.
Figure 4-139 shows the appearance of a network cable.
NOTE
GE electrical ports employ CAT5 network cables or CAT6A shielded network cables. 10GE electrical
ports employ 1 m to 3 m CAT6A shielded network cables.

Figure 4-139 Network cable
4.14.4 Serial Cables

Serial cables are used to connect the serial ports of the storage system to other devices.
Appearance
A serial cable connects the serial port of the storage system to the port of the maintenance
terminal.
One end of a serial cable is the RJ-45 port used to connect to the serial port of a storage
system. The other end is a DB-9 port used to connect to the port of the maintenance terminal.
Figure 4-140 shows the appearance of a serial cable.
Figure 4-140 Serial cable
4.14.5 Mini SAS HD Cables

Mini SAS HD cables are used to connect expansion ports. Mini SAS HD cables are divided
into mini SAS HD electrical cables and mini SAS HD optical cables.
NOTE
l For the lengths of the mini SAS HD electrical and optical cables, see the "Hardware Specifications".
l For OceanStor 5110 V5/5300 V5, use mini SAS HD electrical cables to connect controller
enclosures to disk enclosures. It is recommended that a controller enclosure and its connected disk
enclosure be installed in the same cabinet.
l The mini SAS HD optical cables can be used to connect devices over distance, for example, cross-
cabinet connections.
l The optical connector of a mini SAS HD optical cable has a built-in O/E conversion module and
provides electrical ports.

4.14.5.1 Mini SAS HD Electrical Cables

Mini SAS HD electrical cables are used to connect a controller enclosure to a disk enclosure
or connect two disk enclosures.
Figure 4-141 shows the appearance of a mini SAS HD electrical cable.
Figure 4-141 Mini SAS HD electrical cable
4.14.5.2 Mini SAS HD Optical Cables

Mini SAS HD optical cables are used to connect a controller enclosure to a standard disk
enclosure or connect two standard disk enclosures.
Figure 4-142 shows the appearance of a mini SAS HD optical cable.
NOTE
The interface of a mini SAS HD optical cable is inconsistent with that of an optical fiber. Bind the mini
SAS HD optical cable according to the cable binding method. For details about how to bind the mini
SAS HD optical cable, see section "Cable Routing and Binding Basics" in Installation Guide.

Figure 4-142 Mini SAS HD optical cable
4.14.6 Optical Fibers

The storage system communicates with Fibre Channel switches through optical fibers. One
end of the optical fiber connects to the Fibre Channel host bus adapter (HBA), and the other
end connects to the Fibre Channel switch or the application server. The two ends of the optical
fiber are LC connectors.
Figure 4-143 shows the appearance of optical fibers.
NOTE
l Huawei provides orange OM1 optical fibers and blue OM3 and OM4 optical fibers.
l Huawei provides no longer than 10 m OM1 optical fibers.
l When connecting cables, select proper cables according to site requirements and label information.
l For details about how to bind the cables, see section "Cable Routing and Bundling Basics" in
Installation Guide.
Figure 4-143 Optical fibers

4.14.7 FDR Cables

Fourteen data rate (FDR) cables are used for 56 Gbit/s IB interface module.
Figure 4-144 shows the appearance of an FDR cable.
Figure 4-144 FDR cable
4.14.8 MPO-4*DLC Fiber

MPO-4*DLC fiber is used for the 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports) and
16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel interface module (eight ports).
Figure 4-145 shows the appearance of the MPO-4*DLC fiber.

Figure 4-145 MPO-4*DLC fiber

Product Description 5 Software Architecture
5 Software Architecture
Storage system software manages storage devices and the data stored on them, and assists
application servers in data operations.
The software suite of the storage system (OceanStor 5110 V5, 5300 V5, 5500 V5, 5600 V5,
5800 V5, or 6800 V5) 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.

Figure 5-1 Storage system software architecture

Software running on a Software running on an
maintenance terminal application server (SAN)
SmartKit OceanStor
BCManager eReplication
OceanStor
eService UItraPath
OceanStor
SystemReporter eSDK OceanStor
Operating system layer of a Operating system layer of a SAN

management host host
Management
Software running on Fibre Channel/
network port/
iSCSI channel
serial port a storage system
Management function control software
OceanStor DeviceManager SNMP CLI Syslog
Basic function control Value-added function control software

software
HyperSnap HyperReplication HyperCopy
Cache SPool
HyperClone Consistency group SmartQoS
SCSI SRAID
SmartMotion SmartPartition SmartThin
Quota
File SmartMigration SmartVirtualization SmartErase
manage
protocol
ment
SmartMulti-Tenant HyperMirror HyperVault
Volume management
module of file systems SmartDedupe&
HyperLock HyperMetro
SmartCompression
Operating system layer of a storage system
Table 5-1 describes the software running on a storage system. The dedicated operating system
OceanStor OS manages storage system hardware and supports the running of storage service
software. The basic function control software provides basic data storage and access
functions. The value-added function control software provides advanced functions such as
backup, disaster recovery, and performance tuning. The management function control
software provides the management utilities to the storage system.
Table 5-1 Description of software running on a storage system
Software Set Software Function
Storage system - Manages storage system hardware and

operating system supports the running of storage service
software.

Management DeviceManager DeviceManager is an integrated storage

function control management platform developed by Huawei.
software DeviceManager provides easy configuration,
management, and maintenance of storage
devices.
SNMPab 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 the 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 third-party Syslog software,
users can choose one based on site
requirements.
Basic function SCSI software Manages the status of SCSI commands, and
control software module dispatches, resolves, and processes SCSI
commands.
Cache software Converts a high-speed and small-capacity

module memory to a buffer of low-speed and large-
capacity disks for tiered storage and
improved system performance.
Its major functions include data caching,
delayed writes, and prefetch.
SRAID software Uses data stripping and redundancy to

module provide high 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.

File protocol Provides file system sharing and backup

module functions. It supports CIFS and NFS file
sharing protocols.
Quota management Provides quota management for file system

module sharing. A shared file system allows you to
specify the maximum storage capacity
available to a specific directory.
Volume Implements virtualized management based

management on volumes.
module of file
system
Value-added SmartVirtualization Provides the SmartVirtualization function.

function control software module SmartVirtualization enables a local storage
software system to centrally manage storage resources
of heterogeneous storage systems,
simplifying storage system management and
reducing maintenance costs.
SmartErase Provides the SmartErase function.

software module SmartErase erases unnecessary data on a
specified LUN several times so that the data
on the LUN cannot be recovered in case of
leakage.
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.
SmartCache Provides SmartCache function, which uses

software module SSDs as cache resources to significantly
promote system read performance when
random, small I/Os with hot data require
more read operations than write operations.
SmartQoS software Provides the SmartQoS function. SmartQoS

module controls the storage performance of LUNs or
file systems, and prioritizes the quality of
service (QoS) of critical applications.
SmartMotion Provides the SmartMotion function. Based

software module on the analysis on service status,
SmartMotion dynamically balances capacity
and performance by evenly distributing data
across storage media of the same type.

HyperLock Implements WORM to set critical data to

software module read-only state, preventing unauthorized data
change and deletion during a specified period
of time.
SmartPartition Provides the SmartPartition function.

software module SmartPartition allocates the cache resources
from storage system engines on demand to
improve QoS for mission-critical
applications and high-level users.
SmartDedupe&Sma Provides deduplication and compression. The

rtComPression deduplication function is used to analyze and
software module delete duplicate data in a storage system. The
compression function is used to minimize
space occupied by data.
HyperMetro Provides the HyperMetro function of SAN

software module and NAS. HyperMetro 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.
HyperVault Provides the HyperVault function.

software module HyperVault enables storage systems to
protect their data.
SmartThin software Provides the SmartThin function. SmartThin

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.
SmartTier software Provides the SmartTier function. SmartTier

module periodically detects hotspot data per unit
time, and promotes them from low-speed
storage media to high-speed one, boosting
the system performance at an affordable cost.
SmartMigration Provides the SmartMigration function.

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

HyperMirror Provides the HyperMirror function.

software module HyperMirror backs up data in real time. If
the source data becomes unavailable,
applications can automatically use the data
copy, ensuring data security and application
continuity.
HyperSnap software Provides the snapshot function. Snapshot

module does not provide a complete physical
duplicate but only an image of the source
data, and locates the image through a
mapping table.
HyperReplication Provides the remote replication function.

software module Remote 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.
HyperCopy Provides the LUN copy function. HyperCopy

software module copies the source LUN data onto the target
LUN, addressing the requirements of
applications such as tiered storage,
application upgrade, and remote backup.
HyperClone Provides the clone function. Clone generates

software module a full data copy of the source data in the local
storage system.
Consistency group Provides the consistency group function. A

software module 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.
a: Simple Network Management Protocol

b: The supported character encoding is UTF-8.
c: command-line interface
Table 5-2 describes the software running on a maintenance terminal. Maintenance terminal
software configures and maintains the storage system. The software includes SmartKit,
OceanStor SystemReporter, and OceanStor eService.

Table 5-2 Description of software running on a maintenance terminal

Software Function
SmartKit Helps service engineers and O&M engineers deploy, maintain, and
upgrade devices.
OceanStor eService A piece of remote maintenance and management software used for
device monitoring, alarm reporting, and device inspection.
OceanStor A dedicated performance and capacity report analysis tool for the
SystemReporter storage system.
Table 5-3 describes the software running on an application server. On a SAN network,
software running on an application server enables the application server to communicate and
cooperate with the storage system. This software category includes BCManager eReplication,
UltraPath, and eSDK OceanStor.
Table 5-3 Description of software running on an application server (SAN)

Software Function
BCManager Provides data protection and disaster recovery for application

eReplication servers based on the related storage system value-added features
(HyperReplication/S, HyperReplication/A, HyperSnap,
HyperCopy, HyperClone, HyperMetro, and HyperVault). It
centrally manages the requirements for data protection and
disaster recovery between the storage system 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.
Therefore, UltraPath is an easy and efficient path management
solution for proven data transmission reliability and high path
security.
eSDK OceanStor A Huawei-developed integration platform for storage devices. It

has open capabilities and provides standard interfaces and
preinstalled plug-ins. The plug-ins and providers of eSDK
OceanStor enable the storage system to interconnect with vCenter
and System Center so that customers can use their existing
network management systems to manage Huawei's storage
devices.

Product Description 6 Product Specifications
6 Product Specifications
About This Chapter

This chapter describes the hardware specifications and software specifications of the storage
system.
6.1 Hardware Specifications (5300 V5/5500 V5/5600 V5/5800 V5/6800 V5)
6.2 Hardware Specifications (5110 V5)
6.3 Software Specifications (5300 V5/5500 V5/5600 V5/5800 V5/6800 V5)
6.4 Software Specifications (5110 V5)
6.1 Hardware Specifications (5300 V5/5500 V5/5600

V5/5800 V5/6800 V5)
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 processors, 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.

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 the storage system.

Specifications
Hardware Configuration
Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Processors 1 x 16-core 1 x 8-core 2 x 8-core 2 x 14-core l 256 GB per

per processor processor processor processor controller: 2 x
controller 8-core
processor
l 512 GB or 1
TB per
controller: 2 x
14-core
processor
Cache size l 32 GB l 64 GB l 128 GB l 256 GB l 256 GB

per l 64 GB l 128 GB l 256 GB l 512 GB l 512 GB
controller
l 1 TB
Maximum 2 4
number of
controllers
per
enclosure
Maximum 8
number of
IP scale-out
controllers
Maximum l Versions l Versions l Versions l Versions 3200

number of earlier than earlier than earlier than earlier than
disks V500R007C V500R007C2 V500R007C V500R007
20: 500 0: 750 20: 1200 C20: 1500
l V500R007C l V500R007C2 l V500R007C l V500R007
20 and later 0 and later 20 and later C20 and
versions: versions: 1200 versions: later
1000 1600 versions:
2000

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Controller l 2 U controller enclosure with 3 U controller enclosure without 6 U controller

enclosure twenty-five 2.5-inch disks disks enclosure without
configuratio l 2 U controller enclosure with disks
n twelve 3.5-inch disks
Supported l 2 U SAS disk enclosure with twenty-five 2.5-inch disks

disk l 4 U SAS disk enclosure with twenty-four 3.5-inch disks
enclosure
types l 4 U SAS high-density disk enclosure with seventy-five 3.5-inch disks
Maximum Versions earlier Versions earlier Versions earlier Versions earlier l 2 U SAS disk
number of than than than than enclosure: 96
disk V500R007C20: V500R007C20: V500R007C20: V500R007C20: l 4 U SAS disk
enclosures l 2 U SAS disk l 2 U SAS disk l 2 U SAS disk l 2 U SAS enclosure: 96
enclosure: 21 enclosure: 31 enclosure: 50 disk l 4 U SAS high-
l 4 U SAS disk l 4 U SAS disk l 4 U SAS disk enclosure: density disk
enclosure: 21 enclosure: 31 enclosure: 50 63 enclosure: 24
l 4 U SAS l 4 U SAS high- l 4 U SAS l 4 U SAS
high-density density disk high-density disk
disk enclosure: 10 disk enclosure:
enclosure: 7 enclosure: 16 63
V500R007C20
V500R007C20 and later V500R007C20 l 4 U SAS
and later versions: and later high-density
versions: versions: disk
l 2 U SAS disk enclosure:
l 2 U SAS disk enclosure: 48 l 2 U SAS disk 20
enclosure: 42 l 4 U SAS disk enclosure: 67
V500R007C20
l 4 U SAS disk enclosure: 48 l 4 U SAS disk and later
enclosure: 42 l 4 U SAS high- enclosure: 67 versions:
l 4 U SAS density disk l 4 U SAS l 2 U SAS
high-density enclosure: 16 high-density disk
disk disk enclosure:
enclosure: 14 enclosure: 22 84
l 4 U SAS
disk
enclosure:
84
l 4 U SAS
high-density
disk
enclosure:
24

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Maximum l A maximum l A maximum of eight SAS disk enclosures can be l A maximum

number of of eight SAS connected to a pair of SAS ports. Two are of four
disk disk recommended. standard SAS
enclosures enclosures l A maximum of eight high-density disk enclosures disk
connected can be can be connected to every two pairs of SAS ports (a enclosures can
to back-end connected to pair consists of two adjacent ports on the same card). be connected
channels a pair of SAS Two are recommended. to a pair of
(ports) ports. Two SAS ports.
are l Standard and high-density disk enclosures cannot be
connected to the same back-end loop of a SAS l A maximum
recommende of four high-
d. interface module.
density disk
l A maximum enclosures can
of seven be connected
high-density to a pair of
disk SAS ports (in
enclosures single-uplink
can be networking
connected to only). Two are
every two recommended.
pairs of SAS l Standard and
ports (a pair high-density
consists of disk
two adjacent enclosures
ports on the cannot be
same card). connected to
Two are the same
recommende back-end loop
d. of a SAS
l Common interface
disk module.
enclosures
and high-
density disk
enclosures
cannot be
connected in
a mixed
manner in the
same back-
end loop of a
SAS
interface
module.
Supported SSD, SAS, and NL-SAS

disk types

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Supported l 8 Gbit/s l 8 Gbit/s Fibre l 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel l 8 Gbit/s Fibre

hot- Fibre Channel l GE Channel
swappable Channel l 16 Gbit/s l 16 Gbit/s
interface l 10GE (electrical)
l 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Fibre Channel
module Fibre l 10 Gbit/s FCoE
types l GE l GE
Channel l 56 Gbit/s (4 x 14 Gbit/s) IB
l 10GE l 10GE
l GE (electrical) l SmartIO interface module (8 (electrical)
l 10GE Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, and 16 Gbit/s)
l 10 Gbit/s l 10 Gbit/s
(electrical) FCoE l SmartIO interface module (8 FCoE
l SmartIO Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, 16 Gbit/s, 25
l 56 Gbit/s (4 x Gbit/s, and 32 Gbit/s) l 56 Gbit/s (4 x
interface 14 Gbit/s) IB 14 Gbit/s) IB
module (8 l 40GE
Gbit/s, 10 l SmartIO l SmartIO
interface l 100GE interface
Gbit/s, and
16 Gbit/s) module (8 module (8
Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, 10
l SmartIO Gbit/s, and 16 Gbit/s, and 16
interface Gbit/s) Gbit/s)
module (8
Gbit/s, 10 l SmartIO l SmartIO
Gbit/s, 16 interface interface
Gbit/s, 25 module (8 module (8
Gbit/s, and Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, 10
32 Gbit/s) Gbit/s, 16 Gbit/s, 16
Gbit/s, 25 Gbit/s, 25
l 40GE Gbit/s, and 32 Gbit/s, and 32
l 100GE Gbit/s) Gbit/s)
l 40GE l 40GE
l 100GE l 100GE
Supported 12 Gbit/s SAS 12 Gbit/s SAS

hot- shared expansion
swappable module
expansion
module type
Maximum 2 8 6
number of
hot-
swappable
I/O
interface
modules per
controller

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Length of Controller Common disk enclosure

expansion enclosure l Electrical cables: 1 m, 2 m, 3 m, and 5 m
SAS cables l Electrical l Optical cables: 15 m
cables: 1 m,
2 m, and 3 m High-density disk enclosure
Common disk l Electrical cables: 5 m

enclosure
l Electrical
cables: 1 m,
2 m, 3 m, and
5m
l Optical
cables: 15 m
High-density
disk enclosure
l Electrical
cables: 5 m
Controller
enclosures
interconnected
with high-
density disk
enclosures
support only 3 m
electrical cables.
Redundancy l BBU: 1 (per l BBU: 1+1 l BBU: 2+1 l BBU: 3+1

of main controller) l Power l Power modules: 1+1 l Power
components l Power modules: 1+1 modules: 2+2
l Fans: 5+1
modules: 1+1 l Fans: 3+1 l Fans: 5+1
l Management module: 1+1
l Fans: 1+1 (dual
controllers),
11+1 (four
controllers)
l Management
module: 1+1

Port Specifications
Maximum 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Number of
Ports per
Interface
Module
8 Gbit/s Fibre Four ports for each front-end module

Channel
interface
module
8 Gbit/s Fibre Eight ports for each front-end module

Channel
interface
module
16 Gbit/s Eight ports for each front- - Eight ports

Fibre end module for each
Channel front-end
interface module
module
GE electrical Four ports for each front-end module

interface
module
10GE Four ports for each front-end module

electrical
interface
module
10 Gbit/s - Two ports for each front-end module

FCoE
interface
module
12 Gbit/s Four ports for each back-end module -

SAS
expansion
module
12 Gbit/s - Twelve ports

SAS shared for each
expansion back-end
module module
56 Gbit/s (4 x - Two ports for each front-end module (The module is used
14 Gbit/s) IB for SAN services only and cannot be used for NAS
interface services. It supports electrical ports only.)
module

Maximum 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5

Number of
Ports per
Interface
Module
SmartIO Used for front-end access and networking between storage arrays, each
interface with four ports.
module (8 The port type can be 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, or
Gbit/s, 10 10 Gbit/s ETH (optical).
Gbit/s, and
16 Gbit/s)
SmartIO Used for front-end access, each with four optical ports.
interface The port type can be 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 32
module (8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10 Gbit/s ETH, or 25 Gbit/s ETH (cannot be
Gbit/s, 10 negotiated to GE).
Gbit/s, 16
NOTE
Gbit/s, 25 Applicable to V500R007C30 and later versions.
Gbit/s, and
32 Gbit/s)
40GE Two 40 Gbit/s ETH ports (optical) for each front-end module
interface
module
100GE Two 100 Gbit/s ETH ports (optical) for each front-end module
interface
module
Maximum 5300 V5a 5500 V5b 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5

Number of
Ports per
Controller
8 Gbit/s Fibre 16c 20d 36 28

Channel port
16 Gbit/s 16 20e 28 28
Fibre
Channel port
GE port 14 8 28 20
10GE port 8 8 28 20
(electrical)
10GE port 8 12 28 20
(optical)
10 Gbit/s 8 8 28 20
FCoE port
(VN2VF)

Maximum 5300 V5a 5500 V5b 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5

Number of
Ports per
Controller
10 Gbit/s - 4 14 10
FCoE port
(VN2VN)
12 Gbit/s 6 6 24 -
SAS
expansion
port
12 Gbit/s - 48
SAS shared NOTE
expansion This
port configuratio
n is for
dual-
controller or
single-
engine
scenarios.
56 Gbit/s (4 x - 4 14 10
14 Gbit/s) IB
port
40GE port 4 4 14 14 10
100GE port 4 4 14 14 10
32 Gbit/s 8 8 28 28 20
Fibre
Channel port
25GE port 8 8 28 28 20
(optical)
a: On OceanStor 5300 V5, the onboard front-end ports are GE ports and onboard back-end
ports are SAS ports.
b: On OceanStor 5500 V5, the onboard front-end ports are SmartIO ports and onboard
back-end ports are SAS ports.
c: The number of ports can reach the upper limit when 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel high-density
interface modules are configured.
d: The number of ports can reach the upper limit when 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel high-density
interface modules are configured and 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel optical modules are
configured for onboard SmartIO ports.
e: The number of ports can reach the upper limit when 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel high-
density interface modules are configured and 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel optical modules are
configured for onboard SmartIO ports.

Disk Specifications
Disk Typea Dimensi Rotational Weight Capacity
ons Speed
SAS 2.5-inch 10,000 rpm 0.25 kg (0.55 l 600 GBb

lb)
l 1.2 TBb
l 1.8 TB
l 2.4 TB
15,000 rpm 0.25 kg (0.55 l 300 GB

lb) l 600 GB
NL-SAS 3.5-inch 7200 rpm 0.725 kg (1.60 l 2 TB

lb)
l 4 TBd
l 6 TBd
l 8 TB
l 10 TBd
l 12 TBc
l 14 TB
SSD 2.5-inch - 0.25 kg (0.55 l 600 GB

lb) l 800 GB
l 900 GB
l 960 GBb
l 1.6 TB
l 1.92 GBb
l 3.2 TB
l 3.84 TBb
l 7.68 TBb
l 15.36 TB
l 30.72 TB
3.5-inch 0.35 kg (0.77 960 GB

lb)


ons Speed
a: Restricted by the storage principles, SSDs and mechanical disks such as NL-SAS and
SAS disks cannot be preserved for a long term while they are powered off.
l SSDs where no data is stored can be preserved for a maximum of 12 months while they
are powered off. SSDs where data has been stored can be preserved for a maximum of 3
months while they are powered off. If the maximum preservation time is exceeded, data
loss or SSD failure may occur.
l Packed mechanical disks and unpacked mechanical disks that are powered off can be
preserved for a maximum of six months. If the maximum preservation time is exceeded,
data loss or disk failure may occur. The maximum preservation time is determined
based on the disk preservation specifications provided by the mechanical disk vendor.
For details about the specifications, see the manual provided by the vendor.
b: Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) are supported (not sold in mainland China).
c: High-density disk enclosures are supported.
d: SEDs and high-density disk enclosures are supported.
Dimensions and Weight (Unpackaged)

Modul Param 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
e eter
Controll Dimen l Depth: l Depth: l Depth: 750 mm (29.53 l Depth:

er sions 488 mm 748 mm in.) 750
enclosu (19.21 (29.45 l Width: 447 mm (17.60 mm
re in.) in.) in.) (29.53
l Width: l Width: in.)
l Height: 130.5 mm
447 mm 447 mm (5.14 in.) l Width:
(17.60 (17.60 447
in.) in.) mm
l Height: l Height: (17.60
86.1 mm 86.1 mm in.)
(3.39 in.) (3.39 in.) l Height
: 263.9
mm
(10.39
in.)

Modul Param 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5

e eter
Weight 15.9 kg 31.8 kg 58.9 kg (129.85 lb) 78.4 kg

(witho (35.05 lb) (70.11 lb) (172.84
ut lb, dual
disks) controller
s)
95.7 kg
(210.98
lb, four
controller
s)
2U Dimen l Depth: 488 mm (19.21 in.)

SAS sions l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
disk
enclosu l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)
re Weight 17.5 kg (38.58 lb)
(witho
ut
disks)
4U Dimen l Depth: 488 mm (19.21 in.)

SAS sions l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
disk
enclosu l Height: 175 mm (6.89 in.)
re Weight 26.5 kg (58.42 lb)
(witho
ut
disks)
4U Dimen Cable managers not included:

high- sions l Depth: 790 mm (31.10 in.)
density
disk l Width: 446 mm (17.56 in.)
enclosu l Height: 176.5 mm (6.95 in.)
re Cable managers included:
l Depth: 974 mm (38.4 in.)
l Width: 446 mm (17.56 in.)
l Height: 176.5 mm (6.95 in.)
Weight 50.5 kg (111.33 lb)

(witho
ut
disks)

Electrical Specifications
Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Power Controll l Max: l Max: l Max: l Max: l Max:

consum er 477 782 W 1045 W 1270 W 1956
ption enclosur Wa/520 l Typical: l Typical: l Typical: Wc/
e Wb 552 W 801 W 1002 W 3117
l Typical: l Min: l Min: l Min: Wd
366 361 W 602 W 640 W l Typical
Wa/399 : 1149
Wb Wc/
2144
l Min:
317 Wd
Wa/268 l Min:
Wb 797
Wc/
1514
Wd
2 U disk l Max: 323 W

enclosur l Typical: 209 W
e
l Min: 138 W
4 U disk l Max: 582 W

enclosur l Typical: 406 W
e
l Min: 354 W
4U l Max: 1250 W
high- l Typical: 995 W
density
disk l Min: 735 W
enclosur
e

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Power Controll AC: AC: AC:

voltage er l 100 V l 100 V l 200 V to 240 V, AC±10%, 10 A,
and enclosur to 240 to 240 single-phase, 50/60 Hz
rated e V, AC V, AC
current l Supports dual-live-line input (2 W
±10%, ±10%, +PE), 200 V to 240 V, AC±10%
10 A, 12 A to
single- 6 A, DC:
phase, single- l -48 V to -60 V, DC±20%, 50 A
50/60 phase, High voltage DC (N/A for North
Hz 50/60 America and Canada)
DC: Hz
l 240 V, DC±20%, 10 A
l -48 V to l Support
-60 V, s dual-
DC live-line
±20%, input (2
18.5 A W+PE),
200 V
High to 240
voltage DC V, AC
(N/A for ±10%
North
America DC:
and l -48 V to
Canada) -60 V,
l High DC
voltage ±20%,
DC: 240 30 A
V, DC High
±20%, voltage DC
10 A (N/A for
North
America
and
Canada)
l High
voltage
DC: 240
V, DC
±20%,
6.5 A
Disk AC:
enclosur l 100 V to 240 V, AC±10%, 10 A, single-phase, 50/60 Hz
e
DC:
l -48 V to -60 V, DC±20%, 18.5 A
High voltage DC (N/A for North America and Canada)
l 240 V, DC±20%, 10 A

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
High- AC:
density l 100 V to 127 V, AC±10%, 10 A, single-phase, 50/60 Hz
disk
enclosur l 200 V to 240 V, AC±10%, 5 A, single-phase, 50/60 Hz
e
AC l AC: IEC60320-C14
power l High voltage DC: IEC60320-C14
input
type l DC: OT-M6
(socket
type)
Each BBU - 16 Wh 32 Wh 32 Wh 32 Wh
capacity/Overall
power backup
duration
Power supply by 600WS -

the backup power
module
a: Twelve 3.5-inch disks

b: Twenty-five 2.5-inch disks
c: Dual controllers
d: Four controllers
NOTE
l The max power consumption of controller enclosure of 5500 V5: 256 GB memory, 25 x 2.5-inch 1.2
TB SAS disks, AC, dual controllers (each with 128 GB memory), 4 x SmartIO interface module (16
Gbit/s Fibre Channel).
l The max power consumption of controller enclosure of 5600 V5: 512 GB memory, 4 x 4-port 12
Gbit/s SAS, 12 x SmartIO interface module (16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel).
l The max power consumption of controller enclosure of 5800 V5: 1 TB memory, 4 x 4-port 12 Gbit/s
SAS, 12 x SmartIO interface module (16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel)
l The max power consumption of controller enclosure of 6800 V5: four controllers, 2 TB memory, 4 x
12-port 12 Gbit/s SAS interface module, 16 x SmartIO interface module (16 Gbit/s FC). Dual
controllers, 2 TB memory, 4 x 12-port 12 Gbit/s SAS interface module, 8 x SmartIO interface
module (16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel)
Reliability Specifications
Item Value
Solution reliability 99.9999%
Mean Time Between 1,000,000 hours

Failures (MTBF)
Mean Time To Repair 2 hours

(MTTR)

6.2 Hardware Specifications (5110 V5)

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 Description of hardware specification categories

Hardware Describes the configuration of major hardware components, such as

Configuration processors, 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.
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 the storage system.

Specifications
Hardware Configuration
Item 5110 V5
Processors per controller 1 x 16-core processor
Cache size per controller l 16 GB

l 32 GB
Maximum number of controllers per enclosure 2
Maximum number of IP scale-out controllers 8
Maximum number of disks 500
Controller enclosure configuration l 2 U controller enclosure with twenty-five 2.5-inch disks

l 2 U controller enclosure with twelve 3.5-inch disks

Item 5110 V5
Supported disk enclosure types l 2 U SAS disk enclosure with twenty-five 2.5-inch disks
l 4 U SAS disk enclosure with twenty-four 3.5-inch disks
Maximum number of disk enclosures l 2 U SAS disk enclosure: 21

l 4 U SAS disk enclosure: 21
Maximum number of disk enclosures A maximum of eight SAS disk enclosures can be connected
connected to back-end channels (ports) to a pair of SAS ports. Two are recommended.
Supported disk types SSD, SAS, and NL-SAS
Supported hot-swappable interface module l 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel

types l 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel
l GE
l 10GE (electrical)
l SmartIO interface module (8 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, and 16
Gbit/s)
l SmartIO interface module (8 Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, 16 Gbit/s,
25 Gbit/s, and 32 Gbit/s)
Supported hot-swappable expansion module 12 Gbit/s SAS

type
Maximum number of hot-swappable I/O 2

interface modules per controller
Length of expansion SAS cables Controller enclosure

l Electrical cables: 1 m, 2 m, and 3 m
Common disk enclosure
l Electrical cables: 1 m, 2 m, 3 m, and 5 m
l Optical cables: 15 m
Redundancy of main components l BBU: 1 (per controller)

l Power modules: 1+1
l Fans: 1+1
Port Specifications
Maximum Number of Ports 5110 V5
per Interface Module
8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Four ports for each front-end module

interface module
8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Eight ports for each front-end module

interface module

Maximum Number of Ports 5110 V5

per Interface Module
16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel Eight ports for each front-end module

interface module
GE electrical interface module Four ports for each front-end module
10GE electrical interface Four ports for each front-end module

module
12 Gbit/s SAS expansion Four ports for each back-end module

module
SmartIO interface module (8 Used for front-end access and networking between
Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, and 16 storage arrays, each with four ports.
Gbit/s) The port type can be 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16 Gbit/s
Fibre Channel, or 10 Gbit/s ETH (optical).
SmartIO interface module (8 Used for front-end access, each with four optical ports.
Gbit/s, 10 Gbit/s, 16 Gbit/s, 25 The port type can be 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16 Gbit/s
Gbit/s, and 32 Gbit/s) Fibre Channel, 32 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10 Gbit/s ETH,
or 25 Gbit/s ETH (cannot be negotiated to GE).
Maximum Number of Ports per 5110 V5a

Controller
8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel port 16
GE port 14
10GE port (electrical) 8
10GE port (optical) 8
10 Gbit/s FCoE port (VN2VF) 8
12 Gbit/s SAS expansion port 6
25GE port (optical) 8
a: On OceanStor 5110 V5, the onboard front-end ports are GE ports and onboard back-end
ports are SAS ports.

Disk Specifications
ons Speed
SAS 2.5-inch 10,000 rpm 0.25 kg (0.55 l 600 GB

lb)
l 1.2 TBb
l 1.8 TBb
l 2.4 TB
15,000 rpm 0.25 kg (0.55 l 300 GB

lb) l 600 GB
NL-SAS 3.5-inch 7200 rpm 0.725 kg (1.60 l 2 TB

lb)
l 4 TBb
l 6 TBb
l 8 TB
l 10 TBb
l 12 TB
SSD 2.5-inch - 0.25 kg (0.55 l 960 GB

lb) l 1.92 GB
l 3.84 TBb
l 7.68 TBb
l 15.36 TB
3.5-inch 0.35 kg (0.77 l 960 GB

lb) l 1.92 TB
l 3.84 TB
a: Restricted by the storage principles, SSDs and mechanical disks such as NL-SAS and
SAS disks cannot be preserved for a long term while they are powered off.
l SSDs where no data is stored can be preserved for a maximum of 12 months while they
are powered off. SSDs where data has been stored can be preserved for a maximum of 3
months while they are powered off. If the maximum preservation time is exceeded, data
loss or SSD failure may occur.
l Packed mechanical disks and unpacked mechanical disks that are powered off can be
preserved for a maximum of six months. If the maximum preservation time is exceeded,
data loss or disk failure may occur. The maximum preservation time is determined
based on the disk preservation specifications provided by the mechanical disk vendor.
For details about the specifications, see the manual provided by the vendor.
b: Self-encrypting drives (SEDs) are supported (not sold in mainland China).

Dimensions and Weight (Unpackaged)

Enclosure Parameter 5110 V5
Controller enclosure Dimensions l Depth: 488 mm (19.21 in.)

l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)
Weight (without disks) 15.9 kg (35.05 lb)
2 U SAS disk enclosure Dimensions l Depth: 488 mm (19.21 in.)

l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
l Height: 86.1 mm (3.39 in.)
4 U SAS disk enclosure Dimensions l Depth: 488 mm (19.21 in.)

l Width: 447 mm (17.60 in.)
l Height: 175 mm (6.89 in.)
4 U high-density disk Dimensions Cable managers not included:

enclosure l Depth: 790 mm (31.10 in.)
l Width: 446 mm (17.56 in.)
l Height: 176.5 mm (6.95 in.)
Cable managers included:
l Depth: 974 mm (38.4 in.)
l Width: 446 mm (17.56 in.)
Height:
Electrical Specifications
Power Item 5110 V5
Power consumption Controller enclosure l Max: 477 Wa/520 Wb

l Typical: 366 Wa/399 Wb
l Min: 317 Wa/268 Wb
2 U disk enclosure l Max: 323 W

l Typical: 209 W
l Min: 138 W

Power Item 5110 V5
4 U disk enclosure l Max: 582 W

l Typical: 406 W
l Min: 354 W
Power voltage and Controller enclosure AC:

rated current l 100 V to 240 V, AC±10%, 10 A,
single-phase, 50/60 Hz
High voltage DC (N/A for North America
and Canada)
l High voltage DC: 240 V, DC±20%, 10
A
Disk enclosure AC:

l 100 V to 240 V, AC±10%, 10 A,
High voltage DC (N/A for North America
and Canada)
l 240 V, DC±20%, 10 A
IP switch AC:
l 100 V to 240 V, AC±10%, 10 A,
AC power input type l AC: IEC60320-C14

(socket type) l High voltage DC: IEC60320-C14
Power supply Backup power module 600 WS
a: Twelve 3.5-inch disks

b: Twenty-five 2.5-inch disks
Reliability Specifications
Item Value
Solution reliability 99.9999%
Mean Time Between 1,000,000 hours

Failures (MTBF)
Mean Time To Repair 2 hours

(MTTR)

6.3 Software Specifications (5300 V5/5500 V5/5600 V5/5800

V5/6800 V5)
Software specifications include 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
locate the specification information you need.
Table 6-3 Description of software specification categories

Basic Describes the basic software specifications of the storage system,

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 the storage system, such as

Specifications snapshot, remote replication, and LUN copy.
Supported Describes the operating systems supported by the storage system.

Operating
Systems
License Control Describes whether software features of the storage unit are controlled
by licenses.
Basic Specifications
Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Maximum l Fibre l Fibre Channel and IB l Fibre Channel and IB

number of Channel: ports: 4096 ports: 8192
connected 2048 l iSCSI ports: 1024 l iSCSI ports:
application l iSCSI
servers – Versions earlier than
ports: V500R007C20:
1024 1024
– V500R007C20 and
later versions: 2048
Maximum 64
number of
hosts per
host group
Maximum 4096 8192 16,384 65,536

number of
LUNsa

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Maximum 2048 4096 8192

number of
LUN groups
Maximum 255 511

number of
LUNs that
can be
mapped to a
host
Maximum 64
number of
PE LUNs
Maximum 4096 8192 16,384 65,536

number of
VVol LUNsa
Maximum 2047 4095 8191

number of
mapping
views
Maximum 32 64 128
number of
disk
domains
Maximum 500 750 1200 1500 3200

number of
disks in a
disk domain
Minimum 4
number of
disks in a
disk domain
per engine
Maximum 32 64 128
number of
storage
pools
Maximum 4096 8192 16,384 16,384 65,536

number of
LUNs in a
storage pool
RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Minimum 512 KB
capacity of a
LUN
Maximum 256 TB
capacity of a
LUN
Maximum l The total l The total l The total l The total l The
number of number of number of number number total
file systems clone file clone file of clone of clone number
systems systems file file of clone
and file and file systems systems file
systems systems and file and file systems
cannot cannot systems systems and file
exceed exceed cannot cannot systems
1024. 2048. exceed exceed cannot
l The total l The total 2048. 4096. exceed
number of number of l The total l The total 4096.
clone file clone file number number l The
systems, systems, of clone of clone total
file file file file number
systems, systems, systems, systems, of clone
LUNs, LUNs, file file file
and and systems, systems, systems,
writable writable LUNs, LUNs, file
LUN LUN and and systems,
snapshots snapshots writable writable LUNs,
cannot cannot LUN LUN and
exceed exceed snapshot snapshot writable
4096. 8192. s cannot s cannot LUN
exceed exceed snapsho
16,384. 16,384. ts
cannot
exceed
65,536.
Minimum 1 GB
capacity of a
file system
Maximum 16 PB
capacity of a
file system
Maximum 2 billion
number of
files per file
system

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Maximum 256 TB
capacity of a
file
Maximum 30 million
number of
sub-
directories
per directory
Maximum 12,000
number of
SMB shares
Maximum 10,000
number of
NFS shares
Maximum 11,000 16,000 21,000 26,000 31,000

number of
CIFS and
NFS
connections
per
controller
Maximum 32 128 192

number of
FTP
connections
per
controller
Maximum 32 64 128 256

number of
HTTP
connections
per
controller
Maximum 8 16 32
number of
NDMP
flows per
controller
Maximum 1000 2000 2000 2000 4000

number of
local users

Item 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Maximum 30,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 70,000

number of
local user
groups
Maximum 100,000 150,000 150,000 150,000 250,000

number of
users in a
user group
Maximum 4096 bytes

file path
length
Maximum 1024 bytes

length of a
single file
name or
directory
name
Maximum 256
directory
depth of a
file system
Maximum 100,000 150,000 200,000 300,000 400,000

number of
files that can
be opened at
a time on a
controller
Maximum 128 256

number of
logical ports
per
controller
Maximum 128 256

number of
VLANs per
controller
a: Maximum total number of clone file systems, file systems, LUNs, and writable LUN
snapshots, plus the number of PE LUNs and VVol LUNs.

Feature Specifications
Feature Parame 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Name ter
HyperSna Maximu 2048 4096 8192 32,768

p m
number
of LUN
snapshot
s
Maximu 32,000 64,000 128,000

m
number
of read-
only
snapshot
s in a
file
system
Maximu 1024 2048 4096 16,384

m
number
of
source
LUNs
Maximu 256 512 1024

m
number
of
snapshot
s for a
source
LUN
Maximu 2048
m
number
of read-
only
snapshot
s for a
source
file
system


Name ter
Maximu 64 512 8192

m
number
of LUNs
that can
be batch
activated
Minimu 1 minute
m
interval
of
periodic
snapshot
s for a
file
system
Recover < 10 seconds

y time of
a file
system
snapshot
LUN Maximu 64 256

copy m
number
of LUN
copies
Maximu 64 128
m
number
of target
LUNs
for each
source
LUN
LUN Maximu 128 256 1024

clone m
number
of
primary
LUNs


Name ter
Maximu 256 1024 2048

m
number
of
secondar
y LUNs
Maximu 8
m
number
of
secondar
y LUNs
in a
clone
group
Maximu 64 512
m
number
of
consiste
nt split
pairs


Name ter
File Maximu l The l The l The l The l The

system m total total total total total
clone number number number number number number
of clone of of of of clone of
file clone clone clone file clone
systems file file file systems file
system system system and file system
s and s and s and systems s and
file file file cannot file
system system system exceed system
s s s 4096. s
cannot cannot cannot l The cannot
exceed exceed exceed total exceed
1024. 2048. 2048. number 4096.
l The l The l The of clone l The
total total total file total
number number number systems, number
of of of file of
clone clone clone systems, clone
file file file LUNs, file
system system system and system
s, file s, file s, file writable s, file
system system system LUN system
s, s, s, snapshot s,
LUNs, LUNs, LUNs, s cannot LUNs,
and and and exceed and
writabl writabl writabl 16,384. writabl
e LUN e LUN e LUN e LUN
snapsh snapsh snapsh snapsh
ots ots ots ots
cannot cannot cannot cannot
exceed exceed exceed exceed
4096. 8192. 16,384. 65,536.
Maximu 8
m levels
of
cascadin
g clones


Name ter
HyperRep Maximu 256 1024 2048

lication m
number
of pairs
in a
remote
replicati
on
(synchro
nous +
asynchro
nous)a
Maximu l Synchronous: 1
m l Asynchronous: 2
number
of
secondar
y LUNs
in a pair
Maximu Asynchronous: 1
m
number
of
secondar
y file
systems
in a pair
Maximu 64
m
number
of
connecte
d remote
storage
devices
Maximu 64 512 (synchronous + asynchronous)

m (synchron
number ous +
of asynchron
remote ous)
replicati
on
consiste
ncy
groups


Name ter
Maximu 64 512
m
number
of pairs
in a
remote
replicati
on
consiste
nt group
Maximu 63 127 255

m
number
of
remote
replicati
on
vStore
pairs
SmartQo Maximu 128 l Versions earlier than 4096

S m V500R007C30: 1024
number l V500R007C30 and later versions:
of 4096
SmartQo
S
policies
Maximu 64
m
number
of LUNs
supporte
d by a
policy
Number 3
of
priority
levels
SmartPart Maximu 8
ition m cache
partition
s for
every
two
controlle
rs


Name ter
Minimu 256 MB
m size of
a cache
partition
Maximu 2 GB 5 GB 5 GB 10 GB 20 GB
m size of
a cache
partition
SmartTier Maximu l SAN: 3 (SSD/SAS/NL-SAS)

m l NAS: 2 (SSD/HDD, HDD including SAS and NL-SAS)
number
of tiers
Migratio l SAN: 512 KB, 1 MB, 2 MB, 4 MB, 8 MB, 16 MB, 32 MB, or
n 64 MB (4 MB by default)
granulari l NAS: file size
ty
(configu
rable)
Data l SAN: High/Medium/Low

migratio l NAS: automatically (unconfigurable)
n speed
SmartMot Granular 64 MB
ion ity
SmartThi Maximu 4096 8192 16,384 65,536

n m
number
of thin
LUNs
(same as
the
maximu
m
number
of thick
LUNs)
Maximu 256 TB
m
capacity
of a thin
LUN


Name ter
Conversi Supported (Implemented through LUN migration)

on
between
thin and
thick
LUNs
Granular l When SmartDedupe&SmartCompression is not enabled, the

ity of a value is fixed at 64 KB.
thin l When SmartDedupe&SmartCompression is enabled, the
LUN default value is 16 KB. The value can be set to 4 KB, 8 KB, 16
KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB on the CLI.
Space Supported
reclamat
ion
SmartMig Maximu 8
ration m
(SAN) number
of LUNs
that can
be
simultan
eously
migrated
for each
controlle
r
Maximu 512 1024

m
number
of LUNs
for
which
migratio
n can be
configur
ed at a
time


Name ter
Maximu 512 1024

m
number
of LUNs
for
which
consiste
ncy split
can be
performe
d
SmartMig Maximu 32 64
ration m
(NAS)b number
of file
systems
that can
be
migrated
simultan
eously
by each
controlle
r
Number 64 128 256

of file
systems
for
which
migratio
n can be
configur
ed at a
time


Name ter
SmartEra Maximu 8 16
se m
number
of LUNs
whose
data can
be
simultan
eously
destructe
d on
each
controlle
r
SmartMul Maximu 63 127 127 255 255

ti-Tenant m
number
of
tenants
Maximu 128 256 256 512 512

m
number
of tenant
administ
rators
Maximu 32
m
number
of tenant
administ
rators
for a
tenant
SmartVirt Maximu 256 2048 4096

ualization m
number
of
external
LUNs
Maximu 32 128 256

m
number
of
external
storage
arrays


Name ter
Maximu 8 32
m
number
of paths
for each
external
LUN
Maximu 512 2048 4096 8192

m
number
of
masquer
aded
LUNs
Maximu 256 1024 8192

m
number
of links
that
connect
to
external
arrays
Maximu 128 512 2048

m
number
of links
that
connect
to
external
arrays
on a
single
controlle
r
HyperMir Maximu 128 256 512

ror m
number
of
volume
mirrors


Name ter
Number 2
of copies
per
volume
mirror
SmartQuo Number 4096

ta of quota
directory
trees per
file
system
User 1000 2000 3000

quota
User 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000

group
quota
SmartCo Granular l File system: 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB self-adaptable

mpression ity of l LUN: 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB self-adaptable
data
block
compres
sion
SmartDed Granular 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64 KB self-adaptable

upe ity of
data
block
deduplic
ation
(configu
rable)


Name ter
SmartCac Total l 1600 l 4800 l 4800 l 9600 l 9600

he SSD GB (32 GB (64 GB GB (256 GB
cache GB per GB per (128 GB per (256
capacity controll controll GB per controll GB per
per er) er) controll er) controll
controlle l 4800 l 4800 er) l 16 TB er)
r GB (64 GB l 9600 (512 GB l 16 TB
GB per (128 GB per (512
controll GB per (256 controll GB per
er) controll GB per er) controll
er) controll er)
er) l 16 TB
(1 TB
per
controll
er)
Number Eight user partitions and one default cache partition

of SSD
cache
partition
s for
every
two
controlle
rs
Data 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, 64 KB, or 128 KB self-adaptable

block
granulari
ty of
SSD
cache
NAS Virus- CIFS share (scanning starts when files are closed)
antivirus scanning
mode
Maximu 128 256 512

m
number
of
antivirus
servers


Name ter
Maximu 1024 2048 4096

m
number
of file
systems
that can
be
monitore
d
Maximu 256 512 1024

m
number
of virus
scanning
policies
Maximu 32
m
number
of
antivirus
servers
per
vStore
HyperMet Maximu 1 2 2 2 2
ro (SAN) m The The The The number The
number number of number of number of of NAS and number of
of NAS and NAS and NAS and SAN NAS and
HyperM SAN SAN SAN HyperMetr SAN
etro HyperMetr HyperMetr HyperMetr o domains HyperMetr
domains o domains o domains o domains cannot o domains
cannot cannot cannot exceed 2. cannot
exceed 1. exceed 2. exceed 2. exceed 2.
Maximu 32 128 256

m
number
of
HyperM
etro
LUN
consiste
ncy
groups


Name ter
Maximu 128 512 1024

m
number
of
HyperM
etro
pairs
Maximu 128 512 1024

m
number
of pairs
in a
consiste
ncy
group
Maximu 128 512 1024

m
number
of pairs
in a
HyperM
etro
domain
Maximu l Versions earlier than V500R007C10: 8

m l V500R007C10 and later versions: 256
number
of
physical
links
that
connect
to a
controlle
r
Maximu < 300 km

m
distance
Supporte l Versions earlier than V500R007C30: 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel,

d 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, or 10GE
physical l V500R007C30 and later versions: 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16
link Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, or 100GE
types


Name ter
Supporte iSCSI or Fibre Channel

d
protocol
types
Arbitrati Static priority mode

on mode Quorum server mode
HyperMet Maximu 1 2 2 2 2
ro (NAS) m The The The The number The
number number of number of number of of NAS and number of
of NAS and NAS and NAS and SAN NAS and
HyperM SAN SAN SAN HyperMetr SAN
etro HyperMetr HyperMetr HyperMetr o domains HyperMetr
domains o domains o domains o domains cannot o domains
cannot cannot cannot exceed 2. cannot
exceed 1. exceed 2. exceed 2. exceed 2.
Maximu 63 127 127 255 255

m
number
of
HyperM
etro
vStore
pairs
Maximu 64 256 512 1024 2048

m
number
of file
system
pairs
Maximu l Versions earlier than V500R007C10: 8

m l V500R007C10 and later versions: 256
number
of
physical
links
that
connect
to a
controlle
r
Maximu < 300 km

m
distance


Name ter
Supporte l Versions earlier than V500R007C30: 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel,

d 16 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, or 10GE
physical l V500R007C30 and later versions: 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16
link Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, or 100GE
types
Supporte SMB3.0/NFSv3/NFSv4.0/NFSv4.1
d NOTE
protocol Only storage systems in V500R007C20 and later versions support
types NFSv4.1.
Arbitrati Static priority mode

on mode Quorum server mode
Quorum Maximu 2 4 8 16 32
client m
number
of
quorum
servers
that can
be
connecte
d to an
array
Maximu 2
m
number
of
quorum
servers
that can
be
connecte
d to a
HyperM
etro
domain


Name ter
Maximu 2
m
number
of IP
addresse
s (at the
server
side)
that can
be added
to a
quorum
server
Maximu 2
m
number
of links
that can
be
connecte
d from
each
controlle
r of an
array to
the same
quorum
server
HyperVau Maximu 128 512 1024

lt m
number
of
backup
pairs
Maximu 2048 4096 8192

m
number
of
backup
copies
Backup Fast, high, medium, low

speed
Backup 5 minutes to 1 month

period


Name ter
Maximu Local backup policy: 4

m Remote backup policy: 4
number
of
backup
policies
per pair
Maximu Local backup policy: 256

m Remote backup policy: 256
number
of
backup
copies
per pair
a: total number of SAN HyperReplication pairs, NAS HyperReplication pairs, SAN

HyperMetro pairs, NAS HyperMetro pairs, HyperVault pairs, and doubled NAS
SmartMigration tasks
NOTE
For V500R007C20 and later versions, intra-array asynchronous replication is supported. An intra-array
asynchronous replication pair is displayed as two remote replication pairs and has the same
specifications as those of two remote replication pairs.
b: supported in V500R007C50 and later versions
Supported Operating Systems

Operating 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
System
Windows Mainstream Windows operating systems are supported, including but not
limited to the following:
l Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2
l Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter SP2
l Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition SP2
l Windows Server 2012 Standard
l Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
l Windows Server 2012 Essentials
l Windows Server 2012 Foundation X64 Edition

Operating 5300 V5 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5

System
Linux Mainstream Linux operating systems, including but not limited to the
following:
l SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
l Red Hat Enterprise Server AS 5
Other l HP-UX 11i v2

mainstream l HP-UX 11i v3
operating
systems l AIX 6.1
l AIX 7.1
l Solaris 10 for Sparc
l VMware ESXi 4.1
l VMware ESXi 5.0
l Citrix XenServer 5.6
l MAC OS X 10.7
l Other common operating systems
License Control
Function Requiring a License or Not
HyperSnap Yesa
HyperClone Yes
HyperCopy Yes
HyperReplication Yesb
SmartQoS Yes
SmartTier Yes
SmartMotion Yes
SmartThin Yes
SmartPartition Yes
SmartMigration Yes
SmartErase Yes

SmartMulti-Tenant Yes
SmartVirtualization Yes
HyperMirror Yes
SmartCompression (for LUN&FS) Yes
SmartDedupe (for LUN&FS) Yes
SmartQuota Yes
CIFS Yes
NFS Yes
SmartCache Yes
WORM (HyperLock) Yes
NDMP Yes
HyperMetro (for LUN) Yes
HyperMetro (for FS) Yes
HyperVault Yes
a: The same license is used for HyperSnap for block and file services. After importing the
license file for the HyperSnap feature, a user can create snapshots for both block and file
services.
b: The same license is used for HyperReplication for block and file services. After
importing the license file for the HyperReplication feature, a user can create remote
replications for both block and file services.
NOTE
As the OceanStor SystemReporter and OceanStor UltraPath are not deployed on a storage system, you
cannot check them on the license management page of the storage system. To view purchased features,
you can obtain the product authorization certificate from your dealer, which shows the purchased
features.
Interoperability
You can go to Huawei Storage Interoperability Navigator and select components such as
an operating system and multipathing software you want to check to obtain the
interoperability information.
6.4 Software Specifications (5110 V5)

Software specifications include 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
locate the specification information you need.
Table 6-4 Description of software specification categories
Basic Describes the basic software specifications of the storage system,

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 the storage system, such as

Specifications snapshot, remote replication, and LUN copy.
Supported Describes the operating systems supported by the storage system.

Operating
Systems
License Control Describes whether software features of the storage unit are controlled
by licenses.
Basic Specifications
Item 5110 V5
Maximum number of connected l Fibre Channel: 2048

application servers l iSCSI ports: 256
Maximum number of hosts per host group 64
Maximum number of LUNsa 4096
Maximum number of LUN groups 2048
Maximum number of LUNs that can be 255

mapped to a host
Maximum number of PE LUNs 64
Maximum number of VVol LUNsa 4096
Maximum number of mapping views 2047
Maximum number of disk domains 32
Maximum number of disks in a disk 500

domain
Minimum number of disks in a disk 4

domain per engine
Maximum number of storage pools 32
Maximum number of LUNs in a storage 4096

pool

Item 5110 V5
RAID level 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10, 50
Minimum capacity of a LUN 512 KB
Maximum capacity of a LUN 256 TB
Maximum number of file systems l The total number of clone file systems and
file systems cannot exceed 1024.
l The total number of clone file systems,
file systems, LUNs, and writable LUN
snapshots cannot exceed 4096.
Minimum capacity of a file system 1 GB
Maximum capacity of a file system 16 PB
Maximum number of files per file system 2 billion
Maximum capacity of a file 256 TB
Maximum number of subdirectories and 30 million

files per directory
Maximum number of SMB shares 12,000
Maximum number of NFS shares 10,000
Maximum number of CIFS and NFS 11,000

connections per controller
Maximum number of FTP connections per 32

controller
Maximum number of HTTP connections 32

per controller
Maximum number of NDMP flows per 8

controller
Maximum number of local users 1000
Maximum number of local user groups 20,000
Maximum number of users in a user group 80,000
Maximum file path length 4096 bytes
Maximum length of a single file name or 1024 bytes

directory name
Maximum directory depth of a file system 256
Maximum number of files that can be 100,000

opened at a time on a controller
Maximum number of logical ports per 128

controller

Item 5110 V5
Maximum number of VLANs per 128

controller
a: Maximum total number of clone file systems, file systems, LUNs, and writable LUN
snapshots, plus the number of PE LUNs and VVol LUNs.
Feature Specifications
Feature Name Parameter 5110 V5
HyperSnap Maximum number of 2048

LUN snapshots
Maximum number of 32,000

read-only snapshots in a
file system
Maximum number of 1024

source LUNs

snapshots for a source
LUN

read-only snapshots for a
source file system
LUNs that can be batch
activated
Minimum interval of 1 minute

periodic snapshots for a
file system
Recovery time of a file < 10 seconds

system snapshot
LUN copy Maximum number of 64

LUN copies
target LUNs for each
source LUN
LUN clone Maximum number of 128

primary LUNs

secondary LUNs

Maximum number of 8
secondary LUNs in a
clone group
consistent split pairs
File system clone Maximum number of l The total number of clone

clone file systems file systems and file
systems cannot exceed
1024.
l The total number of clone
file systems, file systems,
LUNs, and writable LUN
snapshots cannot exceed
4096.
Maximum levels of 8
cascading clones
HyperReplication Maximum number of 256

pairs in a remote
replication (synchronous
+ asynchronous)a
Maximum number of l Synchronous: 1

secondary LUNs in a pair l Asynchronous: 2
Maximum number of Asynchronous: 1

secondary file systems in
a pair
connected remote storage
devices
Maximum number of 64 (synchronous +

remote replication asynchronous)
consistency groups
pairs in a remote
replication consistent
group
remote replication vStore
pairs
SmartQoS Maximum number of 128

SmartQoS policies

LUNs supported by a
policy
Number of priority levels 3
SmartPartition Maximum cache 8

partitions for every two
controllers
Minimum size of a cache 256 MB

partition
Maximum size of a cache 2 GB

partition
SmartTier Maximum number of tiers l SAN: 3 (SSD/SAS/NL-

SAS)
l NAS: 2 (SSD/HDD, HDD
including SAS and NL-
SAS)
Migration granularity l SAN: 512 KB, 1 MB, 2

(configurable) MB, 4 MB, 8 MB, 16 MB,
32 MB, or 64 MB (4 MB
by default)
l NAS: file size
Data migration speed l SAN: High/Medium/Low

l NAS: automatically
(unconfigurable)
Maximum number of file 8192 (up to 10 policies for

migration policies each file system)
SmartMotion Granularity 64 MB
SmartThin Maximum number of thin 4096

LUNs (same as the
maximum number of
thick LUNs)
Maximum capacity of a 256 TB

thin LUN
Conversion between thin Supported (Implemented

and thick LUNs through LUN migration)

Granularity of a thin LUN l When

SmartDedupe&SmartComp
ression is not enabled, the
value is fixed at 64 KB.
l When
SmartDedupe&SmartComp
ression is enabled, the
default value is 16 KB. The
value can be set to 4 KB, 8
KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or 64
KB on the CLI.
Space reclamation Supported
SmartMigration Maximum number of 8

LUNs that can be
simultaneously migrated
for each controller

LUNs for which
migration can be
configured at a time
SmartErase Maximum number of 8

LUNs whose data can be
simultaneously destructed
on each controller
SmartMulti-Tenant Maximum number of 63

tenants

tenant administrators
tenant administrators for a
tenant
SmartVirtualization Maximum number of 256

external LUNs
external storage arrays
Maximum number of 8
paths for each external
LUN

masqueraded LUNs


links that connect to
external arrays

links that connect to
external arrays on a single
controller
HyperMirror Maximum number of 128

volume mirrors
Number of copies per 2

volume mirror
SmartQuota Number of quota 4096

directory trees per file
system
User quota 1000
User group quota 20,000
SmartCompression Granularity of data block l File system: 8 KB, 16 KB,

compression 32 KB, or 64 KB self-
adaptable
l LUN: 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB,
32 KB, or 64 KB self-
adaptable
SmartDedupe Granularity of data block 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB, or

deduplication (same as 64 KB self-adaptable
the LUN size or file
system block size
configured in
deduplication and
compression)
SmartCache Total SSD cache capacity l 400 GB (16 GB per

per controller controller)
l 1600 GB (32 GB per
controller)
Number of SSD cache Eight user partitions and one

partitions for every two default cache partition
controllers
Data block granularity of 4 KB, 8 KB, 16 KB, 32 KB,

SSD cache 64 KB, or 128 KB self-
adaptable
NAS antivirus Virus-scanning mode CIFS share (scanning starts

when files are closed)


antivirus servers
Maximum number of file 1024

systems that can be
monitored

virus scanning policies
antivirus servers per
vStore
HyperMetro (SAN) Maximum number of 1

HyperMetro domains The number of NAS and SAN
HyperMetro domains cannot
exceed 1.
HyperMetro LUN
consistency groups

HyperMetro pairs

pairs in a consistency
group

pairs in a HyperMetro
domain

physical links that
connect to a controller
Maximum distance < 300 km
Supported physical link 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16

types Gbit/s Fibre Channel, or 10GE
Supported protocol types iSCSI or Fibre Channel
Arbitration mode Static priority mode

Quorum server mode
HyperMetro (NAS) Maximum number of 1

HyperMetro domains The number of NAS and SAN
HyperMetro domains cannot
exceed 1.

HyperMetro vStore pairs
Maximum number of file 64

system pairs

physical links that
connect to a controller
Maximum distance < 300 km
Supported physical link 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 16

types Gbit/s Fibre Channel, or 10GE
Supported protocol types SMB3.0/NFSv3/NFSv4.0/

NFSv4.1
Arbitration mode Static priority mode

Quorum server mode
Quorum client Maximum number of 2

quorum servers that can
be connected to an array
Maximum number of 2
quorum servers that can
be connected to a
HyperMetro domain
Maximum number of IP 2
addresses (at the server
side) that can be added to
a quorum server
Maximum number of 2
links that can be
connected from each
controller of an array to
the same quorum server
HyperVault Maximum number of 128

backup pairs

backup copies
Backup speed Fast, high, medium, low
Backup period 5 minutes to 1 month
Maximum number of Local backup policy: 4

backup policies per pair Remote backup policy: 4

Maximum number of Local backup policy: 256

backup copies per pair Remote backup policy: 256
a: Maximum number of SAN HyperReplication pairs, NAS HyperReplication pairs, SAN

HyperMetro pairs, NAS HyperMetro pairs, and HyperVault pairs.
NOTE
An intra-array asynchronous replication pair is displayed as two remote replication pairs and its
specifications double those of a remote replication pair.
Supported Operating Systems

Operating 5110 V5
System
Windows Mainstream Windows operating systems are supported, including but

not limited to the following:
l Windows Server 2012 Standard
l Windows Server 2012 Datacenter
l Windows Server 2012 Essentials
l Windows Server 2012 Foundation X64 Edition
Linux Mainstream Linux operating systems, including but not limited to the
following:

Operating 5110 V5
System
Other mainstream l HP-UX 11i v2

operating systems l HP-UX 11i v3
l AIX 6.1
l AIX 7.1
l VMware ESXi 4.1
l VMware ESXi 5.0
l MAC OS X 10.7
l Other common operating systems
License Control
HyperSnap Yesa
HyperClone Yes
HyperCopy Yes
HyperReplication Yesb
SmartQoS Yes
SmartTier Yes
SmartMotion Yes
SmartThin Yes
SmartPartition Yes
SmartMigration Yes
SmartErase Yes
SmartMulti-Tenant Yes
SmartVirtualization Yes
HyperMirror Yes
SmartCompression (for LUN&FS) Yes
SmartDedupe (for LUN&FS) Yes

SmartQuota Yes
CIFS Yes
NFS Yes
SmartCache Yes
WORM (HyperLock) Yes
NDMP Yes
HyperMetro (for LUN) Yes
HyperMetro (for FS) Yes
HyperVault Yes
a: The same license is used for HyperSnap for block and file services. After importing the
license file for the HyperSnap feature, a user can create snapshots for both block and file
services.
b: The same license is used for HyperReplication for block and file services. After
importing the license file for the HyperReplication feature, a user can create remote
replications for both block and file services.
NOTE
As the OceanStor SystemReporter and OceanStor UltraPath are not deployed on a storage system, you
cannot check them on the license management page of the storage system. To view purchased features,
you can obtain the product authorization certificate from your dealer, which shows the purchased
features.
Interoperability
You can go to Huawei Storage Interoperability Navigator and select components such as
an operating system and multipathing software you want to check to obtain the
interoperability information.

Product Description 7 Environmental Requirements
7 Environmental Requirements
About This Chapter

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 describes the temperature, humidity, and altitude requirements of the storage
system.
Table 7-1 Requirements on ambient temperature and humidity

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 At altitudes between 1800 m and
3000 m (5905.51 ft. and 9842.52
ft.), the temperature drops by 1°C
for 220 m (721.78 ft.) of altitude
increase.

Parameter Condition Requirement
Temperature variation in the 20°C/h

operating environment
Non-operating temperature -40°C to 70°C (-40°F to 158°F)
Temperature variation in the 30°C/h

non-operating environment
Humidity Humidity 10% RHa to 90% RH
Non-operating humidity 5% RH to 95% RH
Maximum humidity 20%/h

variation
Storage humidity (during 5% RH to 95% RH

transportation and storage
with packages)
Altitude Operating altitude of disks -304.8 m to +3048 m (-1000 ft. to

+10000 ft.)
Non-operating altitude of -305 m to +12192 m (-1000.66 ft. to

disks +40000 ft.)
a: relative humidity (RH)
7.2 Vibration and Shock

Vibration and shock requirements must be met so that storage systems can correctly work or
be properly preserved.
Table 7-2 shows the vibration and shock requirements of storage systems.
Table 7-2 Vibration and shock requirements of storage systems
Parameter Requirement
Operating vibration 5 to 350 Hz, PSD: 0.0002 g2/Hz, 350 to 500 Hz, -3 dB,
0.3 Grms
Non-operating vibration 10 to 500 Hz, 1.49 Grms

PSD:
l 10 HZ@0.1g2/HZ
l 20 HZ@0.1g2/HZ
l 50 HZ@0.004g2/HZ
l 100 HZ@0.001g2/HZ
l 500 HZ@0.001g2/HZ

Parameter Requirement
Non-operating shock l OceanStor 5110 V5/5300 V5/5500 V5/5600

V5/5800 V5: Half sine, 70 G/2 ms
l OceanStor 6800 V5: Half sine, 50 G/2 ms
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 the 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). The
Gaseous and Particulate Contamination Guidelines for Data Centers is widely accepted,
which is prepared by the members of ASHRAE TC 9.9, AMD, Cisco, Cray, Dell, EMC,
Hitachi, HP, IBM, Intel, Seagate, SGI, and Sun.
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 7-3
gives the air cleanliness classification by particle concentration.
Table 7-3 Air cleanliness classification by particle concentration of ISO 14664-1 and
maximum allowable concentrations (particles/m3) for particles
ISO Particle Particle Particle Particle Particle Particle
Class Size Size Size Size Size Size
≥ 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 - -

ISO Particle Particle Particle Particle Particle Particle

Class Size Size Size Size Size Size
≥ 0.1 μm ≥ 0.2 μm ≥ 0.3 μm ≥ 0.5 μm ≥ 1 μm ≥ 5 μm
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 7-4 lists common corrosive airborne contaminants and their sources.
Table 7-4 Common corrosive airborne contaminants and their sources

Symbol Sources
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
C Incomplete combustion (aerosol constituent), foundry
CO Combustion, automobile emissions, microbiological

activities, tree rot

Symbol Sources
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 7-5.
Table 7-5 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.
G3 (harsh) 1000 Å/month to 2000 An environment in which there is high

Å/month probability that corrosion will occur.

Severity Copper Reactivity Description

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

designed and packaged equipment would be
expected to survive.
See Table 7-6 for the copper and silver corrosion rate requirements.
Table 7-6 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.
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 or 1.75 inches) space should be left above and
below each device.
The airflow parameters of the storage system are shown in Table 7-7.
Table 7-7 Airflow parameters of storage systems
System 5110 5300 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5

Airflow V5 V5
Controller l 75 CFMa l 183 CFM l 404 CFM l 808

enclosure (maximum (maximum (maximum fan CFM
fan speed) fan speed) speed) (maximu
l 83 CFM l 102 CFM (25°C) m fan
l 24 CFM
(25°C) speed)
(25°C)
l 204
CFM
(25°C)
2 U disk l 117 CFM (maximum fan speed)

enclosure l 38 CFM (25°C)
4 U disk l 151 CFM (maximum fan speed)

enclosure l 52 CFM (25°C)
4 U high- - l 210 CFM (maximum fan speed)

density disk l 116 CFM (25°C)
enclosure
a: cubic feet per minute (CFM)
The heat dissipation parameters of the storage system are shown in Table 7-8.

Table 7-8 Heat dissipation parameters of a storage system

Maximum 5110 5300 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Heat V5 V5
Dissipatio
n (in
Running)
Controller l 1627 BTUa/h 2667 3563 4331 l Dual

enclosure (twelve 3.5- BTU/h BTU/h BTU/h controlle
inch disks) rs: 6670
BTU/h
l 1773 BTU/h
(twenty-five l Four
2.5-inch controlle
disks) rs: 10629
BTU/h
2 U disk 1101 BTU/h

enclosure
4 U disk 1985 BTU/h

enclosure
4 U high- - 4263 BTU/h

density disk
enclosure
a: British thermal unit (BTU)
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 the storage system
are shown in Table 7-9.
Table 7-9 Noise parameters of storage systems

Sound 5110 5300 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5
Power V5 V5
Controll 61.3 dB 63.1 dB 69.4 dB 69.4 dB 71 dB

er
enclosur
e
2 U disk 67.5 dB
enclosur
e

Sound 5110 5300 5500 V5 5600 V5 5800 V5 6800 V5

Power V5 V5
4 U disk 66.3 dB
enclosur
e
4U - 75.4 dB
high-
density
disk
enclosur
e

Product Description 8 Standards Compliance
8 Standards Compliance
The chapter describes the protocol standards, the safety specifications and electromagnetic
compatibility (EMC) standards, and 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 FC-PH: ANSI X3.230

system
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)
T10/1562D Rev.05 Serial Attached SCSI (SAS)
T10/1601D Rev.07 Serial Attached SCSI Model-1.1 (SAS-1.1)

Name Standard No.
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/Fibre Channel Over PICMG3.0
iSCSI RFC 3720/7143
TCP/IP SNMP v1
system
SNMP v2c
SNMP v3
PCIe PCI Express Base Specification R1.1

system
PCI Express to PCI or PCI-X Bridge Specification v1.0
PCI Express Base Specification v2.0
Interface Standards
Table 8-2 describes the interface standards that the storage systems comply with.
Table 8-2 Interface standards that the storage systems comply with
Name Description
VAAI An application programming interface (API) framework from VMware. It

enables some storage-related tasks (such as thin provisioning) to be offloaded
from a VMware server to a storage array.
VASA An API used for VMware vSphere ESXi hosts to communicate with storage
devices. It enables vCenter to manage storage arrays in a unified manner.
SRA An interface between VMware Site Recovery Manager (SRM) and a storage
system. It enables SRM to perform the following operations: discovery of
storage systems, non-disruptive failover test, emergency or planned failover,
reverse replication, backup, and restoration.

Name Description
SMI-S A storage standard developed and maintained by the Storage Networking

Industry Association (SNIA). It aims to simplify the management of a storage
area network (SAN) that contains devices from various manufacturers. It
provides a universal management interface for all types of network elements
and simplifies the management of a heterogeneous SAN environment.
NOTE
Log in to https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/. In the search field, enter eSDK
Storage, and select a path from the paths that are automatically displayed to go to the
document page. Search, browse, and download the SMI-S Provider documents of the
corresponding version to get more information.
ODX Offloaded data transfer (ODX) is a feature of Windows Server 2012. The
feature unloads files into storage arrays for transmission. High transmission
bandwidth between storage arrays largely shortens the data transmission delay
and improves the data copy speed, as well as reduces host server resource
occupation.
Safety Specifications and EMC Standards

Table 8-3 lists the safety specifications and EMC standards that the storage system complies
with.
Table 8-3 Safety specifications and EMC standards
Name Standard No.
China safety standard GB 4943.1-2011
North America safety UL 60950-1

standard
European safety directive 2014/35/EU
European safety standard EN 60950-1
China EMC standard GB/T9254-2008
GB17625.1-2012
Canada EMC standard ICES-003
CAN/CSA-CEI/IEC CISPR 22:02
North America EMC FCC, CFR47 Part 15, Subpart B

standard
European EMC directive 2014/30/EU
European EMC standard EN 55032
EN 55024

Industry Standards
Table 8-4 lists the industry standards that the storage system complies with.
Table 8-4 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)
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

Product Description 9 Certifications
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 Certification Bodies (CB) Scheme is an international scheme operated by

the IEC System for Conformity Testing and Certification of Electrical
Equipment (IECEE). Member countries of the IECEE test electrical product
performance based on the IEC standards. The results, which are CB test
reports and CB test certificates, are recognized by all countries within the
IECEE. The CB scheme is designed for eliminating the international
commerce barriers resulted from the compliance with certifications and
approval guidelines of different countries.
The CB Scheme is formulated based on the IEC standard. If member
countries' national standards are not completely consistent with IEC
standards, the differences are allowed but must be disclosed to the other
members. A CB test certificate is used in the Scheme to prove that a tested
product sample has passed CB tests and meets related IEC and member
countries' requirements.
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 CCC mainly involves the products related to human health and security,
animal and plant life and health, environmental protection, and public
security.
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.

Name Description
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.
NRTL A Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL) is an independent

laboratory recognized by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration
(OSHA) of the United States to test products to applicable product safety
standards.
The OSHA requires that products used in the workplace must be tested by an
NRTL and obtain security certificates after the products pass all related tests
to ensure the personal safety of users.
CE Conformite Europeenne (CE): Products marked with CE conform to EMC

(2014/30/EU) and low-voltage (2014/35/EU) specifications published by the
European Union (EU).
If this product has telecommunication functionality, the R_TTE Directive
(1999/5/EC) 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 Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals

(REACH) is a regulation of the EU. REACH regulates the applicable products
into three categories: substances, products, and articles, and puts forward
different requirements. Electronic and electrical products are qualified as
articles and must meet REACH requirements for articles. An article supplier
must notify and inform downstream users that its articles contain Substances
of Very High Concern (SVHC) substances, and must ensure that its articles do
not contain substances restricted in REACH Annex XVII.
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 and electronic equipment.
RoHS is the 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 10
hazardous substances of Pb, Cd, Hg, Cr6+, PBB, PBDE, DEHP, BBP, DBP,
and DIBP must not exceed the maximum limit. The maximum limit is 100
ppm for Cd and is 1000 ppm for other nine hazardous substances.
WEEE Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulation (WEEE) is an EU

directive on electrical and electronic wastes.
Electronic and electrical products sold to the EU market must comply with the
2012/19/EU directive, that is, the 3R (recovery, reuse, and recycling) of
electronic and electrical wastes and symbols of crossed-out wheeled bins (EN
50419:2006).

Name Description
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.
VCCI As the EMC mark in Japan, the VCCI certificate is managed by the Voluntary
Control Council for Interference by Information Technology Equipment. The
organization determines whether an information technology product meets
VCCI requirements based on the Special International Committee on Radio
Interference (abbreviated as CISPR from its French name) 32 standard.
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.
FCC-DOC
Supplier's Declaration of Conformity (SDoC)
Unique Identifier: trade name: HUAWEI; product name: Storage System; model number:
OceanStor 5110 V5, 5300 V5, 5500 V5, 5600 V5, 5800 V5, and 6800 V5
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.

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

Product Description 10 Operation and Maintenance
No. Name Description
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 selection language selection button. DeviceManager supports two
area languages: simplified Chinese and English.
5 Fault statistics area The fault statistics area shows the number of each level
of system faults, helping users understand the running
status of a storage system.
Users can log in to DeviceManager using a common browser.

To master GUI-based operations, you are advised to read this document and practice the
operations using the DeviceManager Demo. As a simulation program of storage system
management software, the DeviceManager Demo simulates configuration and management
operations on a storage system.
Introduction to the CLI

After logging in to the storage system through CLI, you can query, set, manage, and maintain
the storage system.
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 the scenario where a user does 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.

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.

Product Description A How to Obtain Help
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: https://support.huawei.com/enterprise/
You can query how to contact the regional offices at https://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: https://e.huawei.com/

Product Description B Glossary
B Glossary
If you want to obtain information about glossaries, visit https://support.huawei.com/

enterprise/. In the search field, enter a product model, and select a path from the paths that
are automatically displayed to go to the document page of the product. Browse or download
the OceanStor V5 Series V500R007 GlossaryOceanStor V5 Series V500R007 Glossary.

Product Description C Acronyms and Abbreviations
C Acronyms and Abbreviations
A
ANSI American National Standards Institute
B
BBU Backup Battery Unit
C
CLI Command Line Interface
E
ESN Equipment Serial Number
F
FC Fibre Channel
FC-AL Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop
FCoE Fibre Channel over Ethernet
G
GE Gigabit Ethernet
GUI Graphical User Interface
H
HBA Host Bus Adapter
HD High Density
I
IP Internet Protocol

Product Description C Acronyms and Abbreviations
ISA Instrument Society of America

iSCSI Internet Small Computer Systems Interface
ISO International Organization for Standardization
L
LUN Logical Unit Number
M
MTBF Mean Time Between Failures
MTTR Mean Time to Repair
N
NL-SAS Near Line Serial Attached SCSI
P
PDU Power Distribution Unit
U
USB Universal Serial Bus
R
RAID Redundant Array of Independent Disks
RSCN Registered State Change Notification
S
SAN Storage Area Network
SAS Serial Attached SCSI
SCSI Small Computer System Interface
SSD Solid State Drive
V
VLAN Virtual Local Area Network
VPN Virtual Private Network

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Supported product models are as follows.

Product Series Product Model

OceanStor 6000 V5 series OceanStor 6800 V5

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Calls attention to important information, best practices

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4.9.2.4 Fan Module........................................................................................................................................................... 114

5 Software Architecture............................................................................................................... 151

7 Environmental Requirements................................................................................................. 217

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On a Unified SAN and NAS Network

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Figure 1-1 Position and application

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l Protection against component failures

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l Online disk diagnosis

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

High System Security

l Security of management channels

Storage service security:

l Security of the operating system

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Virtualization, Intelligence, and Efficiency

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Cost-Effectiveness and Ease-of-Use

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About This Chapter

3.1 High-Performance Applications

On-Demand System Performance Boost

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This on-demand system performance boost brings the following benefits:

Dynamic Storage Tiering for Hotspot Data

Figure 3-1 SmartTier working principle

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3.2 High-Availability Applications

In-Service Routine Maintenance

Tolerance of Single Points of Failures

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Figure 3-2 Tolerance of single points of failure

Resilience Against Disasters

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3.3 High-Density and Multi-Service Applications