NEC Storage Series

February 2016

SAN Storage Product Family

NEC Storage M Series

 New NEC M-Series Storage with enhanced performance
and improved features emerging as the preferred choice
for virtualized Infrastructure

Demands on Storage Units

Continual performance enhancement for virtualization, Ensure continuous operations in the face of unforeseen
cloud and big data environment. failures.
Reduction of storage management workload with Reduce the cost of storing ever-increasing amounts of
virtualization technology. business data.
Efficient data management with hybrid storage and data Increase operational efficiency through robust integration with
tiering. server virtualization.
Dramatic reduction in power consumption by storage Construct a disaster response site to prepare for earthquakes
units supporting environmental awareness. and fires.

High Performance
&
High Availability

Advanced M Easy Installation

Eco-friendly &
Series
Function Operation

IT Cost
Optimization

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The ever increasing growth of data mandates IT reforms by implementing virtualized and cloud based environments.
This drastically changing environment requires a storage unit designed with these changes in mind. NEC’s M Series
storages have been developed to satisfy these needs by bringing together high reliability technology, functional
software, and tools to maximize productivity of virtualized and cloud environments.
M Series provides high performance and high availability to support business continuity, advanced eco-friendly
performance to reduce power consumption and cooling costs, easy installation and operation to reduce management
workload, and economic efficiency to meet today’s TCO demands to store and archive data. M Series utilizes
advanced storage virtualization technologies such as thin provisioning, data allocation optimization leveraging
high-speed solid state drive (SSD), and volume management which are compatible with server virtualization.
M Series offers a diverse product lineup including basic models (M110 & M310), high performance models (M510 &
M710), hybrid versions of models, and All Flash Storage (M310F & M710F) optimized for SSD to achieve higher
performance and faster response, all developed to respond to the needs of the next generation infrastructures.

Hybrid Model All Flash Model

M710
M710F
M510
Max. 48 ports
(FC/ISCSI) Max. 48 ports
Max. 960 drives (FC/ISCSI)
M310
Max. 32 ports
(FC/ISCSI) Max. 960 drives
Max.768 drives
M110 M310F
Max. 8 ports
(FC/ISCSI)
Max. 480 drives
Max. 8 ports Max. 8 ports
(FC/ISCSI/SAS) (FC/ISCSI)
Max. 120 drives Max. 480 drives

High performance & High Availability Advanced Eco-friendly Function

M Series ensures continuous high-speed access to critical business data M Series promotes environmental conservation by actively adopting
with high availability and reliability. eco-friendly components.

Automatic allocation of data to a suitable device according to its access Eco-friendly design employs 80PLUS® PLATINUM and 80PLUS®
frequency. GOLD certified high-efficiency power supplies as well as low-power
All components are redundant to provide maximum availability. processors.
High availability and reliability with NEC’s patented Super Phoenix M Series can be used even in 40°C(104°F) environments, reducing
Technology. cooling and electricity cost.
Superior security with Self Encrypting Drives and Secure Erasure function. Reduce power consumption by providing a visual power consumption
All Flash Storage optimized for flash to accelerate business applications display in GUI and implementing autonomous MAID function.
and improve response time. ENERGY STAR certified. (M110)

Easy Installation & Operation IT Cost Optimization

M Series simplifies storage management by offering autonomous operation M Series contributes to the reduction of TCO by optimizing the investment
utilizing virtualization technologies as a user friendly GUI. cost and making daily operations highly effcient.

Dynamic Pool management enables expansion of capacity and performance without Devices (SAS, Nearline SAS, SSD) and interfaces (FC, iSCSI, SAS)
disruption. can be selected and intermixed according to your needs, optimizing
Thin Provisioning provides non-disruptive scaling capacity through over-subscription. investment cost.
Remote backup is easy and economical using a direct iSCSI interface, eliminating Management software and basic replication is bundled with the entry
complexity and cost of an FC to iSCSI gateway. level M110.
Data can be migrated between storage units without using an FC switch. Management in a virtual environment is simplified through integration
User-friendly GUI makes storage management and operation easy. with virtualization management software.
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 Virtualization with NEC Storage M Series

Simplified management of individual Virtual Machines (VM) and

Without VVOL With VVOL
Virtual Desktops (VDI) in VMware environment All data in LUN is replicated or Data for specific Virtual Machine can be
restored together. replicated or restored alone.

M Series supports VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVOL) feature that LUN LUN
VM 1
Backup
enables storage features like backup & restore, snapshot, and Quality of VM 1 VM 1 Backup
VM 2 VM 2
Service (QoS) to be done at the VVOL level. VM 2 VM 2
Restore
Restore
VM 3 VM 3
M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F VM 3

Assuring business performance through

Before After
automatic SLA optimization Performance of important I/O upper control suppresses the load of a high-load task,
task degraded. and I/O lower control ensures the required performance of an important task.

M series can control I/O flow by setting I/O threshold limits to each Task Important Average Average Server Important Average Average Server
level
High load High load
logical disk. Unlike many others, M Series allows both minimum and Performance Storage Storage
degradation
maximum thresholds to be used. It allows storage resources to be fairly A B C
Stable
performance A B C
Load suppression
allocated to normal priority applications while priority tasks preferentially (IOPS) (IOPS)
A A Ensure performance
acquire needed resources. M series stabilizes operations of the entire by setting a lower
limit.
system, allowing you to meet SLAs that require guaranteed Quality of B
B Suppress performance
to a certain level by
Service (QoS). C C
setting an upper limit.

M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F

Hybrid Data Tiering automatically tiers data to the most Application server Application server Application server
suitable device according to access frequency

M Series can create tiers with different types of devices; SSD, SAS HDD Automatically allocating the Automatically allocating the
stored data to a suitable stored data to a suitable
and Nearline SAS HDD. Once stored, data is automatically reallocated to device according to access device according to access
frequency (Logical disk unit). frequency (Block-data unit).
a suitable tier through routine monitoring so that frequently accessed NEC Storage
M Series
data is moved to a high speed SSD pool and infrequently accessed data
High High SSD pool
is moved to a low-cost nearline SAS pool. This keeps data on the
appropriate tier as access patterns change, maximizes storage Cost Performance SAS pool

performance, and optimizes your investment in storage. Nearline SAS pool

Low Low

M110 M310 M510 M710

Hierarchical pool

SSD L2 cache & Persistent Write ensuring stable &

high-speed performance Application server

read
M Series uses SSD which has a superior read performance as L2 cache, Write
NEC Storage M Series
Controller Controller
so throughput of frequently accessed data can be improved. In case of
Persistent write SSD L2 cache
an error in one controller, Persistent Write will continue Fast Write Continuing FastWrite operations by Removing hot spots by storing
maintaining redundant data when an frequently accessed data in a
operations, storing write data in SSD to keep data redundancy. error occurs in one controller. SSD SSD.

M110 M310 M510 M710

Expanding capacity and performance by simply adding drives

Number of
using Advanced Dynamic Pool Storage performance HDDs
HDD
30
Add an HDD
M Series offers Advanced Dynamic Pool allowing storage managers to
HDD
simply increase pool capacity by non-disruptively adding drives. It also 20
Add an HDD
automatically optimizes data across the pool to improve performance.
10
M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F
Workload

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Minimize storage cost with capacity virtualization

with Thin Provisioning Capacity recognized
as LUN:10TB
Application server

Thin provisioning maximizes storage investment efficiency by virtualizing Assigned capacity Assignment
Assign actual capacity monitoring history
logical volumes. Thin provisioning allows logical volumes to be oversubscribed, Logical disk when data is written. accumulation
Virtual capacity:10TB Storage and analysis
Add hard disk
making the logical volume look as if it has more physical resources than drives as Actual Pool capacity:
Manager
required. capacity:5TB 15TB
actually in the system. When physical capacity is insufficient, new physical
Threshold
Advanced dynamic pool value:
capacity can be non-disruptively added to the virtual volume. Thin provisioning Free:10TB
13TB
HDD HDD HDD HDD HDD Used:5TB
HDD Management
allows lower initial investment cost and lower power cost. server

M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F

Business Continuity with NEC Storage M Series

Low-cost disaster prevention and response Main site Backup site

Constructing a backup site can cost a great deal of money and Low-cost remote replication
without an FC-IP converter.
resources. M Series’ Remote Data Replication (RDR) uses an IP line with
iSCSI eliminating the need for an FC-IP converter. This enables
FC or iSCSI iSCSI Public line iSCSI FC or iSCSI
development of cost-efficient disaster prevention and response
measures. In addition, low-cost operation is possible due to reduced
total network setup & operational cost.
M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F DDR RDR DDR
Master Replica Replica Replica

M Series M Series

Direct backup & restore to NEC HYDRAstor (HS Series) Storage

M Series can perform direct backup & restore to NEC HYDRAstor (HS NEC Storage M series NEC Storage HS series

Series) Storage without an external backup server or software. 12

Data Data
M110 M310 M510 M710 (increment) (increment) 9 3

Data Data 6

One full backup followed by

A full backup is generated in
incremental backups
NEC Storage HS series.

RAID protecting against double failures, handling increasing data capacities

HDD capacity is increasing so is the risk of data loss because a second HDD can fail while recovering a damaged HDD. M Series exploits NEC’s
patented RAID triple mirror that achieves the high-speed performance of RAID-1 with the double parity reliability of RAID-6.
M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F

NEC Storage M Series’ Ease of Operation

Intuitive GUI allows even first-time users to easily

manage the storage unit

Storage capacity, disk load, and operational status of each component

can be checked in a visual web browser window. Navigation windows
show you how to set up replication, change capacity of a pool, and
respond to failures. The easy-to-understand GUI environment eliminates
operational errors.
M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F

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 Green technology with NEC Storage M Series

Visualization of power consumption

Low-power operations by visualization of
Energy efficient operation by autonomous control
power consumption and autonomous device control
Reduce power consumption
depending on usage
The power consumption of all M Series units in the same infrastructure

Power consumption(kwh)
environment can be managed with real-time visualizations. In addition,
components such as CPU, fan and HDD autonomously control power
Autonomous
consumption based on storage unit usage. Energy efficient operations control
are also promoted by reduction of unnecessary power consumption

I/O count
when the storage unit is in the idle state.
M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F

Saving power resources by the autonomous MAID technology

M Series adopts MAID (Massive Array of Inactive Disks) technology for In use Copying

energy efficiency. HDD in a backup volume, for instance, is not used

In use Stopped
except for backup time. MAID technology can autonomously turn the
Business volume Backup volume
motor of an HDD off (when idle) and on (when needed).
M110 M310 M510 M710
M Series
When MAID technology has been adopted
Backup job
Time

Business volume ON

OFF ON OFF
Backup volume

Reducing power consumption with advanced power

saving technologies

M Series employs low-power processors, 80 PLUS power supplies (80

PLUS PLATINUM for M510, M710, and M710F; 80PLUS GOLD for M110,
M310, M310F, and Disk Enclosure). Power-saving components are an
emphasis in the design of M Series. These characteristics allow M Series
to be used in 40°C (104°F) environments which results in reducing power
consumption of air conditioners.
M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F

Data protection with NEC Storage M Series

Advanced security such as data-at-rest encryption Application server

Data to be written to or read from
the HDD is not encrypted. Since
there is no overhead due to data
M Series uses a Self-Encrypting Drives (SED) to encrypt data. Furthermore, Authentication encryption, performance does
key not degrade. Data recorded in an
M Series features a variety of other security functions including access encryption HDD is encrypted.

restrictions to the volumes, write-once-read-many definitions (WORM) and Read

&
prevention of erroneous operations. write Even if the HDD is removed without
Register authentication key permission, the data in the HDD
cannot be accessed without the
M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F NEC Storage
correct authentication key. Since
Manager
data in the HDD is encrypted, it is
Authentication not possible to decrypt it.

Prevents data from

XXXXXX
being accessed if XXXXXX
the authentication Encryption Encryption Encryption
key does not match. HDD HDD HDD

Removing the HDD without permission

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NEC Storage M110, M310, M510, M710

Model name NEC Storage M110 NEC Storage M310 NEC Storage M510 NEC Storage M710
Disk Array Controller (2.5" and 3.5") Disk Array Controller
Disk Enclosure (2.5" and 3.5") Disk Enclosure (2.5" and 3.5")
Disk Enclosures (Max.) 9 19 64 80
Units Drive slots in total (Max.) 120 480 768 960*8
24 slots (2.5" Disk Array Controller, Disk Enclosure) 24 slots (2.5" Disk Enclosure)
Drive slots per enclosure
12 slots (3.5" Disk Array Controller, Disk Enclosure) 12 slots (3.5" Disk Enclosure)
Drive interface SAS 3.0 (12Gbps)
Fibre channel 8 Gbps/16 Gbps
iSCSI 1 Gbps (Copper)/10 Gbps (Optical/Copper) 10 Gbps (Optical/Copper)
Host interface
SAS 12 Gbps - - -
Number of ports (Max.) FC: 8, iSCSI: 8, SAS: 8*5 FC: 8, iSCSI: 8 FC: 32, iSCSI: 16 FC: 48, iSCSI: 24*8
Capacity 16GB*5 24GB or 48GB 48GB or 96GB 96GB or 192GB
Cache memory
Battery backup time Unlimited (Save to a dedicated area.)
RAID level RAID-0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60, TM *7

Number of drives 3 to 120*6 3 to 480 3 to 768 3 to 960*8

Storage capacity (Max.)*1 566.4TB 1132.8TB 3625.1TB 4531.4TB
2.5" 600GB, 1.2TB, 1.8TB (10,000rpm) / 300GB, 600GB (15,000rpm)
SAS HDD
3.5" 300GB (15,000rpm)*9
2.5" 1TB, 2TB (7,200rpm)
NL-SAS HDD*2
3.5" 2TB, 4TB, 6TB (7,200rpm)
2.5" 200GB, 400GB, 1.6TB
Drive type SAS SSD
3.5" 200GB, 400GB, 1.6TB
SED SAS HDD *3
2.5" 600GB (10,000rpm) / 600GB (15,000rpm)
SED NL-SAS HDD*2*3 3.5" 4TB (7,200rpm)
2.5" 200GB
SED SAS SSD*3
3.5" 200GB
482.0 x 556.0 x 87.4 mm (2U, without Front Bezel) 482.0 x 633.8 x 175.4 mm (4U, without Front Bezel)
Disk array controller (Rack unit)
482.0 x 566.0 x 87.4 mm (2U, with Front Bezel)*10 482.0 x 643.8 x 175.4 mm (4U, with Front Bezel)*10
Dimensions (WxDxH)
482.0 x 548.5 x 87.4 mm (2U, without Front Bezel)
Disk enclosure (Rack unit)
482.0 x 558.5 x 87.4 mm (2U, with Front Bezel)*10
29kg or less (2.5")
Disk array controller 48kg or less
33kg or less (3.5")
Weight
26kg or less (2.5")
Disk enclosure
29kg or less (3.5")
AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz, Single phase
Power voltage/frequency/phase AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz, Single phase
DC 48V
SAS HDD 520W(525VA) / 425W 565W(570VA) / 455W
Disk array controller 965W(975VA) / 825W 1,190W(1,200VA) / 1,065W
Power consumption NL-SAS HDD*2 485W(490VA) / 390W 530W(535VA) / 420W
(Max. / 25°C) SAS HDD 350W(350VA) / 285W
Disk enclosure
NL-SAS HDD*2 315W(320VA) / 250W
Temperature 5 to 40°C (when operating), -10 to 60°C (when not operating)
Ambient conditions
Humidity 10 to 80% RH (when operating), 5 to 80% RH (when not operating)
FC: Windows, Linux, VMware, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris
Supported OS*4 Windows, Linux, VMware iSCSI: Windows, Linux, VMware
*1: “TB” represents 1,0244B.
*2: NL-SAS: Nearline SAS
*3: SED: Self-Encrypting Drive
*4: Please contact NEC for possible restrictions.
*5: M110 supports a dual controller model and a single controller model. The single controller model supports 4 ports and 8 GB cache memory.
*6: Up to 12 SSDs can be installed in an M110.
*7: It is not recommended to use RAID-0, which has a risk of data loss in case of one drive error. The RAID levels available for SSD are RAID-1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and 60.
*8: Host ports and drive slots are added exclusively, so this number indicates the maximum number of each value.
*9: Will be released by the end of 1Q/CY2016.
*10: The Front Bezel is sold separately.

NEC Storage M310F, M710F

Model name NEC Storage M310F NEC Storage M710F
Disk Array Controller (2.5") Disk Array Controller
Disk Enclosure (2.5") Disk Enclosure (2.5")
Disk Enclosures (Max.) 19 80
Units Drive slots in total (Max.) 480 960*4
Drive slots per enclosure 24 slots (Disk Array Controller, Disk Enclosure) 24 slots (Disk Enclosure)
Drive interface SAS 3.0 (12Gbps)
Fibre channel 8 Gbps/16 Gbps
Host interface iSCSI 10 Gbps (Optical/Copper)
Number of ports (Max.) FC: 8, iSCSI: 8 FC: 48, iSCSI: 24*4
Capacity 48GB 192GB
Cache memory
Battery backup time Unlimited (Save to a dedicated area.)
RAID level RAID-1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
Number of drives 3 to 480 3 to 960*4
Storage capacity (Max.)*1 531.0TB 1062.0TB
SAS SSD 2.5" 200GB, 400GB, 1.6TB
Drive type
SED SAS SSD*2 2.5" 200GB
482.0 x 556.0 x 87.4 mm (2U, without Front Bezel) 482.0 x 633.8 x 175.4 mm (4U, without Front Bezel)
Disk array controller (Rack unit)
482.0 x 566.0 x 87.4 mm (2U, with Front Bezel)*5 482.0 x 643.8 x 175.4 mm (4U, with Front Bezel)*5
Dimensions (WxDxH)
482.0 x 548.5 x 87.4 mm (2U, without Front Bezel)
Disk enclosure (Rack unit)
482.0 x 558.5 x 87.4 mm (2U, with Front Bezel)*5
Disk array controller 28kg or less 48kg or less
Weight
Disk enclosure 25kg or less
Power voltage/frequency/phase AC 100-240V, 50/60Hz, Single phase
Power consumption Disk array controller 580W(590VA) / 475W 1,190W(1,200VA) / 1,065W
(Max. / 25°C) Disk enclosure 370W(375VA) / 305W
Temperature 5 to 40°C (when operating), -10 to 60°C (when not operating)
Ambient conditions
Humidity 10 to 80% RH (when operating), 5 to 80% RH (when not operating)
FC: Windows, Linux, VMware, HP-UX, AIX, Solaris
Supported OS*3
iSCSI: Windows, Linux, VMware
*1: “TB” represents 1,0244B.
*2: SED: Self-Encrypting Drive
*3: Please contact NEC for possible restrictions.
*4: Host ports and drive slots are added exclusively, so this number indicates the maximum number of each value.
*5: The Front Bezel is sold separately.
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Main Software for NEC Storage M Series

Category Software Product Name M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F Feature
Storage Management
NEC Storage Manager *1 *1 *1 *1 *1 Integrated storage operations management
Device Management NEC Storage Manager Integration Base *1 *1 *1 *1 *1 Integrated operations management in collaboration with SigmaSystemCenter
NEC Storage Manager Suite Package product consists of Storage Manager and Integration Base
NEC Storage PerformanceMonitor Monitors storage performance in real-time and accumulates monitoring data
NEC Storage PerformanceNavigator Efficiently analyzes storage performance data
Performance Management
NEC Storage PerformanceMonitor Suite Package product consists of PerformanceMonitor and PerformanceNavigator
NEC Storage Analyzer for VMware vCenter Operations Collaborates with VMware to analyze server and storage performance together
Replication Management NEC Storage ReplicationNavigator Suite Facilitates creation of backup system
Storage Control
NEC Storage BaseProduct Basic functions to control storage
Storage Control NEC Storage Manager Express *2 *1 *1 *1 *1 *1 Operations management of one storage without management server
NEC Storage ControlCommand *2 *1 *1 *1 *1 *1 CLI to control storage from application servers
NEC Storage DynamicDataReplication *3*4 Replicates volume in the same storage unit
NEC Storage RemoteDataReplication *3 Replicates volume in a remote storage unit
NEC Storage RemoteDataReplication Asynchronous *3 Asynchronously creates a remote replication volume through low-speed line
Replication NEC Storage DynamicSnapVolume *3*5 *5 *5 *5 *5 *5 Creates a snapshot which is the differential of original volume
NEC Storage DirectDataShadow Option Creates backup of M Series volumes in HS Series without backup server
NEC Storage ReplicationControl SQL Option Enables non-disruptive backup of Microsoft SQL Server
NEC Storage ReplicationControl FileSystem Option Enables non-disruptive backup of Linux file systems
Disaster Recovery NEC Storage RemoteDataReplication/DisasterRecovery Creates a remote replication volume, keeping consistency in case of disaster
NEC Storage VirtualCachePartitioning Divides storage cache memory and allocates them to tenants
NEC Storage ThinProvisioning *2 *1 *1 *1 *1 *1 Virtualizes volume capacity to show it has more capacity than actually has
NEC Storage StoragePowerConserver *2 *1 *1 *1 Reduces power consumption by powering off the motor of unused HDD
NEC Storage PerforOptimizer *6 *6 Autonomously reallocates the data according to the access frequency
NEC Storage PerforCache Uses SSD as L2 cache memory
Resource Control
NEC Storage DataMigration *2 *1 *1 *1 *1 *1 Migrates data from an existing NEC storage unit to M Series unit
NEC Storage VolumeProtect Preserves data in a tamper proof format for retention period
NEC Storage IO Load Manager Controls I/O flow corresponding to the upper/lower limit set to each volume
NEC Storage Virtual Volume Collaborates with VMware Virtual Volume to operate corresponding to VM
NEC Storage SecureEraser Securely erases the data in storage
High Availability NEC Storage PathManager *2 Automatically switches path in case of I/O path failure

*1: Bundled with NEC Storage BaseProduct.

*2: Bundled with M110.
*3: Not supported by a single controller model.
*4: NEC Storage DynamicDataReplication Express is bundled with M110.
*5: Bundled with NEC Storage DynamicDataReplication.
*6: M310F and M710F support reallocation of a logical disk between SSD pools.

Environmental compliance M110 M310 M510 M710 M310F M710F

RoHS Compliance This product complies with the European Union directive on the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in
electrical and electronic equipment (RoHS).
Eco Symbol Eco Symbol is a label placed on products that meet NEC prescribed environmental soundness standards.
& Eco Symbol Star*1 Eco Symbol Star is a label for the environmentally leading products among the Eco Symbol products.

*1: Eco Symbol & Eco Symbol Star are self-declaration type of ISO environmental labels (Type ll).
For details, see the following web site.
http://www.nec.com/en/global/eco/product/eco_pro/index.html

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VMware is a trademark or registered trademark of VMware, Inc. in the United States and other countries.
All other products, brands, and trade names used in this document are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Before you use this product, please read carefully and comply with the cautions and warnings in manuals such as User’s Guide and
Safety notice Installation Guide. Incorrect use may cause a fire, electrical shock or injury.

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Specifications and designs in this catalog are subject to change for improvement without notice.

NEC Corporation As of February 2016 Cat.No.E03-15120001E