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The purpose-built PowerStore system is offered in multiple physical hardware models in both PowerStore T model and PowerStore X model appliances. The PowerStore T models start with the PowerStore 500 and scale up to the PowerStore 9200T. The PowerStore X models start with the PowerStore 1000X model and scale up to the PowerStore 9000X model. The letter T or X at the end of the model number indicates whether that specific appliance is a PowerStore T or PowerStore X model, respectively. For each model numeral, such as 1000 (for PowerStore 1000T or 1000X models), the hardware specifications are identical.
Note: PowerStoreOS 3.0 does not support PowerStore X models. See the documentation at Dell.com/powerstoredocs for the latest information.
PowerStoreOS 3.0 introduces four new PowerStore T models. These models include the PowerStore 1200T up to PowerStore 9200T. These model appliances feature the same dual-node architecture with upgraded dual-socket Intel® Xeon® Cascade Lake processors. Also, a new embedded module features back-end connectivity that supports adding a new NVMe expansion enclosure. The NVMe expansion enclosure provides full end-to-end NVMe support for drives allowing customers to expand their NVMe tier outside of the base enclosure. PowerStore 500 systems support NVMe expansion enclosures. For back-end connectivity, ports 2 and 3 of the 4-port card are reserved for 25 GbE connectivity to the NVMe expansion enclosure. For more details about PowerStore models and drives, see Table 1 and Table 2.
For more information about the base enclosure and base enclosure components, see the PowerStore Hardware Information Guide. The system limits vary depending on the PowerStore model. Learn more about the system limits on the Dell PowerStore Spec Sheet.
| PowerStore 500T | PowerStore 1200T | PowerStore 3200T | PowerStore 5200T | PowerStore 9200T |
NVRAM drives | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
Maximum storage drives (per appliance) | 97 | 93 | |||
Supported drive types | NVMe SCM2, NVMe SSD | ||||
4-port card | 25/10 GbE optical/SFP+ and Twinax3 | 25/10 GbE optical/SFP+ and Twinax or 10GbE BASE-T | |||
2-port card | 10 GbE optical/SFP+ and Twinax | 100 GbE QSFP 4 | |||
Supported I/O modules | 32/16/8/4 Gb FC 100 GbE optical/QSFP and copper active/passive5 25/10 GbE optical/SFP+, and Twinax 10 GbE BASE-T | ||||
Supported expansion enclosures | Up to three 2.5-inch 24-drive NVMe SSD enclosures per appliance |
1 PowerStore 500 and 1200 through 9200 models only offered as a PowerStore T.
2 NVMe SCM SSDs only supported in base enclosure.
3 Ports 2 and 3 on the 4-Port card on PowerStore 500 are reserved for NVMe expansion enclosure.
4 2-port card is reserved for back-end connectivity to NVMe expansion enclosure on PowerStore 1200 through 9200.
5 PowerStore 500 does not support the 100 GbE I/O module.
| PowerStore 1000 | PowerStore 3000 | PowerStore 5000 | PowerStore 7000 | PowerStore 9000 |
NVRAM drives | 2 | 4 | |||
Maximum storage drives (per appliance) | 96 | ||||
Supported drive types | NVMe SCM1, NVMe SSD, SAS SSD2 | ||||
4-port card | 25/10 GbE optical/SFP+ and Twinax | ||||
2-port card | - | ||||
Supported I/O modules | 32/16/8 Gb FC or 16/8/4 Gb FC 100 GbE optical/QSFP and copper active/passive (PowerStore T only) 25/10 GbE optical/SFP+/QSFP and Twinax (PowerStore T only) 10 GbE BASE-T (PowerStore T only) | ||||
Supported expansion enclosures | 2.5-inch 25-drive SAS SSD |
1 NVMe SCM drives only supported in base enclosure.
2 SAS SSD drives only supported in SAS expansion enclosure.