SAS expansion support for EF50 and EF80 storage systems

The EF50 and EF80 storage systems now support SAS expansion, allowing for increased storage capacity and flexibility. With SAS expansion, you can connect additional storage enclosures to the EF50 and EF80 systems, enabling you to scale your storage environment as needed. This feature is particularly beneficial for organizations that require high-capacity storage solutions and want to maximize their investment in the EF50 and EF80 platforms.

NVMe over TCP support for E-Series storage systems

The E-Series storage systems now support NVMe over TCP, providing an additional host interface option for high-performance storage access. NVMe over TCP allows for efficient and low-latency communication between the storage system and connected hosts, leveraging the benefits of the NVMe protocol over standard TCP/IP networks. This support enhances the versatility of the E-Series systems, enabling organizations to deploy them in environments where NVMe over TCP is preferred or required.

User interface enhancements for SANtricity System Manager

The SANtricity System Manager user interface has received additional enhancements to improve navigation, usability, and overall user experience. These enhancements include updated layout and organization of management tasks, and more intuitive workflows for common storage management operations.

Expanded E-Series platform support for new SANtricity System Manager user interface

The new user interface for SANtricity System Manager, which was introduced in the SANtricity 12.00 release for the EF80 and EF50 storage systems, has been expanded to support additional E-Series storage platforms. This means that users managing a wider range of E-Series storage systems can now benefit from the modernized interface and enhanced usability features. The expanded support includes compatibility with select models of E-Series storage systems, allowing users to take advantage of the improved navigation and streamlined management tasks across more of their storage infrastructure.

Mixed Performance and Capacity drive support for EF80 and EF50 systems

EF80 and EF50 storage systems now support Performance and Capacity NVMe SSD drives in the same storage array, subject to minimum drive counts (6 for Performance, 12 for Capacity). Performance and Capacity drives must remain in separate pools and volume groups.

Increased character limit for standard and thin volume names

The character limit for standard and thin volume names has been increased from 30 to 60 characters.

Minimum inactivity timeout limit for SANtricity System Manager user interface now 10 minutes

The inactivity timeout limit for the SANtricity System Manager user interface has been updated to a minimum of 10 minutes. Previously, the minimum inactivity timeout limit was 15 minutes. This change helps to enhance security by ensuring that the user interface automatically logs out after 10 minutes of inactivity.

New storage system models – EF80 and EF50 all-flash storage systems

This release introduces the EF80 and EF50 all-NVMe-flash storage systems. The EF80 and EF50 supports 24 NVME SSD drives and a inter-controller mirroring card per controller. The supported NVMe over Fabrics host interfaces include NVMe over RoCE, NVMe over IB, NVMe over FC for EF80, and NVMe over FC for EF50. The supported SCSI interface is Fibre Channel for both systems The EF50 supports up to two host interface cards per controller while the EF80 supports up to three host interface cards per controller.

High-capacity NVMe SSD drives of 30TB or 60TB sizes are also supported with the EF80 and EF50. The EF80 and EF50 can only utilize Dynamic Disk Pool when the array is populated with 30TB or 60TB drives.

New user interface for SANtricity System Manager

For the new EF80 and EF50 controllers, the SANtricity System Manager user interface has been redesigned to provide a more modern look and feel. The new interface includes a left-panel navigation and enhanced usability to streamline management tasks.

Subject Alternative Names (SANs) for Server certificate now only permits Letters, digits, and hyphen characters

When creating or editing a Server certificate in SANtricity System Manager or Unified Manager, the Subject Alternative Names (SANs) field now only permits letters, digits, and hyphen characters. This change enhances security and ensures compatibility with industry standards for SSL/TLS certificates.

Dynamic Disk Pools segment size now defaults to 32K for SSD and NVMe-based systems

For Dynamic Disk Pools on SSD and NVMe-based systems, the default segment size has been changed to 32K. Previously, the dynamic disk pools default segment size was fixed at 128K for these systems. This change optimizes performance for workloads that involve a mix of small and large I/O operations.

Script editor now available in SANtricity System Manager

A new script editor is now available within the SANtricity System Manager. The Script editor allows you to create or edit a script file, save a script file to the local disk of the storage management station, or load a script file from disk. The Script editor provides syntax checking and command execution capabilities for managing your storage system. For more information, see Using the Script editor.