Comprehensive unified storage solutions with
high-end features across the product family: NX4,
NS-120, NS-480
EMC Celerra NS-120
Meeting the information-sharing
challenge
The Celerra unified product NS-120 is a dedicated
network server optimized for file and block access,
delivering high-end features in a scalable, easy-to-
use package.
Celerra unified storage systems deliver a single-box
block and file solution offering a centralized point
of management for distributed environments. This
enables you to dynamically grow, share, and cost-
effectively manage multi-protocol file systems as well
as providing multi-protocol block access. Take
advantage of simultaneous support for NFS and CIFS
protocols by letting Windows and Linux/UNIX clients
share files using the DART (Data Access in Real
Time) operating system’s sophisticated file-locking
mechanisms. Leverage iSCSI for Tier 2 block
applications and even native Fibre Channel for high-
bandwidth or latency-sensitive applications.
Celerra’s unified product offerings are ideal for the
growing server virtualization space. Whether customers
look to VMware®, Microsoft Hyper-V™, or Xen-based
server solutions, Celerra is fully certified for all
supported protocols to ensure successful deployments
of virtualized infrastructures through all phases of
implementation.
The advanced functionality features included with the
Celerra unified storage platforms enable consolidation
of file servers, direct-attached application storage,
and even mission-critical block storage requirements,
resulting in lower total cost of ownership (TCO) of
your server and storage assets.
Flexible solutions to meet a wide
range of requirements
Celerra unified storage platforms combine an IP
storage enclosure with integrated storage providing
NAS, iSCSI, and Fibre Channel in a single packaged
solution. This approach offers the lowest acquisition
cost along with simple implementation and management
without sacrificing configurability options.
• Multi-protocol—NAS, (CIFS and NFS including NFSv4.1
with pNFS support) connectivity
• Native Block Option for EMC CLARiiON® Fibre Channel
and iSCSI connectivity
• One to two X-Blade configurations
• Fibre Channel and ATA drive support
• Block and file I/O, or combine the two with Celerra
MPFS for high-performance data-sharing applications
• Performance/availability mode
Celerra unified storage platform
system elements
The Celerra unified storage platform is comprised of
one or more autonomous servers called X-Blades and a
storage processor enclosure (SPE). The X-Blades
control data movement from the disks to the network.
Each X-Blade houses two Intel processors and runs
EMC’s DART operating system, designed and optimized
for high-performance, multi-protocol network file and
block access.
The SPE manages the physical storage of the disk
arrays. The SPE takes advantage of the industry-
leading EMC UltraFlex™ technology and has two
independent storage processors (SPs) that deliver
dedicated, array-based processing power. The
combination of the X-Blades with the SPE delivers the
only truly integrated, highly available, unified
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offering based on industry-leading technologies.
Your choice of the most flexible
availability options
NS-120 can be deployed in several operating modes
including primary/standby or primary/primary with N+1
failover.
Primary/standby is designed for environments that
cannot tolerate any system downtime due to a hardware
failure. In this mode, one of the X-Blades operates in
standby mode while the primary one manages all of the
data movement between the network and storage. In
systems with greater than two X-Blades, one or more
blades can be configured as standby for the active
blades, providing a pool of blades for the highest
levels of availability. The standby blade(s)
seamlessly take over the operation of any failing
blade, delivering equal performance to the primary
system after a failover, thus allowing the system to
fully scale without concern for managing potential
resource constraints in the event of a failure.
Other environments that value performance over
continuous availability can choose to operate their
dual X-Blade Celerra systems in primary/primary mode.
Through a simple menu selection, both X-Blades can be
made available to handle unusually large loads and
user populations that can bring standard file servers
to a virtual standstill.
Unequaled availability features
With the Celerra unified storage platform, no-
compromise availability means non-stop file access
achieved through transparent, dynamic failover to a
hot standby X-Blade. For information protection,
Celerra unified systems offer EMC Celerra SnapSure™
software for creating read-only/read-write copies of
file systems and iSCSI LUNs. The snapshot can be used
for online backups as well as quick recovery of
deleted files. With the addition of Microsoft Volume
Shadow Copy Services (VSS) integration, this
capability is taken a step further, enabling the end
user to leverage the functionality in Windows XP
clients to recover deleted files directly from the
Windows Explorer user interface.
For an even higher degree of information protection,
EMC Celerra Replicator™ creates an asynchronous point-
in-time, read-only/read-write copy of a production
file system on a local or geographically remote
Celerra system.
Native LUN replication, in the form of MirrorView™/
Synchronous (MirrorView/S), is also supported for
your most critical data that requires zero-data-loss
availability in case of a disaster.
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TECHNICAL HIGHLIGHTS PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS (Cont'd)

NAS Server The Celerra NS-120 is an affordable, Expansion Disk Tray 3 NEMA units (U)
unified storage system that scales Dimensions (HxWxD)
to 120 drives, connects to multiple
storage networks, and provides X-Blade Enclosure NS-120 with 1 15 disk tray:
no-compromise availability 35.6x48.06x80.21 cm (including
Single X-Blade configuration Instance of DART File Server software rails)
Processor Dual 2.8 GHz LV Intel Xeon processors Expansion Disk Tray 13.34x45.0x35.56 cm
Memory 4GB Double data Rate RAM (266MHz) Weight
on a 288 MHz FSB X-Blade Enclosure NS-120 with 1 15 disk tray: 107.7 kg
Back-end Connectivity Two 4 Gb/s Fibre Channel ports for Expansion Disk Tray 30.8 kg
storage array connectivity
Tape Connectivity Up to two 4Gb/s Fibre Channel ports
for tape connectivity ENVIRONMENT
Network Connectivity Four 10/100/1000 BaseT ports Temperature 10-40 °C
Optical Gigabit Ethernet port or two 10 Gigabit Ethernet Optical Temperature Gradient 10 °C/hr
ports and two 10/10/1000 BaseT ports Humidity 20% to 80% (non-condensing)
Management Connectivity One 10/100/1000 management port Altitude 2.286,40 m @ 40 °C max, 3.048 m @ 37
Platform Management by a control station: contains a 3.4 °C max
GHz Single Core Xeon CPU with 800
MHz FSB, 2 MB cache, and 2 GB memory AC POWER and DISSIPATION
- Connection to each X-Blade via
10/100/1000 interface AC Line Voltage 100 to 240 V AC, 50–60 Hz,
single-phase
- Manages X-Blade failover
- Manages all file systems via GUI Power consumption NS-120 with One 15-Disk Tray: 1.115
VA (970 W) maximum. Expansion Disk
- SNMP MIB II manageability Tray: 380 VA (365 W) max. (fully
- Secure Shell (SSH) for remote configured)***
access
Startup Surge Current NS-120 with One 15-Disk Tray: 59 A
- HTTP server management interface rms max. for 50 ms, at any line
- Dual USB, 250 GB drive, DVD drive voltage. Expansion Disk Tray: 15 A
Max. Capacity Up to 64 TB usable (32 TB max per pk (10.6 A rms) max. for 100 ms,
active X-Blade) at any line voltage
Min/Max. Disk Drives 6 to 120 disks in up to 8 drive Power Factor 0.98 minimum at full load, low voltage
trays. Each tray can be configured Heat Dissipation NS-120 with One 15-Disk Tray: 3,400
with: Btu/hr max. Expansion Disk Tray:
– All FC drives 1,250 Btu/hr max.
– Mixed FC, SATA, and Flash* drives In-rush current (estimate for 1/2 line cycle per
(FC, SATA, and Flash drives must be line cord)
in separate trays) At 240 VAC NS-120 with One 15-Disk Tray: 138 A
max. Expansion Disk Tray: 50 A max.
DART File Server Facilities At 120VAC NS-120 with One 15-Disk Tray: 69 A
Protocols Supported peak
File Systems NFS v2/v3/v4, CIFS (SMB 1 & SMB AC Protection 10 A fuse on each power supply, both
2), FTP, iSCSI, Fibre Channel and phases
MPFS Ride-through 30 ms minimum at full load
NLM Yes (v1/v3/v4)
Current sharing NS-120 with One 15-Disk Tray: ±15%
RIP Yes (v1-v2) of full load, between power
SNMP Yes supplies. Expansion Disk Tray: ±10%
NDMP Yes (v1-v4) of full load, between power supplies
ARP Yes
ICMP Yes
NTP Yes (client)
REGULATORY & SAFETY
Safety UL 60950; CSAC 22.2-60950, FN 60950;
SNTP Yes Manufactured under an ISO
Kerberos Authentication Yes 9000-registered quality system; ETSI
LDAP Yes EN 300 386
DART Software Facilities ** Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) FCC Class A EN55022 Class A; CE Mark
Celerra Event Enabler Celerra Anti-virus, Celerra Event VCCI Class A (for Japan); ICES-003
Publishing Agent Class A (for Canada) AS/NZS 3548
Celerra Replicator™ Yes Class A (for Australia/New
Celerra Manager Advanced Edition Yes Zealand); EN55024 Immunity, ITE
BSMI Class A (for Taiwan)
Celerra File-Level Retention Yes (Entreprise & Compliance)
Celerra MPFS Yes
Client Connectivity Facilities
WARRANTY
File Access by FTP, NFS, CIFS and MPFS Standard warranty World Wide; 3-year Hardware Support,
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Block Access by iSCSI and Fibre Channel
Extended Warranty Bull’s Global Care offer: Bronze,
Silver and Gold levels; depends on
HIGH AVAILABILITY FEATURES location
X-Blade Enclosure
- Redundant electrical power
supplies for the X-Blades *Flash drives are not configured in the first drive tray
- Hot-swappable power and cooling
- Internal environmental status
monitoring **Celerra Manager-Basic, Virtual Provisioning, Deduplication, and SnapSure™ are
bundled
PHYSICAL SPECIFICATIONS
***Ratings assume fully loaded disk array enclosure that includes two power
Form factor
supplies, two LLCs, and 15 disk drives
X-Blade Enclosure NS-120 with 1 15 disk tray: 8 NEMA
units (U)

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