Description

PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya

Unlock High-Performance Storage with the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya

The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya storage sled is an innovative solution designed to address data-intensive workloads with unmatched flexibility, scalability, and reliability. Engineered to complement the PowerEdge MX modular architecture, this dense, direct-attached storage sled offers seamless integration with compute and networking modules to meet the evolving demands of modern IT environments.

Key Features and Benefits

Dense and Flexible Storage Expansion

The PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya provides dynamic scalability to accommodate changing workloads:

• High Capacity: Supports up to 16 x 2.5-inch HDDs or SSDs in a single sled.
• Unmatched Scalability: Scale out with up to 7 MX5016s sleds per chassis, delivering an impressive 112 drives per chassis, plus additional internal server storage and M.2 boot devices.
• Diverse Workload Support: Ideal for software-defined storage (SDS), SQL databases, ERP systems, and dense virtualization.

Precision Drive Mapping and Configuration

Optimize performance with tailored storage configurations:

• Map individual drives to two-socket MX740c or four-socket MX840c servers for granular control.
• Configure a direct-attached SAS environment using PERC and HBA storage controller options.
• Enable high availability for mission-critical workloads with dual-port 12Gb/s SAS, hot-pluggable drives, and hot-serviceable expanders.

Simplified Administration with Unified Management

Streamline operations with OpenManage Enterprise – Modular Edition, providing end-to-end management across compute, storage, and networking:

• Manage all devices through a single console or RESTful API interface.
• Accelerate setup and updates with intelligent automation.
• Empower IT teams with at-the-box management options, reducing complexity and operational overhead.

Resilient and Secure Infrastructure

The PowerEdge MX is built on a cyber-resilient architecture, ensuring security at every layer of your IT infrastructure:

• Enhanced Security: Protect critical components like HBAs, RAID controllers, and storage drives with cryptographic signature verification.
• Secure Supply Chain: Safeguards hardware integrity from manufacturing to deployment.
• Future-Proof Design: Ensures forward compatibility for long-term investment protection.

Seamless Adaptation to Evolving Workloads

The PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya allows IT teams to allocate the ideal balance of compute, storage, and networking resources, adapting effortlessly to shifting workload requirements. Its modular design ensures that your infrastructure grows in tandem with your business, offering unparalleled flexibility and performance.

Why Choose the PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya?

With its robust capabilities, the PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya is the ultimate solution for organizations that require:

• Dense, scale-out storage for data-heavy applications.
• Simplified management with centralized automation tools.
• Future-ready security to protect sensitive data and infrastructure.
• Efficient resource utilization to drive operational excellence.

Upgrade your IT environment with the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya and unlock the potential of a highly flexible, secure, and scalable storage solution tailored to modern workloads.

Features and Design:

Consolidate compute, storage and networking in one trusted platform

Dell EMC PowerEdge MX offers a scalable and flexible architecture so you can adapt to changing requirements. Tailor your ideal storage to compute configuration ratio within the MX7000 chassis with the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya SAS storage sled.
The MX5016s supports up to 16 SSDs and HDDs that can be mapped across one or more PowerEdge MX compute sleds. This granular drive-level assignment lets you address diverse workloads without wasting any space.

Ideal workloads:

• Software defined storage like vSAN
• Databases such as SQL and ERP
• Dense virtualization workloads

Flexible storage that scales as you grow

The PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya full-height, single-width storage sled provides easy front access to swap and add drive capacity and performance options. Scale incrementally to keep your budget in check.

• Map individual drives to two-socket MX740c and four-socket MX840c servers
• Scale-out to 7 MX5016s sleds with up to 112 drives per MX7000 chassis (plus up to an additional 6 internal server drives and two M.2 boot devices)
• Configure your direct-attached SAS environment with PERC and HBA storage controller options
• Help ensure uptime with dual port 12Gb SAS, hot-pluggable drives and hot serviceable expanders

Automate productivity with agile management

The PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya simplifies lifecycle management from a single interface that allows you to deploy, monitor and update.

• Unified control: single management point for server, storage, and networking
• Simplified administration: easy set-up/updates, no specialized training, multiple at-the-box management options
• Intelligent automation: via an operational template methodology and comprehensive RESTful API

Responsive design ensures infrastructure and investment protection

The PowerEdge MX5016s Kenya offers a future-forward architecture and a hardened design to protect, detect and quickly recover from cyber-attacks.

• Provides investment protection for compute and storage with forward-compatibility
• Helps ensure authentic firmware runs on critical components like HBAs, RAID and storage drives with cryptographic signatures

Technical Specifications:

• Enclosure:

• • Model: PowerEdge MX Chassis

• Form Factor:

• • Full height, single width
  • Supports up to 7 MX5016s storage sleds per PowerEdge MX enclosure

• Dimensions:

• • Height: 250.2 mm
  • Width: 42.15 mm
  • Depth: 600 mm
  • Weight: 12 kg maximum (with all 16 HDDs installed)

• Drive Bays:

• • Up to 16 x 2.5” SAS drives (HDDs/SSDs) per storage sled
  • Supports up to 112 drives with 7 storage sleds per PowerEdge MX chassis
  • Additional 6 internal server storage drives available

• Storage Controllers:

• • HBA330 mini-mezz (MMZ) – located on the connected server
  • PERC H745P MX – located on the connected server

• Power Supplies:

• • Provided by the PowerEdge MX chassis

• I/O & Ports:

• • Connects to servers via the MX5000s SAS switch

• Systems Management:

• • OpenManage Enterprise – Modular Edition for unified management of servers, storage, and networking across multiple chassis via a single web console or RESTful API
  • Support for managing multiple PowerEdge MX groups, rack servers, and legacy modular systems with OpenManage Enterprise
  • Once drives are mapped to servers, they can be configured, monitored, and updated using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller