Thecus i8500R
Thecus i8500R 2U iSCSI 8 Bay SAN
Part Number: I8500
Warranty Options
- 2yr Return to base (standard)
- 1yr Next Business Day
- 2yr Next Business Day
- 3yr Next Business Day
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Support
- Current Firmware:v1.0.9
- HDD Compatibility:v20091203Released: 03/12/09
- Product Manual:EnglishReleased: 04/12/09
- Help Forum:forum.thecus.com
Full Specifications
Hardware Platform| Item | Spec |
| Processor | Intel Xscale IOP Processor |
| SATA interface | 8xSATA for internal |
| UARTS | Support for serial console management and UPS |
| Fast Ethernet port | For web-based management use. |
| Backend | Supports 8 SATA 1.0, 1.5Gb/s or SATA 2.0, 3Gb/s both |
| Front-end | Two gigabit Ethernet ports (Intel_82546 PCI-X GbE NIC controller) |
| LCM | Displays system status information |
| Power supply | 350W Redundant Power Supply |
| Max. system capacity | 16 TB |
| Buttons | |
| Environment | |
| Dimension | 2U Rack Mount 90(H) x 428(W) x 586(D) mm |
Software Function
| RAID & Volume Operation |
| RAID level: 0,1,0+1,3,5,6,10,30 ,50,60 and JBOD |
| Supports snapshot / rollback function (volume base) |
| 32 versions of snapshot in volume based |
| 32 host cluster connections per volume |
| Up to 256 logical volumes in the system |
| iSCSI jumbo frame support |
| Global and dedicated hot spare disks |
| Write-through or write-back cache policy for different application usage |
| Multiple RAID volumes support |
| Configurable RAID stripe size |
| Online volume expansion |
| Online volume migration |
| Instant RAID volume availability |
| Auto volume rebuilding |
| Adjustable volume rebuilding priority |
| Drive Support |
| HDD S,M.A.R.T. enabled for SATA drives |
| Disk auto spin-down support |
| Hot swappable |
| Online disk roaming |
| SCSI-3 compliant |
| Multiple IO transaction processing |
| Tagged command queuing |
| Advanced Data Protection |
| Local N-way mirror |
| Online array roaming |
| Smart faulty sector relocation |
| Battery backup module support ,BBM(Optional) |
| Enclosure Monitoring |
| UPS management via the specific serial port |
| 3.3V, 5V and 12V voltage monitor |
| Thermal sensors x 3 on the controller BOARD (for CPU and the onboard switching power solution) |
| Management Interfaces |
| Management UI via serial console, SSH telnet and HTTP Web UI |
| Online system firmware upgrade mechanism |
| Event notification via Email, SNMP trap, browser pop-up windows, System logs, and Windows Messenger. |
| Run-time IO transactions recording |
| Built-in LCD module to control most enclosure components |
| iSNS and DHCP support |
| Host Connection |
| iSCSI MC/S support |
| Microsoft MPIO enabled |
| iSCSI jumbo frame support |
| CHAP authentication enabled |
| LUN access control: Read-Write and Read-Only |
| Up to 32 host connections |
| Supports Windows, Linux and MAC OS |
| Supported Operating System |
| Windows NT/XP/2003/Vista |
| Mac 9.1 and above, including OSX, OSX Server, XSERVE |
| Linux (all latest builds) which support iSCSI. |
| And all other systems supporting iSCSI protocol |








