TS7770 with 3948-CFC or 3956-CFC Cache Controller

TS7700 supports the 3948-CFC/XFC or 3956-CFC/XFC enclosures with 3.84 TB capacity and 12 GB speed SSD drives. Each enclosure contains 24 SSD drives.

The 3948-CFC or 3956-CFC and the corresponding 3948-XFC or 3956-XFC enclosures support encryption abilities like earlier, including internal and external key management.

The following are the highlights of 3948-CFC or 3956-CFC:
  • 2U bays supporting 24 drives
  • SAS drive technology using SAS backbone between enclosures that support both SAS and NL-SAS disks, including SAS SSD
  • Minimum configuration of one Cache Controller (CFC)
  • Maximum configuration of one Cache Controller (CFC) and nine Cache Expansion (XFC) in a TS7700 base frame
  • Dual active 16 Gb FC connectivity to host
  • Negligible performance impact for encryption
    • Internal key management
    • External ISKLM/TKLM support
    • Thales CipherTrust Manager support for CFC
Figure 1. 3948-CFC or 3956-CFC