Optimized for DAS
PowerVault ME484 JBOD is purpose-built and optimized for DAS workloads. Connecting the PowerVault ME484 to a Dell PowerEdge Server to address the challenges of server capacity expansion for flexibility and scalability ensures that business applications will always get high-speed and reliable access to their data – ®without compromise.
- Direct-attach to Dell PowerEdge Servers over SAS
Enclosure management
The storage enclosure is managed by the Server Hardware Management software running on a host server. This tool is called Dell Storage PowerTools Server Hardware Manager. On the host server system, the management software and the storage enclosure communicate management requests and event information by using in-band SAS connections. The Server Hardware Management Software consists of two major components 1) Server Hardware Manager Command Line Interface (SHM CLI) and 2) Server Hardware Monitor