Description
Key Features and Benefits of the FHF8M Controller
The FHF8M Dell 8GB/s Fibre Channel RAID Controller with 4GB Cache for PowerVault MD3600f / MD3620f provides several key features and benefits, including:
- High Speed Data Transfer: The 8GB/s Fibre Channel interface provides fast data transfer speeds, enabling efficient and rapid access to data.
- Improved I/O Performance: The 4GB Cache memory provides improved I/O performance, allowing for more demanding applications to run smoothly and efficiently.
- Enhanced Data Protection: The RAID Controller supports various RAID levels, providing data protection and ensuring data integrity in the event of a disk failure.
- Easy Management: The RAID Controller features an intuitive graphical user interface that makes it easy to manage and monitor storage systems.
- Increased Storage Capacity: The RAID Controller supports the addition of multiple disk drives, providing increased storage capacity and reducing downtime associated with storage upgrades.
- Improved Reliability: The RAID Controller features advanced error correction and monitoring capabilities, ensuring data integrity and improving system reliability.
- Compatibility: The RAID Controller is designed specifically for the PowerVault MD3600f / MD3620f storage systems, ensuring compatibility and reducing the need for future upgrades.
Advanced Raid Management and Monitoring
The FHF8M Dell 8GB/s Fibre Channel RAID Controller with 4GB cache provides advanced RAID management and monitoring features, including:
- RAID Management: The FHF8M RAID controller provides a user-friendly interface for managing and monitoring RAID configurations, including RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60.
- Cache Management: The 4GB cache provides fast access to frequently accessed data, increasing system performance and reducing data access times.
- Event Logging: The FHF8M RAID controller logs important system events, allowing for easy diagnosis and troubleshooting of issues.
- Real-time Monitoring: The FHF8M RAID controller provides real-time monitoring of system performance, including disk and controller status, cache usage, and system utilization.
- Auto-failover: The FHF8M RAID controller provides auto-failover protection, ensuring that data remains available even in the event of a disk failure.
- Remote Management: The FHF8M RAID controller can be remotely managed and monitored, allowing for easy management of multiple systems from a single location.
- Compatibility: The FHF8M RAID controller is compatible with the Dell PowerVault MD3600f and MD3620f storage systems, providing a seamless and integrated solution.
Increased Storage Capacity with the FHF8M Controller
The FHF8M Dell 8GB/s Fibre Channel Raid Controller with 4GB cache increases storage capacity in the following ways:
- Multiple Drives: The FHF8M Controller supports the connection of multiple drives, allowing you to add more storage to your system as your storage needs grow.
- RAID Support: The FHF8M Controller supports RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) configurations, which combine multiple drives into a single, large virtual disk to provide increased storage capacity, data protection, and improved performance.
- Large Cache Size: The FHF8M Controller has a large 4GB cache, which enables it to cache frequently accessed data, improving performance and increasing storage capacity by reducing the number of disk operations required to access data.
- Improved Data Transfer: The FHF8M Controller provides fast data transfer speeds of up to 8GB/s, allowing you to quickly access large amounts of data, further increasing storage capacity by reducing the time required to access data.
General Information
- Brand: Dell
- MPN : FHF8M
- Type: Controller
- Sub-Type: Fibre Channel
Technical Specifications of the FHF8M Controller
The FHF8M Dell 8GB/s Fibre Channel Raid Controller with 4GB Cache for PowerVault MD3600f / MD3620f has the following technical specifications:
- Interface: 8GB/s Fibre Channel
- Cache: 4GB of battery-backed cache
- RAID Level Support: 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
- Max Disks Supported: Up to 60 SAS/SATA disks
- Number of Ports: Two 8GB/s Fibre Channel ports
- Host Bus Type: PCI Express 3.0 x8
- Operating Systems Supported: Microsoft Windows Server, Linux, and VMware
- Management: Manageable through Dell OpenManage Storage Management
- Power Supply Requirements: +12V DC
- Operating Temperature: 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F)
- Operating Humidity: 10% to 90% relative humidity, non-condensing
- Dimensions (W x H x D): 69mm x 167mm x 474mm
- Weight: 2.0 kg


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