I want to add a new enclosure to dell SC4020 for year 2019

Hello Alfredo Chavez,

Here is the link to the user’s guide for your SC4020, & if you look on page 7 it states the following.

“ Expansion Enclosures

Expansion enclosures allow the data storage capabilities of the SC4020 storage system to be expanded beyond the 24 internal disks in the storage system chassis. The number of disks that an SC4020 storage system supports depends on the version of the Storage Center operating system:

• An SC4020 running Storage Center 6.6.4 or later supports a total of 192 disks per Storage Center system.
• An SC4020 running Storage Center 6.6.3 or earlier supports a total of 120 disks per Storage Center system.

This total includes the disks in the storage system chassis and the disks in the SC200/SC220 expansion enclosures or SC280 expansion enclosures.

Storage Center 6.6.4 or Later

An SC4020 running Storage Center 6.6.4 or later supports:

• Up fourteen SC200 expansion enclosures
• Up to seven SC220 expansion enclosures
• Any combination of SC200/SC220 expansion enclosures, as long as the total disk count of the system does not exceed 192
• Up to two SC280 expansion enclosures

NOTE: An SC4020 storage system cannot be connected to both SC200/SC220 expansion enclosures and SC280 expansion enclosures at the same time. The SC4020 supports only a single chain of SC200/SC220 expansion enclosures or a single chain of SC280 expansion enclosures.

Storage Center 6.6.3 or Earlier

An SC4020 running Storage Center 6.6.3 or earlier supports:

• Up eight SC200 expansion enclosures
• Up to four SC220 expansion enclosures
• Any combination of SC200/SC220 expansion enclosures, as long as the total disk count of the system does not exceed 120”

Please let us know if you have any other questions.

Thank you for responding but I am seeing that the SC 200 and 220 cabinets are no longer available. The SC4020 is no longer available either. That is my real concern since by the year 2019 I will need a new cabinet

2 Options

- The SC400/420 enclosures are supportet on the 4020 now (need a rescent SCOS version)

- Data Inplace Upgrade (Buy a empty chassis and move existing disks and lic to the new system). See https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_software/esuprt_it_ops_datcentr_mgmt/general-solution-resources_white-papers4_en-us.pdf for details.

Regards,

Joerg