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The base enclosure is an all-NVMe platform, capable of supporting NVMe SSD, NVMe SCM, and NVMe NVRAM drives. You can populate slots 0 through 20 with NVMe SSD or NVMe SCM drives. Slots 21 through 24 are reserved for NVMe NVRAM drives which serve as additional system write caching. PowerStore 1000 and PowerStore 3000 models contain two NVMe NVRAM drives in slots 23 and 24.

Cascade replication refers to the replication of data from one site to another, in a sequential or cascading manner. In the case of Dell Unity XT, cascade replication refers to the asynchronous replication of a file resource from one site (site A) to another (site B), then from site B to another site (site C) and so on. This means that data is replicated from one site to another in an orderly fashion, and each site functions as both a source and a target for replication. This allows for multiple copies of the data to be kept in different locations, providing increased data availability and disaster recovery capabilities. It's important to note that cascade replication can also be used for block resources but is usually asynchronous.

The DPE on 480/F, 680/F, and 880/F systems is internally connected to Bus 99 which is a separate bus than the first SAS expansion port that is connected to Bus 0. Therefore, the DPE is recognized by the system as Bus 99 Enclosure 0 while the first DAE connected to the first SAS expansion port would be Bus 0 Enclosure 0. This is different than X00/F, X50F, and 380/F systems. Furthermore, this means that the twenty-five drives in front of the DPE for 480/F, 680/F, and 880/F systems are internally recognized as Bus 99 Enclosure 0 Drive 0 – Bus 99 Enclosure 0 Drive 24. In Unisphere, the drives are seen DPE Drive 0 –DPE Drive 24

Common Messaging Interface (CMI): A high speed bus that is used for communication between SPs, such as mirroring write cache or redirecting I/Os from a non-optimized path.

FAST VP (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Virtual Pools) and FAST Cache (Fully Automated Storage Tiering for Cache) are features that allow you to optimize the performance of your storage by automatically moving data between different storage tiers based on usage patterns. The SSD tier is used to store frequently accessed metadata, such as file system structures, directories, and inode tables, which are accessed frequently and are small enough to fit in the SSD cache. Keeping paged metadata on flash media improves the overall system performance, as it allows for faster access to the metadata, reducing the latency and the number of I/O operations needed to access it.

The technical architect should recommend enabling data reduction storage service when the system has free capacity above 80%. Data reduction technologies such as compression and deduplication reduce the amount of storage needed by eliminating duplicates and compressing data. However, these technologies can consume additional resources, particularly CPU. Enabling data reduction on a system that is already running low on free capacity would create additional resource contention and negatively impact performance.