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1 GUIDE SPECIFICATION Seneca is a leading US designer and manufacturer of xvault security and surveillance solutions. The xvault product line combines our IP expertise and solution partnerships with certified network video recorders, viewing stations, and storage solutions. Designed to deliver a turnkey solution, xvault platforms have been custom configured for leading video management software to ensure maximum performance and compatibility. Our dedicated engineers are available to work closely with security integrators on system sizing, design and deployment. For additional information, contact: DIVISION 27 COMMUNICATIONS Data Communications Seneca Data 7401 Round Pond Road North Syracuse, New York USA Phone: Fax: Web: tobyh@senecadata.com Data Communications Hardware Data Communications Storage and Backup Notes to Specifier: 1. Specifiers may alternately wish to include this specification in the following sections: Video Surveillance 2. Where several alternative parameters or specifications exist, or where, the specifier has the option of inserting text, such choices are presented in <bold text>. 3. Explanatory notes and comments are presented in colored text. August

2 GUIDE SPECIFICATION PART 1 GENERAL 1.01 SUMMARY A. Section includes a unified storage platform, combining both processing and storage, expandable to 720 TB of storage. B. Product - A modular unified storage system containing processing and operating system (OS) based on the Microsoft Server OS; available in 2RU, 3RU, and 4RU form factors to provide internal disk drives; and externally expandable for a potential raw capacity of 720 TB. C. Related Requirements 1.02 REFERENCES Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (HVAC) (Division 23) Communications (Division 27) a Communications Equipment Room Fittings b Data Communications 1) Data Communications Network Equipment 2) Data Communications Hardware a) Data Communications Servers Video Surveillance (Division 28) a Video Surveillance Control and Management Systems A. Abbreviations 1. AFR - Annualized Failure Rate 2. BIOS - Basic Input/Output System 3. CCTV - Closed Circuit Television 4. CHAP - Challenge Handshake Protocol 5. CIFS - Common Internet File System 6. DAS - Direct Attached Storage 7. Gb/s - Gigabit per second 8. GigE - Gigabit Ethernet 9. HDD - Hard Disk Drive 10. iscsi - Internet Small Computer System Interface 11. JBOD - Just a box of drives 12. LAN - Local Area Network 13. MPIO - Multi Point Input Output 14. MTBF - Mean Time Between Failure 15. NAS- Network Attached Storage 16. NFS - Network File System 17. NIC - Network Interface Controller (or Card) 18. OOBE - Out of Box Experience August

3 19. OS - Operating System 20. PCIe - PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express 21. RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks 22. RDC - Remote Desktop Connection 23. SATA - Serial Advanced Technology Attachment 24. SAN - Storage Area Network 25. SAS - Serial-attached SCSI 26. SCSI - Small Computer System Interface 27. SMB - Server Message Block 28. SSD - Solid State Drive 29. TB - Terabyte 30. USP - Unified Storage Platform 31. VMS - Video Management Software GUIDE SPECIFICATION B. Reference Standards 1.03 SUBMITTALS 1. Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) standards 2. SATA-IO - Serial ATA storage interface 3. FCC - Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47, Part 15 A. Product Data 1. Manufacturer s printed or electronic data sheets 2. Manufacturer s installation and operation manuals 3. Manufacturer s performance test reports QUALIFICATIONS A. Manufacturer shall be ISO 9001 certified with a minimum of three years experience in manufacturing digital storage equipment. B. Installers shall be authorized by the Manufacturer to plan, configure and install the system with further capability in the following areas: 1. Server Hardware/OS a. Working knowledge of PCIe slot types, slot availability and ability to add appropriate cards when necessary. b. Familiarity with network connectivity and configuration of NIC cards with regard to IP addressing, teaming, jumbo frames and MTU size. c. Ability and authorization to add drivers and software components to facilitate the installation of the IP SAN and/or NAS subsystem. d. Capability to enact a plan for type of storage will be used,( iscsi, NAS or a combination of NAS and iscsi). 1) Ability to create, configure and allocate NAS shares, Mapping and Masking of IP SAN volumes. August

4 1.05 WARRANTY GUIDE SPECIFICATION 2) Ability to plan for capacity requirements and the subsequent allocation of logical volumes to network accessed share or block level connected devices, and formatting and mounting of virtual drives. 2. Network Hardware a. Clear understanding of the present LAN/WAN infrastructure and how to plan for the addition of NAS and/or SAN storage in an IP environment. b. Familiarity with LACP and teaming configuration options for Layer2 and 3 managed switches to be used in the implementation of a NAS or SAN. c. Familiarity with VLAN creation or segmentation of switches to be used in the installation of NAS and/or IP SAN storage. d. Working knowledge of how to configure network switches or routers to accommodate remote storage for replication transport or remote sites. e. Ability to correctly segment NAS/IP SAN traffic between server traffic and/or client traffic. 3. USP Appliance a. Ability to create a virtual storage device plan using best practices described in this manual. b. Ability to recognize when and what security features should be implemented to the site requirements. c. Ability to correctly assign proper attributes to NAS shares as required by local and remote site requirements. Including the management of Active directory servers. A. Manufacturer shall provide a limited 3 year next day on-site warranty for the product to be free of defects in material and workmanship. B. Manufacturer shall offer the option to upgrade its standard warranty to a limited 5 year next day onsite warranty. END OF SECTION August

5 PART 2 PRODUCTS GUIDE SPECIFICATION 2.01 EQUIPMENT A. Manufacturer: Seneca Data 7401 Round Pond Road North Syracuse, New York USA Phone: Fax: Web: Contact: Toby Heath, Business Development Manager tobyh@senecadata.com B. Models: XV-UM2U35, XV-UM3U35, XV-UM4U35 C. Alternates: None 2.02 DESCRIPTION A. General 1. The unified storage platform (USP) shall be a modular system containing processing and Microsoft Storage Server OS; available in 2RU, 3RU, and 4RU form factors to provide internal disk drives; and externally expandable for a potential raw capacity of 720 TB. Note: The Seneca Data 2RU unit is not externally expandable. 2. The USP shall provide SMB and NFS file access as well as IP SAN connectivity. 3. The USP shall support the following types of internal storage drives: a. SAS - 3 Gb/s and 6 Gb/s b. SATA I, II and III c. SSD 4. The USP shall have a minimum processing capability of the Intel XEON 3.3.GHz quad core processor. 5. The USP shall have a minimum of 5 GigE NIC connections. 6. The USP shall support RAID caching. 7. The USP shall have dual redundant hot swap power supplies. 8. The USP shall support the latest versions of VMware, Microsoft Windows, Citrix XEN Server, Red Hat Linux as well as any operating system that supports a level 2 or higher iscsi initiator. 9. The USP OS shall support a graphical user interface allowing configuration of features including volume expansion, storage virtualization, same enclosure mixed tier support, local and area mirroring, remote replication, snapshots and thin provisioning B. Hardware Components 1. Chassis and Drives a. The USP chassis shall be <2RU> <3RU> <4RU> in height, capable of being mounted in a standard 19-inch wide rack. August

6 GUIDE SPECIFICATION b. The USP chassis shall accommodate up to <12> <16> < 24> 3.5 or 2.5 internal drives. Note: Size and drive capacity in the above sections refer to the Seneca Data XV-UM2U35, UM3U35, and XV-UM4U35 respectively. XV- 2. Hard Disk Drives a. <2.5 > <3.5 SATA I> <3.5 SATA II> <3.5 SATA III> <SAS 3g> <SAS 6g> <SSD> with capacities of 300GB through 6TB raw. b. HDD s employed in the USP shall be enterprise grade, high reliability, and conform to the following properties: 1) MTBF: > 1.4 million hours 2) Reliability full 24x7 operation (AFR): <.63% 3) Power on hours per year (24x7): 8760 hours 4) Spindle Speed: 7200 RPM 5) Max Sustained Transfer Rate: 175 MB/sec c. HDD s shall be field replaceable and hot-swappable. 3. Processor - Intel XEON 3.3.GHz quad core 4. Internal Memory - 8 GB DDR3 1333MHz memory, ECC Registered 5. Network Connectivity a. 5 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (RJ-45) for iscsi/nas b. 1 10/100/1000 Ethernet interface for management c. Support for 10 GigE for iscsi/nas via 1) SFP+ 2) Dual RJ-45 (Cat 6a) 3) CXA4 (4 twinaxial cables) 6. RAID controller a. configured for RAID 5 for single drive failure protection, where configuration employs less than or equal to 16 spindles (the number of total disks in a given array) b. configured for RAID 6 for two drive failure protection, where configuration employs greater than 16 spindles c. configurable option for hot spare or global spare drive Other configurations supported are RAID 0, 1, 10, 50, 60, and JBOD, depending on specific model. Must be specified at time of order. 7. Electrical a. The USP shall support input voltage of VAC over a frequency range of Hz. b. The USP power supplies shall be: 1) Dual load balance 2) Hot swappable 3) Redundant August

7 GUIDE SPECIFICATION 4) Capable of operating over a voltage range of VAC and frequency range of Hz 5) Rated for <800> <800> <1010> watts 6) Have efficiency equal to or greater than 80% The first and most important level of data protection starts with uninterruptable power. An Uninterruptable Power Source (UPS) is required to adequately protect storage data. Contact Seneca Data for assistance in correctly sizing a UPS for this platform. C. Storage Management 1. Network Attached Storage (NAS) - The USP system shall support IPv4, IPv6, SMB, SMB2, SMB3, CIFS, NFS v2 & v3, FTP, and Telnet protocols. 2. iscsi - The USP system shall support iscsi. 3. Security - The USP shall support: a. IPSEC IP security b. CHAP protocol plus masking/mapping for iscsi c. At Rest drive encryption 4. The USP system shall support granular file recovery from snapshots. 5. The USP system shall support local and/or remote replication at the iscsi block level and share level. D. Operating System 1. The USP system shall support the Windows Server 2000 and 2008, Windows 7, VMware, and Linux with iscsi initiator operating systems. 2. The operating system shall come pre-installed and tested for proper functionality. E. System Management 1. The USP system shall be compatible with Microsoft Active Directory. 2. The USP system shall support RDC management. 3. User Interface a. The USP platform shall be managed via remote console using the Microsoft Windows Metro and Desktop interface. b. The user interface functions shall support configuration, administration, and information functions. F. Expansion - The USP capacity shall be capable of being increased through the addition of 19 rack mountable external storage platform shelves. 1. Drives a. Expansion selves shall accommodate both 3.5 and 2.5 drives b. Expansion shelves shall accommodate SATA, SAS, and SSD drives in any combination. 2. A 2RU expansion shelf shall be available with up to 12 6 TB drives (72 TB total). a. The 2RU shelf shall have 3 hot swappable cooling fans. August

8 GUIDE SPECIFICATION b. The 2RU expansion shelf shall have a 500 W power supply plus one hot swappable redundant power supply. 3. A 3RU expansion shelf shall be available with up to 16 6 TB drives (96 TB total). a. The system shall provide for up to 4 4RU expansion shelves. b. The 3RU shelf shall have 3 hot swappable cooling fans. c. The 3RU shelf shall have a 500 W power supply plus one hot swappable redundant power supply. 4. A 4RU expansion shelf shall be available with up to 24 6 TB drives (144 TB total). a. The system shall provide for up to 4 4RU expansion shelves. b. The 4RU shelf shall have 4 hot swappable cooling fans. c. The 4RU shelf shall have a 600 W power supply plus one hot swappable redundant power supply. 5. Connectivity between the USP and expansion platforms shall be via Mini SAS connector (SFF- 8088) 6. The expansion shelves shall operate over a temperature range of 0-35 C (32-95 F) 7. The expansion shelves call operate from an input voltage of VAC. Notes: 1. Seneca Data part numbers for the expansion shelves are as follows: 2RU XV-US2U35 3RU 4RU XV-US3U35 XV-US4U35 2. The Seneca Data XV-UM2U35 USP cannot be expanded - 72 TB maximum raw capacity. 3. The XV-UM3U35 USP can be expanded to a total of 80 drives TB maximum raw capacity. 4. The XV-UM4U35 USP can be expanded to a total of 120 drives TB maximum raw capacity PERFORMANCE A. Volumes 1. Number of Volumes Supported - unlimited 2. Recommend maximum size volume - 16 TB B. Maximum NAS file size - 2 TB C. Maximum iscsi sessions per platform - 64 D. Snapshots August

9 1. Maximum per system - unlimited 2. Maximum per volume per share - 64 E. Redundancy GUIDE SPECIFICATION 1. HDD - The system shall be capable of supporting RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, and Power Supply - The system shall employ dual redundant power supplies, each with sufficient to power the USP system upon failure of the other power supply. 3. The USP shall employ hot swappable cooling fans ENVIRONMENTAL A. The USP system shall provide undiminished performance over the following ranges: 1. Temperature a. Operating: 0 to +40 o C (32 to 104 o F) b. Storage: 0 to +50 o C (32 to 122 o F) 2. Relative Humidity: 5-90% (non-condensing) B. Heat Load (BTU/hr.) - <2730> <2730> <3446> END OF SECTION August

10 PART 3 EXECUTION GUIDE SPECIFICATION 3.01 INSTALLERS A. Contractor personnel shall comply with all applicable state and local licensing requirements INSTALLATION A. Before permanent installation of the system, the system shall be factory tested in conditions simulating the final installed environment B. Power cords shall be installed in physical pathways separate from data carrying cables. C. Power cables shall be connected to separate circuit breakers CONFIGURATION A. Any required license keys shall be entered and operating system registered with Microsoft following completion of the system configuration STORAGE A. The USP system shall be stored in an environment where temperature is in the range of 0 to +50 o C (32 to 122 o F) and humidity is 5-90%. END OF SECTION August