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1 Pivot3 has over 1200 customers across the globe that rely on purpose-built Pivot3 appliances for highcapacity video surveillance and high-iop virtual desktop environments. The company is the leading supplier of IP SANs to the video surveillance market and became the first partner certified in VMware s Rapid Desktop Program for virtual desktops. Customers rely on Pivot3 for efficiency, performance, and resiliency. For additional information, contact: Pivot3 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 970 Austin, Texas USA Phone: Fax: Web: sales@pivot3.com This product specification is based on recognized industry standards for project documentation found within the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) Project Resource Manual CSI Manual of Practice [5 th Edition] and MasterFormat TM [2014 Edition]. This specification is based on Pivot3 Converged Video Server/Storage Appliance and may be used as a manufacturer based proprietary specification or edited to a performance based specification. Specifiers may alternately wish to include this specification in the following sections: Data Communications Hardware Data Communications Storage and Backup Data Communications Servers Digital Video Recorders and Analog Recording Devices Video Surveillance Systems Infrastructure Specifier Notes are intended to provide information and guidance relative to the specific product or system ensuring proper configuration, performance and operation, and are presented in colored text; delete these notes in final project documentation. July

2 GUIDE SPECIFICATION The enclosed specification is for storage and compute infrastructure only, and does not include specification of the intended video management system (VMS), cameras, cabling or other required system infrastructure. Specifier may decide to include the converged video server/storage appliance specification as a subsection of the VMS or other security server/infrastructure specification if part of a larger integrated system. However, this document may be used as a stand-alone specification section in its current form. PART 1 GENERAL 1.01 SUMMARY A. Section includes: Video storage and compute infrastructure system, composed of stackable server/storage appliances, enabling a self-healing virtual storage and compute array. B. Product: A 2 rack unit (RU), 12-drive stackable scale-out appliance that offers both virtual server and scale out SAN shared storage functionality for high performance, non-disruptive scaling, highavailability and energy efficiency. C. Related Requirements Communications (Division 27) Data Communications Data Communications Hardware Data Communications Storage and Backup Data Communications Servers Video Surveillance Control and Management Systems Digital Video Recorders and Analog Recording Devices Video Surveillance Systems Infrastructure 1.02 REFERENCES A. Abbreviations 1. GUI - Graphical User Interface 2. idrac - Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 3. INCITS - InterNational Committee for Information Technology Standards 4. iscsi - Internet Small Computer Systems Interface 5. NAS - Network Attached Storage 6. NIC - Network Interface Card 7. NL-SAS - Nearline SAS 8. RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks 9. RU - Rack Unit 10. SAN - Storage Area Network 11. SAS - Serial Attached SCSI 12. SATA - Serial ATA (Advanced Technology Attachment) 13. SCSI - Small Computer Systems Interface 14. SLC - Single Level Cell 15. SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol 16. TB - Terabyte B. Reference Standards 1. ANSI/INCITS a. SCSI standards b. Fibre Channel Interface standards July

3 1.03 SUBMITTALS GUIDE SPECIFICATION c. Serial Attached SCSI draft standard 2. Institute of Electronic and Electrical Engineers (IEEE) standards 3. Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) - RFC 3720 and updates - Internet Small Computer Systems Interface (iscsi) 4. SATA-IO - Serial ATA storage interface 5. FCC Class A A. General: In compliance with conditions of the contract and Division 1, Section Submittal Procedures. B. Product Data 1. Manufacturer s printed or electronic data sheets 2. Manufacturer s installation and operation manuals 3. Manufacturer s performance test reports 1.04 QUALIFICATIONS A. Manufacturer shall be ISO 9001 certified with a minimum of seven years experience in manufacturing digital video storage equipment. B. Manufacturer s products shall be manufactured in the United States of America WARRANTY A. Manufacturer shall provide a limited 3-year hardware warranty for the product to be free of defects in material and workmanship. 1. Advance replacements shall be provided for any product requiring a return to factory. 2. Manufacturer shall make available an extended warranty option. B. Manufacturer shall provide at no charge software updates for at least 90 days after commissioning. 1. Manufacturer shall make available an extended software update and support option. END OF SECTION July

4 PART 2 PRODUCTS GUIDE SPECIFICATION 2.01 EQUIPMENT A. Manufacturer: Pivot3 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 970 Austin, Texas USA Phone: Fax: Web: support@pivot3.com B. Model: R2 C. Operating System: vstac OS 6.5 D. Alternates: None 2.02 DESCRIPTION A. The Converged Video Server/Storage Appliance ( converged appliance ) shall be a 2RU, 12-drive stackable scale-out appliance that offers both virtual server and scale out SAN shared storage functionality for high performance, non-disruptive scaling, high-availability and energy efficiency. The term scale-out refers to the ability to increase overall system capacity and/or performance (storage, memory, network interface and CPU/compute resources) seamlessly by simply adding additional appliances (nodes) and automatically balancing resources and loads across the added nodes. Scale-up refers to adding individual resources to a single node. The ability to scale-out is important when designing video surveillance infrastructure as many variables can influence system storage, memory and CPU requirements simultaneously: adding cameras, increased video resolution, increased or changing scene activity or alarm events, etc. B. The converged appliance shall concurrently run local applications in a VMware vsphere ESXi Hypervisor virtual environment and provide shared system resources that scale out as additional appliances are added such that: 1. Separate physical servers are not required. 2. Separate physical failover servers are not required. 3. Applications running on each appliance have access to the combined capacity of the disk drive storage in all appliances that are clustered together. 4. Applications running on each appliance have access to the combined solid state write cache in all appliances that are clustered together. 5. Applications running on each converged appliance have access to the iscsi bandwidth of all appliances that are configured as a functional array together. 6. Applications running on a converged appliance array have simultaneous access to storage volumes on separate arrays. C. Storage Modes 1. iscsi - The converged appliance shall support both iscsi initiator and iscsi target modes. 2. SAN - The appliance shall support native SAN block storage. 3. NAS - The appliance shall optionally support NAS storage PERFORMANCE A. The converged appliance system shall support the following: 1. Full 64-bit data path July

5 2. Up to 12 active/active RAID controllers dynamically and automatically aggregated, protected and load-balanced as appliances are clustered together without user intervention. 3. Up to 240Gbps bandwidth dynamically and automatically aggregated, protected and load-balanced as appliances are arrayed together without user intervention. 4. Usable storage efficiency greater than 50%, up to 90% Usable storage capacity will depend on the configured RAID level 5. Solid-state read and write cache dynamically and automatically aggregated, protected and loadbalanced without user intervention as appliances are arrayed together. Cache shall be cluster coherent and accessible by virtual machines on any appliance within the system. a. RAM read/write cache: Up to 768GB with automatically adjusting read vs. write allocation % based on data workload. RAM cache size shall be user-configurable, 2GB-64GB per appliance. b. SSD write cache: Up to 600GB, non-volatile SLC solid state drives. 6. Addition of storage performance capability shall be non-disruptive and not require data access to be interrupted. 7. Storage system shall provide multi-path support without software licenses. B. Network Connectivity - Each converged appliance shall support four Ethernet connections for LAN and iscsi SAN connectivity. 1. Two 10Gb/1Gb Ethernet iscsi ports 2. Four 1Gb Ethernet LAN NICs 2.04 CAPACITY AND SCALABILITY A. The following virtual server resources shall scale linearly as appliances are added: 1. Storage capacity and performance 2. Bandwidth 3. Read and write cache 4. Memory 5. CPU Usable storage capacity will depend on the configured RAID level B. System capacity shall scale linearly and non-disruptively by adding equally configured converged appliances to form a converged appliance array configuration, consisting of 3-12 converged appliances. 1. Appliances shall be capable of being configured as a functional array to support up to: a. 864TB iscsi SAN storage b. 240Gbps aggregated bandwidth c. 12 parallel RAID controllers d. 768 GB RAM read/write cache e. 600 GB SSD write cache The minimum number of converged appliances in an array/cluster is 3 to ensure high availability and failover capabilities, with a maximum of 12. A converged appliance may also function in a stand-alone mode. Capacity specifications are provided for a 12-appliance array. For arrays with fewer than 12 appliances, the following specifications should be adjusted appropriately: SAN Storage (configurable up to 72TB per appliance) RAID controllers (one per appliance) iscsi Bandwidth (20 Gbps per appliance) RAM Read/Write Cache (user configurable 2GB-64GB per appliance) SSD Write Cache (50GB per appliance) July

6 Storage from multiple arrays may be accessed by a single application, theoretically enabling unlimited storage capacity 2. Disk and RAID sets shall be automatically configured without user intervention. 3. Capacity scaling shall be non-disruptive allowing new capacity to be dynamically added to the system without interrupting access to data. 4. New appliances added to an array shall automatically contribute and load balance capacity, bandwidth and RAID resources. 5. Physical capacity added to the system shall be configurable into new volumes or added to existing defined volumes without the need to interrupt data access. C. Multiple arrays in a single network domain shall be accessible and managed by a single application, enabling implementations with multi-petabyte storage capacity 2.05 VIRTUAL APPLICATION SERVER CAPABILITY A. Up to 12 virtual compute environments shall be provided as converged appliances are arrayed together. B. Each converged appliance shall support 6 CPU cores and 16GB RAM available for compute and storage operations. RAM is expandable up to 64GB per converged appliance. Note that Pivot3 only sells 16GB DIMM upgrade kits, so the configurable limit using manufacturer-provided RAM is 48GB. C. Each converged appliance shall support four Gigabit Ethernet LAN connections for virtual server operations. D. Converged appliances shall support optional VMware Standard and Enterprise licenses to add virtual management tools. E. The virtual machines resident on each converged appliance shall be optionally manageable through VMware vcenter AVAILABILITY A. An array of converged appliances shall support high availability with redundant, hot-swappable, failover protected storage, network and server. The array shall prevent any single point of failure from causing loss of data or interrupting access to data. B. Virtual Application Server Failover 1. The converged appliance system shall deliver automatic end-to-end failover for all video management software and all scale-out system resources deployed within the array, without the need to purchase additional licenses or software. 2. The system shall protect against loss of data during simultaneous failure of one converged appliance and up to two disks. C. Network Redundancy 1. The converged appliance system shall protect against loss of a networking path between servers and storage, including network interface card, cables and switches. 2. The system shall provide multi-path protection for iscsi connections. The paths shall be active/active and load balanced for normal operation. July

7 The following network design considerations should be noted when deploying a SAN: 1. Pivot3 vstac Appliances have two Network Interface Card (NIC) ports dedicated for iscsi SAN connectivity. Each SAN NIC port must be on a different subnet (no routers). 2. Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE for vstac VDI appliances) is required for SAN switch connections. The SAN network should be capable of operation at 10GbE for all appliances without additional appliance hardware options. 3. For a system with no single points of failure it is required to use two physically separate switches for the SAN, each dedicated to a different subnet. This protects the vstac Array from a single switch failure and provides the most predictable performance. D. Disk Fault Tolerance 1. The converged appliance system shall provide dynamically alterable data protection capability for the following levels of performance: a. RAID 6X - 5 simultaneous disk failures or 2 disks and 1 appliance failure b. RAID 6E - 3 simultaneous disk failures or 1 disk and 1 appliance failure c. RAID 5E - 1 disk failure or 1 appliance failure d. RAID 1E - 1 disk failure or 1 appliance failure 2. RAID data protection options shall be selectable and configurable on a logical volume-by-volume basis. E. Non-Disruptive Maintenance and Software Upgrades 1. Storage and compute system shall remain available during storage software upgrades. 2. Storage and compute system shall remain available during hardware and software maintenance operations. F. Continuous Data Protection 1. The converged appliance system shall support dynamic management features to ensure continuous data access during periods of system expansion due to the addition of disk capacity, processing capability, or network bandwidth. G. Data Recovery - To maximize data availability, the converged appliance system shall 1. include dynamic virtual global sparing capability to allow immediate rebuilding of failed drives 2. conduct background disk data verification to ensure maximum data availability 3. have the ability to prioritize data recovery versus data access and to have that priority dynamically alterable before or during data recovery 4. have the ability to prioritize recovery tasks by volume, and 5. provide predictive sparing to identify poor performing drives in advance of failure, and automatically spare a drive and pre-fail due to not meeting performance requirements. H. Power - The converged appliance shall have these features for power supplies, as follows: 1. Redundancy 2. Load Balanced 3. Power Correction Factor 2.07 SYSTEM MANAGEMENT A. System management software shall be available to configure the converged appliances via network connection. 1. The software shall provide an easy-to-use graphical management capability. 2. The software shall be capable of managing multiple arrays within a single instance. B. The system management software shall provide: 1. self-discovery of its hardware configuration 2. capacity and performance usage statistics 3. administrator security controls July

8 4. a scriptable Command Line Interface 5. advanced maintenance and manageability features to include: a. logging configuration changes and system events b. detecting drive failures and graphically (via GUI) and physically (via lights) identify the failing drive. c. detecting controller failures and graphically identify the failing controller d. performing predictive failure assessment of disk drives to proactively manage low performing disk drives e. audible alarm option 6. capability for: a. RAID type and volume size to be dynamically alterable without interruption of data access b. prioritizing data migration versus data access and to have that priority dynamically alterable before and during data migration. 7. The system shall support SNMP management. C. Alarms and Alerts shall be provided through the following mechanisms: 1. state-sensitive LED s to indicate drive events 2. PC management application 3. SNMP v2c traps and messages D. Proactive Diagnostics shall provide phone-home capabilities and automatic reporting of: a. Configuration: 1) Licensing 2) Failover 3) Software versions b. Device health: 1) Drives 2) NICs 3) CPUs 4) Memory 5) Power supplies 6) Temperature c. Logical state: 1) Arrays 2) Volumes 2.08 HARDWARE Proactive Diagnostics requires Pivot3 Premium level or better active Hardware Warranty and Software Support Hardware specifications listed are minimum required per individual appliance. Hardware components can change periodically, so verify with Pivot3 that these meet the most recent hardware configurations and update if necessary. A. Chassis 1. Dimensions (2RU): 3.42 H x W x D (in) 8.69 H x W x D (cm) 2. Deployment options: 1) Stand alone 2) 3-12 unit array 3) Multi-array implementations B. Processor: Intel 6 core Xeon E5-2630v2 July

9 C. Memory: 16 GB DDR 1333, Registered DIMM, expandable to 64 GB GUIDE SPECIFICATION RAM is expandable up to 64GB per converged appliance. Note that Pivot3 only sells 16GB DIMM upgrade kits, so the configurable limit using manufacturer-provided RAM is 48GB. D. Hard Disk Drives: 1. Number: Capacity 1, 2, 4, 6 TB per drive 3. Type: Enterprise SATA 4. Speed: 6.0 Gbps, 7200 rpm 5. Hot swappable (front or rear chassis) E. Non-Volatile Write Cache SSD Drives 1. Number: 2 2. Capacity 25 GB per drive (50GB per appliance) 3. Type: SLC 4. Speed: 6.0 Gbps 5. Hot swappable (front or rear chassis) F. iscsi 1. Connection: Dual 10/1 Gigabit Ethernet NIC (aggregated in array configuration) physical or virtual iscsi initiators G. Network Connection: Quad Gigabit Ethernet H. Power Supply: 2 x 750 W redundant, hot swappable 1. Voltage VAC, autoranging, Hz 2. Max inrush current 55A for,10ms (per supply) 3. Max heat dissipation 2891 BTU/hour (per appliance), 2600 BTU/hour typical I. Cooling: Redundant fans 2.09 ENVIRONMENTAL A. The converged appliance shall provide undiminished performance over the following ranges: 1. Temperature a. Operating: 50 to 95 o F (10 to +35 o C) b. Storage: -40 to 149 o F (-40 to +65 o C) 2. Relative Humidity a. Operating: 20-80% (non-condensing) b. Storage: 5 95% (non-condensing) c. Operating: -15.2m to 3048m (-50ft to 10,000ft) d. Storage: -15.2m to 10,668m (-50ft to 35,000ft) 3. Airborne Contaminant Level Class G1 as defined by ISA-S END OF SECTION July

10 PART 3 EXECUTION 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 tested in a configuration equivalent to the final system STORAGE A. The converged appliance shall be stored in an environment where temperature is in the range of -40 to 149 o F (-40 to +65 o C) and humidity is 5-95%, non-condensing. END OF SECTION July