For some information about the AX100i, check the Dell|EMC AX100 support site
here.
Keep in mind that the AX100i is not a NAS box. You have to use either a Qlogic 4010 HBA or an iSCSI initiator software package to turn one of your (Gbit) NICs into an iSCSI connection. Drives will show up as a local drive, not a network share. This also means you cannot share disk space between multiple systems, unless they are clustered. You can however connect multiple systems, each with their own storage space.
Yes. I have 2 AX100i's in production. One as File Storage and one as off-site Backup. I have a dedicated iSCSI network that the SANs and Servers are connected to. I am using a mixture of HBA's and Nics w/initiator software. To get better performance i would like to enable Jumbo Frames on the Server Nics and the dedicated iSCSI Switch which all have the capability. I don't see the option in the AX100i settings and can't find any real specs on the AX100i iSCSI Nics to see if they support Jumbo Frames.
I found an article here that says "Dell claims that the next revision of the AX100i will include jumbo-frame support. That should bring a significant performance boost to this array." However i don't see anything in the release notes for the firmware versions.
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Keep in mind that the AX100i is not a NAS box. You have to use either a Qlogic 4010 HBA or an iSCSI initiator software package to turn one of your (Gbit) NICs into an iSCSI connection. Drives will show up as a local drive, not a network share. This also means you cannot share disk space between multiple systems, unless they are clustered. You can however connect multiple systems, each with their own storage space.