Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000H Hybrid Flash Array

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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000H Hybrid Flash Array

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000H Hybrid Flash Array is a 2U rack mount storage system from Lenovo.

SKU: DE2000H Category: Storage Brand: Lenovo

Technical Specifications
Overview

Product SKU	DE2000H
Form Factor	• DE2000H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y71): 2U rack mount. • DE2000H 2U12 LFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y70): 2U rack mount. • DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (Machine Type 7Y68): 2U rack mount. • DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (Machine Type 7Y63): 2U rack mount.
Controller Configuration	Dual active-active controller configuration with automatic load balancing.
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 10; Dynamic Disk Pools. • RAID 3 can be configured only through the Storage Manager Command Line (SMcli). • RAID 6, minimum six drives are required (five drives with one hot spare) for system functionality and data storage.
Controller System Memory	Up to 64 GB per system (32 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash).
Expansion Enclosure Support	• DE2000H 2U24 SFF controller: 3x DE120S or 3x DE240S • DE2000H 2U12 LFF controller: 3x DE120S or 3x DE240S • Expansion enclosures may be mixed up to a maximum of 3 expansion enclosures
Drive Bays	Up to 4 enclosures per system (Controller unit with up to 3 expansion units): • Up to 48 LFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 4x 2U12 LFF enclosures) • Up to 96 SFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 4x 2U24 SFF enclosures) Intermix of 2U24 SFF and 2U12 LFF enclosures is supported.
Drive Technology	• 12 Gb SAS and NL SAS HDDs and FIPS HDDs, 12 Gb SAS SSDs and FIPS SSDs. • Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported within a system. • Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is not supported within a volume group or disk pool. • Intermix of FIPS drives and non-FIPS drives is supported within a system. • Intermix of FIPS drives and non-FIPS drives is not supported within a volume group or disk pool.
Drive Expansion Connectivity	• 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports on each of two controllers in the controller enclosure for the attachment of the expansion enclosures. • 4x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports on each of two I/O modules in the expansion enclosure for the attachment to the controller enclosure and daisy chaining of the expansion enclosures.
Drives	2U24 SFF drives: • 10K rpm SAS HDDs • 10K rpm SAS FIPS HDDs • SAS SSDs (1 DWD) • SAS SSDs (3 DWD) • SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD) 2U12 LFF drives: • 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs • 7.2K rpm NL SAS FIPS HDDs • SAS SSDs (3 DWD) • SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD)
Storage Capacity	All SFF drives: Up to 1.47 PB (96x 15.36 TB SFF SSDs) All LFF drives: Up to 864 TB (48x 18TB LFF HDDs)
Host Connectivity	Base ports (per controller enclosure with two controllers): • 4x 1/10 Gb iSCSI (RJ-45 [1 Gb iSCSI only], DAC, or SW fiber optics, LC) or 4/8/16 Gb FC (SW fiber optics, LC) SFP+ host ports (2 ports per controller) Host connectivity ports provided using host interface cards (HICs) (per controller enclosure with two controllers): • 4x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (2 ports per controller) • 8x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (4 ports per controller) • 8x 10/25 Gb iSCSI SFP28 host ports (DAC or SW fiber optics [LC]) (4 ports per controller) • 8x 8/16/32 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optics [LC]) (4 ports per controller) • 4x 1/10 Gb iSCSI RJ-45 host ports (2 ports per controller) Note: The DE2000H controller no longer offers base ports. Host connectivity is provided via the HICs. • Supported protocols: FC: 32 Gbps, 16 Gbps, 8 Gbps, 4 Gbps
Host Operating Systems	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
Standard Software Features	Dynamic Disk Pools, SSD read cache, snapshots (up to 128 targets), volume copy, thin provisioning (DDP only), encryption (requires optional FIPS drives), and data assurance.
Optional Software Features	Snapshots (up to 512 targets), asynchronous mirroring.
Performance	• Up to 100 000 random read IOPS (4 KB blocks). • Up to 35 000 random write IOPS (4 KB blocks). • Up to 3 GBps sequential read throughput (64 KB blocks). • Up to 0.9 GBps sequential write throughput (64 KB blocks).
Configuration Maximums	• Maximum storage capacity: 1.47 PB • Maximum number of logical volumes: 512 • Maximum logical volume size: 4 PB • Maximum thin-provisioned logical volume size (DDP only): 256 TB • Maximum number of drives in a RAID volume group: – RAID 0, 1/10: 96 – RAID 3, 5, 6: 30 • Maximum number of DDP arrays: 20 • Maximum number of drives in a DDP array: 96 (11 drives minimum) • Maximum SSD read cache size: 4 TB • Maximum number of hosts: 256 • Maximum number of snapshots: 512 (requires an optional license) • Maximum number of mirroring pairs: 32 (requires an optional license)
Cooling	Redundant cooling with the fans that are built into power supplies.
Power Supply	Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) Platinum AC power supplies.
Management Ports	• 1x 1 GbE port (UTP, RJ-45) per controller for out-of-band management. • 2x Serial console ports (RJ-45 and Micro-USB) for system configuration. • In-band management via I/O path.
Management Interfaces	System Manager web-based GUI; SAN Manager standalone GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; SMI-S Provider; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; optional Lenovo XClarity.
Security Features	Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, role-based access control (RBAC), LDAP authentication.
Warranty and Support	Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 next business day (NBD) parts delivered. Also available are 9×5 NBD onsite response, 24×7 coverage with 2-hour or 4-hour onsite response, or 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair (select areas), YourDrive YourData, Premier Support, and 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions.
Software	Included in the base warranty and any Lenovo warranty extensions.
Dimensions	2U24 SFF enclosure: • Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.) • Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.) • Depth: 553 mm (21.8 in.) 2U12 LFF enclosure: • Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.) • Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.) • Depth: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
Weight	• DE2000H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (7Y71): 24.59 kg (54.2 lb) • DE2000H 2U12 LFF controller enclosure (7Y70): 28.78 kg (63.4 lb) • DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y68): 27.44 kg (60.5 lb) • DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y63): 27.12 kg (59.8 lb)

Overview

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000H Hybrid Flash Array is a Lenovo storage system in a DE2000H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y71): 2U rack mount. ; DE2000H 2U12…, aimed at storage system workloads. Its full parameter set is listed below.

At a glance

Product SKU: DE2000H
Form Factor: DE2000H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y71): 2U rack mount. ; DE2000H 2U12 LFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y70): 2U rack mount. ; DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (Machine Type 7Y68): 2U rack mount. ; DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (Machine Type 7Y63): 2U rack mount.
Controller Configuration: Dual active-active controller configuration with automatic load balancing.
RAID Levels: RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 10; Dynamic Disk Pools. ; RAID 3 can be configured only through the Storage Manager Command Line (SMcli). ; RAID 6, minimum six drives are required (five drives with one hot spare) for system functionality and data storage.
Controller System Memory: Up to 64 GB per system (32 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash).
Expansion Enclosure Support: DE2000H 2U24 SFF controller: 3x DE120S or 3x DE240S ; DE2000H 2U12 LFF controller: 3x DE120S or 3x DE240S ; Expansion enclosures may be mixed up to a maximum of 3 expansion enclosures
Drive Bays: Up to 4 enclosures per system (Controller unit with up to 3 expansion units): ; Up to 48 LFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 4x 2U12 LFF enclosures) ; Up to 96 SFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 4x 2U24 SFF enclosures) Intermix of 2U24 SFF and 2U12 LFF enclosures is supported.
Drive Technology: 12 Gb SAS and NL SAS HDDs and FIPS HDDs, 12 Gb SAS SSDs and FIPS SSDs. ; Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported within a system. ; Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is not supported within a volume group or disk pool. ; Intermix of FIPS drives and non-FIPS drives is supported within a system. ; Intermix of FIPS drives and non-FIPS drives is not supported within a volume group or disk pool.
Drive Expansion Connectivity: 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports on each of two controllers in the controller enclosure for the attachment of the expansion enclosures. ; 4x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports on each of two I/O modules in the expansion enclosure for the attachment to the controller enclosure and daisy chaining of the expansion enclosures.
Drives: 2U24 SFF drives: ; 10K rpm SAS HDDs ; 10K rpm SAS FIPS HDDs ; SAS SSDs (1 DWD) ; SAS SSDs (3 DWD) ; SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD) 2U12 LFF drives: ; 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs ; 7.2K rpm NL SAS FIPS HDDs ; SAS SSDs (3 DWD) ; SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD)
Storage Capacity: All SFF drives: Up to 1.47 PB (96x 15.36 TB SFF SSDs) All LFF drives: Up to 864 TB (48x 18TB LFF HDDs)
Host Connectivity: Base ports (per controller enclosure with two controllers): ; 4x 1/10 Gb iSCSI (RJ-45 [1 Gb iSCSI only], DAC, or SW fiber optics, LC) or 4/8/16 Gb FC (SW fiber optics, LC) SFP+ host ports (2 ports per controller) Host connectivity ports provided using host interface cards (HICs) (per controller enclosure with two controllers): ; 4x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (2 ports per controller) ; 8x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (4 ports per controller) ; 8x 10/25 Gb iSCSI SFP28 host ports (DAC or SW fiber optics [LC]) (4 ports per controller) ; 8x 8/16/32 Gb FC SFP+ host…
Host Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware vSphere
Standard Software Features: Dynamic Disk Pools, SSD read cache, snapshots (up to 128 targets), volume copy, thin provisioning (DDP only), encryption (requires optional FIPS drives), and data assurance.
Optional Software Features: Snapshots (up to 512 targets), asynchronous mirroring.
Performance: Up to 100 000 random read IOPS (4 KB blocks). ; Up to 35 000 random write IOPS (4 KB blocks). ; Up to 3 GBps sequential read throughput (64 KB blocks). ; Up to 0.9 GBps sequential write throughput (64 KB blocks).
Configuration Maximums: Maximum storage capacity: 1.47 PB ; Maximum number of logical volumes: 512 ; Maximum logical volume size: 4 PB ; Maximum thin-provisioned logical volume size (DDP only): 256 TB ; Maximum number of drives in a RAID volume group: – RAID 0, 1/10: 96 – RAID 3, 5, 6: 30 ; Maximum number of DDP arrays: 20 ; Maximum number of drives in a DDP array: 96 (11 drives minimum) ; Maximum SSD read cache size: 4 TB ; Maximum number of hosts: 256 ; Maximum number of snapshots: 512 (requires an optional license) ; Maximum number of mirroring pairs: 32 (requires an optional license)
Cooling: Redundant cooling with the fans that are built into power supplies.
Power Supply: Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) Platinum AC power supplies.
Management Ports: 1x 1 GbE port (UTP, RJ-45) per controller for out-of-band management. ; 2x Serial console ports (RJ-45 and Micro-USB) for system configuration. ; In-band management via I/O path.
Management Interfaces: System Manager web-based GUI; SAN Manager standalone GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; SMI-S Provider; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; optional Lenovo XClarity.
Security Features: Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, role-based access control (RBAC), LDAP authentication.
Warranty and Support: Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 next business day (NBD) parts delivered. Also available are 9×5 NBD onsite response, 24×7 coverage with 2-hour or 4-hour onsite response, or 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair (select areas), YourDrive YourData, Premier Support, and 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions.
Software: Included in the base warranty and any Lenovo warranty extensions.
Dimensions: 2U24 SFF enclosure: ; Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.) ; Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.) ; Depth: 553 mm (21.8 in.) 2U12 LFF enclosure: ; Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.) ; Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.) ; Depth: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
Weight: DE2000H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (7Y71): 24.59 kg (54.2 lb) ; DE2000H 2U12 LFF controller enclosure (7Y70): 28.78 kg (63.4 lb) ; DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y68): 27.44 kg (60.5 lb) ; DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y63): 27.12 kg (59.8 lb)

When to choose this storage system

Choose it for storage system workloads. A DE2000H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y71):… footprint with Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) Platinum AC power supplies. and Up to 4 enclosures per system (Controller unit with up to 3 expansion units): ; Up to 48… (RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6 and 10; Dynamic Disk Pools. ;…).

Reading the specifications

See the grouped parameters above for capacity, connectivity, power and physical data; confirm the specific configuration against your workload before ordering.

Platform & compatibility

Supports storage Up to 4 enclosures per system (Controller unit with up to 3 expansion units): ; Up to 48 LFF hot-swap drive…. Confirm CPU/controller, memory, drives and power against your environment before ordering.

Deployment notes

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DE2000H Hybrid Flash Array is supplied as a configured platform. Send the required configuration for a firm quote.

FAQ

Storage options? Up to 4 enclosures per system (Controller unit with up to 3 expansion units): ; Up to 48 LFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 4x 2U12 LFF enclosures) ; Up to 96 SFF hot-swap drive bays….

How do I get pricing? Send the required configuration; quotes depend on quantity, options and destination.

Configuration, availability and lead time depend on the required quantity, configuration and delivery destination. Send your requirement to receive a quotation.