Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F All-Flash Array

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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F All-Flash Array

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F All-Flash Array is a Controller enclosure: 2U rack mount storage system from Lenovo.

SKU: DE6400F Category: Storage Brand: Lenovo

Technical Specifications
Overview

Product SKU	DE6400F
Form Factor	Controller enclosure: 2U rack mount Expansion enclosure: • DE240S: 2U rack mount
Controller Memory	32GB per system (16GB per controller)
Drive Bays	• Up to 120 drives ( 24x NVMe drives in DE6400F controller enclosure + 96 SFF SSD hot-swap drive bays (4x DE240S SFF expansion enclosures). • DE240S SAS SSD only supported.
Maximum Drives	24 NVMe SSDs in the controller enclosure; up to 120 drives with 4x DE240S (96 SAS SSD)
Maximum Raw Capacity	367TB in the controller enclosure; expandable with up to 4x DE240S
Shelf Support	DE240S
IOPS	670,000 IOPS
Sustained Throughput	Up to 20GBps
Optional I/O	4x 100Gb NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCe, SRP/IB and iSER/IB; 8x 32Gb FC; 8x 25Gb iSCSI
Hosts and Volumes	512 hosts / 1,024 volumes
Software Features	Snapshots, drive encryption
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	32 GB per system (16 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash).
Expansion Enclosure Support	• 4x DE240S (SAS SSD only)
Drive Technology	Controller enclosure • NVMe only Expansion enclosures: • NL SAS HDDs (DE6400H only), 12 Gb SAS SSDs and FIPS SSDs drives are supported. • A maximum of 120 SAS SSDs is supported. • Intermix of drives is supported within a system. • 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. • No intermix with NVMe and SAS SSD in volume group or disk pool. • There is no support for expansion to a second enclosure containing NVMe drives.
Drive Expansion Connectivity	• 8x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (4 ports per controller) for expansion scale-up, daisy chaining of the expansion enclosures. • 2 x SAS expansion cards are required and must be installed in port1 only of the DE6400 enclosure controller. One in controller A, one in controller B.
Drives	Controller enclosure: 2U24 SFF drives: • NVMe DE240S Expansion enclosure: 2U24 SFF drives*: • SAS SSDs (1 DWD) • SAS SSDs (3 DWD) • SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD)
Storage Capacity	• Controller enclosure (367.2TB) + 4 x DE240S (1474.5TB) = 1841.5 TB • Scale up requires installation of a SAS expander card into slot 1 only
Storage Protocols	SAN (Block access): FC, iSCSI, iSER/IB, NVMe/FC, NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE, and SRP/IB.
Host Connectivity	Host connectivity ports provided using host interface cards (HICs). A controller enclosure has two controllers. Supported HICs are: • 8x 10/25 Gb iSCSI SFP28 host ports (DAC or SW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per controller) (1 port per controller, supported in bay 2/ port 2 only) • 8x 16/32 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per controller) (1 port per controller, supported in bay 2/ port 2 only) • 2x 40/100 Gb NVMe/RoCE QSFP28 host ports (DAC cable or SW fiber optics, MPO) (1 port per controller, supported in bay 2/ port 2 only) Note: The controllers no longer offers base ports. Host connectivity is provided with a pair of HICs.
Host Operating Systems	Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), VMware vSphere. Reference LSIC for details.
Performance (NVMe Drives Only)	• Up to 670 000 random read IOPS (4 KB blocks). • Up to 100 000 random write IOPS (4 KB blocks). • Up to 20 GBps sequential read throughput. • Up to 7 GBps sequential write throughput.
Configuration Maximums	• Maximum hosts/partitions: 512 • Maximum volumes per partition: 256 • Maximum volumes per system: 1024 • Maximum logical volume: 4PB • RAID capacity (dependent on drive capacity): – 30 drives (RAID 5 and RAID 6) – All drives RAID 10 • Maximum number of drives in a RAID volume group: – 24 NVMe, 240 SAS (RAID 0 and RAID 1) – 24 NVMe, 30 SAS (all other RAID levels) • RAID volumes per volume group: 256 • Disk pools per system: 20 • Volumes per disk pool: 1024
Cooling	Controller enclosure: Five cooling fans per enclosure controller. DE600S expansion: Redundant cooling with two cooling modules DE120S, DE240S: Fans that are built into power supplies
Power Supply	Two redundant hot-swap 1181 W (220 V) 2U24 controller enclosure. Each expansion enclosure also supports 2 power supply.
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.
Management Interfaces	System Manager web-based GUI; SAN Manager standalone GUI; SSH CLI for service only; SMcli; SMI-S Provider; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; XClarity integration supporting storage alerts.
Security Features	Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH) for service only, 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.
Dimension (controller Enclosure)	2U24 SFF enclosure: Height: 87 mm, Width: 447 mm, Depth: 543 mm (3.4 x 17.6 x 21.4 inches)
Dimension (expansion Enclosure)	• 2U12 LFF enclosure: Height: 85 mm, Width: 447 mm, Depth: 483 mm (3.3 x 17.6 x 19.0 inches) • 2U24 SFF enclosure: Height: 85 mm, Width: 449 mm, Depth: 552 mm (3.3 x 17.7 x 21.8 inches) • 4U60 LFF enclosure: Height: 176 mm, Width: 449 mm, Depth: 922 mm (6.9 x 17.7 x 36.3 inches)
Weight	• DE6400F and DE6400H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (7DB6): 25.07 kg (55.3 lb) • DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y63): 27.12 kg (59.8 lb) • DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y68): 24.59 kg (54.2 lb) • DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y69): 112.2 kg (247.4 lb)

Overview

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F All-Flash Array is a Lenovo storage system in a Controller enclosure: 2U rack mount Expansion enclosure: ; DE240S: 2U rack mount and 32GB per system (16GB per controller), aimed at storage system workloads. Its full parameter set is listed below.

At a glance

Product SKU: DE6400F
Form Factor: Controller enclosure: 2U rack mount Expansion enclosure: ; DE240S: 2U rack mount
Controller Memory: 32GB per system (16GB per controller)
Drive Bays: Up to 120 drives ( 24x NVMe drives in DE6400F controller enclosure + 96 SFF SSD hot-swap drive bays (4x DE240S SFF expansion enclosures). ; DE240S SAS SSD only supported.
Maximum Drives: 24 NVMe SSDs in the controller enclosure; up to 120 drives with 4x DE240S (96 SAS SSD)
Maximum Raw Capacity: 367TB in the controller enclosure; expandable with up to 4x DE240S
Shelf Support: DE240S
IOPS: 670,000 IOPS
Sustained Throughput: Up to 20GBps
Optional I/O: 4x 100Gb NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCe, SRP/IB and iSER/IB; 8x 32Gb FC; 8x 25Gb iSCSI
Hosts and Volumes: 512 hosts / 1,024 volumes
Software Features: Snapshots, drive encryption
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: 32 GB per system (16 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash).
Expansion Enclosure Support: 4x DE240S (SAS SSD only)
Drive Technology: Controller enclosure ; NVMe only Expansion enclosures: ; NL SAS HDDs (DE6400H only), 12 Gb SAS SSDs and FIPS SSDs drives are supported. ; A maximum of 120 SAS SSDs is supported. ; Intermix of drives is supported within a system. ; 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. ; No intermix with NVMe and SAS SSD in volume group or disk pool. ; There is no support for expansion to a second enclosure containing NVMe drives.
Drive Expansion Connectivity: 8x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (4 ports per controller) for expansion scale-up, daisy chaining of the expansion enclosures. ; 2 x SAS expansion cards are required and must be installed in port1 only of the DE6400 enclosure controller. One in controller A, one in controller B.
Drives: Controller enclosure: 2U24 SFF drives: ; NVMe DE240S Expansion enclosure: 2U24 SFF drives*: ; SAS SSDs (1 DWD) ; SAS SSDs (3 DWD) ; SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD)
Storage Capacity: Controller enclosure (367.2TB) + 4 x DE240S (1474.5TB) = 1841.5 TB ; Scale up requires installation of a SAS expander card into slot 1 only
Storage Protocols: SAN (Block access): FC, iSCSI, iSER/IB, NVMe/FC, NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE, and SRP/IB.
Host Connectivity: Host connectivity ports provided using host interface cards (HICs). A controller enclosure has two controllers. Supported HICs are: ; 8x 10/25 Gb iSCSI SFP28 host ports (DAC or SW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per controller) (1 port per controller, supported in bay 2/ port 2 only) ; 8x 16/32 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per controller) (1 port per controller, supported in bay 2/ port 2 only) ; 2x 40/100 Gb NVMe/RoCE QSFP28 host ports (DAC cable or SW fiber optics, MPO) (1 port per controller, supported in bay 2/ port 2 only) Note: The controllers no longer offers base…
Host Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), VMware vSphere. Reference LSIC for details.
Performance (NVMe Drives Only): Up to 670 000 random read IOPS (4 KB blocks). ; Up to 100 000 random write IOPS (4 KB blocks). ; Up to 20 GBps sequential read throughput. ; Up to 7 GBps sequential write throughput.
Configuration Maximums: Maximum hosts/partitions: 512 ; Maximum volumes per partition: 256 ; Maximum volumes per system: 1024 ; Maximum logical volume: 4PB ; RAID capacity (dependent on drive capacity): – 30 drives (RAID 5 and RAID 6) – All drives RAID 10 ; Maximum number of drives in a RAID volume group: – 24 NVMe, 240 SAS (RAID 0 and RAID 1) – 24 NVMe, 30 SAS (all other RAID levels) ; RAID volumes per volume group: 256 ; Disk pools per system: 20 ; Volumes per disk pool: 1024
Cooling: Controller enclosure: Five cooling fans per enclosure controller. DE600S expansion: Redundant cooling with two cooling modules DE120S, DE240S: Fans that are built into power supplies
Power Supply: Two redundant hot-swap 1181 W (220 V) 2U24 controller enclosure. Each expansion enclosure also supports 2 power supply.
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.
Management Interfaces: System Manager web-based GUI; SAN Manager standalone GUI; SSH CLI for service only; SMcli; SMI-S Provider; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; XClarity integration supporting storage alerts.
Security Features: Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH) for service only, 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.
Dimension (controller Enclosure): 2U24 SFF enclosure: Height: 87 mm, Width: 447 mm, Depth: 543 mm (3.4 x 17.6 x 21.4 inches)
Dimension (expansion Enclosure): 2U12 LFF enclosure: Height: 85 mm, Width: 447 mm, Depth: 483 mm (3.3 x 17.6 x 19.0 inches) ; 2U24 SFF enclosure: Height: 85 mm, Width: 449 mm, Depth: 552 mm (3.3 x 17.7 x 21.8 inches) ; 4U60 LFF enclosure: Height: 176 mm, Width: 449 mm, Depth: 922 mm (6.9 x 17.7 x 36.3 inches)
Weight: DE6400F and DE6400H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (7DB6): 25.07 kg (55.3 lb) ; DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y63): 27.12 kg (59.8 lb) ; DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y68): 24.59 kg (54.2 lb) ; DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y69): 112.2 kg (247.4 lb)

When to choose this storage system

Choose it for storage system workloads. A Controller enclosure: 2U rack mount Expansion enclosure: ;… footprint with Two redundant hot-swap 1181 W (220 V) 2U24 controller enclosure. Each… and Up to 120 drives ( 24x NVMe drives in DE6400F controller enclosure + 96 SFF SSD hot-swap… (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 memory 32GB per system (16GB per controller), storage Up to 120 drives ( 24x NVMe drives in DE6400F controller enclosure + 96 SFF SSD hot-swap drive bays (4x…. Confirm CPU/controller, memory, drives and power against your environment before ordering.

Deployment notes

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6400F All-Flash Array is supplied as a configured platform. Send the required configuration for a firm quote.

FAQ

Memory/cache? 32GB per system (16GB per controller).

Storage options? Up to 120 drives ( 24x NVMe drives in DE6400F controller enclosure + 96 SFF SSD hot-swap drive bays (4x DE240S SFF expansion enclosures). ; DE240S SAS SSD only supported..

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.