| Product SKU | DM7100F |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | • DM7100F controller enclosure (machine type 7D25): 4U rack mount. |
| Controller Configuration | Dual active-active controller configuration (HA pair). Up to 6 HA pairs can be combined into a single SAN cluster, or up to 12 HA pairs can be combined into a single NAS cluster. |
| HA Pair Interconnect Ports | 4x 25 GbE SFP28 onboard ports (DAC cables) (2 ports per controller). |
| Cluster Interconnect Ports | 4x 100 GbE QSFP28 ports (DAC cable or SW fiber optic cable, MPO) (2 ports per controller on the pre-installed SmartIO adapter cards). |
| MetroCluster Connectivity | • MetroCluster IP: 4x 40/100 GbE QSFP28 ports (SW fiber optic cable, MPO) (2 ports per controller on the optional 100 GbE iWARP adapter cards). (requires ONTAP 9.8 or later) |
| RAID Levels | RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC. |
| Controller Memory | 256 GB RAM per system (128 GB per controller). 32 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (16 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers. |
| Drive Bays | Up to 480 SFF hot-swap drive bays: |
| Drive Technology | NVMe SSDs, SAS SSDs. |
| Drive Expansion Connectivity | • 2x 100 GbE QSFP28 onboard expansion ports and 2x 100 GbE QSFP28 additional expansion ports with one 100 GbE adapter card on each of two controllers in the controller enclosure for the attachment of the NVMe expansion enclosures. |
| Drives | • 1.92 TB and 3.84 TB NVMe SSDs. |
| Storage Capacity | Up to 7.37 PB (480x 15.36 TB SSDs). |
| Storage Protocols | • NAS (File access): NFS and CIFS/SMB. |
| Host Connectivity | Base ports on the mezzanine cards (per controller enclosure): |
| Host Operating Systems | Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, 7, and 8; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, 12, and 15; VMware vSphere 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, and 7.0. |
| Performance | Up to 650 000 random read IOPS (8 KB blocks). |
| Configuration Maximums | • Maximum raw storage capacity: 7.37 PB |
| Cooling | Redundant cooling: |
| Power Supply | Four 1600 W (100 – 240 V) (DM7100F 4U controller enclosure), or two 1600 W (100 – 240 V) (DM240N 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure), or two 913 W (100 – 240 V) (DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure) redundant hot-swap Platinum AC power supplies. |
| Management Ports | • 1x 1 GbE port (UTP, RJ-45) per controller for out-of-band management. |
| Management Interfaces | ThinkSystem Storage Manager web-based GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; 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- or five-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with selectable service levels: 9×5 coverage with next business day (NBD) parts delivered (base warranty), 9×5 coverage with NBD onsite response (Foundation Service), 24×7 coverage with 4-hour onsite response (Essential Service), or 24×7 coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (select areas) (Advanced Service). Premier Support is also available. Software support is included in the base warranty or Foundation, Essential, or Advanced Service for the duration of the warranty period. |
| Dimensions | 4U controller enclosure: |
| Weight | • Controller enclosure (fully configured): 49.2 kg (108.5 lb) |
Storage
Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F All-Flash Array
The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F All-Flash Array is a 4U rack mount storage system from Lenovo, supporting Up to 480 SFF hot-swap drive bays per HA pair.
Overview
The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F All-Flash Array is a Lenovo storage system in a DM7100F controller enclosure (machine type 7D25): 4U rack mount. ; DM240N 2U24 SFF… and 256 GB RAM per system (128 GB per controller). 32 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (16…, aimed at storage system workloads. Its full parameter set is listed below.
At a glance
- Product SKU: DM7100F
- Form Factor: DM7100F controller enclosure (machine type 7D25): 4U rack mount. ; DM240N 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (machine type 7Y62): 2U rack mount. ; DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y58, 7D7Y): 2U rack mount.
- Controller Configuration: Dual active-active controller configuration (HA pair). Up to 6 HA pairs can be combined into a single SAN cluster, or up to 12 HA pairs can be combined into a single NAS cluster.
- HA Pair Interconnect Ports: 4x 25 GbE SFP28 onboard ports (DAC cables) (2 ports per controller).
- Cluster Interconnect Ports: 4x 100 GbE QSFP28 ports (DAC cable or SW fiber optic cable, MPO) (2 ports per controller on the pre-installed SmartIO adapter cards).
- MetroCluster Connectivity: MetroCluster IP: 4x 40/100 GbE QSFP28 ports (SW fiber optic cable, MPO) (2 ports per controller on the optional 100 GbE iWARP adapter cards). (requires ONTAP 9.8 or later) ; MetroCluster FC: 4x 4/8/16 Gb FC SFP+ ports (SW fiber optic cable, LC) (2 ports per controller on the optional 16 Gb FC-VI adapter cards).
- RAID Levels: RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC. Note: RAID-4 can be configured only through the CLI.
- Controller Memory: 256 GB RAM per system (128 GB per controller). 32 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (16 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers.
- Drive Bays: Up to 480 SFF hot-swap drive bays: ; Up to 96 NVMe drives with up to 4x DM240N expansion enclosures. – Up to 2x DM240N supported direct connected – More than 2x DM240N or up to 4x DM240N requires 2 dedicated 100GbE SN2100 switches. ; Up to 480 SAS SSDs with up to 20x DM240S expansion enclosures. – Every DM240N reduces the maximum allowed DM240S by 1 and allowed SAS SSDs by 24.
- Drive Technology: NVMe SSDs, SAS SSDs.
- Drive Expansion Connectivity: 2x 100 GbE QSFP28 onboard expansion ports and 2x 100 GbE QSFP28 additional expansion ports with one 100 GbE adapter card on each of two controllers in the controller enclosure for the attachment of the NVMe expansion enclosures. ; 2x 100 GbE QSFP28 expansion ports on each of two NVMe I/O modules in the NVMe expansion enclosure for the attachment to the controller enclosure. ; 4x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) base expansion ports and 4x or 8x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) additional expansion ports with one or two SAS adapter cards on each of two controllers in the controller…
- Drives: 1.92 TB and 3.84 TB NVMe SSDs. ; 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB NVMe SSD SEDs. ; 960 GB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB SAS SSDs.
- Storage Capacity: Up to 7.37 PB (480x 15.36 TB SSDs).
- Storage Protocols: NAS (File access): NFS and CIFS/SMB. ; SAN (Block access): iSCSI, FC, NVMe/FC.
- Host Connectivity: Base ports on the mezzanine cards (per controller enclosure): ; 8x 25 GbE SFP28 (DAC cable or SW fiber optic cable, LC) (4 ports per controller); or ; 8x 4/8/16 Gb FC SFP+ (SW fiber optic cable, LC) (4 ports per controller). Optional additional ports on up to four pairs of the adapter cards (up to four adapter cards per controller) with the following ports per adapter card: ; 2x 1/10 GbE RJ-45 (UTP Category 6/6a cables). ; 4x 10 GbE SFP+ (DAC cables). ; 2x 25 GbE SFP28 (DAC cables or SW fiber optic cables, LC). ; 2x 40/100 GbE QSFP28 (DAC cables or SW fiber optic cables, MPO). ; 4x 8/16/32 Gb…
- Host Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, 7, and 8; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, 12, and 15; VMware vSphere 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, and 7.0. Note: NVMe/FC is supported with RHEL 8 and SLES 15 only (see Operating systems for specific version details).
- Performance: Up to 650 000 random read IOPS (8 KB blocks).
- Configuration Maximums: Maximum raw storage capacity: 7.37 PB ; Maximum aggregate size: 800 TB ; Maximum number of FlexVol volumes per HA pair: 5000 ; Maximum volume size: 100 TB (The maximum size will be increased up to 300TB in ONTAP 9.12.1P2 and later.) ; Maximum number of LUNs per controller: 12,288 ; Maximum number of LUNs per FlexVol volume: 512 ; Maximum LUN size: 16 TB (The maximum size will be increased up to 128TB in ONTAP 9.12.1P2 and later.) ; Maximum number of drives in a RAID group (data + parity drives): – RAID 4: 14 (13 + 1 SAS SSDs or NVMe SSDs) – RAID-DP: 28 (26 + 2 SAS SSDs or NVMe SSDs) –…
- Cooling: Redundant cooling: ; DM7100F 4U: Eight hot-swap system fans. ; DM240N 2U24 SFF: Fans that are built into I/O modules and power supplies. ; DM240S 2U24 SFF: Fans that are built into power supplies.
- Power Supply: Four 1600 W (100 – 240 V) (DM7100F 4U controller enclosure), or two 1600 W (100 – 240 V) (DM240N 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure), or two 913 W (100 – 240 V) (DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure) redundant hot-swap 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. ; 1x USB Type A port (read-only) for software updates.
- Management Interfaces: ThinkSystem Storage Manager web-based GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; 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- or five-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with selectable service levels: 9×5 coverage with next business day (NBD) parts delivered (base warranty), 9×5 coverage with NBD onsite response (Foundation Service), 24×7 coverage with 4-hour onsite response (Essential Service), or 24×7 coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (select areas) (Advanced Service). Premier Support is also available. Software support is included in the base warranty or Foundation, Essential, or Advanced Service for the duration of the warranty period.
- Dimensions: 4U controller enclosure: ; Height: 175 mm (6.9 in.) ; Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.) ; Depth: 828 mm (32.6 in.) 2U24 SFF NVMe expansion enclosure: ; Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.) ; Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.) ; Depth: 543 mm (21.4 in.) 2U24 SFF SAS expansion enclosure: ; Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.) ; Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.) ; Depth: 484 mm (19.1 in.)
- Weight: Controller enclosure (fully configured): 49.2 kg (108.5 lb) ; 2U24 SFF NVMe expansion enclosure (fully configured): 30.2 kg (66.7 lb) ; 2U24 SFF SAS expansion enclosure (fully configured): 24.4 kg (53.8 lb)
When to choose this storage system
Choose it for storage system workloads. A DM7100F controller enclosure (machine type 7D25): 4U rack… footprint with Four 1600 W (100 – 240 V) (DM7100F 4U controller enclosure), or two… and Up to 480 SFF hot-swap drive bays: ; Up to 96 NVMe drives with up to 4x DM240N expansion… (RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC. Note: RAID-4 can be…).
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 256 GB RAM per system (128 GB per controller). 32 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (16 GB per controller)…, storage Up to 480 SFF hot-swap drive bays: ; Up to 96 NVMe drives with up to 4x DM240N expansion enclosures. – Up to…. Confirm CPU/controller, memory, drives and power against your environment before ordering.
Deployment notes
The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100F All-Flash Array is supplied as a configured platform. Send the required configuration for a firm quote.
FAQ
Memory/cache? 256 GB RAM per system (128 GB per controller). 32 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (16 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers..
Storage options? Up to 480 SFF hot-swap drive bays: ; Up to 96 NVMe drives with up to 4x DM240N expansion enclosures. – Up to 2x DM240N supported direct connected – More than 2x DM240N or up to 4x….
How do I get pricing? Send the required configuration; quotes depend on quantity, options and destination.
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