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Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H Hybrid Flash Array

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H Hybrid Flash Array is a 2U rack mount storage system from Lenovo.

SKU: DM5000H Category: Brand:
Product SKU

DM5000H

Form Factor

• DM5000H controller enclosure (7Y57, 7D7V): 2U rack mount.
• DM120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y59, 7D7X): 2U rack mount.
• DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y58, 7D7Y): 2U rack mount.
• DM600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y43, 7D7Z): 4U rack mount.

Controller Memory

64 GB RAM per system (32 GB per controller). 8 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (4 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers.

Drive Bays

• Up to 144 SFF hot-swap drive bays (1x 2U24 controller enclosure + up to 5x 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures).
• Up to 120 LFF and 24 SFF hot-swap drive bays (1x 2U24 controller enclosure + up to 2x 4U60 LFF or up to 9x 2U12 LFF expansion enclosures).
Intermix of 2U24 SFF, 2U12 LFF, and 4U60 LFF enclosures is supported.
Note: The ONTAP Fundamentals software supports up to 84 drives.

Maximum Drives

144 HDDs / SSDs

Maximum Raw Capacity

2.3PB maximum raw capacity

Shelf Support

DM120S, DM240S, DM600S

Flash Cache

Up to 2TB onboard NVMe-based flash cache

Flash Pool

Up to 24TB

SAS Ports

4x 12Gb / 6Gb SAS (maximum)

ONTAP Version

9.4 and later

Protocols

FC, iSCSI, NFS, pNFS, CIFS/SMB, S3

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.
Note: The ONTAP Fundamentals software does not support clustering.

HA Pair/cluster Interconnect Ports

4x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (DAC cables or SW fiber optics [LC]) (2 ports per controller).

RAID Levels

RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC.

Controller Cache

2 TB NVMe-based Flash Cache (1 TB per controller).

Drive Technology

12 Gb SAS HDDs, 12 Gb NL SAS HDDs, 12 Gb SAS SSDs.

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:
– 960 GB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB SAS SSDs (1 DWD).
– 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs.
• 2U12 and 4U60 LFF drives: 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 16 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs.

Storage Capacity

Up to 1.917 PB (120x 16 TB LFF HDDs + 24x 1.8 TB SFF HDDs).

Storage Protocols

• NAS (File access): NFS and CIFS/SMB.
• SAN (Block access): iSCSI and FC.

Host Connectivity

Base ports (per controller enclosure):
• 8x 1 GbE (RJ-45 UTP)/10 GbE (DAC cable or SW fiber optic cable, LC) or 4/8/16 Gb FC (SW fiber optic cable, LC) SFP+ host ports (4 ports per controller); or
• 8x 1/10 GbE RJ-45 UTP host ports (4 ports per controller).
Note: ONTAP does not support host direct attach for FC protocol.

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 148 000 random read IOPS (8 KB blocks).

Configuration Maximums

• Maximum raw storage capacity: 1.24 PB
• Maximum flash pool cache size: 24 TB
• Maximum aggregate size: 400 TB
• Maximum number of FlexVol volumes per controller: 1000
• 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: 8192
• 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 7 (6 + 1 NL SAS HDDs)
– RAID-DP: 28 (26 + 2 SAS SSDs) or 20 (18 + 2 NL SAS HDDs)
– RAID-TEC: 29 (26 + 3 SAS SSDs or NL SAS HDDs)
• Maximum number of initiators per controller: 2048
• Maximum number of snapshots per FlexVol volume: 1023

Cooling

Redundant cooling with two cooling modules (DM600S 4U60 LFF) or with the fans that are built into power supplies (DM5000H, DM240S 2U24 SFF, and DM120S 2U12 LFF).

Power Supply

Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) (DM5000H, DM240S 2U24 SFF, and DM120S SFF enclosures) or 2325 W (200 – 240 V) (DM600S 4U60 LFF enclosures) 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.

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

1-year or 3-year base warranty, customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with selectable service levels: 9×5 service coverage next business day (NBD) onsite response (Foundation) or 24×7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response (Essential). Premier Support is also available. Software support is included in the Foundation or Essential Service for the duration of the warranty period.

Dimensions (H x W x D)

Controller enclosure:
• Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.)
• Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
• Depth: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
2U24 SFF expansion enclosure:
• Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.)
• Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.)
• Depth: 484 mm (19.1 in.)
2U12 LFF expansion enclosure:
• Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.)
• Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
• Depth: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
4U60 LFF expansion enclosure:
• Height: 174 mm (6.9 in.)
• Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.)
• Depth: 922 mm (36.3 in.)

Weight

• Controller enclosure (fully configured): 27.6 kg (60.8 lb)
• 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 24.4 kg (53.8 lb)
• 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 28.7 kg (63.3 lb)
• 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 111.5 kg (245.8 lb)

Overview

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H Hybrid Flash Array is a 2U rack mount storage system from Lenovo.

It provides 64 GB RAM per system of system cache per HA pair. It provides up to 144 SFF hot-swap drive bays per HA pair. Host connectivity is provided by NAS (File access): NFS and CIFS/SMB. Data protection uses RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC.

Key Features

  • Form factor: DM5000H controller enclosure (7Y57, 7D7V): 2U rack mount. / DM120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y59, 7D7X): 2U rack mount. / DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y58, 7D7Y): 2U rack mount. …
  • Controller memory: 64 GB RAM per system (32 GB per controller). 8 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (4 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers
  • Drive bays: Up to 144 SFF hot-swap drive bays (1x 2U24 controller enclosure + up to 5x 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures). / Up to 120 LFF and 24 SFF hot-swap drive bays (1x 2U24 controller enclosure + up to 2x 4U60 LFF or up to 9x 2U12 LFF expansion enclosures). …
  • Expansion support: 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. …
  • RAID and data protection: RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC.
  • Host interfaces and protocols: NAS (File access): NFS and CIFS/SMB. / SAN (Block access): iSCSI and FC.
  • Management: ThinkSystem Storage Manager web-based GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; optional Lenovo XClarity. • 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.
  • Security: Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, role-based access control (RBAC), LDAP authentication.
  • Power and cooling: Redundant cooling with two cooling modules (DM600S 4U60 LFF) or with the fans that are built into power supplies (DM5000H, DM240S 2U24 SFF, and DM120S 2U12 LFF). Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) (DM5000H, DM240S 2U24 SFF, and DM120S SFF enclosures) or 2325 W (200 – 240 V) (DM600S 4U60 LFF …
  • Physical: Controller enclosure: / Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.) / Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.) …

Applications

  • SAN and NAS consolidation for virtualized environments
  • Backup, archive and disaster recovery
  • Databases and business-critical application storage
  • Analytics, VDI and mixed workload consolidation

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