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Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7000H Hybrid Flash Array

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7000H Hybrid Flash Array is a 3U rack mount storage system from Lenovo.

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DM7000H

Form Factor

• DM7000H controller enclosure (machine type 7Y56): 3U rack mount
• DM120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y59): 2U rack mount
• DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y58): 2U rack mount
• DM600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y43): 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/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 Memory

256 GB RAM per system (128 GB per controller). 16 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (8 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers.

Controller Cache

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

Drive Bays

• Up to 480 LFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 40x 2U12 or up to 8x 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures)
• Up to 480 SFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 20x 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures)
Intermix of 2U24 SFF, 2U12 LFF, and 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures is supported.

Drive Technology

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

Drive Expansion Connectivity

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

Storage Capacity

Up to 7.68 PB (480x 16 TB LFF 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)/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)
Optional additional ports on two or four adapter cards (one or two adapter cards per controller) with the following ports per adapter card:
• 2x 10 GbE or 4/8/16 Gb FC SFP+ (DAC cable [10 GbE] or SW fiber optic cable, LC)
• 2x 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports (UTP Category 6/6a)
• 2x 10/40 GbE QSFP+ (DAC cable or SW fiber optic cable, MPO)
• 2x 8/16/32 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optic cable, LC)
• 4x 4/8/16 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optic cable, LC)

MetroCluster

Optional adapter that is used for IP MetroCluster configurations:
• 2x 25 GbE iWARP SFP28 (DAC cable or SW fiber optic cable, LC)

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 350 000 random read IOPS (8 KB blocks).

Configuration Maximums

• Maximum raw storage capacity: 7.68 PB
• Maximum flash pool cache size: 72 TB
• Maximum aggregate size: 400 TB
• Maximum number of FlexVol volumes per controller: 1000
• Maximum FlexVol volume size: 100 TB
• Maximum number of LUNs per controller: 12 288
• Maximum number of LUNs per FlexVol volume: 512
• Maximum LUN size: 16 TB
• 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: 4096
• 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 (DM7000H, DM240S 2U24 SFF, and DM120S 2U12 LFF).

Power Supply

Two redundant hot-swap 1460 W (100 – 240 V) (DM7000H 3U controller enclosure), 913 W (100 – 240 V) (DM240S 2U24 and DM120S 2U12 enclosures) or 2325 W (200 – 240 V) (DM600S 4U60 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

Three-, four-, or five-year 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

Controller enclosure:
• Height: 130 mm (5.1 in.)
• Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
• Depth: 608 mm (23.9 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): 34.5 kg (76.1 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 DM7000H Hybrid Flash Array is a 3U rack mount storage system from Lenovo.

It provides 256 GB RAM per system of system cache per HA pair. It provides up to 480 LFF 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: DM7000H controller enclosure (machine type 7Y56): 3U rack mount / DM120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y59): 2U rack mount / DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y58): 2U rack mount …
  • Controller memory: 256 GB RAM per system (128 GB per controller). 16 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (8 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers
  • Drive bays: Up to 480 LFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 40x 2U12 or up to 8x 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures) / Up to 480 SFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 20x 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures) / Intermix of 2U24 SFF, 2U12 LFF, and 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures is supported.
  • Expansion support: 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 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 (DM7000H, DM240S 2U24 SFF, and DM120S 2U12 LFF). Two redundant hot-swap 1460 W (100 – 240 V) (DM7000H 3U controller enclosure), 913 W (100 – 240 V) (DM240S 2U24 and DM120S 2U12 …
  • Physical: Controller enclosure: / Height: 130 mm (5.1 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

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

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