Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H Hybrid Flash Array

Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H Hybrid Flash Array

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM7100H Hybrid Flash Array is a 4U rack mount storage system from Lenovo, supporting Up to 720 hot-swap drive bays per HA pair.

SKU: DM7100H Category: Storage Brand: Lenovo

Technical Specifications
Overview

Product SKU	DM7100H
Form Factor	• DM7100H controller enclosure (machine type 7D26): 4U rack mount. • DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y58, 7D7Y): 2U rack mount. • DM120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y59, 7D7X): 2U rack mount. • DM600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y43, 7D7Z): 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 onboard ports (DAC cable or SW fiber optic cable, MPO) (2 ports per controller).
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.
Controller Cache	4 TB NVMe-based Flash Cache (2 TB per controller).
Drive Bays	Up to 720 hot-swap drive bays: • LFF: Up to 12x 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures. • SFF: Up to 30x 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. Note: A maximum of 480 SSDs is supported per HA pair.
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. • 2U12 LFF drives: 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 16 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs. • 4U60 LFF drives: 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 16 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs.
Storage Capacity	Up to 10.95PB (240x 16 TB LFF HDDs and 480x 15.36 TB SFF SSDs);
Storage Protocols	• NAS (File access): NFS, CIFS/SMB. • SAN (Block access): iSCSI, 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 FC SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optic cables, LC). 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 470 000 random read IOPS (8 KB blocks).
Configuration Maximums	• Maximum raw storage capacity: 11.2 PB • Maximum flash pool cache size: 144 TiB (including Flash Cache) • Maximum aggregate size: 400 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 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 HA pair: 8192 • Maximum number of LUNs per HA pair: 24,576 • Maximum number of snapshots per FlexVol volume: 1023
Cooling	Redundant cooling: • DM7100H 4U: Eight hot-swap system fans. • DM600S 4U60 LFF: Two cooling modules. • DM240S 2U24 SFF, DM120S 2U12 LFF: Fans that are built into power supplies.
Power Supply	Four 1600 W (100 – 240 V) (DM7100H 4U controller enclosure), two 913 W (100 – 240 V) (DM240S 2U24 SFF and DM120S 2U12 LFF enclosures), or 2325 W (200 – 240 V) (DM600S 4U60 LFF enclosures) 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 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	• 4U controller enclosure (fully configured): 49.2 kg (108.5 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 DM7100H Hybrid Flash Array is a 4U rack mount storage system from Lenovo.

It provides 256 GB RAM per system of system cache per HA pair. It provides up to 720 hot-swap drive bays per HA pair. Host connectivity is provided by NAS (File access): NFS, CIFS/SMB. Data protection uses RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC.

Key Features

Form factor: DM7100H controller enclosure (machine type 7D26): 4U rack mount. / DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y58, 7D7Y): 2U rack mount. / DM120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (machine types 7Y59, 7D7X): 2U rack mount. …
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 720 hot-swap drive bays: / LFF: Up to 12x 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures. / SFF: Up to 30x 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures. …
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. / Note: RAID-4 can be configured only through the CLI.
Host interfaces and protocols: NAS (File access): NFS, CIFS/SMB. / SAN (Block access): iSCSI, 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: / DM7100H 4U: Eight hot-swap system fans. / DM600S 4U60 LFF: Two cooling modules. …
Physical: 4U controller enclosure: / Height: 175 mm (6.9 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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