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Lenovo Storage
Easy-to-use, affordable storage
offering advanced capabilities for
organisations of all sizes.

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 CONTENTS

4 Intel for Lenovo Servers

10 Storage-Area Network (SAN)

22 Direct-Attached Storage (DAS)

Lenovo Fiber Channel

26
Switches & Directors

34 Archive

38 Software Defined Storage (SDS)

44 Lenovo Networking

48 Engineered Solutions

Lenovo Distributed Storage for

49
IBM Spectrum Scale

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WELCOME FROM LENOVO
Our storage portfolio keeps growing stronger, offering a wide range of
enterprise-grade solutions that address growing business needs, fit existing
budgets and deliver data faster. Key features like tiering, thin provisioning
and encryption are easy to use via friendly interfaces. And now, cutting-edge
Intel® 3D NAND and Optane™ SSDs provide even greater choice and
performance than before.

POSITIONING
Lenovo has changed storage economics over the entire storage stack thanks to
a ‘Cost for Data Type’ approach to help you align budget with performance and
software features to your needs.

Distinguishing between customers’ HOT, WARM and COLD data types, our
portfolio is flexible and configurable, while increasingly agile to handle current
and future growth requirements.

Application /
Portfolio Match Compute
Positioning

All Flash arrays

(DS6200 and HOT Need for Cloud-like
V5030F) agility on premise
SDS DX8200D
Hybrid Optimising business
DATA

V Series performance with

DS Series Flash based or hybrid
SDS DX8200N storage solutions

Business Unit,
SDS DX8200C
COLD Disaster Recovery,
Tape
Archive needs

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INTEL FOR LENOVO SERVERS

INTEL 3D NAND SSDS FOR LENOVO SERVERS

Intel 3D NAND Technology accelerates Moore’s Law into three dimensions, overcoming the
capacity limitations of traditional 2D NAND technology. This enables higher capacity, high
reliability and optimal performance in Intel SSDs for Lenovo® servers.

Overcome limitations. The vertical layering of 3D NAND enables higher areal density today,
with capacities up to 4TB and scalability for the future.

Transform storage economics. Intel 3D NAND SSDs deliver high-value capabilities, including
improved performance and power consumption, across a broad product portfolio.

Protect data. Highly efficient memory arrays provide outstanding reliability and strong
protection from charge loss.

Enjoy peace of mind. Intel 3D NAND SSDs for Lenovo servers are rigorously tested in our
ServerProven® programme and are covered under Lenovo warranty.

Intel data centre SSDs built with 3D NAND Technology can also help to eliminate bottlenecks,
modernise infrastructure and keep up with the demands of digital business. With the
industry’s highest areal density and a proven manufacturing process, they are optimised for
performance, reliability, and endurance.

INTEL S3520
ENTERPRISE ENTRY SSD
The Intel S3520 Enterprise Entry SATA SSDs for Lenovo servers are optimised for read-intensive
applications such as boot, web servers, lower data rate operational databases and analytics.
Available in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hot-swap form factors, with capacity up to 1.6TB and a
SATA 6Gbps interface, Intel S3520 SSDs provide an affordable solution with industry
leading performance.

HighlIghts

• Significantly improved endurance and lower power consumption compared with the
Intel S3510 series.

• Combines the latest MLC NAND flash memory technology with Intel’s latest controller
technology, to deliver consistent performance, reduced power consumption, and end-to-end
data protection, as well as being optimised for IOPS/watt and cost/IOPS.

• Rigorously tested by Lenovo through the ServerProven

program, assuring a high degree of storage subsystem
compatibility and reliability. Covered under Lenovo
warranty for additional peace of mind.

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INTEL S4500 ENTRY SSD
The Intel S4500 Entry SATA SSDs for Lenovo servers are optimised for read-intensive
applications such as boot, web servers, lower data rate operational databases and analytics.
Available in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch hot-swap form factors, with capacity up to 3.84TB and a
SATA 6Gbps interface, Intel S4500 SSDs provide an affordable solution with industry
leading performance.

Highlights

• Significantly improved endurance and lower power consumption

compared with the Intel S4500 series.

• Combines the latest Intel 3D NAND TLC Flash Memory technology

with Intel’s latest controller technology,
to deliver consistent performance, reduced power
consumption, and end-to-end data protection,
as well as being optimised for IOPS/watt and cost/IOPS.

• Rigorously tested by Lenovo through

the ServerProven program, assuring a high degree of
storage subsystem compatibility and reliability.
Covered under Lenovo warranty
for additional peace of mind.

INTEL S4600 MAINSTREAM SSD

The Intel S4600 Mainstream SATA SSDs for Lenovo servers
are advanced data centre storage optimised for mixed read-
write performance, endurance and strong data protection.
Available in 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch form factors with capacity up to
1.92TB, and capable of 3 full drives writes per day (DWD), these
drives are an excellent choice as cache in transactional application and
high-speed storage for enterprise databases.

Highlights

• Combines the latest Intel 3D NAND TLC Flash Memory technology with Intel’s latest
controller technology, to deliver consistent performance, reduced power consumption,
and end-to-end data protection, as well as being optimised for IOPS/watt and cost/IOPS.

• Endurance of 3 drive writes per day (DWPD) for 5 years, using Intel High Endurance
Technology (HET).

• Rigorously tested by Lenovo through the ServerProven

program, assuring a high degree of storage subsystem
compatibility and reliability. Covered under Lenovo
warranty for additional peace of mind.

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INTEL P4500 ENTRY NVME SSD
The Intel P4500 Entry SSDs for Lenovo servers are general-purpose, high-performance drives
with a bottleneck-reducing NVMe PCIe 3.0 x4 interface and capacity up to 4TB. These 2.5-inch
hot-swappable SSDs are designed for greater performance and endurance in a cost-effective
design, and to support a broader set of workloads.

Highlights

• Available in capacities up to 4TB, with ultra-low typical read latency of 10µs and write
latency of 13µs.

• NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) technology overcomes SAS/SATA SSD performance

limitations by optimising hardware and software to take full advantage of contemporary flash
technology. Intel Xeon® processors efficiently transfer data in fewer clock cycles with the
NVMe optimised software stack compared to the legacy Advance Host Controller Interface
(AHCI) stack, thereby reducing latency and overhead.

• Connects directly to the processor via PCIe 3.0 x4, providing at least 2x more bandwidth and
2x less latency than SATA/SAS-based SSD solutions.

• Optimised for heavy multi-threaded workloads by using internal parallelism and many other
improvements, such as enlarged I/O queues.

INTEL P4600 MAINSTREAM NVME SSD

The Intel P4600 Mainstream NVMe SSDs are advanced data centre SSDs optimised for mixed
read-write performance, endurance, and strong data protection for Lenovo servers. With up to
3.2TB capacity and a 2.5-inch hot-swap form factor, they are designed for greater performance
and endurance in a cost-effective design and to support a broader set of workloads.

Highlights

• Available in capacities up to 3.2TB, with ultra-low typical read latency of 10µs and write
latency of 13µs.

• NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) technology overcomes SAS/SATA SSD performance

limitations by optimising hardware and software to take full advantage of contemporary flash
technology. Intel Xeon processors efficiently transfer data in fewer clock cycles with the
NVMe optimised software stack compared to the legacy Advance Host Controller Interface
(AHCI) stack, thereby reducing latency and overhead.

• Connects directly to the processor via PCIe 3.0 x4, providing at least 2x more bandwidth and
2x less latency than SATA/SAS-based SSD solutions.

• Optimised for heavy multi-threaded workloads by

using internal parallelism and many other
improvements, such as enlarged I/O queues.

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Intel 3D NAND SSD overview

3D NAND
S3520 S4500 S4600 P4500 P4600
SSDs

Capacity 1.6TB 3.84TB 1.92TB 4TB 3.2TB

Interface 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA 6 Gbps SATA PCIe 3.0 x4 PCIe 3.0 x4

Endurance
(total bytes 2925TB 7.64PB 10.84PB 4.84PB 18.20 PB
written)
Endurance
1.0 1.09 3.09 0.65 3.1
(DWPD)
< 1 in 1017 bits < 1 in 1017 bits < 1 in 1017 bits < 1 in 1017 bits < 1 in 1017 bits
Data reliability
read read read read read

MTBF, hours 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000

IOPS, 4KB
645,000 / 636,500 /
blocks (read/ 67,500 / 17,000 72,000 / 33,000 72,000 / 65,000
62,500 223,350
write)
Sequential read
450 MBps 500 MBps 500 MBps 3.2 GBps 2.85 GBps
rate
Sequential write
380 MBps 470 MBps 480 MBps 1.8 GBps 1.9 GBps
rate
Sequential
read/write 40µs / 42µs 36µs / 36µs 36µs / 36µs 10µs / 13µs 10µs / 13µs
latency
Typical power
(active write 3.5W 5.6W 4.9W 20.5W 21.0W
average)

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INTEL OPTANE SSDS FOR LENOVO SERVERS
Intel Optane technology is an all-new premium class of storage
memory, which provides an unparalleled combination of high
throughput, low latency, high quality of service and
high endurance.

A unique combination of 3D XPoint™ memory media,

Intel Memory and Storage Controllers, Intel
Interconnect IP and Intel software, Optane SSDs
deliver a revolutionary leap forward in decreasing
latency and accelerating systems for workloads
demanding large capacity and fast storage.

Flexible capabilities. From system acceleration and

fast caching to storage and memory expansion, Intel
Optane SSDs create new possibilities and insights.

Technology that drives innovation. Retailers might

identify fraud patterns faster. Financial institutions may
speed trading. Healthcare researchers could work with even
larger data sets in real-time.

Improve data centre TCO. Intel Optane SSDs can help eliminate storage
bottlenecks, allows bigger, more affordable data sets and reduce transaction costs
for latency-sensitive workloads.

With Intel Optane SSDs for Lenovo servers, businesses can unleash the full power of
data centre processors – instead of working at a fraction of it.

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INTEL OPTANE P4800X SSD
The Intel Optane P4800X Performance NVMe PCIe SSD for Lenovo servers is an excellent
storage choice for write-intensive high-performance workloads, thanks to its ultra-low latency,
very high bandwidth and endurance of 30 drive writes per day. Hot-swappable in a wide range
of Lenovo ThinkSystem™ servers and with 375GB capacity, this SSD’s NVMe interface and 3D
XPoint memory take full advantage of flash technology.

Highlights

• A member of the Intel Optane SSD family, based on Intel-developed 3D XPoint memory,
controller, interconnect technology and firmware, all providing significant gains in reducing
latency and accelerating systems for workloads demanding large capacity and fast storage.

• Ultra-low I/O latency, with an average read/write latency of 10 µs.

• Very high endurance at 30 full drive writes per day

• NVMe (Non-Volatile Memory Express) technology overcomes SAS/SATA SSD performance

limitations, connecting directly to the Intel Xeon processor via PCIe 3.0 x4 to further reduce
latency and TCO.

• Features 3D XPoint technology, a new class of memory that utilises the property-change of
the memory material itself to store data, accelerating I/O operations.

Intel Optane P4800X Overview

Features Intel Optane P4800X SSD

Capacity 375 GB

Form factor 2.5-inch hot-swap

Interface PCIe 3.0 x4

Endurance (total
20.5 PB
bytes written)

Endurance (drive
writes per day over 30 DWPD
5 years)

IOPS read & write

550,000
(4 KB blocks)
Sequential read
2.5 GB/s
rate
Sequential write
2.2 GB/s
rate
Read & write access
10 µs
latency random
Average power
(active read/active 8W / 13W
write)

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STORAGE-AREA NETWORK (SAN)
Shared storage delivering high performance access to critical data

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LENOVO THINKSYSTEM DS SERIES
Lenovo developed the ThinkSystem DS Series
offering, all-flash & hybrid SAN arrays, to revolutionise
storage economics – enterprise-class functionality
at entry level price point.

Affordable. Industry leading in both price/

performance and $/GB without compromise.

Intuitive. Setup in less than 5 minutes, manage

all storage arrays from common GUI, XClarity
integrated hardware management.

Fast. Sub-millisecond latency up to 375 IOPS.

High availability. Scale without downtime or

data migration.

Cost effective. SDD cache expansion and data snapshot

copy included in base price.

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series provides simplicity, speed, scalability, security, and high
availability for small to large businesses. The ThinkSystem DS Series delivers enterprise-class
storage management technology in an affordable solution with a wide choice of host
connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features.

For ultimate flexibility, the DS Series supports replication between its new 12Gb platform
and first generation S Series systems. This enables you to move your high-performance
workloads to the faster-performing DS Series and redeploy the older models as data lakes
or replication targets.

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DS SERIES HIGHLIGHTS
• Flexibility in storing data on high-
performance SAS SSDs, performance-
optimised enterprise SAS HDDs, or
capacity-optimised enterprise NL SAS
HDDs; mixing and matching drive types
and form factors within a single system to
perfectly meet performance and capacity
requirements for various workloads.
• Support for self-encrypting drives (SEDs)
to allow clients to secure
their sensitive data and to comply
with various security regulations,
when required.
• Rich set of standard functions available at
no extra cost, including virtualised storage
pools, snapshots, thin provisioning, rapid
RAID rebuild, real-time HDD tiering,
SSD read cache, and All Flash
Array (AFA) support.
• Optional licenced functions, including
higher number of snapshots for more
scalability, real-time SSD tiering for
boosting IOPS performance, and
asynchronous replication for 24/7
data protection and disaster recovery.
• Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system
set up and management, as
well as Command Line Interface (CLI).
• Designed for 99.999% availability.
Make a difference in
your data centre with
the ThinkSystem DS
Series storage solutions
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THINKSYSTEM DS2200
The ThinkSystem
DS2200
is a perfect fit for
small offices and
remote and
branch offices of
large enterprises
who need a
primary storage
solution that
supports general
purpose workloads, such as file and print
serving, web serving, email and collaboration,
and small databases. The DS2200 is also
well-suited for secure archive storage or a
low-cost backup solution.
Highlights
• Low-cost, entry-level storage with dual
active/active controller configurations for
high availability and performance.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse
client needs with support for 12 Gb SAS
(SAS controller module) or 1/10 Gb iSCSI
or 4/8/16 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity
(FC/iSCSI controller module).
• 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with
support for 12x 3.5-inch large form factor
(LFF) or 24x 2.5-inch small form factor
(SFF) drives in the controller enclosure;
scalable up to 48 LFF drives per system
with the attachment of ThinkSystem DS
Series LFF expansion units (12x LFF drives
each) or up to 96 SFF drives per system
with the attachment of ThinkSystem DS
Series SFF expansion units (24x SFF drives
each) to satisfy growing needs for storage
capacity and performance.
As your business grows, consider upgrading
to the ThinkSystem DS4200 or DS6200 for
higher performance, additional fabric support,
more ports, and more expansion units. No
data migration, reestablishing LUNs, or
changing licenses is needed with this upgrade.
THINKSYSTEM DS4200
The ThinkSystem DS4200 is a perfect fit for a
wide range of workloads, from specialised
workloads such as big data and analytics,
video surveillance, media streaming, and
private clouds to general purpose workloads
such as file and print serving, web serving,
e-mail and collaboration, and OLTP databases.
The DS4200 is also suited
very well for secure
archive storage or a
consolidated
backup solution.

Take a 3D tour and

get to know the
ThinkSystem
DS Series offering

Highlights

• Versatile, scalable entry-level storage with

dual active/active controller configurations
for high availability and performance.

• Flexible host connectivity to match

diverse client needs with support for
12 Gb SAS (SAS controller module),
or 1/10 Gb iSCSI or 4/8/16 Gb
Fibre Channel connectivity
(FC/iSCSI controller module),
or both iSCSI and FC at
the same time.

• 12 Gb SAS drive-side
connectivity with support for
12x 3.5-inch large form factor
(LFF) or 24x 2.5-inch small form
factor (SFF) drives in the
controller enclosure; scalable up
to 120 LFF drives per system with
the attachment of ThinkSystem DS
Series LFF expansion units (12x LFF
drives each) or up to 240 SFF drives
per system with the attachment of
ThinkSystem DS Series SFF expansion
units (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy
growing needs for storage capacity
and performance.

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THINKSYSTEM DS6200
The ThinkSystem DS6200 is a perfect fit
for a wide range of enterprise workloads,
including big data and analytics,
transactional systems, OLTP
databases, and other storage
I/O-intensive applications.

Highlights

• Versatile, scalable high

performance mid-range
storage with dual active/
active controller configurations
for high availability and performance.

• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support

for 12 Gb SAS (SAS controller module), or 1/10 Gb iSCSI or 4/8/16 Gb
Fibre Channel connectivity (FC/iSCSI controller module), or both iSCSI
and FC at the same time.

• 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF)
drives in the controller enclosure; scalable up to 108 LFF drives per system with the
attachment of ThinkSystem DS Series LFF expansion units (12x LFF drives each) or up to
240 SFF drives per system with the attachment of ThinkSystem DS Series SFF expansion
units (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance.

LENOVO DS SERIES OVERVIEW

Lenovo ThinkSystem Lenovo ThinkSystem Lenovo ThinkSystem

DS Series Models
DS2200 DS4200 DS6200

Form Factor/Height 2U 2U 2U

Drive Bays 12x 3.5”; 24x 2.5” 12x 3.5”; 24x 2.5” 24x 2.5”

Maximum Internal 1PB (3.5”);

1.8PB (3.5” and 2.5”) 1.8PB (2.5”)
Storage 659TB (2.5”)

Controllers Dual (active/active) Dual (active/active) Dual (active/active)

1 node + 9 expansion units 1 node + 9 expansion units

1 node + 3 expansion units
(2U12/2U24); mix-and- (2U12/2U24); mix-and-
(2U12/2U24); mix-and-
Maximum Enclosures match expansion units in match expansion units in
match expansion units in
an array or 1 node + three an array or 1 node + three
an array
D3284 expansion units D3284 expansion units

96 (using 2.5” drives and 240 (using 2.5” drives and 240 (using 2.5” drives and
Maximum Drives
3 expansion units) 9 expansion units) 9 SFF expansion units)

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 Lenovo ThinkSystem Lenovo ThinkSystem Lenovo ThinkSystem
DS Series Models
DS2200 DS4200 DS6200
All drives 12Gb SAS:
All drives 12Gb SAS:
All drives 12Gb SAS: 7,200rpm, 10,000rpm,
7,200rpm, 10,000rpm,
7,200rpm, 10,000rpm, and 15,000rpm HDDs;
Drive Types Supported and 15,000 rpm HDDs;
and 15,000rpm HDDs; MLC SSDs; SED HDDs
MLC SSDs; SED HDDs
and SSDs and SSDs (mixed
and SSDs
per chassis)
2-port SAS, 2-port FC, 4-port SAS, 4-port FC, 4-port SAS, 4-port FC,
Host Ports 2-port iSCSI single 4-port iSCSI, hybrid 4-port iSCSI, hybrid
connectivity connectivity connectivity (FC/iSCSI)
Up to 100,000 random- Up to 325,000 random- Up to 600,000 random-
read IOPS; up to 3.5GBps read IOPS; up to 7.0GBps read IOPS; up to 7GBps
Performance
read throughput; up to read throughput; up to read throughput; up to
3GBps write throughput 5.5GBps write throughput 5.5GBps write throughput

RAID Support RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6 RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6 RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 6

Fans and Power Supplies Hot-swap/redundant Hot-swap/redundant Hot-swap/redundant

Total Dual Controller

16GB 16GB 32GB
Memory

Max Volumes per System 1024 (up to 128TB each) 1024 (up to 128TB each) 1024 (up to 128TB each)

Energy Star Certified Yes Yes Yes

Base 128; optional 512 or Base 128; optional 512 or Base 128; optional 512 or
Snapshots
1024 1024 1024
SSD Support/Read
Included Included Included
Caching
Asynchronous Optional (iSCSI or Fibre
Optional (iSCSI) Optional (iSCSI)
Replication Channel)
Intelligent Real-Time Base HDD; optional Base HDD; optional Base HDD; optional
Tiering HDD+SSD HDD+SSD HDD+SSD
HDD Tiering included; HDD Tiering included;
Rapid Tier -- SSD Tiering requires SSD Tiering requires
optional license optional license
3-year customer 3-year customer 3-year customer
replaceable unit and replaceable unit and replaceable unit and
Warranty onsite service, next onsite service, next onsite service, next
business day 9x5, business day 9x5, business day 9x5,
optional service upgrades optional service upgrades optional service upgrades
• Enterprise Storage
• Primary Storage
• Entry Shared storage • Transaction & I/O
Target Workloads • Remote & Branch Office
• Remote & Branch Office intensive
• Virtualization, Backup
• OLTP Databases

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LENOVO DS SERIES • Data is protected on the HDDs and
copied to the SSD cache
SOFTWARE FEATURES
First read/write will go to the HDD,
then to subsequent reads will come
Rapid Tier from SSD cache

• Provides improved performance in

Accelerates performance for faster data read-centric workloads
access and a better user experience, with a
small amount of flash.
Virtual Pools
• Real time analysis & data movement

Constant background scanning for Ease of use, streamlined management by

hot data automatically creating storage pools.

Hot pages are moved immediately vs. • Automated pooling simplifies

batch process storage setup

Performance improvements seen • Wide striping increases capacity

immediately and throughput

• Autonomic • LUNs have access to all disks

in the pool
Runs automatically in the background
without any user adjustment • Enables large LUN – providing
scalability
• Fine-grained data movement
• Volume size is not limited by
Sub-LUN” tiering traditional RAID set

4MB pages of data • Striping provides high performance

• Workload Aware pools • Spreads data load across

multiple drives
IO is profiled constantly in the background

Sequential Workloads are moved to HDD Thin Provisioning

Tiers for maximum throughput

Random Workloads are moved to SSD Tier Save on storage costs by dedicating storage
for maximum IOPS only when needed.

• Disk space is used only when it is

SSD Read Cache written to

• LUN (volume) size is independent of

• It is an extension of the controller cache physical disk space

• Minimum of 2 SSDs per pool to • Storage can be added when needed,

enable caching transparently to host applications

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• LUNs can be large, up to 128TB • Instantaneous Data Erasure

• Alerts based on thresholds help When drives are to be retired, relinquished

administrators manage the storage or repurposed, data can be destroyed
instantaneously

Virtualised Snapshots • Usability

Negligible cost impact

Reduce RPO/RTO & mount snapshots for
development and testing No degradation of performance

• All snapshots support full reads and writes Re-encryption not necessary when
changing credentials (keys)
• All volumes are equivalent

• A snapshot is a volume

• All volumes maintain high performance

• Snapshots are standalone and/or nested

• No setup or pre-planning needed

• Application consistent snapshots through

VSS provider

Async Replication

• Replicate between arrays for business

continuity/disaster recovery

Encryption

• Protection of Data at Rest

If equipment is lost, data is not exposed

All user data is always encrypted

Encryption function cannot be

turned off

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LENOVO V SERIES
Lenovo V Series is a hybrid storage system designed with sophisticated capabilities. With
efficiency and flexibility through built-in thin provisioning and non-disruptive migration of
data from existing storage, these enterprise-class SAN appliances provide excellent
management for all types of data centres thanks to:

• Real-time compression • Hyper-Swap

• Data virtualisation • Extreme scalability

Business Benefit V Series

Best-in-class pricing and lowest price / IOP per

High Performance: Faster access to critical data independent SPC1 benchmark. Made possible with
features like Rapid Tier

High availability: Less downtime Migrate from legacy storage non-disruptively

Compress data immediately as written with Real-time

Cost effective: Compress data to use less storage
Compression (V5030 only)

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 LENOVO STORAGE V3700 V2 AND
V3700 V2 XP
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP are members
of the Lenovo Storage V Series family of disk systems.
By using IBM Spectrum Virtualize software functions,
interoperability, and management tools, Lenovo Storage
V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP deliver innovation and new
levels of storage efficiency with ease of use in an entry-level
disk system to enable organisations to overcome their
storage challenges.

Take a 3D tour
and get to know
the Lenovo Storage
V Series offering

LENOVO STORAGE V5030

Lenovo Storage V5030 (Machine Type 6536)
is a highly flexible, easy to use virtualised storage system
that enables midsize organisations to meet the challenges
of rapid data growth and limited IT budgets. By using IBM
Spectrum Virtualize software functions, interoperability,
and management tools, Lenovo Storage V5030 enables
organisations to consolidate and provide new capabilities
to their infrastructures.

Take a 3D tour
and get to know
the Lenovo Storage
V Series offering

LENOVO STORAGE V5030F

Lenovo Storage V5030F is a highly flexible, virtualised, all-flash storage system that enables
midsize organisations to overcome their storage challenges with advanced functions and
significantly increased performance. The Lenovo Storage V5030F
all-flash array (AFA) offers improved performance and efficiency, enhanced security,
and increased scalability compared with hybrid or HDD storage solutions.

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IBM STORWIZE STORAGE SOLUTIONS
IBM Storwize V7000 Storage System is a virtualised, enterprise-class storage system
that provides the foundation for implementing an effective storage infrastructure and
transforming the economics of data storage. Designed to complement virtual server
environments, this modular storage system delivers the flexibility and responsiveness
required for changing business needs.

Lenovo Lenovo Lenovo Lenovo IBM

Features Storage Storage Storage Storage Storwize
V3700 V2 V3700 V2 XP V5030 V5030F V7000
1 Gb iSCSI
Connectivity 12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS
10 Gb iSCSI 10 Gb iSCSI 8 Gb FC
(standard) 1 Gb iSCSI 1 Gb iSCSI
16 Gb FC
16 Gb FC 16 Gb FC
12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS
12 Gb SAS 12 Gb SAS
Connectivity 1 Gb iSCSI 1 Gb iSCSI
1 Gb iSCSI 1 Gb iSCSI 10 Gb iSCSI
(optional) 10 Gb iSCSI 10 Gb iSCSI
10 Gb iSCSI / 10 Gb iSCSI /
16 Gb FC 16 Gb FC
FCoE FCoE
64 GB
Cache (per
16 GB 32 GB 32 GB 64 GB (upgradable to
controller)
128 or 256 GB)
504 drives 504 drives 504 drives (up
Max. number of 240 drives (up 40 drives (up to
(up to 20 (up to 20 to 20
drives to 9 expansions) 9 expansions)
expansions) expansions) expansions)
Capacity (per Up to 1008 Up to 1008 Up to 1056
-- --
clustered system) drives drives drives
Internal
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Virtualisation
Thin prov. Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Data Migration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
FlashCopy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Remote Mirroring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Easy Tier Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Encryption -- -- Yes Yes Yes
System Clustering -- -- Yes (2-way) Yes Yes
External
-- -- Yes Yes Yes
Virtualisation
3-year customer 3-year customer 3-year customer 3-year customer 3-year customer
replaceable unit replaceable unit replaceable unit replaceable unit replaceable unit
and onsite and onsite and onsite and onsite and onsite
service, next service, next service, next service, next service, next
Warranty
business day business day business day business day business day
9x5, optional 9x5, optional 9x5, optional 9x5, optional 9x5, optional
service service service service service
upgrades upgrades upgrades upgrades upgrades
• Primary
• Shared storage • Enterprise storage
storage • Remote & • I/O intensive
Target Workloads --
• Remote & branch office • Virtualisation
branch office • Virtualisation • Database
• Backup

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LENOVO V SERIES STANDARD
SOFTWARE FEATURES
Distributed RAID
• Enhanced RAID feature to decrease
rebuild times
• Spare capacity, not spare drives
• More drives participating in the rebuild
Bottleneck of one drive (hotspare) is
removed
Especially important on high capacity
Nearline drives.
• No “idle” drives - All drives contribute to
performance
• Increased availability because of
faster rebuild
LENOVO V SERIES OPTIONAL
SOFTWARE FEATURES
V Series Easy Tier
• Create volumes in hybrid pool containing
HDD and SSD
• Easy Tier constantly analyses I/O and
migrates data to optimise performance
• Unlike competitive tiering offerings,
you can set it and forget it
• Easy Tier delivers significant
improvements with modest investment in
SSD – Improve application performance
up to 3x with only 5% SSD
• Enabled through license key
Remote Mirror
• Enables replication of selected volumes
to remote system – Primarily intended
for disaster recovery
• Partner system may be any Lenovo
Storage V Series or IBM Storwize family
offering – offers great configuration
flexibility – must also be licenced for
remote mirror
• Three remote mirror techniques
supported
Metro Mirror: synchronous, up to
300km distance
Global Mirror: asynchronous, up to
8000km distance
Global Mirror with change volumes: lower
bandwidth option
• 16Gb FC, 10GbE / 1GbE or 10Gb FCoE
supported for communication with
remote system
FlashCopy
• FlashCopy (“snapshot”) function
included as standard on V3700 V2 with
up to 64 targets
May be 64 copies of one volume, or 32
copies of two volumes, and so on
• Option enables up to 2040 target copies
Up to 256 copies of any individual volume
• Enables taking one or more frequent
copies
Support more VMs from a single
master copy
Enables more work to proceed in parallel
• More copies can reduce impact of having
to use a backup copy
For example, taking a copy every hour
instead of every day
Reduces potential impact by up to 95%
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DIRECT-ATTACHED STORAGE (DAS)
Capacity expansion for servers or Software Defined Storage

The Lenovo DAS portfolio provides traditional (D1212/D1224) as well as high

density (D3284) storage for high capacity applications, such as digital media,
big data, HPC and video surveillance, at an affordable price. At near limitless
scalability with disruptive levels of performance, the DAS portfolio easily
satisfies your ever-growing storage needs.

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Business Benefit DAS Series

Versatile: Perfect blend of high performance and

Increase performance for over utilised servers
high capacity

High availability: Less downtime Always on, built for 99.999% availability

D3284 supports 84 drives in one 5U format, using 1/3

High Density: More storage in less space
less space than 2U format with equivalent drives

LENOVO STORAGE D3284

The Lenovo Storage D3284 High Density Expansion Enclosure offers
12 Gbps SAS direct-attached storage expansion capabilities that
are designed to provide density, speed, scalability, security,
and high availability for medium to large businesses.
The D3284 delivers enterprise-class storage technology
in a cost-effective dense solution with flexible drive
configurations of up to 84 drives in 5U rack space
and RAID or JBOD (non-RAID) host connectivity.

Take a 3D tour and

get to know the
Lenovo DAS offering

LENOVO STORAGE D1212 & D1224

The Lenovo Storage D1212 and D1224 Disk Expansion Enclosures offer
12 Gbps SAS direct-attached storage expansion capabilities that are designed to
provide simplicity, speed, scalability, security, and high availability for small to large
businesses. The D1212 and D1224 deliver enterprise-class storage technology in a
cost-effective solution with flexible drive configurations and RAID or
JBOD (non-RAID) host connectivity.

These D1212 and D1224 share common parts, which help simplify servicing and
reduce spare parts on hand, helping to reduce costs further.

Take a 3D tour and

get to know the
Lenovo DAS offering

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LENOVO D SERIES OVERVIEW

Components Lenovo High-Density D3284

Form Factor Rack/5U

Number of controllers 2
Connectivity 3x 12Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (A, B, C) per controller
2 drawers, 3 rows per drawer, 14 drives per row, for a total of 84 drives
Drive Bays
per enclosure
NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported
Drive Technologies
within an enclosure/drawer, but not within a row.
Drive Connectivity Dual-ported 12 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure.
• 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, and 10 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
Drives
• 400 GB SSDs
Storage Capacity Up to 840TB
RAID controllers:
• M5120 (8-port 6 Gbps SAS, 2x SFF-8088 connectors)
• M5225 (8-port 12 Gbps SAS, 2x SFF-8644 connectors)
• 9286CV-8e (8-port 6 Gbps SAS, 2x SFF-8088 connectors)
• 9380-8e (8-port 12 Gbps SAS, 2x SFF-8644 connectors)

Host Adapters Host bus adapters (non-RAID):

• ThinkSystem 430-8e HBA (2-port 12 Gb SAS)
• ThinkSystem 430-16e HBA (4-port 12 Gb SAS)
• N2125 (8-port 6 Gbps SAS, 2x SFF-8088 connectors)
• N2225 (8-port 12 Gbps SAS, 2x SFF-8644 connectors)
• N2226 (16-port 12 Gbps SAS, 2x SFF-8644 connectors)
• 9300-8e (8-port 12 Gbps SAS, 2x SFF-8644 connectors)
Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7
Host Operating Systems
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and 12
VMware vSphere ESXi 5.5 and 6.0
Cooling N+1 redundant cooling with five hot-swap fans.
Power Supply Two redundant hot-swap 2214 W AC power supplies.
Hot-Swap Parts Controllers, drives, sideplanes, power supplies, and fans.
3-year customer-replaceable unit, parts delivered limited warranty, next
Warranty
business day 9x5
• Big data
• Business analytics
• Video surveillance
• Private and hybrid clouds
Target Workloads
• File and print serving
• Backup and archiving
• Software-defined storage (SDS)*
• Windows Storage Spaces
*Supported by DX8200D and DX8200N as part of additional specifications, configurations, eg. DSS

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 Components Lenovo D12 Series (D1212 / D1224)

Form Factor Rack/2U

Number of ESMs 2
Connectivity 3x 12Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (A, B, C) per controller
• D1212: 12 LFF hot-swap drive bays;
Drive Bays • D1224: 24 SFF hot-swap drive bays;

Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.

SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SEDs; SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs, SEDs,
Drive Technologies
and SSDs is supported within an enclosure, but not within a RAID array.
Drive Connectivity Dual-ported 12 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure.
• D1212: Up to 120 TB
Storage Capacity
• D1224: Up to 48 TB
RAID adapters:
• ThinkSystem RAID 930-8e (2-port 12 Gb SAS; RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50, 6, 60)
• ServeRAID M5225 (2-port 12 Gb SAS; RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50;
optional RAID 6, 60)

Host bus adapters (non-RAID):

Host Adapters • ThinkSystem 430-8e HBA (2-port 12 Gb SAS)
• ThinkSystem 430-16e HBA (4-port 12 Gb SAS)
• N2225 (2-port 12 Gb SAS)
• N2226 (4-port 12 Gb SAS)
• ThinkServer 9300-8e (2-port 12 Gb SAS)
• ThinkServer 8885e (2-port 12 Gb SAS)
Redundant cooling with two fans built into power and cooling modules
Cooling
(PCMs).
Power Supply Two redundant hot-swap 580 W AC power supplies built into PCMs.
3-year customer-replaceable unit, parts delivered limited warranty, next
Warranty
business day 9x5

• Big data
• Business analytics
• Video surveillance
• Media streaming
• Private clouds
Target Workloads • File and print serving
• E-mail and collaboration
• Databases
• SAP HANA
• Software-defined storage (SDS)*
• Windows Storage Space

*Supported by DX8200D and DX8200N as part of additional specifications, configurations, eg. DSS

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LENOVO FIBER CHANNEL
SWITCHES & DIRECTORS
Combining Lenovo Servers and Lenovo Storage with Lenovo Fibre Channel
SAN switches and directors provides customers a complete, innovative and
affordable end-to-end solution to address dynamic business needs.

Affordable innovation without boundaries. Faster data transfer, fewer links

and devices reduce overall footprint and cost.

Implement with confidence. 99.999% reliability with non-disruptive,

hot-pluggable components maximises uptime. Designed for high
availability and reliability.

Management without complexity. Simply manage your network through

integrated dashboards and easy-to-use GUI.

26 – Lenovo Storage
THINKSYSTEM DB SERIES
Designed to enable maximum flexibility and reliability, the ThinkSystem DB620S and
DB610S FC SAN Switches are compact 1U rack-mount switches that offer low-cost access to
industry-leading Storage Area Network (SAN) technology while providing “pay-as-you-grow”
scalability to meet the needs of an evolving storage environment.

While the Lenovo ThinkSystem DB400D and DB800D 32Gb FC SAN Directors combine
innovative hardware, software, and integrated network sensors to ensure the highest levels
of operational stability and application performance.

Business Benefit DB Series

Much greater usable bandwidth and lowest latency

Breakthrough performance
switching mode that is 100% reliable

Scalability Higher port densities and multi-chassis scalability

Intelligent software increases productivity, uptime, Simplified management, maintenance and

and agility troubleshooting across the entire FC fabric

THINKSYSTEM DB610S
The Lenovo ThinkSystem DB610S 32Gb FC SAN Switch
provides exceptional price/performance value by delivering
market-leading 32 Gb Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology and
combining flexibility, simplicity, and
enterprise-class functionality to
meet the demands of growing
flash-based storage
environments.
Redefine the
economics of storage
networking

THINKSYSTEM DB620S
The Lenovo ThinkSystem DB620S 32Gb FC SAN Switch
provides exceptional price/performance value by delivering
market-leading 32 Gb Gen 6 Fibre Channel technology and
combining flexibility, simplicity, and enterprise-class
functionality that supports highly virtualised environments
to meet the demands of hyper-scale, private cloud storage,
and growing flash-based storage environments.

Rev up your network

with the Lenovo
ThinkSystem DB620S

Lenovo Storage – 27
THINKSYSTEM DB SERIES FC SAN
SWITCHES OVERVIEW
Features Lenovo ThinkSystem DB610S
6559HC3/D3C -8 ports with no
transceivers
6559HC2/D2B -8 ports with 16Gbps SWL
Base Models
FC transceivers
6559HC1/D1A -24 ports with 16Gbps SWL
FC transceivers, plus Enterprise SW Bundle Software Bundle
Full-fabric architecture with a maximum of
Scalability
239 switches
9,000 active nodes; 56 switches, 19 hops in
Certified Maximum Brocade Fabric OS®fabrics; larger fabrics
certified as required
Maximum of 24 ports configuration.
Switch mode (default): 8-, 16-, and 24-port
Fibre Channel Ports configs. can be an E, F, M and D ports
Brocade Access Gateway default port
mapping: 16 F Ports, 8 N Ports.
8-Port SW License with no transceivers
Port on Demand Part #01KP863
(PoD) 8-Port SW License with 8 x 16Gbps SWL
FC transceivers Part #01KP862
Fibre Channel: 4.25Gbps line speed, full
duplex; 8.5Gbps line speed, full duplex;
Performance
14.025 Gbps line speed, full duplex; auto-
sensing of 4, 8, 16 and 32Gbps port speeds
Aggregate
768Gbps end-to-end full duplex
Bandwidth
28 – Lenovo Storage
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB620S
6415HC1/G11-24 ports with 32Gbps SWL
FC transceivers
6415HC2/G2A-48 ports with 32Gbps SWL
FC transceivers, plus Enterprise
Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64
ports configuration.
Both models reach 64 ports through one
4-port QSFP PoD, providing 16-port
increments through a Q-Flex license. Also
supports: E_Ports, F_Ports, D_Ports,EX_
Ports.
12-Port Software License (12 transceivers
32Gbps) Part #01KN760
QSFP+ Port Software License (4
transceivers 128Gbps) Part #01KN762
QSFP+ Port Software License (no
transceivers) Part # 01KN767
Minimum of 24 ports and maximum of 64
ports configuration.
Both models reach 64 ports through one
4-port QSFP PoD, providing 16-port
increments through a Q-Flex license.
12-Port Software License (12 transceivers
32Gbps)
Part #01KN760
QSFP+ Port Software License (4
transceivers 128Gbps) Part #01KN762
QSFP+ Port Software License (no
transceivers)
Part #01KN767
Fibre Channel: 4.25Gbps line speed, full
duplex; 8.5Gbps line speed, full duplex;
10.53Gbps line speed, full duplex;
14.025Gbps line speed, full duplex;
28.05Gbps, full duplex; 112.2Gbps, full
duplex; auto-sensing of 4, 8, 16, 32Gbps
port speeds and capable of supporting
128Gbps speeds; 10Gbps optionally
programmable to fixed port speed
2Tbps
Features Lenovo ThinkSystem DB610S
ISL Trunking* --
Maximum Fabric Latency for locally switch ports is 900 µs
Latency (including FEC)
F_Port, E_Port, M_Port, D_Port (ClearLink
Diagnostic Port) on 24 SFP+ ports.
Port Types
Brocade Access Gateway mode: F_Port
and NPIV-enabled N_Port
Support any combination of 16/32Gbps
Short Wavelength (SWL) and 16/32Gbps
Media Types Long Wavelength (LWL) or 16Gbps
Extended Long Wavelength (ELWL)
hot-pluggable transceivers.
Rack-mount Rail Fixed rail kit is included standard, mid-
Kits mount rack kit (Part # 01KP864) – optional
Enterprise Software Bundle includes
Trunking, Fabric Vision,
Software Offerings
Extended Fabric: included standard or
optional depending on model.
Fibre Channel: 4.25Gbps line Single, fixed
Power & Cooling power supply with four integrated system
cooling fans.
1-year hardware and 3-year firmware/Fibre
Warranty
Operating System (upgrades available)
• Cloud
• Database
Target Workloads
• Analytics
• Virtualisation
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB620S
Frame-based trunking with up to eight
32Gbps SFP+ ports per ISL trunk or up to
two 128Gbps QSFP ports per ISL trunk.
Exchange-based load balancing across
ISLs with DPS included in Brocade
Fabric OS.
Latency for locally switched ports is 900
ns; compression is 1 µs per node.
F_Port, E_Port, EX_Port, M_Port, D_Port
(ClearLink Diagnostic Port) on 24 SFP+
ports. F_Port and NPIV-enabled N_Port
32Gbps SWLSFP Transceivers come
standard with each switch or with ports on
demand software license packs. Optional
transceivers are also supported for longer
distances.
Optional hot-pluggable QSFP+ options are
also available for the 128Gbps Q-Flex ports.
Fixed rail kit is included standard,
midmount rack kit
(Part # 01KN770) – optional
Enterprise Software Bundle includes
Trunking, Fabric Vision, Extended Fabric:
included standard or optional depending
on model
Optional: Mainframe Enterprise Bundle
Software (Trunking, Fabric Vision,
Extended Fabric and Control Unit Port)
Optional: Integrated Routing Software
Dual, hot-swappable redundant power
supplies standard with integrated cooling
fans
1-year hardware and 3-year firmware/Fibre
Operating System (upgrades available)
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THINKSYSTEM DB400D/DB800D
Designed to meet relentless growth and mission-critical
application demands, Lenovo ThinkSystem Fibre
Channel (FC) Directors are the right platform for large
enterprise environments that require increased capacity,
greater throughput and higher levels of resiliency.

Flash Forward with

Lenovo ThinkSystem
Gen6 Fibre Channel
Directors

THINKSYSTEM DB SERIES
FC SAN DIRECTORS OVERVIEW

Features Lenovo ThinkSystem DB400D / DB800D

DB400D (6684-HC1/B2A) and DB800D (6682-HC1/B1A) include: 2 core routing blades,

Base Models 2 control processor modules and enterprise software bundle (Fabric Vision, Trunking,
Extended Fabrics and CUP)
Chassis The DB400D has 4 open blade slots, while the DB800D has 8 open blade slots.
FC32-48-port blade provides 48 ports of 32Gbps Generation 6 FC <900 ns (including
Fibre Channel
FEC); any-port-to any-port local switching and 2.7 μs blade to blade at 32Gbps, cut-
Blades
through routing
PSX6 external blade provides FC extension (16×32Gbps FC ports) and IP extension over
IP networks (16×1/10GbE and 2×40GbE ports). <900ns (including FEC) and 2.7 μs,
Extension blades cut-through routing

• Part # 01KN850 includes 16 x 32Gb SWL FC SFPs standard and no 1/10/40GbE SFPs
• Part # 01KN854 includes 16 x 32Gb LWL FC SFPs standard and no 1/10/40GbE SFPs
4/8/10/16/32Gbps line speed, full duplex. Autosensing of 4/8/16/32Gbps port speeds
Performance depending on SFPs used, support for speed matching. 10Gbps port speeds with
dedicated SFPs.
Up to 4,608 nonblocking 32Gbps FC ports; UltraScale ICL ports (32 for 8-slot or 16 per
Multi-chassis with
4-slot chassis, optical QSFP). Up to 9 chassis in a full-mesh topology or 12 chassis in a
UltraScale ICL ports
core-edge topology
DB800D: 12.2Tbps per chassis data rate + 4.096Tbps UltraScale ICL bandwidth
(32×128Gbps)
Chassis bandwidth
DB400D: 6.1Tbps per chassis data rate + 2.048Tbps UltraScale ICL bandwidth
(16×128Gbps)
DB800D: Minimum: requires 3 PSUs for 2+1 redundancy. Maximum 4 PSUs for 2+2
Chassis power redundancy.
DB400D: Minimum: requires 2 PSUs for 1+1 redundancy.
DB800D: Requires 3 fan tray assemblies; DB400D: Requires 2 fan tray assemblies.
Cooling A fan assembly can be hot-swapped and should be replaced immediately in the event
of a failure.

30 – Lenovo Storage
Features Lenovo ThinkSystem DB400D / DB800D

Airflow Non-port-side intake to port-side exhaust

Designed to provide 99.999% uptime capabilities; hot-pluggable redundant power
Solution availability supplies, fans, WWN cards, processors, core switching, port blades, and optics; online
diagnostics; nondisruptive firmware download and activation
DB400D: Height: 34.45cm (13.56in.); Width: 43.74cm (17.23in.); Depth: 61.05cm
(24.04in.)/Weight: 68.95kg (152lbs) fully loaded; DB800D: Height: 61.23cm (24.11in.);
Dimensions/Weight
Width: 43.74cm (17.23in.); Depth: 61.05cm (24.04in.)/Weight: 145.83kg (321.5lbs) fully
loaded
Warranty 1-year hardware and 3-year firmware/Fibre Operating System (upgrades available)
• Cloud
• Database
Target Workloads
• Analytics
• Virtualization

LENOVO B SERIES
For existing Fibre Channel
deployments Lenovo offers
a range of Gen 5 Brocade
SAN switches which are ideal
in combination with the
Lenovo Storage solutions.

LENOVO B300
FC SWITCH
The Lenovo B300 FC switch is an entry level switch, supporting up to 24 ports, running at
8Gbps. The base configuration has eight ports enabled. The remaining 16 ports are made
available via feature upgrades, in eight port increments.

Take a 3D tour and get

to know the Lenovo B
Series portfolio

LENOVO B6505 FC SWITCH

The Lenovo B6505 FC switch is a flexible unit that can support a wide range of requirements
from entry to enterprise. It supports up to 24 ports and both 8 and 16 gigabit FC. The base
configuration is 12 ports. The remaining 12 ports are made available by a feature upgrade.

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LENOVO B6510 FC SWITCH
The Lenovo B6510 FC switch is an enterprise class unit supporting up to
48 ports and both 8 and 16 gigabit FC. Upgrades on the Brocade 6510
are in 12 port increments.

Take a 3D tour and get

to know the Lenovo B
Series portfolio

LENOVO B SERIES OVERVIEW

Features Lenovo B300 Lenovo B6505 Lenovo B6510

Total Bandwidth 192 Gbps 384 Gbps 768 Gbps

Total Line-Rate Ports 24 Ports 24 Ports 48 Ports

Support Port Speed 8, 4, or 2 Gbps 16, 8, 4, or 2 Gbps 16, 10, 8, 4, or 2 Gbps

Full Fabric / Access

Optional / Included Included / Included Included / Included
Gateway (NPIV)

Frame-Based ISL
64 Gbps frame-based 128 Gbps frame-based 128 Gbps frame-based
Trunking
Diagnostic Ports Not Available Included Included

In-Flight Encryption and

Not Available Not Available 2 ports @ 16Gb
Compression

10Gbps Native Fibre

Not Available Not Available Optional
Channel

Forward Error Correction

Not Available Included
(FEC)
Buffer Credit Loss
Included Included Included
Recovery

Integrated Routing Not Available Not Available Optional

Virtual Fabrics Not Available Not Available Included

1-year customer 1-year customer 1-year customer

replaceable unit and replaceable unit and replaceable unit and
Warranty onsite service, next onsite service, next onsite service, next
business day 9x5, business day 9x5, business day 9x5,
optional service upgrades optional service upgrades optional service upgrades

With Lenovo FC SAN Switch offerings, Lenovo can be your trusted partner that offers a single
point of contact for delivery of leading edge technologies and innovations. These offerings can
satisfy the wide range of your end-to-end IT infrastructure needs, including handheld devices,
notebooks, personal computers, servers, storage, networking, services, management software,
and financing.

32 – Lenovo Storage
Feature

Flow-level monitoring for Device & application

Frame level
storage SLAs level

Automatically detects degraded

storage performance with built-in
Not available Available
device latency and IOPS metrics
with IO Insight

Accommodates high-density 2x scale capability of

VM or device connectivity scale
VM deployments Gen 5 VM deployments

Higher supportability, RAS

Available Enhanced
features

Forward Error Correction (FEC) Available Available

Maximum IOPS handling 10s of millions 100s of millions

Maximum port speed Up to 16 Gbps Up to 128 Gbps

More buffers per ASIC for

8,192 15,360
congestion control

Avoids fabric problems with

Yes, with advanced
enhanced monitoring and Yes
IO metrics
diagnostics

Ensures application availability

and performance by automatically Yes Yes
recovering lost buffer credits

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ARCHIVE
IBM Tape Series stores digital information on tape. Tape is the perfect choice
for storing long term data, such as system back-up, disaster recovery or
archive. Using less energy and space, infinitely scalable and media life of up
to 30 years all speak in favour of the IBM TS Series portfolio.

34 – Lenovo Storage
TS2260 AND TS2270 TAPE DRIVE
The family of IBM LTO Ultrium Tape Drives for Lenovo is external, stand-alone or rack-mountable
tape drives that contain an LTO Ultrium 7 or Ultrium 6 Tape Drive designed for the heavy
demands of backup tape storage. The drives deliver IBM tape reliability and performance at a
cost-effective price.

The LTO Ultrium Tape Drives from Lenovo are excellent choices if you use tape drives that
require larger-capacity or higher-performance tape backup. The TS2270 and TS2260 Tape
Drives are an excellent choice for tape backup solutions for Lenovo System x® and
ThinkServer® servers.

Features IBM TS2260 Tape Drive IBM TS2270 Tape Drive

Available Model 6160 H6S—One LTO Ultrium 6 tape Model 6160 H7S—One LTO Ultrium 7 tape
Configurations drive, 6Gbps SAS interface drive, 6Gbps SAS interface
Tape Drive Type LTO Ultrium 6 LTO Ultrium 7
2.5TB native; 6.25TB with 2.5:1
Physical Capacity 6TB native; 165TB with 2.5:1 compression
compression
Number of Tape
1 1
Drives
Number of Tape
1 1
Cartridges
Data Transfer Rate Up to 160MBps native Up to 300MBps native
Read and write:
LTO Ultrium 7
Read and write:
6TB data cartridge
LTO Ultrium 6
LTO Ultrium 6
LTO Ultrium 5
2.5TB data cartridge
Media Type Read only:
Read only:
LTO Ultrium 4
LTO Ultrium 5
Also Available: 1.5TB data cartridge
LTO Ultrium cleaning cartridge
Also Available:
LTO Ultrium cleaning cartridge
Power
Ranging 100 – 240V ac, 50 – 60Hz auto Ranging 100 – 240V ac, 50 – 60Hz auto
Requirements
3-year limited warranty, customer
3-year limited warranty, customer
replaceable unit and onsite service, next-
Warranty replaceable unit and onsite, next-business-
business-day 9x5, service upgrades
day 9x5, service upgrades available
available

Lenovo Storage – 35
TS2900 TAPE AUTOLOADER
IBM TS2900 Tape Autoloader for Lenovo is an entry-level compact
1U tape unit that offers IBM tape reliability, density, and performance
for entry-level and compact tape libraries at a cost-effective price.

The TS2900 is an ideal solution if you need an entry-level larger capacity or

higher performance tape backup with or without random access. The TS2900 is
an excellent choice for tape automation for Lenovo System x® and ThinkServer® servers.

Features IBM TS2290 Tape Autoloader

• LTO Ultrium 7 6171 S7H • LTO Ultrium 6 6171 S6H

Available Models
• LTO Ultrium 5 6171 S5H • LTO Ultrium 4 6171 S4H

• Half-eight LTO Ultrium 7: 6Gbps SAS • Half-eight LTO Ultrium 6: 6Gbps SAS
Drive Options
• Half-eight LTO Ultrium 5: 6Gbps SAS • Half-eight LTO Ultrium 4: 6Gbps SAS

Number of Tape
1
Drives
Tape Cartridge
9
Capacity
I/O Stations 1
• LTO Ultrium 7: Up to 54TB (135TB with 2.5:1 compression)
• LTO Ultrium 6: Up to 22.5TB (56.25TB with 2.5:1 compression)
Physical Capacity
• LTO Ultrium 5: Up to 13.5TB (27TB with 2:1 compression)
• LTO Ultrium 4: Up to 7.2TB (14.4TB with 2:1 compression)

• LTO Ultrium 7: Up to 300 MBps • LTO Ultrium 6: Up to 160 MBps

Data Transfer Rate
• LTO Ultrium 5: Up to 140 MBps • LTO Ultrium 4: Up to 120 MBp

1-year warranty, customer replaceable unit and onsite, next business day 9x5, opt.
Warranty
service upgrade available

TS3100 AND TS3200 TAPE LIBRARY

IBM TS3100 and TS3200 Tape Libraries for Lenovo combine IBM tape and automation reliability
at a cost effective price. Both libraries support entry-level, unattended backup, open system
attachment flexibility, and enhanced capacity and performance.

The TS3100 and TS3200 are ideal solutions if you need an entry-level larger capacity or higher
performance tape backup with or without random access. These libraries are excellent choices
for tape automation for Lenovo System x®, ThinkServer®, BladeCenter®, and Flex System™ servers.

TS4300 TAPE LIBRARY

IBM TS4300 Tape Library is a next generation storage solution designed to help mid-sized
enterprises respond future challenges. Its modular design enables future cartridge and drive
capacity increase as needed and its ability to scale up to six expansion modules allow for easier
planning and management.

The TS4300 tape library is a perfect choice for tape automation for Lenovo ThinkSystem®,
System x®, ThinkServer® and Flex System™ servers.

36 – Lenovo Storage
 IBM TS3100 Tape
Features
Library
TS3100 Tape Library Model
Available Models
L2U 6173 L2U
LTO 7: FH Fibre -
ATP0/00WF765, HH SAS
- ATP1/00WF767, HH
Fibre-ATP2/00WF769;
LTO 6: FH Fibre -
AS1Y/00NA115, HH SAS -
AS1Z/00NA117, HH Fibre
- AS21/00NA119;
LTO 5: FH Fibre -
Drive Options
AS1S/00NA107, FH SAS -
AS1T/00NA109, HH SAS -
AS1U/00NA111, HH Fibre
- AS1W/00NA113;
LTO 4: FH Fibre-
AS1M/00NA101, FH SAS -
AS1N/00NA121, HH SAS
- AS1Q/00NA105, HH Fibre
- AS1P/00NA103
LTO 7: ATNZ/00WF771
LTO Ulltrium Tape LTO 6: AS24/00NA025
Cartridges LTO 5: AS23/00NA023
LTO 4: AS22/00NA021
LTO Ultrium
AS1E/00NA017
Cleaning Cartridge
Number of Drives/
1 -2 / 24
Cartridges
Number of Mail Slots 1 3
Physical Capacity Cartridge capacity
(compressed/ LTO 7: 15TB/6TB
native) LTO 6: 6.25TB/2.5TB
LTO 5: 3TB/1.5TB
Compression
LTO 4: 1.6TB/800GB
assumes 2.5:1 for
LTO 7 Library capacity
LTO 7: 360TB/144TB
and LTO 6, 2:1 for
LTO 6: 150TB/60TB
LTO 5 and LTO 4
LTO 5: 72TB/36TB
LTO 4: 38TB/19TB
LTO7: up to 300MBps
LTO6: up to 160MBps
Data Transfer Rate
LTO5: up to 140MBps
LTO4: up to 120MBps
Native device driver support
is available for selected
Operating Systems
Lenovo servers and other
Support
Linux and Microsoft Windows
open-system servers.
3-year, customer-replaceable 3-year, customer-replaceable
Warranty unit and onsite, next unit and onsite, next
business day 9x5 business day 9x5
IBM TS3200 Tape
Library
TS3200 Tape Library Model
6173 L4U
LTO7: FH Fibre -
ATP0/00WF765, HH SAS
- ATP1/00WF767, HH Fibre
- ATP2/00WF769;
LTO6: FH Fibre -
AS1Y/00NA115, HH SAS -
AS1Z/00NA117, HH Fibre
- AS21/00NA119;
LTO5: FH Fibre -
AS1S/00NA107,
FH SAS - AS1T/00NA109,
HH SAS - AS1U/00NA111, HH
Fibre - AS1W/00NA113;
LTO4: FH Fibre
-AS1M/00NA101, FH SAS -
AS1N/00NA121, HH SAS
- AS1Q/00NA105, HH Fibre
- AS1P/00NA103
LTO 7: ATNZ/00WF771
LTO 6: AS24/00NA025
LTO 5: AS23/00NA023
LTO 4: AS22/00NA021
AS1E/00NA017
1 -4 / 48
Cartridge capacity
LTO 7: 15TB/6TB
LTO 6: 6.25TB/2.5TB
LTO 5: 3TB/1.5TB
LTO 4: 1.6TB/800GB
Library capacity
LTO 7: 720TB/288TB
LTO 6: 300TB/120TB
LTO 5: 144TB/72TB
LTO 4: 76.8TB/38.4TB
LTO7: up to 300MBps
LTO6: up to 160MBps
LTO5: up to 140MBps
LTO4: up to 120MBps
Native device-driver support
is available for selected
Lenovo servers and other
Linux and Microsoft Windows
open-system servers .
3-year in-warranty coverage
of select parts
IBM TS4300 Tape
Library
TS4300 Tape Library Model
L3U
LTO8: FH Fibre –
B1ET/01KP954, HH SAS –
B1ES/01KP953, HH Fibre -
B1ER/01KP952
LTO7: FH Fibre –
B16Y/01KP938, HH SAS –
B16X/01KP937, HH Fibre
– B16W/01KP936;
LTO6: FH Fibre –
B16V/01KP935, HH SAS –
B16U/01KP934, HH Fibre -
B16T/01KP933
LTO 8: B1EW/01KP955
LTO 7: AS24/00NA025
LTO 6: ATNZ/00WF771
AS1E/00NA017
3 / 32
32
Cartridge capacity
LTO8: 30TB/12TB
LTO 7: 15TB/6TB
LTO 6: 6.25TB/2.5TB
LTO8: up to 360MBps
LTO7: up to 300MBps
LTO6: up to 160MBps
Native device-driver support
is available for selected
Lenovo servers and other
Linux and Microsoft Windows
open-system servers.
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SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE
StorSelect software-defined storage (SDS) DX8200 portfolio delivers flexible,
easy to scale, and simple to manage data centre storage solutions for Object
storage, unified File and Block, Storage Virtualisation and Application
Acceleration. It offers a full suite of storage services, including dynamic
allocation of storage data on underlying x86 servers.

Whether you need to manage small chunks of data, in a hierarchy or as

objects, SDS appliances offer a full range of data management storage
systems across a variety of applications, from database, email, through large
data file storing and sharing, all the way to medical and educational records,
or online collaboration services.

Revolutionise your
storage economics
with the Lenovo
DX8200 SDS appliances

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LENOVO STORAGE
DX8200C POWERED
BY CLOUDIAN
The Lenovo Storage DX8200C powered by
Cloudian provides affordable, highly efficient,
high-capacity storage to meet the growth of
unstructured data, including media images,
video, backups, web content, and file shares.
It makes it easy to build full-featured,
on-premise Amazon S3-compliant storage at
a cost of pennies per GB per month.
The pre-validated Lenovo system that is based
on the Cloudian HyperStore object-storage
platform provides petabyte-level scalability,
high resiliency, geographic independence,
and multi-tenancy.
Highlights
• Fully S3 compliant API deliver broadest
range of S3 feature coverage and 100%
fidelity with AWS S3 API.
• Hybrid storage cloud
Builds highly cost effective data storage by
securely moving data between public and
private clouds.
• Lower TCO
Uses industry-leading Lenovo servers
to deliver highly scalable and durable
software defined storage with modular
architecture that accommodates
hot-swappable, redundant, and highly
available components to eliminate
downtime, data migration, and
forklift upgrades.
Business Benefit
Cloud ready
Scalability
Data Protection
• Scales on demand with your business.
Lenovo Storage DX8200C systems can
grow from tens of terabytes to petabyte
scale and beyond.
• Designed to tolerate all disk, server, rack,
network and datacentre failures and
automatically fixes inconsistent data.
• Data protection options via storage
policies based on cost efficiency and
security levels.
• The intelligent storage system can capture
additional information about your data and
run in-place analytics on that data.
• Designed from the ground up to support
multi-tenant applications and to isolate
and protect tenant data with built in
quality of service (QoS), billing and
reporting.
• Configure chargeback, rate plans and
report storage utilization based on users,
department and applications.
• 100% software-defined storage
architecture which dynamically adjusts to
changing demands and allows your
storage to scale with your business needs.
Take a 3D tour and get
to know the Lenovo
Software-defined
storage offering
DX8200C
100% native S3 API, supporting all S3 ecosystem
applications
Nearly endless object storage scaling out from as few
as three servers to many hundreds of servers, across
data centres and geographic regions
Erasure Coding and Replication, secured with
encryption, certificate-based access controls, and
multi-tenancy controls.
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LENOVO STORAGE DX8200D
POWERED BY DATACORE

Business Benefit DX8200D

Faster and optimised access to critical Unified File &

High Performance
Wide support of traditional storage devices
High availability: Lower downtime
Block storage data with DataCore Parallel I/O
Technology in combination high-speed RAM caching
to service quickest read/write requests and with
automated moving data between spinning disks
and flash.
Extensive interoperability with support for most major
storage platforms and operating systems
Real-time data mirroring between separate nodes to
maintain continuous availability against node and
site outages.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D powered by
DataCore provides an affordable, highly
efficient and durable storage platform to meet
the massive data growth. It offers flexible
virtualisation of internal and external storage
with automated storage tiering to accelerate
transactional databases, analytics, and
enterprise applications.
• VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVol)
integration brings advanced storage
management functions to the virtual
machine level for finer VM storage service
level control and policy-driven automation.
• Application GUI for easy system set up
and management.

Highlights • Extensive interoperability with support for

most major storage platforms and
• Unified, scalable storage platform with up operating systems.
to 64 nodes in a managed group for high
availability and performance.

• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse

client needs for unified file and block
storage with support for a mix of 10 GbE
interfaces for NFS, CIFS, and SMB NAS or
iSCSI SAN storage connectivity, as well as
optional 16 Gb Fibre Channel interfaces for
FC SAN storage connectivity.

• Flexibility in managing data on external

virtualised storage and local node storage.

• Rich set of standard functions, including

internal and external storage virtualisation,
thin provisioning, tiering, load balancing,
compression, deduplication, mirroring,
data migration, and multiprotocol support. Take a 3D tour and
get to know the Lenovo
• Optional licenced functions, including Software-defined
continuous data protection, asynchronous storage offering
replication, and Fibre Channel support.

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LENOVO STORAGE DX8200N
POWERED BY NEXENTA

Business Benefit DX8200N

Highly efficient Unified File & Block storage platform

to meet the massive data growth for archives and
Massive scalability
large scale backup repositories, scaling up with up to
8 JBOD direct attachment.

Two-node active/active clustering for I/O load

High availability balancing and failover for high availability and
performance for cloud and enterprise workloads

Always-on data storage with multiple levels of

protection and availability, including end-to-end data
Data Protection
integrity, multi-parity RAID, multipathing, and
replication.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200N powered by Nexenta provides an affordable, highly efficient and
durable storage platform to meet the massive data growth. It provides unified file (NFS and
SMB) and block (Fibre Channel and iSCSI) services and can be used for generic NAS file services
and home directory storage, VMware cloud backend storage, OpenStack and CloudStack
backend storage, and near-line archive and large scale backup repositories.

Highlights

• Unified, scalable storage platform with a single node for entry-level solutions or two-node
clustering for high availability and performance.

• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs for unified file and block storage
with support for a mix of 1 GbE and 10 GbE interfaces for NFS, CIFS, and SMB NAS or iSCSI
SAN storage connectivity, as well as optional 8 Gb or 16 Gb Fibre Channel interfaces for FC
SAN storage connectivity.

• Scalability of up to 192 SFF or 672 LFF drives per system with the attachment of up to
eight directly-connected Lenovo Storage D1212, D1224, or D3284 external drive enclosures, or
a combination of the enclosures, to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity
and performance.

• Flexibility in storing data on high performance SAS SSDs, performance-optimised enterprise

SAS HDDs, or capacity-optimised enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types
and form factors within a single system to perfectly meet performance and capacity
requirements for various workloads.

• Rich set of functions, including thin

provisioning, tiering, clustering,
compresion, deduplication, replication,
and multiprotocol support. Take a 3D tour and
get to know the Lenovo
• Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy Software-defined
system set up and management. storage offering

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SOFTWARE-DEFINED STORAGE OVERVIEW
Lenovo Storage
Features DX8200C powered
by Cloudian
Form Factor/Height Rack/2U
1x Intel® Xeon® processor
Processor
E5-2630 v4
Cache 25MB
Memory 64GB or 96GB
12x 3.5” and 2 x 3.5” (rear)
Disk Bays HDDs + 2 x 2.5” (rear)
HDDs/SSDs
Up to 2 redundant 750W
Power Supply
AC, 80 PLUS® Platinum
Power supplies, fan
Hot-Swap Components
modules and HDDs/SSDs
2 x 1GbE + 2 x 10Gb
Network Interface (base), optional SFP+,
Base-T
Storage Management
Cloudian HyperStore 6.0
Software
Scale Out Storage Included
Starts with three nodes
Storage Scalability and scales to hundreds
(scale out only)
Data Availability and Data replication and/or
Integrity erasure coding
UEFI
Integrated Management
Module II (IMM2.1)
(Renesas SH7758) with
Advanced Upgrade
Systems Management Predictive Failure Analysis
Light path diagnostics
Lenovo XClarity
Cloudian Management
Console
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Lenovo Storage Lenovo Storage
DX8200D powered DX8200N powered
by DataCore by Nexenta
Rack/2U Rack/2U
2x Intel® Xeon® processor 2x Intel® Xeon® processor
E5-2620 v4 E5-2643 v4
40MB 20MB
128GB (4 x 32GB) to
256GB (16 x 16GB)
512GB (16 x 32GB)
24x 2.5” and 2x 2.5” 12x 3.5” + 2x 2.5” (rear)
(rear) HDDs/SSDs HDDs/SSDs
Up to 2 redundant 750W Up to 2 redundant 750W
AC, 80 PLUS® Platinum AC, 80 PLUS® Platinum
Power supplies, fan Power supplies, fan
modules and HDDs/SSDs modules and HDDs/SSDs
3 x 10GbE Dual port 3 x 10GbE Dual port
BaseT adapter (base), BaseT adapter (base), l
optional SFP+, Base-T, or SFP+, Base-T, or FC (all
FC configurable)
DataCore SANsymphony
NexentaStor 40.5 5.1
10
Included Included
Two nodes then scale out
with more nodes or scale Two nodes, scale up to 8
up external storage JBODs
(JBOD supported)
Active/Active controllers,
Synchronous Mirroring, ZFS 256-bit block level
Asynchronous checksums, RAID 10 and
Replication, CDP, multi-parity software
Snapshot/Backup RAID (n+1, n+2, n+3),
Asynchronous replication)
UEFI
UEFI
Integrated Management
Module II (IMM2.1) Integrated Management
(Renesas SH7758) with Module II (IMM2.1)
Advanced Upgrade (Renesas SH7758) with
Advanced Upgrade
Predictive alerts Light
path diagnostics Predictive Failure Analysis
Lenovo XClarity light path diagnostics
DataCore Management Lenovo XClarity
Console
Nexenta Management
Windows PowerShell View
cmdlets
 Lenovo Storage Lenovo Storage Lenovo Storage
Features DX8200C powered DX8200D powered DX8200N powered
by Cloudian by DataCore by Nexenta
Lenovo Single Point of Lenovo Single Point of Lenovo Single Point of
Support Contact for 24/7 Contact for 24/7 Contact for 24/7
assistance assistance assistance
3-year customer 3-year customer 3-year customer
replaceable unit and replaceable unit and replaceable unit and
Warranty onsite limited warranty, onsite limited warranty, onsite limited warranty,
next business day 9x5; next business day 9x5; next business day 9x5;
upgrades available upgrades available upgrades available
• On-premise Amazon
S3-Compliant Storage • Accelerate Applications • Generic File Share
• File Distribution & • Business Continuity/ • Cloud Backend
Sharing Disaster Recovery
• Home Directories
Target Workloads • Backup & Archive • Storage consolidation
• Near Line Archive
• Media Content Store • Storage Expansion/
• Transactional Databases,
• SaaS/Cloud Storage Refresh
Email, Backup & Archive
• Object Storage (Medical • Storage Virtualisation Block Storage
or Educational Records)

Powered by Intel®
Xeon® processor
scalable family

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LENOVO NETWORKING
The NE1032, the NE1032T and the G8272 can help your data centre evolve to
a higher level by helping you to consolidate server and storage networks into
a single fabric. Converged Enhanced Ethernet can help deliver value for your
iSCSI, NAS and FCoE/ROCE enterprise storage environments. You can achieve
lower costs, simplify management, attain higher performance, improve
bandwidth utilisation, and gain the flexibility your business needs.

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LENOVO THINKSYSTEM NE1032T AND NE1032
The Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T and NE1032 RackSwitches are 1U rack-mount 10 Gb
Ethernet switches that deliver line-rate, high-bandwidth switching, filtering, and traffic
queuing without delaying data.

The NE1032T and NE1032 are optimised with features aimed at Lenovo enterprise data
centre architectures, including:

• Robust L2/L3 performance and competitive IP/Routing

• Highly scalable and resilient full BGP stack

• VM-aware automation in converged infrastructure

• Built-in protection against network looping

• Zero-Touch Provisioning to reduce time to production

• Lenovo XClarity integration to

simplify data centre management

• Lenovo Cloud-optimised
NOS (CNOS)

• Open Network Installation

Environment (ONIE) loads
from central NOS image

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LENOVO THINKSYSTEM NE1032T
AND NE1032 OVERVIEW
Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032 Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T
Features
RackSwitch RackSwitch
100% line rate performance, 1.44Tbps 100% line rate performance, 1.44Tbps
Performance nonblocking switching throughput (full nonblocking switching throughput (full
duplex), 1Bpps duplex), 1Bpps

Interface 24x 10GBase-T + 8x 10Gb SFP+ Ethernet

32x 10Gb Ethernet SFP+ ports
Configurations ports

Latency <1.0 µs 0.76 µs (SFP+) or 2.3 µs (10GBASE-T)

3-year, customer-replaceable unit and 3-year, customer-replaceable unit and

Warranty
onsite, next business day 9x5 onsite, next business day 9x5
vLAG VM-aware network automation and vLAG VM-aware network automation and
Virtualisation
integration integration
Front-to-rear or rear-to-front cooling, Front-to-rear or rear-to-front cooling,
redundant hot-swappable field-replaceable redundant hot-swappable field-replaceable
Cooling
fans with variable speed to reduce power fans with variable speed to reduce power
draw draw
Dual load-sharing hot-swap internal power Dual load-sharing hot-swap internal power
Power modules, 50 - 60Hz, 100 -240V AC auto- modules, 50 - 60Hz, 100 - 240V AC
switching per module auto-switching per module
Management Lenovo XClarity Lenovo XClarity
Software VMware VMware
Supported OpenStack OpenStack
Automation / API Ansible, Python, REST, Telemetry Ansible, Python, REST, Telemetry
For details on the NE1032, transceivers, For details on the NE1032T, transceivers,
cables, and other associated options, refer cables, and other associated options, refer
Associated Options
to the Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032 to the Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T
RackSwitch Product Guide RackSwitch Product Guide
3-year warranty, customer replaceable unit 3-year warranty, customer replaceable unit
Warranty and onsite, next business day 9x5, opt. and onsite, next business day 9x5, opt.
service upgrade available service upgrade available

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LENOVO G8272 RACKSWITCH
The feature-rich Lenovo RackSwitch G8272 includes 48 x SFP+ 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE)
ports plus 6 x QSFP+ 40GbE ports in a flexible 1U switch. The SFP+ ports support SFP
1GbE if needed.

The Rackswitch G8272 with Cloud NOS offers the following additional features:

• Unified Fabric Port (UFP) to help improve performance and availability when
using virtual NICs

• OpenFlow support to help create software-defined virtual networks (SDN)

• VXLAN support for network virtualisation

through overlays

• Automated VM-aware network provisioning

Take a 3D tour and
• Pro-active congestion monitoring get to know the Lenovo
Software-defined
• Zero Touch Provisioning to reduce storage offering
time to production

LENOVO G8272 RACKSWITCH OVERVIEW

Features G8272

100% line rate performance, 1.44Tbps nonblocking (full-duplex) switching throughput,

Performance
1Bpps

Ports 48 x 10GbE SFP+

Latency 0.6 µs

Warranty 3-year, customer-replaceable unit and onsite, next business day 9x5

VMready
Virtual Fabric
Virtualisation / SDN
OpenFlow
VXLAN

vLAG
Availability
Hot-swap redundant power/fans
Other DCB/CEE
Dual load-sharing hot-swap internal power modules, 50 - 60 Hz, 100 - 240 V ac auto-
Power
switching per module
3-year warranty, customer replaceable unit and onsite, next business day 9x5, opt.
Warranty
service upgrade available

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ENGINEERED SOLUTIONS
A typical IT department’s goals are complex, increasingly costly,
and always changing. With Lenovo solutions engineered to optimise
resiliency, performance and TCO, customers can deploy comprehensive,
proven solutions that meet requirements from scaling the systems
quickly to getting more from their IT budget.

Partnership is in Lenovo’s DNA. Collaborating with proven industry partners,

Lenovo provides solutions using the best infrastructure and applications to
address your workload needs.

• CLOUD SOLUTIONS for the next step from virtualisation.

Improve resource utilisation and business process efficiency.

• BIG DATA & ANALYTICS to make sure

information and analysis flow seamlessly
to support real-time insight and
facilitate better decision-making.

• BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
can benefit from improved
productivity with Lenovo
high-performance,
scalable, extremely
reliable hardware for
business critical workloads.

• DATABASE SOLUTIONS to
take advantage of optimised
solution offering built on top-tier
technology, whether for a small
department or a data warehouse.

• HIGH-PERFORMANCE COMPUTING
& AI SOLUTIONS powered by Lenovo platforms
with Intel® technology can help you put your business
at the forefront of tomorrow. On top of our high-density data centre
infrastructure, we bring customised solutions for the high-performance
technical computing storage needs in our new DSS family of products.

• CLIENT VIRTUALISATION & INFRASTRUCTURE are battle-tested to

help IT managers easily deploy, secure and manage their technology.

See how Lenovo Powered by Intel®

Helps Make Artificial Xeon® processor
Intelligence a Reality scalable family

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LENOVO DISTRIBUTED STORAGE FOR
IBM SPECTRUM SCALE
Lenovo Distributed Storage Solution for IBM Spectrum Scale (DSS-G) is a
software-defined storage (SDS) solution for dense scalable file and object storage
suitable for high-performance and data-intensive environments. Enterprises or
organizations running HPC, BigData or cloud workloads will benefit the most from the
DSS-G implementation. DSS-G combines the performance of Lenovo latest generation
x3650 M5 (ThinkSystem SR650 per March 2018) servers, Lenovo D1224 and D3284
storage enclosures, and industry leading IBM Spectrum Scale software to offer a
high-performance, scalable building block approach to modern storage needs.

Project DSS-G for IBM Spectrum Scale

• 2 ThinkSystem SR650 Servers

• Software: RedHat Enterprise Linux, IBM Spectrum
Scale for DSS Standard or Data Management Edition
• 2, 4 or 6 Storage Enclosures

Solution Definition Lenovo D3284 12Gb JBOD (5U84) or 4TB, 6TB, 8TB, 10 TB, 12TB NL-SAS

• 1, 2, 4 or 6 Storage Enclosures

Lenovo D1224 12Gb JBOD (2U24) or 0.3TB – 1.8TB SAS, 0.4TB – 3.8TB SSD

• Connectivity: 10GbE/25GbE/40GbE/100GbE/FDR IB/EDR IB/OPA

Target Market HPC, BigData, Cloud, Media & Entertainment, Digital Surveillance
Target Workloads HPC and Distributed File Systems
High storage density and I/O performance with superior availability, reliability and
Value Proposition
resiliency

Get to know the

Lenovo Distributed
Storage Solution for
IBM Spectrum Scale

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 Different is better

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