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27 pages, 1.8 MBAbstract
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 and RAID or JBOD (non-RAID) host connectivity or Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series storage area network (SAN) array expansion.
This product guide provides essential technical and pre-sales information on the D3284 drive enclosure offering, its key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines.
This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, IT architects, and other IT professionals who want to learn more about the D3284 and consider its use in IT solutions.
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Change History
Changes in the May 23, 2024 update:
- Updated dual and single I/O path details for ThinkSystem HBAs: 430-8e, 430-16e, 440-16e - Interoperability section
Introduction
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 or Lenovo ThinkSystem DS Series storage area network (SAN) array expansion (EBOD connectivity).
The D3284 expansion unit is designed for a wide range of workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, private and hybrid clouds, file and print serving, and backup and archiving. The D3284 is also well-suited for software defined storage (SDS) and Windows Storage Spaces.
Did you know?
The D3284 expansion enclosures support 12 Gbps SAS connectivity, which doubles the data transfer rate compared to 6 Gb SAS solutions to maximize performance of storage I/O-intensive applications.
With support for daisy chaining, the D3284 expansion enclosures can be scaled up to 2.58 PB for capacity-optimized configurations.
The D3284 expansion enclosures allow daisy chaining with D1212 and D1224 expansion enclosures: Up to two D3284 and two D1212 or one D1224 drive enclosures is supported in a single chain.
The D3284 expansion enclosures are universal enclosures that can be used with Lenovo servers as direct attach storage (DAS) or as expansion for the Lenovo ThinkSystem DS4200 and DS6200 storage systems.
Key features
Key features and benefits provided by the D3284 storage expansion enclosures include:
- Versatile, scalable storage expansion with dual Environmental Service Module (ESM) configurations for high availability and performance
- Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs for direct attach storage with support for 6 Gb or 12 Gb SAS RAID adapters for advanced data protection or 6 Gb or 12 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) for maximum JBOD performance
- Provide expansion capabilities for the ThinkSystem DS4200 and DS6200 storage arrays
- 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity and storage density with support for 84x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) drives in a 5U rack space
- Scalability of up to 336 drives per HBA with the attachment of up to four D3284 daisy-chained expansion enclosures to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance
- Flexibility in daisy chaining of up to two D3284 and two D1212 or one D1224 drive enclosures
- Flexibility in storing data on high performance SAS SSDs or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types on a single HBA to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various workloads
- Support multiple host attachments (application-specific)
The D3284 drive enclosures are designed to support a wide range of data storage requirements, from highly utilized applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.
The following SAS drives are supported by the D3284:
- High-capacity, archival-class nearline HDDs, up to 20 TB 7.2K rpm
- High performance SSDs (10 drive writes per day [DWD]): 400 GB
- Mainstream SSDs (3 DWD): 400 GB and 800 GB
- Capacity-optimized SSDs (1 DWD): 3.84 TB, and 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB
Additional drives and expansion units are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime (operating system dependent), helping to quickly and seamlessly respond to growing capacity demands.
The D3284 expansion enclosures are designed to offer high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:
- Dual ESMs provide redundant paths from a supported HBA to the drives in the enclosures for I/O load balancing and failover
- Dual-port drives (both HDDs and SSDs) with automatic drive failure detection
- Redundant hardware, including host ports, ESMs, power supplies, and cooling fans
- Hot-swappable and customer replaceable components, including ESMs, power supplies, cooling fans, and drives
Components and connectors
The following figures show the front of the D3284 drive expansion enclosure.
Figure 2. Front view of the D3284 drive enclosure
The following figures show the rear of the D3284 drive expansion enclosure.
Notes:
- The ESMs (shown in the previous figure) have additional service ports with a specialized connector, and these ports are reserved for use by a Lenovo service technician.
- The Ethernet management port on the ESMs is not used in the EBOD mode.
System specifications
The following table lists the D3284 system specifications.
Models
The following table lists the relationship models of the D3284 drive enclosures.
The following table lists the TopSeller models of the D3284 drive enclosures.
The following table lists the CTO base model of the D3284 drive enclosures.
Description | Machine Type-Model | Feature code |
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Lenovo Storage D3284 High Density Expansion Enclosure | 6413-HC1 | AUDV |
The D3284 expansion enclosures include the following items:
- One chassis with the following components:
- Dual 3-port environmental service modules
- Two drawers
- Two power supplies
- Five cooling fans
- Drives (select models; see Table 2 and Table 3 for details)
- Two 2m, 16A/100-250V, C19 to IEC 320-C20 rack power cables (models listed in Table 2 and Table 3), or two customer-configured power cables (CTO models)
- Lenovo Storage 12Gb High Density Rack Mount Kit - Rails 25"-33"
- Documentation package
Host connectivity
The D3284 drive enclosures support dual environmental service module (ESM) configurations. Each ESM has three universal 12 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors) labeled A, B, and C. These ports are used for connections to a supported SAS RAID controller or SAS HBA installed in a server and for daisy chaining the D3284 enclosures between each other or with the D1212 or D1224 enclosures.
Port A on each ESM is used for connecting the host's external SAS ports to the enclosure, or for connecting Port C on each ESM in the adjacent enclosure for daisy chaining. Port B on each ESM is used for connecting the host's external SAS ports to the enclosure (daisy-chaining does not use Port B). Port C on each ESM is used for connecting the host's external SAS ports to the enclosure, or for connecting Port A on each ESM in the adjacent enclosure for daisy chaining.
The expansion enclosures support single I/O path and dual I/O path connectivity topology. For single I/O path configurations, each port on the adapter can be connected to a separate chain of expansion enclosures by using the ESM A in each connected enclosure. For dual I/O path configurations, each port on the 2-port RAID adapter or HBA is connected to a different ESM chain within the same chain of enclosures. For specific configuration limits, refer to SAS RAID controllers and HBAs.
For SAS RAID controllers, the controller's firmware manages multiple I/O paths to SAS drives. For SAS HBAs, the host operating system runs multi-pathing software to manage multiple I/O paths.
Up to four D3284 drive enclosures, or two D3284 and two D1212 drive enclosures, or two D3284 and one D1224 drive enclosures can be daisy-chained with support for up to four hosts attached to the chain. Without daisy-chaining, a standalone D3284 drive enclosure can support up to six directly attached hosts. In addition, up to two D3284 and up to two D1212 drive enclosures, or up to two D3284 and one D1224 drive enclosures can be daisy-chained with support for up to two hosts attached to the chain.
The following figures illustrate different host connectivity topologies.
Figure 5. Connectivity topology with two hosts
Figure 6. Connectivity topology with three hosts
For topologies with four or more hosts, SAS Y-cables are required to connect the hosts to the drive enclosure. The SAS Y-cable allows two hosts to be connected to one SAS port on the ESM.
The SAS zoning feature of the D3284 specifies how multiple hosts access drives in the enclosures. If SAS zoning is disabled, all attached hosts can access all drives in the enclosures, which is typically used in standalone single-host or clustered multi-host environments, where all cluster nodes need access to all drives. If SAS zoning is enabled, each connected host has exclusive access to a predefined set of drives in the same enclosure, and multiple hosts are isolated from each other.
Configuration notes:
- Attachment of more than one host to the same enclosure without SAS zoning enabled is supported with HBAs only (RAID controllers are not supported). While all attached hosts are capable of accessing all drives in the enclosures, the clustering software running on the hosts controls which cluster nodes have access to the drives at any given time.
- With SAS zoning enabled, only standalone enclosures without daisy-chaining can be partitioned for multiple host access.
- Expansion ports are not supported when zoning is enabled
The supported zone configurations are shown in the following table.
Note: Mode 0 means that zoning is disabled.
The following table lists ordering information for the SAS cables that are supported with the D3284.
Configuration notes:
- The Y-cables and standard cables are mutually exclusive, that is, either Y-cables or standard cables can be used to connect the hosts to the same drive enclosure, but not both types.
- Each Y-cable must be attached to two hosts.
Storage system connectivity
For storage system expansion (EBOD) connectivity, Port A and Port C on the expansion modules in the D3284 enclosures are used for connections to the ThinkSystem DS4200 or DS6200 storage arrays and for daisy chaining the expansion enclosures between each other.
Note: The D3284 expansion enclosures shipped prior to March 2, 2018 support only JBOD connectivity; EBOD connectivity to the DS Series storage systems is not supported. The D3284 expansion enclosures shipped on or after March 2, 2018 support JBOD and EBOD connectivity.
The expansion port on the first DS4200 or DS6200 controller module is connected to the Port A on the first expansion module in the D3284 enclosure, and the Port C on the first expansion module in the D3284 enclosure is connected to the Port A on the first expansion module in the adjacent D3284 enclosure, and so on.
The expansion port on the second DS4200 or DS6200 controller module is connected to the Port C on the second expansion module in the D3284 enclosure, and the Port A on the second expansion module in the D3284 enclosure is connected to the Port C on the second expansion module in the adjacent D3284 enclosure, and so on.
Up to three D3284 enclosures can be connected to the DS4200 or DS6200 storage system. Intermix of DS Series and D3284 enclosures is not supported.
Note: The Port B on the expansion module is not used.
The EBOD connectivity topology for the D3284 expansion units is shown in the following figure.
The following table lists ordering information for the supported EBOD connectivity cable options.
* One cable per expansion module; two cables are required per each expansion enclosure.
For more information on the ThinkSystem DS4200 and DS6200 storage arrays, refer to the following Lenovo Press Product Guides:
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DS4200 Storage Array
http://lenovopress.com/lp0510 - Lenovo ThinkSystem DS6200 Storage Array
http://lenovopress.com/lp0511
Drives
The D3284 drive enclosure supports up to 84x 3.5-inch hot-swap drives. The supported drive types are NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs.
The following rules apply when selecting the drive configuration:
- The drives must be installed in rows. Each row contains 14 drive bays, and there are six rows in the enclosure (three rows per drawer).
- The drives must be installed in a quantity of 14 per row (all drive bays in the row should be populated).
- Intermixing HDDs and SSDs is supported within the drawer/enclosure and within the first row in the top drawer, but not within other rows.
- If SSDs and HDDs are intermixed in the first row in the top drawer, up to four SSDs can be installed, and the remaining slots must be populated with HDDs; the total quantity of the SSDs and HDDs must be equal to 14:
- 1x SSD + 13x HDDs
- 2x SSD + 12x HDDs
- 3x SSD + 11x HDDs
- 4x SSD + 10x HDDs
- Intermixing HDDs of various sizes within a row is supported.
The following tables list drive options for the D3284 drive enclosures.
Power supplies and cables
The D3284 expansion enclosures have two redundant 2214 W (200-240 V AC) hot-swap power supplies. Each power supply has an IEC 320-C19 connector.
The models of the D3284 expansion enclosures that are listed in the Models section ship standard with two 2m, 16A/100-250V, C19 to IEC 320-C20 rack power cables. Other power cable options are also available, and the part numbers and feature codes to order the power cables are listed in the following table (two power cables are required per each D3284).
* Two cables are included with the D3284 models listed in the Models section or can be configured for CTO models.
Physical specifications
The D3284 expansion enclosures have the following dimensions and weight (approximate):
- Height: 221 mm (8.7 in.)
- Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
- Depth: 933 mm (36.7 in.)
- Weight (Maximum): 131 kg (288.8 lb)
Operating environment
The D3284 expansion enclosures are supported in the following environment:
- Air temperature:
- Operating: 5 °C to 35 °C (41 °F to 95 °F); maximum temperature decreased by 5 °C above 2134 m (7000 ft)
- Non-operating: -40 °C to 70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
- Humidity:
- Operating: 20% to 80% (non-condensing)
- Non-operating: 5% to 100% (no precipitation)
- Maximum altitude:
- Operating: 3048 m (10,000 ft)
- Non-operating: 12192 m (40,000 ft)
- Electrical: 200 to 240 V AC (nominal); 50 Hz to 60 Hz; 7.5 A
- Maximum power load: 2214 W
- Heat output: 7554 BTU/hour
- Noise level: 8.0 bels
Warranty and support
The D3284 expansion enclosures have a three-year customer-replaceable unit (CRU) warranty with standard call center support during normal business hours and 9x5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered.
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Regulatory compliance
The D3284 expansion enclosures conform to the following regulations:
- BSMI CNS 13438, Class A; CNS 14336 (Taiwan)
- CCC GB 4943.1, GB 17625.1, GB 9254 Class A (China)
- CE Mark (European Union)
- CISPR 22, Class A
- EAC (Russia)
- EN55022, Class A
- EN55024
- FCC Part 15, Class A (United States)
- ICES-003/NMB-03, Class A (Canada)
- IEC/EN60950-1
- MSIP (Korea)
- NOM-019 (Mexico)
- RCM (Australia)
- Reduction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS)
- UL/CSA IEC 60950-1
- VCCI, Class B (Japan)
Interoperability
Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The Lenovo Storage D3284 supports attachment to hosts that support the RAID controllers and HBAs listed in the SAS RAID controllers and HBAs section.
Important: Information that is provided in these sections is for order reference purposes only.
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SAS RAID controllers and HBAs
The D3284 expansion enclosures are supported with the RAID adapters and HBAs that are listed in the following table.
* RAID adapters have devices and expander count limitation, whichever comes first. Each path has 5 expanders. Some adapters have up to 240 device limitation and up to 16 expanders.
** This maximum enclosure quantity applies in a dual HBA environment.
*** With newer firmware package on 430 HBA 18.02.00.00 or higher and 440 HBA 18.125.03.00 or higher, then up to 20 expanders are supported. Allowing up to 4.
Rack cabinets
The following table lists the supported rack cabinets.
For specifications about these racks, see the Lenovo Rack Cabinet Reference, available from:
https://lenovopress.com/lp1287-lenovo-rack-cabinet-reference
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack cabinets category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/racks
Power distribution units
The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are offered by Lenovo.
For more information, see the Lenovo Press documents in the PDU category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu
Uninterruptible power supply units
The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are offered by Lenovo.
† Only available in China and the Asia Pacific market.
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https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/ups
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Family Portfolio: Storage
2024-02-02 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsFamily Portfolio: StorageThis course covers products in the Lenovo storage portfolio, from storage servers to direct-access storage through storage systems.
Published: 2024-02-02
After completing this course about the Storage family, the learner will be able to identify products within the family, describe the features of this product family, and recognize when a specific product should be selected.
Length: 15 minutesStart the training:
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Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Services for Lenovo Storage
2024-02-01 | 5 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsServices for Lenovo StorageThis document will provide you with quick tips on connecting services with storage products.
Published: 2024-02-01
Length: 5 minutesStart the training:
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Positioning Lenovo Direct Attached Storage
2023-02-01 | 20 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsPositioning Lenovo Direct Attached StorageCourse Description: This course provides an overview of Lenovo's DAS storage products and the unique value proposition. Completing this course will allow you to help your customer understand how these products address their business needs, communicate the unique value proposition of these products, and identify the elements of an effective elevator pitch for Lenovo DAS products. Last Update: 2/1/2023
Published: 2023-02-01
Length: 20 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Related publications and links
For more information, see the following documents:
- Lenovo Storage product page
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/storage/ - 3D Tour for the Lenovo Storage D3284
https://lenovopress.com/lp0588-lenovo-storage-d3284-3d-tour - Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator
http://dcsc.lenovo.com - Lenovo Storage D3284 Support
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/d3284/6413
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Full Change History
Changes in the May 23, 2024 update:
- Updated dual and single I/O path details for ThinkSystem HBAs: 430-8e, 430-16e, 440-16e - Interoperability section
Changes in the June 29, 2023 update:
- Updated dual and single I/O path details for HBAs: 430-8e, 430-16e, 440-16e - Interoperability section
Changes in the May 3, 2023 update:
- Added 4Y37A78836 ThinkSystem RAID 940-8e 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb - Interoperability section
Changes in the April 24, 2023 update:
- New 15.36TB SAS SSD - Drives section:
- Lenovo Storage 2.5" 15.36TB 1DWD SAS SSD, 4XB7A87781
Changes in the September 27, 2022 update:
- Clarified single and dual IO path connectivity topology - SAS RAID controllers and HBAs section
Changes in the August 19, 2022 update:
- The enclosure supports the ThinkSystem RAID 930-8e 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter - System specifications section
Changes in the June 27, 2022 update:
- New 20TB HDD options - Drives section:
- Lenovo Storage 20TB 7.2K 3.5" DDIC SAS HDD, 4XB7A83352
- Lenovo Storage 20TB 7.2K 3.5" DDIC SAS (14 pack) HDD, 4XB7A83351
Changes in the February 11, 2022 update:
- Expansion ports are not supported when zoning is enabled - Host connectivity section
Changes in the August 17, 2021 update:
- New 18TB HDD drive options - Drives section:
- Lenovo Storage 18TB 7.2K 3.5" NL-SAS HDD, 4XB7A77020
- Lenovo Storage 18TB 7.2K 3.5" NL-SAS HDD (14 pack), 4XB7A77019
Changes in the July 20, 2021 update:
- The following drives are now withdrawn - Drives section:
- Lenovo Storage 400GB 2.5" 10DWD Hybrid Tray SSD, 4XB7A09921
- Lenovo Storage 3.84TB 1DWD SAS SSD (2.5" in 3.5" Hybrid Tray PM1633a), 4XB7A09526
Changes in the November 3, 2020 update:
- Added link to the new Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC) - Interoperability section
Changes in the February 18, 2020 update:
- Added Lenovo Storage 800GB 3DWD SAS SSD (2.5" in 3.5" Hybrid Tray)
- Added Lenovo Storage 16TB 7.2K 3.5" SAS HDD (14 pack)
- Added Lenovo Storage 3.5" 16TB 7.2K 3.5" SAS HDD
- Updated Interoperability
- Updated Operating systems
- Marked withdrawn drives
Changes in the April 23, 2019 update:
- Added Lenovo Storage 14TB 7.2K 3.5" SAS HDD
- Updated Warranty and support
- Added Services
Changes in the April 2, 2019 update:
- Updated Operating systems
- Updated Uninterruptible power supply units
Changes in the March 23, 2018 update:
- Added ThinkSystem RAID 930-8e support
Changes in the February 14, 2018 update:
- Updated power load and heat output
Changes in the December 15, 2017 update:
- Clarified single and dual IO path connectivity topology
Changes in the November 22, 2017 update:
- Added SAS Zoning
- Added SAS Y-cables
- Updated Warranty services
Changes in the November 7, 2017 update:
- Added Lenovo Storage 3.5" 12TB 7.2K NL-SAS HDD
- Added Lenovo Storage 400GB 10DWD 2.5" SAS SSD (2.5" in 3.5" Hybrid Tray 1200.2)
- Added Lenovo Storage 400GB 3DWD 2.5" SAS SSD (2.5" in 3.5" Hybrid Tray PM1635a)
- Added Lenovo Storage 3.84TB 1DWD SAS SSD (2.5" in 3.5" Hybrid Tray 1200.2)
- Added Lenovo Storage 3.84TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB 1DWD SAS SSDs (2.5" in 3.5" Hybrid Tray PM1633a)
Changes in the October 30, 2017 update:
- Removed VMware ESXi 6.5
Changes in the July 12, 2017 update:
- Updated SSD description
Changes in the June 13, 2017 update:
- Added ServeRAID M5225-2GB SAS/SATA Controller
Changes in the May 23, 2017 update:
- Added 2m Mini-SAS HD/Mini-SAS HD cable
Changes in the March 17, 2017 update:
- Updated drive configuration rules
Changes in the March 6, 2017 update:
- Added 6 Gbps SAS RAID controllers and HBAs for System x
- Added 6 Gbps and 12 Gbps SAS RAID controllers and HBAs for ThinkServer
- Clarified attachment of multiple hosts
Changes in the February 10, 2017 update:
- Clarified drive population rules
- Updated warranty
- Updated Rack cabinets
First published: 15 November 2016
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