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Abstract

Lenovo Storage V7000 is a virtualized, software-defined storage system designed to consolidate workloads into a single storage system for simplicity of management, reduced cost, highly scalable capacity, and high performance and availability.

This product guide provides essential technical and pre-sales information on the Lenovo Storage V7000 storage system, its key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines.

This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, and IT architects who want to learn more about Lenovo Storage V7000 and consider its use in IT solutions.

Product availability: Lenovo Storage V7000 is available in People's Republic of China (PRC) only.

Change History

Changes in the September 11 update:

  • Added 12TB 7.2K 3.5" HDD 
  • Added Data reduction pools
  • Added Deduplication

Introduction

Lenovo Storage V7000 (Machine Type 6538) is a virtualized, software-defined storage system that consolidates workloads into a single storage system for simplicity of management, reduced cost, highly scalable capacity, and high performance and availability.

Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosures include two node canisters, each with 32 GB cache for a system total of 64 GB cache. Also available is an optional cache upgrade to 128 GB or 256 GB per system (64 GB or 128 GB per node canister). Standard is 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity, with an option for 8/16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC), 10 Gb iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity, or 25 Gb iSCSI connectivity.

Lenovo Storage V7000 offers both Large Form Factor (LFF) and Small Form Factor (SFF) 12 Gb SAS storage expansion enclosures. LFF expansion enclosure supports up to 12x 3.5-inch drives, while the SFF expansion enclosure supports up to 24x 2.5-inch drives. High-performance disk drives, high-capacity nearline disk drives, and flash (solid state) drives are supported. Drives of the same form factor can be intermixed within an enclosure, and LFF and SFF expansion enclosures can be intermixed within a Lenovo Storage V7000 system.

A Lenovo Storage V7000 system scales up to 504 drives with the attachment of up to 20 Lenovo Storage V7000 expansion enclosures.

The Lenovo Storage V7000 is shown in the following figure.

Lenovo Storage V7000 Control Enclosure
Figure 1. Lenovo Storage V7000 Control Enclosure

Did you know?

A single Lenovo Storage V7000 system can be scaled up to 7.74 PB of raw storage capacity. With external virtualization, the system can manage in total up to 32 PB.

Lenovo Storage V7000 offers hybrid block storage connectivity with support for 1 Gb iSCSI, 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, 25 Gb iSCSI, or 8/16 Gb FC connectivity.

Lenovo Storage V7000 systems can be clustered to help deliver greater performance, bandwidth, and scalability. A Lenovo Storage V7000 clustered system can contain up to four Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosures and up to 2016 drives.

Lenovo Storage V7000 includes three or five years of Software Subscription and Support (model dependent).

Key features

The Lenovo Storage V7000 storage system provides the following features:

  • Scalable enterprise storage with dual active/active intelligent array node canisters with 32 GB cache each for high availability and performance.
  • Optional upgrade to 128 GB or 256 GB cache per system for additional performance benefits for regular and compressed workloads.
  • Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for 1 Gb iSCSI, 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, 25 Gb iSCSI, or 8/16 Gb FC connectivity.
  • 12 Gb SAS expansion enclosures supporting 12x 3.5-inch LFF or 24x 2.5-inch SFF drives.
  • Scaling for up to 504 drives per system with the attachment of 20 Lenovo Storage V7000 expansion enclosures and up to 2016 drives in a four-way clustered configuration.
  • Further scalability can be achieved with virtualization of external storage. When Lenovo Storage V7000 virtualizes an external disk system, capacity in the external system inherits the functional richness and ease of use of Lenovo Storage V7000.
  • Flexibility in storing data on high-performance SAS solid-state drives (SSDs), performance-optimized enterprise SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), or capacity-optimized 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.
  • Lenovo Storage V7000 combines various Spectrum Virtualize technologies, including thin provisioning, data reduction pools, deduplication, automated tiering, external and internal storage virtualization, clustering, replication, compression, and multiprotocol support.
  • 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.

    Note: VVol integration feature requires Spectrum Connect that can be downloaded from http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/storwize/v7000/6195/downloads

  • Intuitive, web-based next-generation GUI for easy system set up and management.
  • Extensive interoperability with support for most major server platforms and operating systems.

Lenovo Storage V7000 supports the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly used applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.

The following 2.5-inch drives are supported:

  • High performance SSDs: 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS
  • Read-optimized SSDs: 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB SAS
  • Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:
    • 300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS
    • 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm SAS
  • High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS

High-capacity, archival-class nearline 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 12 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS 3.5-inch disk drives are supported.

All drives are dual-port and hot-swappable. Drives of the same form factor can be intermixed within the appropriate enclosure, which provides the flexibility to address performance and capacity needs within a single enclosure.

Up to 20 Lenovo Storage V7000 expansion enclosures are supported by a single Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure. You can intermix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch expansion enclosures behind a 2.5-inch control enclosure. This configuration delivers the added flexibility to mix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives within a single system.

More drives and expansion enclosures are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, which helps to quickly and seamlessly respond to ever-growing capacity demands.

Lenovo Storage V7000 offers high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:

  • Dual-active intelligent node canisters with mirrored cache
  • Dual-port drives with automatic drive failure detection and RAID rebuild with global hot spares
  • Redundant hardware, including power supplies and fans
  • Hot-swappable and customer replaceable components
  • Automated path failover support for the data path between the host and the drives

Lenovo Storage V7000 supports the following management interfaces:

  • Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) via HTTPS that requires only a supported browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox), so there is no need for a separate console or plug-in
  • Command line interface (CLI) via SSH
  • Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
  • SNMP and email notifications

Components and connectors

The following figure shows the front of the Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF enclosure.

Front view of the Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF enclosure
Figure 2. Front view of the Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF enclosure

The following figure shows the front of the Lenovo Storage V7000 LFF enclosure.

Front view of the Lenovo Storage V7000 LFF enclosure
Figure 3. Front view of the Lenovo Storage V7000 LFF enclosure

The following figure shows the rear of the Lenovo Storage V7000 Control Enclosure.

Rear view of the Lenovo Storage V7000 Control Enclosure
Figure 4. Rear view of the Lenovo Storage V7000 Control Enclosure

The following figure shows the rear of the Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion Enclosure.

Rear view of the Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion Enclosure
Figure 5. Rear view of the Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion Enclosure

System specifications

The following table lists the Lenovo Storage V7000 system specifications.

Note: The supported hardware options and software features listed in this product guide are based on the Spectrum Virtualize software version 8.1.3. For details about specific Spectrum Virtualize software releases that introduced support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular software release that can be found at:
http://support.lenovo.com.cn/lenovo/wsi/Modules/DriverDownLoadServer.aspx

Table 1. System specifications
Attribute Specification
Form factor
  • Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF Control Enclosure: 2U rack mount
  • Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF or LFF Expansion Enclosure: 2U rack mount
Controller configuration Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration per control enclosure. Two or four control enclosures can be combined into a Lenovo Storage V7000 clustered system (or cluster).
RAID levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6 (internal storage only)
Controller cache 64 GB per control enclosure (32 GB per node canister) upgradeable to 128 GB (64 GB per node canister) or 256 GB (128 GB per node canister). Up to 1 TB per cluster. Battery-backed cache protection.
Drive bays Up to 504 SFF drive bays per single system:
  • 24 SFF drive bays in the control enclosure
  • 24 SFF drive bays in the SFF expansion enclosure; up to 20 SFF expansion enclosures
Up to 24 SFF and 240 LFF drive bays per single system:
  • 24 SFF drive bays in the control enclosure
  • 12 LFF drive bays in the LFF expansion enclosure; up to 20 LFF expansion enclosures
Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.
Up to 2016 SFF drives in a four-way clustered configuration.
Up to 96 SFF drives and 960 LFF drives in a four-way clustered configuration.
Drive technology SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported.
Drive connectivity

Dual-ported 12 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure.

Control enclosure with two node canisters (ports per one node canister):
  • 24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports
  • 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports for the attachment of the expansion enclosures
Expansion enclosure with two expansion canisters (ports per one expansion canister):
  • 24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure)
  • 12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure)
  • 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports (IN and OUT) for the daisy chained attachment of the expansion enclosures
Drives SFF drives:
  • 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS SSDs
  • 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB read-optimized SAS SSDs
  • 300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs
  • 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
  • 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
LFF drives: 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 12 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
Storage capacity
  • Up to 7.74 PB (504x 15.36 TB SFF SSDs) per one system
  • Up to 30.96 PB (2016x 15.36 TB SFF SSDs) per cluster
Host connectivity Standard ports (per control enclosure with two node canisters): 6x 1 Gb iSCSI (UTP, RJ-45) (3 ports per node canister).

Extra ports must be configured by selecting at least one of the following host port options, or a combination of one iSCSI or FCoE option and one FC option, or two iSCSI or FCoE options, or two FC options (per control enclosure with two node canisters):
  • 8x 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per node canister)
  • 8x 16 Gb FC SFP host ports (SW or LW* fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per node canister)
  • 4x 25 Gb iSCSI (RoCE) SFP28 host ports (SW fiber, LC) (2 ports per node canister)
  • 4x 25 Gb iSCSI (iWARP) SFP28 host ports (SW fiber, LC) (2 ports per node canister)
Host operating systems^ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, and 12; VMware vSphere 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5.
Standard software features Virtualization of internal storage, Thin provisioning, Data reduction pools, Deduplication, One-way data migration, Four-system clustering, HyperSwap (requires an optional Remote Mirroring license), Comprestimator
Optional features Easy Tier, FlashCopy, Remote Mirroring, Real-time Compression, Encryption, External Virtualization, Transparent Cloud Tiering.
Performance
(single system)*
  • Up to 1 250 000 cache read IOPS
  • Up to 450 000 disk read IOPS
  • Up to 110 000 disk write IOPS
  • Up to 220 000 disk mixed (70% read/30% write) IOPS
  • Up to 12 GBps sequential disk read throughput
  • Up to 5.2 GBps sequential disk write throughput
Configuration maximums** Per one control enclosure (I/O group) / cluster (if different):
  • Maximum storage capacity (including virtualized external storage): 32 PB
  • Maximum number of storage pools: 1024
  • Maximum number of logical volumes: 10000
  • Maximum number of compressed volumes: 512 / 2048 (requires an optional license)
  • Maximum logical volume size: 256 TB
  • Maximum number of drives in a RAID array: 16
  • Maximum number of drives in a distributed RAID array: 128 (including up to 4 spares)
  • Maximum number of RAID arrays: 128
  • Maximum number of distributed RAID arrays: 10 / 32
  • Maximum hot spare drives: No limit
  • Maximum number of host ports: 2048 / 8192
  • Maximum number of hosts: 512 / 2048
  • Maximum number of host ports per one host: 32
  • Maximum number of snapshots: 5000 (requires an optional license)
  • Maximum number of remote mirroring relationships: 8192 (requires an optional license)
Cooling Redundant cooling with the fan modules that are built into power supplies.
Power supply
  • Control Enclosure: Two redundant hot-swap 1200 W AC power supplies
  • Expansion Enclosure: Two redundant hot-swap 800 W AC power supplies
Hot-swap parts Node canisters, expansion canisters, SFP/SFP+ transceivers, drives, power supplies with fans.
Management interfaces 2x 1 GbE ports (UTP, RJ-45) in a primary/redundant configuration.
Web-based GUI; SSH CLI; SMI-S; SNMP and email notifications.
Security features Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, LDAP authentication
Warranty Three-year Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) and onsite limited warranty with 9x5 service coverage and Next Business Day (NBD) response. Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo: 24x7 service coverage with same day response, YourDrive YourData (Hard Drive Retention), 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions.
Software maintenance Three-year or five-year (model dependent) base software maintenance is included.
Dimensions
  • Control enclosure:
    • Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
    • Width: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
    • Depth: 744 mm (29.3 in.)
  • Expansion enclosure:
    • Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
    • Width: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
    • Depth: 556 mm (21.9 in.)
Weight
  • Control Enclosure: Empty: 31.8 kg (70.0 lb); Fully configured: 36.7 kg (80.7 lb)
  • SFF Expansion Enclosure: Empty: 16.7 kg (36.7 lb); Fully configured: 25.0 kg (55.2 lb)
  • LFF Expansion Enclosure: Empty: 16.4 kg (36.1 lb); Fully configured: 26.7 kg (58.8 lb)

^ The operating systems shown are for Lenovo servers. The V7000 might support other operating systems. For a full list of supported operating systems, refer to the Lenovo Storage V7000 Compatibility List: http://support1.lenovo.com.cn/lenovo/wsi/Modules/DriverDetailServer.aspx?ID=137381.
* Internal performance measurements with SSDs.
** For a detailed list of configuration limits and restrictions for a specific version of the Lenovo Storage V7000 software, refer to the Lenovo PRC ISG support page:
http://support.lenovo.com.cn/lenovo/wsi/Modules/DriverDownLoadServer.aspx

Control enclosures

The following table shows the ordering information for the Lenovo Storage V7000 Control Enclosure.

Table 2. Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF Control Enclosure
Description Part number Machine Type-Model Feature codes*
Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF Control Enclosure/3YR PRC 6538R11 6538-HC1 AV64 / AV7A / AV79
Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF Control Enclosure/5YR PRC 6538R21 6538-HC1 AV65 / AV7A / AV7E

* Feature codes for System unit base hardware / Base software / Software maintenance (SWMA).

The part numbers for the Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure include the following items:

  • One Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF control enclosure with two power supplies with cooling modules and with two node canisters
  • Rack mount hardware kit
  • Publications package

Note: Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately (for more information, see Power cables).

The Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosures ship with two node canisters. A node canister provides interfaces for host connectivity, management, and internal drives, and it runs storage management and virtualization software. The Lenovo Storage V7000 node canisters use a 10-core processor with 2.2 GHz core speeds and DDR4 cache memory.

The Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosures ship with the host connectivity interfaces that feature 6x Gb Ethernet (RJ-45) ports (3 ports per node canister) for 1 Gb iSCSI host connectivity and management (management uses one [primary] or two [primary/redundant] of these 3 ports per node canister).

The Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure must be configured with at least one pair of the adapter cards that supply the following interfaces:

  • 8x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (four ports per adapter card) with eight SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors) included for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE connectivity
  • 8x 16 Gb FC SFP ports (four ports per adapter card) with eight SW SFP optical transceivers (LC connectors) included for FC connectivity (a pair of optional 16 Gb FC LW SFP transceivers is available for ordering as an option; it replaces a pair of the SW SFP transceivers that are included with the FC adapter card)
  • 4x 25 GbE (RoCE) SFP28 ports (two ports per adapter card) with four SW SFP28 optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (two transceivers per adapter card) for 25 GbE iSCSI connectivity with support for RDMA with RoCE v2
  • 4x 25 GbE (iWARP) SFP28 ports (two ports per adapter card) with four SW SFP28 optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (two transceivers per adapter card) for 25 GbE iSCSI connectivity with support for RDMA with iWARP

The Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure supports up to two pairs of the 16 Gb FC adapter cards, up to two pairs of the 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE adapter cards, up to two pairs of the 25 GbE iSCSI adapter cards, or a combination of up to two adapter pairs of different connectivity type.

Configuration notes:

  • At least one pair of the adapter cards must be ordered with the Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure.
  • 25 Gb iSCSI adapter cards do not support FCoE.

The following table lists the available host port configurations for the Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure.

Table 3. Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure host port configurations
Port type and total number of ports
1 Gb iSCSI 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE 25 Gb iSCSI (RoCE) 25 Gb iSCSI (iWARP) 16 Gb FC
Standard ports Extra ports on one or two pairs of adapter cards (required)
6 (3 per node canister) 8 (4 per node canister) - - -
6 (3 per node canister) 16 (8 per node canister) - - -
6 (3 per node canister) 8 (4 per node canister) 4 (2 per node canister) - -
6 (3 per node canister) 8 (4 per node canister) - 4 (2 per node canister) -
6 (3 per node canister) 8 (4 per node canister) - - 8 (4 per node canister)
6 (3 per node canister) - 4 (2 per node canister) - -
6 (3 per node canister) - 8 (4 per node canister) - -
6 (3 per node canister) - 4 (2 per node canister) 4 (2 per node canister) -
6 (3 per node canister) - 4 (2 per node canister) - 8 (4 per node canister)
6 (3 per node canister) - - 4 (2 per node canister) -
6 (3 per node canister) - - 8 (4 per node canister) -
6 (3 per node canister) - - 4 (2 per node canister) 8 (4 per node canister)
6 (3 per node canister) - - - 8 (4 per node canister)
6 (3 per node canister) - - - 16 (8 per node canister)

The following table lists ordering information for the host connectivity options for the Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosures.

Table 4. Host connectivity options
Description Part number Feature code Maximum quantity per one control enclosure
Host connectivity options
Lenovo Storage V7000 10Gb Ethernet Adapter Pair PRC 01GV588 AV6B 2
Lenovo Storage V7000 16Gb FC Adapter Pair PRC 01GV584 AV6A 2
Lenovo Storage V7000 25GbE (RoCE) Adapter Pair PRC 00YK980 B2UN 2
Lenovo Storage V7000 25GbE (iWARP) Adapter Pair PRC 00YK983 B2UP 2
SFP transceiver options for FC adapter cards (replace the existing SW SFP transceivers)
Lenovo Storage V7000 16Gb FC LW SFP Transceivers PRC (Pair) 01GV590 AV78 8
Cable options for 1 GbE iSCSI or management host connectivity
0.6m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K5679 3801 6
0.6m Green Cat5e Cable 40K5563 3796 6
0.6m Yellow Cat5e Cable 40K8933 3791 6
1.5m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K8785 3802 6
1.5m Green Cat5e Cable 40K5643 3797 6
1.5m Yellow Cat5e Cable 40K8951 3792 6
3m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K5581 3803 6
3m Green Cat5e Cable 40K5793 3798 6
3m Yellow Cat5e Cable 40K8957 3793 6
10m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K8927 3804 6
10m Green Cat5e Cable 40K5794 3799 6
10m Yellow Cat5e Cable 40K8801 3794 6
25m Blue Cat5e Cable 40K8930 3805 6
25m Green Cat5e Cable 40K8869 3800 6
25m Yellow Cat5e Cable 40K8807 3795 6
Cable options for FC, 10Gb iSCSI or FCoE, and 25 GbE iSCSI host connectivity
Lenovo Storage V7000 1m OM3 Fiber Cable (LC) PRC 01PG228 B2Y8 16
Lenovo Storage V7000 5m OM3 Fiber Cable (LC) PRC 01PG231 B2Y9 16
Lenovo Storage V7000 10m OM3 Fiber Cable (LC) PRC 01GV686 AV6G 8
Lenovo Storage V7000 25m OM3 Fiber Cable (LC) PRC 01PG234 B2YA 16
Cable options for FC host connectivity
Lenovo Storage V7000 1m Fiber Cable (LC) PRC 01GV658 AV6D 16
Lenovo Storage V7000 5m Fiber Cable (LC) PRC 01GV580 AV6E 16
Lenovo Storage V7000 25m Fiber Cable (LC) PRC 01GV582 AV6F 16

Each Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure ships with 64 GB of battery-backed cache (32 GB per node canister). The control enclosures can be upgraded to 128 GB (64 GB per node canister) or 256 GB (128 GB per node canister) of cache. The following table lists cache upgrade options.

Table 5. Cache upgrade options
Description Part number Feature code Maximum quantity per one control enclosure
Lenovo Storage V7000 64GB to 128GB Cache Upgrade PRC 01GV592 AV7D 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 64GB to 256GB Cache Upgrade PRC 4M27A08489 B0RH 1

Each node canister has a built-in compression acceleration card for the optional Real-time compression feature. Additional compression acceleration cards can be ordered, if needed (see the following table).

Table 6. Compression acceleration card option
Description Part number Feature code Maximum quantity per one control enclosure
Lenovo Storage V7000 Compression Accelerator Cards Pair PRC 01GV586 AV6C 1*

* The installation of a pair of the compression accelerator cards requires a cache upgrade (01GV592 or 4M27A08489).

The Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosure provides 12 Gb SAS internal dual-port drive connectivity, and each control enclosure also has four 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 port per node canister) for 12 Gb SAS expansion enclosure connectivity.

Expansion enclosures

The Lenovo Storage V7000 supports attachment of up to 20 Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF or LFF Storage Expansion Enclosures. Intermix of SFF and LFF expansion enclosures is supported. The expansion enclosures can be added to the system non-disruptively.

The following table lists the models of the Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF and LFF expansion enclosures.

Table 7. Lenovo Storage V7000 expansion enclosure models
Description Part number Machine Type-Model Feature codes*
Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF Expansion Enclosure/3YR PRC 6538R12 6538-HC3 AV67 / AV7G / AV7F
Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF Expansion Enclosure/5YR PRC 6538R22 6538-HC3 AV69 / AV7G / AV7H
Lenovo Storage V7000 LFF Expansion Enclosure/3YR PRC 6538R32 6538-HC2 AV66 / AV7G / AV7F
Lenovo Storage V7000 LFF Expansion Enclosure/5YR PRC 6538R42 6538-HC2 AV68 / AV7G / AV7H

* Feature codes for System unit base hardware / Base software / Software support and subscription.

The part number for the Lenovo Storage V7000 expansion enclosures includes the following items:

  • One Lenovo Storage V7000 LFF or SFF expansion enclosure with two power supplies with cooling modules and with two expansion canisters
  • Rack mount hardware kit
  • Publications package

Note: Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately (for more information, see Power cables).

Each Lenovo Storage V7000 expansion enclosure ships with two expansion canisters. Each expansion canister provides 12 Gb SAS connectivity to the internal drives and two external 12 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors labelled Port 1 and Port 2) that are used for connections to the Lenovo Storage V7000 node canisters and for connecting the expansion enclosures between each other. One of the SAS expansion ports (Port 1 or Port 2) on the node canister is connected to the Port 1 on the expansion canister. The Port 2 on the expansion canister is connected to the Port 1 on the expansion canister in the adjacent enclosure, and so on.

Note: Up to 10 expansion enclosures can be connected to Port 1 or Port 2 in a daisy-chained manner for a total of up to 20 expansion enclosures per one control enclosure.

The expansion enclosure connectivity topology is shown in the following figure.

Expansion enclosure connectivity topology
Figure 6. Expansion enclosure connectivity topology

The following table lists ordering information for the expansion enclosure connectivity options.

Table 8. Expansion enclosure connectivity options
Description Part number Feature code Quantity per one expansion enclosure
Lenovo Storage V7000 0.6m 12Gb SAS Cable (mSAS HD) PRC 01GV650 AV6H 2
Lenovo Storage V7000 1.5m 12Gb SAS Cable (mSAS HD) PRC 01GV652 AV6J 2
Lenovo Storage V7000 3m 12Gb SAS Cable mSAS HD PRC 01GV654 AV6K 2
Lenovo Storage V7000 6m 12 Gb SAS Cable (mSAS HD ) PRC 01GV656 AV6L 2

Drives

The Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF control and expansion enclosures support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives. The Lenovo Storage V7000 LFF expansion enclosure supports up to 12 LFF hot-swap drives. The following tables list supported drive options for the Lenovo Storage V7000 SFF and LFF enclosures.

Table 9. SFF drive options
Description Part number Feature code Maximum quantity per one SFF enclosure
2.5-inch SAS hot-swap SSDs
Lenovo Storage V7000 400GB 2.5" Flash Drive PRC 01GV612 AV6V 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 800GB 2.5" Flash Drive PRC 01GV614 AV6W 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 1.6TB 2.5" Flash Drive PRC 01GV616 AV6Y 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 3.2TB 2.5" Flash Drive PRC 01GV618 AV6Z 24
2.5-inch SAS hot-swap SSDs - Read Intensive (RI)
Lenovo Storage V7000 1.92TB 2.5" RI Flash Drive PRC 01GV620 AV70 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 3.84TB 2.5" RI Flash Drive PRC 01GV622 AV71 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 7.68TB 2.5" RI Flash Drive PRC 01GV694 AVJR 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 15.36TB 2.5" RI Flash Drive PRC 01GV696 AVJS 24
2.5-inch SAS hot-swap HDDs
Lenovo Storage V7000 300GB 15K rpm 2.5" HDD PRC 01GV600 AV6Q 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 600GB 15K rpm 2.5" HDD PRC 01GV602 AV6R 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 900GB 10K rpm 2.5" HDD PRC 01GV604 AV6S 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 900GB 15K RPM 2.5" HDD PRC 4H27A08481 B0R9 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 1.2TB 10K rpm 2.5" HDD PRC 01GV606 AV6T 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 1.8TB 10K rpm 2.5" HDD PRC 01GV608 AV6U 24
Lenovo Storage V7000 2.4TB 2.5" 10K HDD PRC 01KP964 B1JQ 24
2.5-inch NL SAS hot-swap HDDs
Lenovo Storage V7000 2TB 7.2K rpm 2.5" HDD PRC 01GV610 AV6X 24
Table 10. LFF drive options
Description Part number Feature code Maximum quantity per one LFF enclosure
3.5-inch NL SAS hot-swap HDDs
Lenovo Storage V7000 4TB 7.2K rpm 3.5" HDD PRC 01GV594 AV6N 12
Lenovo Storage V7000 6TB 7.2K rpm 3.5" HDD PRC 01GV596 AV6M 12
Lenovo Storage V7000 8TB 7.2K rpm 3.5" HDD PRC 01GV598 AV6P 12
Lenovo Storage V7000 10TB 7.2K rpm 3.5" HDD PRC 01GV698 AVJT 12
Lenovo Storage V7000 12TB 7.2K rpm 3.5" HDD PRC 01PG411 B3SC 12

Software

The following functions are included with every Lenovo Storage V7000:

  • RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10

    Provides the flexibility to choose the level of data protection that is required.

  • Distributed RAID 5 and 6 for internal storage

    Helps improve performance and availability with significantly faster rebuild time by allowing data to be distributed across more physical drives that are used simultaneously.

  • Four-system clustering

    Lenovo Storage V7000 systems can be clustered to help deliver greater performance, bandwidth, and scalability. A Lenovo Storage V7000 clustered system can contain up to four Lenovo Storage V7000 systems and up to 1056 drives.

  • HyperSwap for Spectrum Virtualize
    Provides dual-site, active-active access to a volume for high availability and disaster recovery configurations. With active-active relationships between the volume copies at each site, HyperSwap configurations can be used to maintain access to data on the system when site-wide failures or outages occur, using a flexible choice of host multipathing drivers.

    Note: HyperSwap feature requires a Remote Mirroring license and a third site to host an FC- or IP-based quorum device for an automatic tie-break in the event of a potential link failure between the two main sites.

  • Virtualization of internal storage

    Enables rapid, flexible provisioning and simple configuration changes.

  • Thin provisioning

    Optimizes efficiency by allocating drive storage space in a flexible manner among multiple applications that is based on the minimum space that is required by each application at any time. With thin provisioning, applications use only the space they are actually using (not the total space that was allocated to them), which allows clients to purchase storage they need today and add storage as application requirements grow.

  • Data Reduction Pools

    Help deliver consistent performance from compressed volumes and increase existing capacity utilization by automatically de-allocating and reclaiming capacity of thin-provisioned volumes containing deleted data and enabling this reclaimed capacity to be reused by other volumes.

  • Deduplication

    Increases the efficiency of storage usage by utilizing pointers in duplicate blocks rather than keeping multiple copies of the blocks.

  • One-way data migration

    Enables easy and nondisruptive moves of volumes from another storage system onto the Lenovo Storage V7000 Storage System by using FC connectivity.

  • Embedded GUI

    Intuitive, web-based next-generation GUI for easy system set up and management.

  • Integrated Comprestimator

    The Comprestimator is the key sizing tool for Real-time Compression to estimate how much capacity savings the customer can expect. The Comprestimator can analyze the patterns of the actual customer data and estimate the compressibility of data per volume. The integration of the Comprestimator into a Spectrum Virtualize software helps ease the process of estimating Real-time Compression capacity savings from a central console.

The Lenovo Storage V7000 capabilities can be expanded with optional licensed functions. Each optional Lenovo Storage V7000 software license is required for each control enclosure, expansion enclosure, and externally virtualized storage enclosures.

The following optional licensed functions are available:

  • Easy Tier

    Easy Tier provides a mechanism to seamlessly migrate frequently accessed data between three tiers of storage (Flash drives, SAS, and NL SAS). This migration can be to different tiers of internal drives or to external storage systems that are virtualized by Lenovo Storage V7000.

  • FlashCopy

    FlashCopy enables creating copies of data for backup, parallel processing, testing, and development and have the copies available almost immediately.

  • Real-time Compression

    Real-time Compression enables storing up to five times as much data in the same physical disk space by compressing data as much as 80% (based on lab measurements). Real-time Compression uses hardware acceleration. It is designed to be used with active primary data, such as production databases and email systems, which dramatically expands the range of candidate data that can benefit from compression. Real-time Compression operates immediately as data is written to disk, meaning that no space is wasted storing uncompressed data awaiting post-processing.

  • Remote mirroring

    This feature provides storage system-based data replication by using synchronous or asynchronous data transfers over IP, FC, or FCoE communication links. The following mirroring options are available:

    • Metro Mirror maintains a fully synchronized copy at metropolitan distances (up to 300 km)
    • Global Mirror operates asynchronously and helps maintain a copy at greater distances (up to 8000 km 

    For ultimate flexibility, Lenovo Storage V7000 remote mirroring interoperates with any Lenovo Storage V Series, Storwize for Lenovo, or IBM Storwize family system, including Storwize V3700, Storwize V7000, Storwize V5000, and SAN Volume Controller.

    The remote mirroring licenses must be acquired for the primary (local) and secondary (remote) systems. If Lenovo Storage V7000 is mirrored to a system other than Lenovo Storage V7000, the other system must have the appropriate and applicable licenses for remote mirroring.

  • External Virtualization

    This feature helps consolidate storage systems from various vendors that are connected into single FC networking. Storage administrator can manage and provision storage to applications from a single user interface and use a common set of advanced functions across all the storage systems under the control of Lenovo Storage V7000.

  • Transparent Cloud Tiering

    Transparent cloud tiering enables volume data to be copied and transferred to cloud storage. The system supports creating connections to cloud service providers (OpenStack Swift, Amazon S3, and IBM SoftLayer) to store point-in-time copies (snapshots) of volume data in private or public cloud storage and restore data from the cloud.

The following table lists ordering information for optional software features for Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosures.

Table 11. Software licenses for Lenovo Storage V7000 control enclosures
Description Part number Max qty per one control enclosure
Software licenses for models with 3-year software maintenance
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - Bundle w/3Yr S&S PRC only* 01GU823 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - Easy Tier w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU824 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - FlashCopy w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU825 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - Rmt Mirror w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU826 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - Compression w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU827 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - TrnspCldTier w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU952 1
Software licenses for models with 5-year software maintenance
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - Bundle w/5Yr S&S PRC only* 01GU839 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - Easy Tier w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU840 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - FlashCopy w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU841 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - Rmt Mirror w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU842 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - Compression w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU843 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Controller V7 - TrnspCldTier w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU953 1

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, Remote Mirroring, and Real-time Compression licenses.

The following table lists ordering information for optional software features for Lenovo Storage V7000 expansion enclosures.

Table 12. Software licenses for Lenovo Storage V7000 expansion enclosures
Description Part number Max qty per one expansion enclosure
Software licenses for models with 3-year software maintenance
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - Bundle w/3Yr S&S PRC only* 01GU828 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - Easy Tier w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU829 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - FlashCopy w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU830 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - Rmt Mirror w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU831 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - Compression w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU832 1
Software licenses for models with 5-year software maintenance
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - Bundle w/5Yr S&S PRC only* 01GU844 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - Easy Tier w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU845 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - FlashCopy w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU846 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - Rmt Mirror w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU847 1
Lenovo Storage V7000 Expansion V7 - Compression w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU848 1

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, Remote Mirroring, and Real-time Compression licenses.

The following table lists ordering information for optional external virtualization features for Lenovo Storage V7000.

Table 13. External virtualization licenses for Lenovo Storage V7000
Description Part number Max qty per one external enclosure
Software licenses for models with 3-year software maintenance
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Base w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU833 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Bundle w/3Yr S&S PRC only* 01GU834 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Easy Tier w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU835 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - FlashCopy w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU836 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Rmt Mirror w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU837 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Compression w/3Yr S&S PRC only 01GU838 1**
Software licenses for models with 5-year software maintenance
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Base w/5Yr S&S PRC only PRC only 01GU849 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Bundle w/5Yr S&S PRC only* 01GU850 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Easy Tier w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU851 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - FlashCopy w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU852 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Rmt Mirror w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU853 1**
Lenovo Storage V7000 Ext Virt V7 - Compression w/5Yr S&S PRC only 01GU854 1**

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, Remote Mirroring, and Real-time Compression licenses.
** One license for each storage enclosure that is attached to, and externally managed by, Lenovo Storage V7000.

Note: A storage enclosure that is externally managed by the Lenovo Storage V7000 is defined as an independently powered, channel-attached device that stores data on magnetic disks or SSDs, such as disk controllers and their respective expansion enclosures, each of which constitutes separate enclosures. Therefore, an enclosure can be the main controller housing disk or SSDs, or the expansion chassis that houses extra disk or SSDs for the purpose of expanding the total capacity of the storage system.

Power cables

The Lenovo Storage V7000 control and expansion enclosures ship standard without power cables. The part numbers and feature codes to order the power cables (one part number or feature code includes two power cords) are listed in the following table.

Table 14. Power cable options
Description Part number Feature code
Lenovo Storage V7K 2.0m 10A/100-250V C13/IEC 320-C14 2x Rack Power Cables PRC 01GV690 AV75
Lenovo Storage V7K 2.8m 10A/220V C13 to GB 2099.1 (CN) 2x Line Cords PRC 01GV688 AV74

Physical specifications

The Lenovo Storage V7000 control and expansion enclosures have the following dimensions and weight (approximate):

  • Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
  • Width: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
  • Depth:
    • Control enclosure: 744 mm (29.3 in.)
    • Expansion enclosure: 556 mm (21.9 in.)
  • Weight:
    • Control enclosure:
      • Empty: 31.8 kg (70.0 lb)
      • Fully configured: 36.7 kg (80.7 lb)
    • LFF expansion enclosure:
      • Empty: 16.4 kg (36.1 lb)
      • Fully configured: 26.7 kg (58.8 lb)
    • SFF expansion enclosure:
      • Empty: 16.7 kg (36.7 lb)
      • Fully configured:25.0 kg (55.2 lb)

Operating environment

The Lenovo Storage V7000 enclosures are supported in the following environment:

  • Air temperature:
    • Operating: 5 °C - 40 °C up to 950 m above sea level; above 950 m, de-rate maximum air temperature by 1 °C per 175 m
    • Non-operating: 1 °C - 60 °C
    • Maximum altitude: 3048 m
  • Humidity:
    • Operating: 8% - 85%
    • Non-operating: 8% - 85%
  • Electrical power:
    • Voltage range: 100 V AC - 240 V AC
    • Frequency: 50 Hz / 60 Hz
    • Power:
      • Control enclosure: 541 watts
      • Expansion enclosure: 304 watts
  • Heat dissipation:
    • Control enclosure: 1846 BTU per hour
    • Expansion enclosure: 1037 BTU per hour
  • Acoustical noise emission:
    • Control enclosure:
      • 6.5 bels (idling)
      • 6.5 bels (operating)
    • Expansion enclosure:
      • 6.3 bels (idling)
      • 6.3 bels (operating)

Warranty

The Lenovo Storage V7000 has a three-year Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) and onsite limited warranty with 9x5/next business day (NBD) terms.

Note: When purchasing the system that includes 5-year software maintenance, additional two years of hardware support are required.

For onsite labor for repair or replacement of parts, Lenovo will dispatch a service technician to the customer site to perform the replacement. Onsite labor under base warranty is limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field-replaceable units (FRUs). Parts that are determined to be customer-replaceable units (CRUs) do not include onsite labor under base warranty.

Also available are Lenovo Services warranty upgrades and post-warranty maintenance agreements, with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.

For information about Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your area, refer to the following resources:

In general, the following warranty service upgrades are available for the Lenovo Storage V7000:

  • 3-year 24x7 service coverage with same day onsite response
  • 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions:
    • 9x5 service coverage with next business day response
    • 24x7 service coverage with same day onsite response
  • YourDrive YourData

    Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData service (also known as Hard Disk Drive Retention or HDDR) is a multi-drive retention offering that ensures your data is always under your control, regardless of the number of drives that are installed in your Lenovo system. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, you retain possession of your drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. The YourDrive YourData warranty upgrade can be purchased for models with the base warranty and with the post-warranty extensions.

For service definitions, details, and limitations, please refer to the following documents:

Regulatory compliance

The Lenovo Storage V7000 conforms to the following regulations:

  • FCC - Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A
  • Canada ICES-003, Class A
  • Australia and New Zealand Class A statement
  • European Union Council Directive 2004/108/EC
  • EN 55022, Class A
  • Japan VCCI Class A statement
  • People's Republic of China Class A statement
  • Taiwan Class A compliance statement
  • Korea KCC Class A statement
  • Russia EMI Class A statement

Interoperability

Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The Lenovo Storage V7000 supports attachment to Lenovo servers by using iSCSI, FC, or FCoE storage connectivity protocols. Hybrid storage connectivity also is supported.

Note: Tables that are provided in this section are for ordering reference purposes only. End-to-end storage configuration support must be verified through the Lenovo Storage V7000 compatibility list:
http://support1.lenovo.com.cn/lenovo/wsi/Modules/DriverDetailServer.aspx?ID=137381

FCoE or iSCSI connectivity

Lenovo Storage V7000 supports end-to-end 10 Gb FCoE connectivity with native FCoE ports or FCoE connectivity via FCoE/FC gateways with native Fibre Channel ports. Lenovo RackSwitch, Brocade, and Cisco converged switches can be used to provide FCoE connectivity with the Lenovo Storage V7000 FC storage.

Lenovo Storage V7000 also supports iSCSI attachments via standard 1 Gb, 10 Gb, or 25 Gb Ethernet network. Any compatible Ethernet switch, including Lenovo RackSwitch top of rack (TOR) switches and integrated Flex System Ethernet I/O modules, can be used to provide iSCSI connectivity with the Lenovo Storage V7000 iSCSI storage.

With software iSCSI initiators, any supported 1 Gb, 10 Gb, or 25 Gb Ethernet adapter for Lenovo servers is compatible with the Lenovo Storage V7000 iSCSI storage.

Currently available converged FCoE/iSCSI adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with Lenovo Storage V7000 are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the compatibility list for details).

Table 15. Converged FCoE/iSCSI adapters
Description Part number
System x converged adapters
Emulex VFA5 2x10 GbE SFP+ PCIe Adapter (Requires 00JY824) 00JY820
QLogic 8200 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ VFA (Requires 00Y5624) 90Y4600
System x FoD upgrades required for FCoE/iSCSI support
Emulex VFA5 FCoE/iSCSI SW for PCIe Adapter (FoD) (Required for 00JY820) 00JY824
QLogic 8200 VFA FCoE/iSCSI License (FoD) (Required for 90Y4600) 00Y5624
Flex System converged adapters
Flex System CN4022 2-port 10Gb Converged Adapter 88Y5920
Flex System CN4058S 8-port 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapter (Requires 94Y5164) 94Y5160
Flex System FoD upgrades required for FCoE/iSCSI support
Flex System CN4058S Virtual Fabric Adapter SW Upgrade (FoD) (Required for 94Y5160) 94Y5164

Fibre Channel connectivity

Lenovo Storage V7000 supports direct FC attachments and FC switch-based attachments. Brocade and QLogic SAN switches can be used to provide FC connectivity with the Lenovo Storage V7000 FC storage.

Currently available FC adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Lenovo Storage V7000 FC storage are listed in the following table. Other FC adapters also might be supported (see the compatibility list for details).

Table 16. FC adapters
Description Part number
ThinkSystem HBAs: 32 Gb FC
ThinkSystem Emulex LPe32000-M2-L PCIe 32Gb 1-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter 7ZT7A00517
ThinkSystem Emulex LPe32002-M2-L PCIe 32Gb 2-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter 7ZT7A00519
ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2740 PCIe 32Gb 1-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter 7ZT7A00516
ThinkSystem QLogic QLE2742 PCIe 32Gb 2-Port SFP+ Fibre Channel Adapter 7ZT7A00518
System x HBAs: 16 Gb FC
Emulex 16Gb Gen6 FC Single-port HBA (LPe31000) 01CV830
Emulex 16Gb Gen6 FC Dual-port HBA (LPe31002) 01CV840
Emulex 16Gb FC Single-port HBA (LPe16000) 81Y1655
Emulex 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA  (LPe16002) 81Y1662
QLogic 16Gb Enhanced Gen5 FC Single-port HBA (QLE2690) 01CV750
QLogic 16Gb Enhanced Gen5 FC Dual-port HBA (QLE2692) 01CV760
QLogic 16Gb FC Single-port HBA (QLE2660) 00Y3337
QLogic 16Gb FC Dual-port HBA (QLE2662) 00Y3341
System x HBAs: 8 Gb FC
Emulex 8Gb FC Single-port HBA (LPe12000) 42D0485
Emulex 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA (LPe12002) 42D0494
QLogic 8Gb FC Single-port HBA (QLE2560) 42D0501
QLogic 8Gb FC Dual-port HBA (QLE2562) 42D0510
ThinkServer HBAs: 16 Gb FC
ThinkServer QLE2672 PCIe 16Gb 2 Port FC Adapter by QLogic 4XC0F28745
ThinkServer LPe16000B Single Port 16Gb FC HBA by Emulex 4XB0F28653
ThinkServer LPe16002B Dual Port 16Gb Fiber Channel HBA by Emulex 4XB0F28650
ThinkServer LPe16002B-M6-L PCIe 16Gb 2 Port FC HBA by Emulex 4XB0F28705
ThinkServer LPe16004B-M6-L PCIe 16Gb 4 Port FC HBA by Emulex 4XB0F28681
ThinkServer LPm16002-M6-L AnyFabric 16Gb 2 Port FC HBA by Emulex 4XB0F28706
ThinkServer HBAs: 8 Gb FC
ThinkServer QLE2562 Dual Port 8Gb Fibre Channel HBA by QLogic 0C19482
ThinkServer LPe16002B-M8-L PCIe 8Gb 2 Port FC HBA by Emulex 4XB0F28704
Flex System HBAs: 8 Gb FC
Flex System FC3052 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter 95Y2375
Flex System FC3172 2-port 8Gb FC Adapter 69Y1938
Flex System HBAs: 16 Gb FC
Flex System FC5052 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter 95Y2386
Flex System FC5054 4-port 16Gb FC Adapter 95Y2391
Flex System FC5172 2-port 16Gb FC Adapter 69Y1942

Networking switches

The following table lists currently available Ethernet and FC rack-mount switches that are offered by Lenovo that can be used with Lenovo Storage V7000 in IT solutions.

Table 17. Ethernet and FC rack-mount switches
Description Part number
1 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI connectivity)
Lenovo RackSwitch G7028 (Rear to Front) 7159BAX
Lenovo RackSwitch G7052 (Rear to Front) 7159CAX
Lenovo RackSwitch G8052 (Rear to Front) 7159G52
10 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI connectivity)
Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032 RackSwitch (Rear to Front) 7159A1X
Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1032T RackSwitch (Rear to Front) 7159B1X
Lenovo ThinkSystem NE1072T RackSwitch (Rear to Front) 7159C1X
10 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI connectivity, FCoE transit switch)
Lenovo RackSwitch G8124E (Rear to Front) 7159BR6
Lenovo RackSwitch G8264 (Rear to Front) 7159G64
Lenovo RackSwitch G8272 (Rear to Front) 7159CRW
Lenovo RackSwitch G8296 (Rear to Front) 7159GR6
25 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI connectivity)
Lenovo ThinkSystem NE2572 RackSwitch (Rear to Front) 7159E1X
100 Gb Ethernet (4x 25 Gb Ethernet breakout connectivity out of a 100 Gb port; iSCSI connectivity)
Lenovo ThinkSystem NE10032 RackSwitch (Rear to Front) 7159D1X
Converged 10 GbE and 8 Gb FC (iSCSI connectivity, FCoE/FC gateway, end-to-end FCoE)
Lenovo RackSwitch G8264CS (Rear to Front) 7159DRX
8 Gb FC
Lenovo B300, 8 ports activated, 8x 8Gb SWL SFPs, 1 PS, Rail Kit 3873AR3
Lenovo B300, E_Port License included, 8 ports activated, 8x 8Gb SWL SFPs, 1 PS, Rail Kit 3873AR6
16 Gb FC
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB610S, 8 ports activated, 8x 16Gb SWL SFPs, 1 PS, Rail Kit 6559D2Y
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB610S, 24 ports activated, 24x 16Gb SWL SFP, Enterprise SW, 1 PS, Rail Kit 6559D1Y
Lenovo B6505, 12 ports activated w/ 16Gb SWL SFPs, 1 PS, Rail Kit 3873AR5
Lenovo B6510, 24 ports activated w/ 16Gb SWL SFPs, 2 PS, Rail Kit 3873BR3
32 Gb FC
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB610S, 8 ports activated, 1 PS, Rail Kit 6559D3Y
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB620S, 24 ports activated, No SFPs, 2 PS, Rail Kit 6415G3A
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB620S, 24 Ports Activated, 24x 32Gb SWL SFPs, 2 PS, Rail Kit 6415G11
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB620S, 48 Ports Activated, 48x 32Gb SWL SFPs, 2 PS, Rail Kit 6415G2A
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB400D 32Gb FC Director, Up to 192 ports, 8U, Enterprise SW 6684B2A
Lenovo ThinkSystem DB800D 32Gb FC Director, Up to 384 ports, 14U, Enterprise SW 6682B1A

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the following categories:

The following table lists currently available Ethernet and FC embedded switches and pass-thru modules for Flex System that can be used with Lenovo Storage V7000 in IT solutions.

Table 18. Ethernet and FC embedded switches for Flex System
Description Part number
1 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI connectivity)
Lenovo Flex System EN2092 1Gb Ethernet Scalable Switch 49Y4294
10 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI connectivity, FCoE transit switch)
Lenovo Flex System Fabric EN4093R 10Gb Scalable Switch 00FM514
Lenovo Flex System SI4091 10Gb System Interconnect Module 00FE327
Lenovo Flex System Fabric SI4093 System Interconnect Module 00FM518
Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender for Flex System* 94Y5350
Cisco Nexus B22 Fabric Extender with FET bundle for Flex System* 94Y5355
25 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI connectivity)
Lenovo ThinkSystem NE2552E Flex Switch 4SG7A08868
Converged 10 GbE and 8 Gb FC (iSCSI connectivity, FCoE/FC gateways, end-to-end FCoE)
Lenovo Flex System Fabric CN4093 10Gb Converged Scalable Switch 00FM510
8 Gb FC
Lenovo Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Switch 69Y1930
16 Gb FC
Lenovo Flex System FC5022 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch 88Y6374
Lenovo Flex System FC5022 24-port 16Gb SAN Scalable Switch (includes two 16 Gb SFPs) 00Y3324
Lenovo Flex System FC5022 24-port 16Gb ESB SAN Scalable Switch 90Y9356
Pass-thru modules (require a compatible external switch)
Lenovo Flex System EN4091 10Gb Ethernet Pass-thru 88Y6043
Lenovo Flex System FC3171 8Gb SAN Pass-thru 69Y1934

* Requires a supported Cisco Nexus top of rack switch.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the following categories:

Operating systems

The Lenovo Storage V7000 supports host attachments to the Lenovo servers with the following operating systems:

  • Microsoft:
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Hyper-V)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Hyper-V)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Hyper-V)
    • Microsoft Windows Server 2008
  • Red Hat:
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • SUSE:
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
  • VMware:
    • VMware vSphere 6.5
    • VMware vSphere 6.0
    • VMware vSphere 5.5
    • VMware vSphere 5.1
    • VMware vSphere 5.0

Note: The operating systems shown are for Lenovo servers. The V7000 might support other operating systems. For a full list of supported operating systems, refer to the Lenovo Storage V7000 Compatibility List:
http://support1.lenovo.com.cn/lenovo/wsi/Modules/DriverDetailServer.aspx?ID=137381

Rack cabinets

The following table lists the rack cabinets that are offered by Lenovo that can be used with Lenovo Storage V7000 in IT solutions.

Table 19. Rack cabinets
Description Part number
25U S2 Standard Rack (1000 mm deep; 2 sidewall compartments) 93072RX
25U Static S2 Standard Rack (1000 mm deep; 2 sidewall compartments) 93072PX
42U S2 Standard Rack (1000 mm deep; 6 sidewall compartments) 93074RX
42U 1100mm Enterprise V2 Dynamic Rack (6 sidewall compartments) 93634PX
42U 1100mm Enterprise V2 Dynamic Expansion Rack (6 sidewall compartments) 93634EX
42U 1200mm Deep Dynamic Rack (6 sidewall compartments) 93604PX
42U 1200mm Deep Static Rack (6 sidewall compartments) 93614PX
42U Enterprise Rack (1105 mm deep; 4 sidewall compartments) 93084PX
42U Enterprise Expansion Rack (1105 mm deep; 4 sidewall compartments) 93084EX

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack Cabinets category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/racks

Power distribution units

The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are offered by Lenovo that can be used with Lenovo Storage V7000 in IT solutions.

Table 20. Power distribution units
Description Part number
0U Basic PDUs
0U 36 C13/6 C19 32A/200-240V 1 Phase PDU with IEC60309 332P6 line cord 00YJ777
0U 21 C13/12 C19 32A/200-240V/346-415V 3 Phase PDU with IEC60309 532P6 line cord 00YJ778
0U 21 C13/12 C19 48A/200-240V 3 Phase PDU with IEC60309 460P9 line cord 00YJ779
Switched and Monitored PDUs
0U 20 C13/4 C19 Switched and Monitored 32A/200-240V/1Ph PDU w/ IEC60309 332P6 line cord 00YJ780
0U 18 C13/6 C19 Switched / Monitored 32A/200-240V/346-415V/3Ph PDU w/ IEC60309 532P6 cord 00YJ782
0U 12 C13/12 C19 Switched and Monitored 48A/200-240V/3Ph PDU w/ IEC60309 460P9 line cord 00YJ783
1U 9 C19/3 C13 Switched and Monitored DPI PDU (without line cord) 46M4002
1U 9 C19/3 C13 Switched and Monitored 60A 3Ph PDU with IEC 309 3P+Gnd cord 46M4003
1U 12 C13 Switched and Monitored DPI PDU (without line cord) 46M4004
1U 12 C13 Switched and Monitored 60A 3 Phase PDU with IEC 309 3P+Gnd line cord 46M4005
Ultra Density Enterprise PDUs (9x IEC 320 C13 + 3x IEC 320 C19 outlets)
Ultra Density Enterprise C19/C13 PDU Module (without line cord) 71762NX
Ultra Density Enterprise C19/C13 PDU 60A/208V/3ph with IEC 309 3P+Gnd line cord 71763NU
C13 Enterprise PDUs (12x IEC 320 C13 outlets)
DPI C13 Enterprise PDU+ (without line cord) 39M2816
DPI Single Phase C13 Enterprise PDU (without line cord) 39Y8941
C19 Enterprise PDUs (6x IEC 320 C19 outlets)
DPI Single Phase C19 Enterprise PDU (without line cord) 39Y8948
DPI 60A 3 Phase C19 Enterprise PDU with IEC 309 3P+G (208 V) fixed line cord 39Y8923
Front-end PDUs (3x IEC 320 C19 outlets)
DPI 32amp/250V Front-end PDU with IEC 309 2P+Gnd line cord 39Y8934
DPI 60amp/250V Front-end PDU with IEC 309 2P+Gnd line cord 39Y8940
DPI 63amp/250V Front-end PDU with IEC 309 2P+Gnd line cord 39Y8935
Universal PDUs (7x IEC 320 C13 outlets)
DPI Universal 7 C13 PDU (with 2 m IEC 320-C19 to C20 rack power cord) 00YE443
Line cords for PDUs that ship without a line cord
DPI 60a Cord (IEC 309 2P+G) 40K9615

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Power Distribution Units category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu

Uninterruptible power supply units

The following table list the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are offered by Lenovo that can be used with Lenovo Storage V7000 in IT solutions.

Table 21. Uninterruptible power supply units
Description Part number
Worldwide models
RT1.5kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC) (8x NEMA 5-15R 12A outlets) 55941AX
RT1.5kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (8x IEC 320 C13 10A outlets) 55941KX
RT2.2kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC) (8x NEMA 5-20R 16A outlets) 55942AX
RT2.2kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (8x IEC 320 C13 10A, 1x IEC 320 C19 16A outlets) 55942KX
RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (100-125VAC) (6x NEMA 5-20R 16A, 1x NEMA L5-30R 24A outlets) 55943AX
RT3kVA 2U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (8x IEC 320 C13 10A, 1x IEC 320 C19 16A outlets) 55943KX
RT5kVA 3U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (8x IEC 320 C13 10A, 2x IEC 320 C19 16A outlets) 55945KX
RT6kVA 3U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (8x IEC 320 C13 10A, 2x IEC 320 C19 16A outlets) 55946KX
RT8kVA 6U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (4x IEC 320-C19 16A outlets) 55948KX
RT11kVA 6U Rack or Tower UPS (200-240VAC) (4x IEC 320-C19 16A outlets) 55949KX
RT8kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS (380-415VAC) (4x IEC 320-C19 16A outlets) 55948PX
RT11kVA 6U 3:1 Phase Rack or Tower UPS (380-415VAC) (4x IEC 320-C19 16A outlets) 55949PX
ASEAN, HTK, INDIA, and PRC models
ThinkSystem RT3kVA 2U Standard UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A, 2x GB 10A, 1x C19 16A outlets) 55943KT
ThinkSystem RT3kVA 2U Long Backup UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A, 2x GB 10A, 1x C19 16A outlets) 55943LT
ThinkSystem RT6kVA 5U UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A outlets, 1x Terminal Block output) 55946KT
ThinkSystem RT10kVA 5U UPS (200-230VAC) (2x C13 10A outlets, 1x Terminal Block output) 5594XKT

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Uninterruptible Power Supply Units category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/ups#rt=product-guide

Lenovo Financial Services

Lenovo Financial Services reinforces Lenovo’s commitment to deliver pioneering products and services that are recognized for their quality, excellence, and trustworthiness. Lenovo Financial Services offers financing solutions and services that complement your technology solution anywhere in the world.

We are dedicated to delivering a positive finance experience for customers like you who want to maximize your purchase power by obtaining the technology you need today, protect against technology obsolescence, and preserve your capital for other uses.

We work with businesses, non-profit organizations, governments and educational institutions to finance their entire technology solution. We focus on making it easy to do business with us. Our highly experienced team of finance professionals operates in a work culture that emphasizes the importance of providing outstanding customer service. Our systems, processes and flexible policies support our goal of providing customers with a positive experience.

We finance your entire solution. Unlike others, we allow you to bundle everything you need from hardware and software to service contracts, installation costs, training fees, and sales tax. If you decide weeks or months later to add to your solution, we can consolidate everything into a single invoice.

Our Premier Client services provide large accounts with special handling services to ensure these complex transactions are serviced properly. As a premier client, you have a dedicated finance specialist who manages your account through its life, from first invoice through asset return or purchase. This specialist develops an in-depth understanding of your invoice and payment requirements. For you, this dedication provides a high-quality, easy, and positive financing experience.

For more information about your region-specific offers, contact your Lenovo sales representative or your technology provider about the use of Lenovo Financial Services. For more information, see the following Lenovo website: http://www.lenovofs.com

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