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Abstract
Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F is an all-NVMe flash storage system, available as either unified or SAN, that is designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for medium-sized enterprises. Powered by the ONTAP storage management software, the DM5100F delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options and enhanced data management features.
This product guide provides essential technical and pre-sales information on the DM5100F Flash Storage Array, 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 the storage array and consider its use in their solutions.
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Change History
Changes in the August 27, 2024 update:
- Added the following drives under Drives section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.84TB (2x 1.9TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Essential Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WR
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 7.68TB (2x 3.84TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Essential Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WJ
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 15.4TB (2x 7.68TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Essential Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WK
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 30.7TB (2x 15.36TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Essential Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WL
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.84TB (2x 1.9TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Complete Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WW
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 7.68TB (2x 3.84TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Complete Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WV
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 15.4TB (2x 7.68TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Complete Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WS
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 30.7TB (2x 15.36TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Complete Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WT
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.84TB (2x 1.9TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Base-All SAN Bundle - PRC Only, C3WM
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 7.68TB (2x 3.84TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Base-All SAN Bundle - PRC Only, C3WN
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 15.4TB (2x 7.68TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Base-All SAN Bundle - PRC Only, C3WP
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 30.7TB (2x 15.36TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Base-All SAN Bundle - PRC Only, C3WQ
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.84TB (2x 1.9TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM 5100F - Premium All SAN Bundle WW, C3X1
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 7.68TB (2x 3.84TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Premium All SAN Bundle WW, C3X0
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 15.4TB (2x 7.68TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Premium All SAN Bundle WW, C3WX
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 30.7TB (2x 15.36TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Premium All SAN Bundle WW, C3WZ
Introduction
Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5100F is an all-NVMe flash storage system, available as either unified or SAN, that is designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for medium-sized enterprises. Powered by the ONTAP storage management software, the DM5100F delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options and enhanced data management features. The DM5100F is a perfect fit for a wide range of enterprise workloads, including big data and analytics, artificial intelligence, engineering and design, enterprise applications, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.
ThinkSystem DM5100F models are 2U rack-mount controller enclosures that include two controllers, 128 GB RAM and 16 GB battery-backed NVRAM (64 GB RAM and 8 GB NVRAM per controller), and 24 SFF hot-swap drive bays (2U24 form factor). Controllers provide universal 1/10/25 GbE NAS/iSCSI or 8/16/32 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) ports, or 1/10/25 GbE RJ-45 ports for host connectivity, depending on configuration.
A single ThinkSystem DM5100F Storage Array scales out to 48 NVMe SSDs with the attachment of one Lenovo ThinkSystem DM240N 2U24 SFF Expansion Enclosure. Up to 12x DM5100F Storage Arrays can be combined into a clustered system in a NAS environment, or up to 6x DM5100F Storage Arrays can be combined into a clustered system in a SAN environment.
Did you know?
Industry media organization CRN has recognized the ThinkSystem DM5100F Storage System as a winner in the 2021 Product of the Year Awards for the Storage-SMB category.
Read more about the CRN award and new DM Series software enhancements in the Lenovo Xperience blog post by Bob Nevins, Solutions Marketing Manager for Storage. See what CRN said about the DM5100F on the CRN Products of the Year page.
Key features
The ThinkSystem DM5100F offers the following key features and benefits:
- Available as a Unified storage platform - allowing NAS, SAN, and Object workloads or as a SAN storage platform that serving only SAN workloads.
- Both platform options, Unified and SAN are available with either the Fundamentals or Premium software feature offerings which provide feature flexibility.
- Compact NVMe Flash storage system delivering high-performance and low-latency at an affordable price point, enabling customers of all sizes to enhance their analytics and AI deployments and accelerate applications’ access to data.
- All-flash array capabilities to meet the demand for higher speed storage and provide higher IOPs and bandwidth with lower power usage and total cost of ownership than hybrid or HDD-based solutions.
- All-flash storage with dual active/active controller configurations for high availability and performance.
- A rich set of storage management functions available, including snapshots, volume copy, quality of service, thin provisioning, compression, deduplication, encryption, disk-based backup, application- and virtual machine-aware backup, quick data recovery, clustering, synchronous replication, and asynchronous replication.
- Simplify and automate the care and optimization of a ThinkSystem Storage environment using our cloud-based storage management platform that uses AIOPs, resulting in reduced risks and higher availability.
- Predict issues before they happen and provide prescriptive guidance via AI, to improve system health and availability.
- Improved performance and data protection with RAID-DP and RAID-TEC, as well as support for traditional RAID 4.
- Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for unified NAS and SAN storage protocols, including 1/10/25 GbE NAS and iSCSI, 8/16/32 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity, and 32 Gb NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC).
- NVMe drive-side connectivity with multipathing with up to 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the controller enclosure and expansion enclosure.
- Optional licensed functions, including WORM (write once, read many) data protection (SnapLock) and object storage tiering (FabricPool).
- Scale-out clustering of up to 12 ThinkSystem DM Series storage systems for NAS connectivity or up to six DM Series storage systems for SAN connectivity.
- Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system setup and management.
- Lenovo XClarity support for centralized systems management of Lenovo x86 servers, switches, and storage, which provides automated agent-less discovery, inventory, monitoring, and additional platform-specific functions across multiple systems.
- Designed for 99.9999% availability with redundant hot-swap components, including controllers and I/O modules, power supplies, and non-disruptive firmware upgrades.
- Certified storage for Oracle VM.
- Certified storage for Citrix XenServer
The ThinkSystem DM5100F supports the 2.5-inch NVMe SSDs and all drives are dual-port and hot-swappable. The DM5100F supports attachment of one DM240N 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure and drives are designed to be added dynamically, which helps to quickly and seamlessly respond to ever-growing capacity demands.
The DM5100F offers high levels of system and data availability with the following features:
- Dual-active controllers (high availability pair) with automatic load balancing and failover
- Mirrored, battery-backed controller NVRAM using 8GB of available physical memory per controller
- Dual-port NVMe SSDs with automatic drive failure detection and rebuild
- Redundant, hot-swappable and customer replaceable hardware components, including transceivers, controllers, I/O modules, power supplies, and drives
- Automated failover for the data path between the host and the drives with multipathing
- Non-disruptive controller and drive firmware upgrades
- Scale-out clustering
Components and connectors
The following figure shows the rear of the DM5100F with two hot-swap controllers and two hot-swap redundant power supplies.
The following figure shows the components of each of the controllers.
The rear of a single DM5100F controller includes the following components:
- 1 x redundant hot-swap power supply
- Serial console port (RJ45) – inactive port
- Serial console port (Micro USB) - console port: 115.2k baud rate
- 1GbE management port (RJ45)
- 2x Host Interface Card (HIC) ports:
- Bay 1/port 1 for HIC host connections (25Gb, FC ) or optional HIC 100Gb for expansion connection.
- Bay 2/port 2 for HIC host connections (25Gb, FC )
- USB 3.1 G1 port
- Status LEDs
- 2x 10GBASE-T on-board ports - Host connectivity only
- 2x Mezzanine 25Gb Ethernet ports – HA and cluster interconnects, controller to controller only,
Per controller, the two Host Interface Cards provide one of the following combinations of ports:
- 8x 10/25 GbE ports
- 8x 32Gb FC ports
- 4x 10/25 GbE and 4x 32Gb FC ports
- 4x 10/25 GbE and for expansion storage 2x 100 GbE ports
- 4x 32Gb FC and for expansion storage 2x 100 GbE ports
The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DM240N 2U SFF NVMe expansion enclosure.
Figure 5. ThinkSystem DM240N 2U SFF NVMe expansion enclosure front view
The following figure shows the rear of the DM240N expansion enclosure.
Figure 6. ThinkSystem DM240N 2U SFF NVMe expansion enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DM240N 2U SFF NVMe expansion enclosure includes the following components:
- Two redundant hot-swap NVMe I/O Modules; each with the following ports:
- Two 100 GbE QSFP28 expansion ports for connections to the controller enclosure.
- Two redundant hot-swap power supplies
System specifications
The following table lists the ThinkSystem DM5100F storage system specifications.
Note: The supported hardware options, software features, and interoperability listed in this product guide are based on the ONTAP software version 9.8. For details about specific software releases that introduced support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular software release for the ThinkSystem DM5100F that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
Attribute | Specification |
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Machine types |
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Form factor |
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Controller configuration | Dual active-active controller configuration (HA pair). Up to 6 HA pairs can be combined into a single SAN cluster, or up to 12 HA pairs can be combined into a single NAS cluster. |
HA pair/cluster interconnect ports | 4x 25 GbE SFP28 ports (DAC cables or SW fiber optics, LC). 2 ports per controller |
RAID levels | RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC |
Controller memory | 128 GB RAM per system (64 GB per controller). 16 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (8 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers. |
Drive bays | Up to 48 SFF hot-swap NVMe drive bays (1x 24-drive DM5100F controller enclosure + 1x 24-drive DM240N expansion enclosure) |
Drive technology | NVMe SSDs |
Drive expansion connectivity | Each DM5100F controller supports one 2-port 100GbE HIC and must be installed in port1 only for connectivity to a single DM240N expansion enclosure. |
Drives | 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB NVMe SSDs (1 DWD). |
Storage capacity | Up to 737 TB by using 48x 15.36 TB drives |
Storage protocols |
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Host connectivity |
Base ports (per controller enclosure):
Optional ports via HIC adapters (2 per controller):
The following host connectivity HIC combinations are supported in each controller:
The following combinations of storage expansion HIC in port 1 and host HIC in port 2 are supported in each controller:
Note: ONTAP does not support host direct attach for FC protocol. |
Category 1 Host operating systems* | Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi |
Category 2 Host operating systems** | Oracle Linux, Oracle VM, Citrix Hypervisor, CentOS, Ubuntu, Solaris. For version details, see the latest Category 2 Interoperability Matrix, available as a download from Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC). |
Performance† | Up to 440,000 random read IOPS (8 KB blocks). |
Configuration maximums‡ |
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Cooling | Redundant cooling with the fans that are built into power supplies (DM5100F and DM240N enclosures). |
Power supply | DM5100F: Two redundant hot-swap 1600 W Platinum AC power supplies. 200-240V supply. DM240N: Two redundant hot-swap 1600 W Platinum AC power supplies. 200-240V supply. |
Hot-swap parts | Controllers, I/O modules, drives, power supplies, and transceivers and DAC cables. |
Management ports |
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Management interfaces | ThinkSystem Storage Manager web-based GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; optional Lenovo XClarity. |
Security features | Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, role-based access control (RBAC), LDAP authentication. |
Warranty and support | Three-, four-, or five-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with selectable service levels: 9x5 service coverage next business day (NBD) onsite response (Foundation) or 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response (Essential). Premier Support is also available. Software support is included in the Foundation or Essential Service for the duration of the warranty period. |
Dimensions | DM5100F enclosure:
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Weight |
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* For Category 1 operating system support information, see Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC).
** For Category 2 operating system support information, see the latest Category 2 Interoperability Matrix. Go to the Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC) home page and scroll down to the Lenovo Information section and click the Download Lenovo 3rd party of interop matrix link.
† Estimated performance based on internal measurements.
‡ For a detailed list of configuration limits and restrictions for a specific version of the software, refer to the Lenovo Data Center Support website:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
Controller enclosures
Preconfigured and factory-integrated models of the ThinkSystem DM5100F Unified Flash Storage Array are configured by using the Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC), http://dcsc.lenovo.com
The following table lists the CTO base model for the ThinkSystem DM5100F.
The models of the ThinkSystem DM5100F ship with the following items:
- One chassis with the following components:
- Two controllers
- Two power supplies
- Rack Mount Kit
- 2m USB Cable (USB Type A to Micro-USB)
- Documentation flyer
- Two customer-configured power cables
The following table lists the feature codes for controller software. The selection here must match the software license selected as described in the Software section.
DM Series controller software is available as a Unified offering, supporting SAN, NAS and Object storage protocols, or as a SAN offering, supporting only SAN protocols. Within each of these is Premium (available world-wide), Fundamentals (available world-wide except China), and Base (for China) that include specific features. See the Software section for details.
Controllers
The ThinkSystem DM5100F controller enclosures ship with two DM5100F 64GB NVMe controllers. A controller provides interfaces for host connectivity, management, and internal drives, and it runs ONTAP storage management software. Each DM5100F controller enclosure provides 128 GB RAM and 16 GB battery-backed NVRAM (64 GB RAM and 8 GB NVRAM per controller).
Each ThinkSystem DM5100F controller has two interconnect 25 GbE SFP28 ports to cable a directly-connected dual-controller HA pair or for switched cluster interconnect with multiple dual-controller HA pairs. Up to six HA pairs can be combined into a single SAN cluster or up to 12 HA pairs can be combined into a single NAS cluster.
Each DM5100F controller also has the following host interfaces:
- 2x 10GBASE-T RJ-45 ports
- 2x slots for additional host interfaces using HIC adapters; choices of HIC adapters are:
- 25GbE HIC, with 4x 10/25 GbE SFP28 (DAC cables or SW fiber optic cables, LC)
- 100GbE HIC, with 2x 100 GbE QSFP28 (DAC cables or SW fiber optic cables, MPO)
- Fibre Channel HIC, with 4x 8/16/32 Gb FC SFP+ host ports, 32Gb transceivers included (SW fiber optic cables, LC)
Two controllers are required for selection and must have the same HIC adapters installed. The use of a DM240N expansion enclosure requires a 100GbE HIC for connectivity installed in port 1 in each controller.
The following table lists the controllers for the DM5100F Storage Array and supported connectivity options.
Tip: The Fibre Channel HIC includes 32Gb transceivers
* Factory-installed only.
† For 25G leverage: 4M27A67041 Lenovo 25Gb SR SFP28 ethernet transceiver
The following table lists the supported optical and copper cables.
Tip: The 100GbE cables used to connect the DM240N expansion enclosure are configure with the DM240N.
Expansion enclosures
The ThinkSystem DM5100F supports attachment of one ThinkSystem DM240N 2U24 enclosure. The expansion enclosure can be added to the system non-disruptively.
The following table lists the CTO base models for the ThinkSystem DM Series expansion enclosures.
Configuration note: Two NVMe I/O expansion modules (feature code B73A) are pre-selected by the configurator.
The models of the ThinkSystem DM240N ship with the following items:
- One chassis with the following components:
- Two NVMe I/O modules
- Two power supplies
- Rack Mount Kit
- Publications Flyer
- Two customer-configured power cables
- Four customer-configured 100G QSFP28 Passive DAC cables
The ThinkSystem DM240N expansion enclosure ships with two NVMe I/O expansion modules. Each NVMe I/O expansion module provides two external 100 GbE QSFP28 ports (labeled Ports A and B) that are used for direct-attach connections to the DM5100F enclosure.
The DM5100F controller enclosure supports direct attachment of one DM240N NVMe expansion enclosure for a total of up to 48 NVMe drives. To connect the DM240N, a 100 GbE HIC (4C57A67134) in port 1 is required to be installed in the DM5100F for each controller.
The following table lists ordering information for the NVMe expansion enclosure connectivity options.
Configuration note: Four 100G QSFP28 DAC cables are needed per expansion enclosure for directly connecting the expansion enclosure to the controller enclosure (two from each controller)
Drives
The ThinkSystem DM5100F and DM240N enclosures each support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives, in packs of 6 drives.
The following table lists supported drive packs for the controller and expansion enclosures.
Configuration notes:
- When ordering the systems, select the drives that match the ONTAP offering and bundle you are installing on the DM controller. Drive feature codes are specific to Unified or SAN Only offerings, and to Base, Fundamentals and Premium bundles. See the Software section for details.
- Drives are sold in packs. Supported quantities are as follows:
- The DM5100F 2U24 SFF controller enclosure supports only 12, 18 or 24 SFF drives
- The DM240N 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure supports only 12, 18 or 24 SFF drives
- For factory-installed drive packs, all drives in the enclosure must be of the same type and capacity
Field upgrades: Drive packs for field upgrades can be ordered via the CTO base 7D4FCTO3WW, ThinkSystem DM Drive Pack Upgrades for DM5100. These are for use in existing expansion enclosures that have not been fully populated with the factory-installed drive packs
The ThinkSystem DM5100F and DM240N enclosures each support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives, in packs of 6 drives. The following tables list the supported drive options. Note that the feature code varies, based on the software license (Base, Fundamentals or Premium) and the protocol license (Unified or SAN only).
The following table lists supported drive packs for the controller and expansion enclosures.
Configuration notes:
- When ordering the systems, select the drives that match the ONTAP offering and bundle you are installing on the DM controller. Drive feature codes are specific to Unified or SAN Only offerings, and to Base, Fundamentals and Premium bundles. See the Software section for details.
- Drives are sold in packs. Supported quantities are as follows:
- The DM5000F 2U24 SFF controller enclosure supports only 12, 18 or 24 SFF drives (4 packs of 6 drives)
- The DM240N 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure supports only 12, 18 or 24 SFF drives (4 packs of 6 drives)
- A minimum of 2 drive packs is required.
- For factory-installed drive packs, all drives in the enclosure must be of the same type and capacity
Field upgrades: DM5100F drive packs for field upgrades of the existing expansion enclosures that have not been fully populated with the factory-installed drive packs can be ordered via the CTO base 7D4FCTO3WW, ThinkSystem DM Drive Pack Upgrades for DM5100F.
* China only
† Available world-wide except China
Configuration notes:
- The DM5100F enclosure supports 12-24 drives in increments of 6 drives, and all drives in the enclosure must be of the same type and capacity.
- The DM240N expansion enclosure supports 6-24 drives in increments of 6 drives, and all drives in the enclosure must be of the same type and capacity.
* China only
Additional supported drive packs in the following table.
* Brazil only
Software
In this section:
- Feature bundles
- ONTAP software versions
- Upgrading to Unified Premium ONTAP
- Ansible playbooks for DM Series
ONTAP software unifies data management across flash, disk, and cloud to simplify the Lenovo DM storage environment. It builds the foundation for a Data Fabric, making it easy to move the data where it is needed across flash, disk, and cloud resources.
Feature bundles
Controller software for the DM5100F is available in the following bundles of features:
- SAN Base (China only) (Feature BKKC)
- SAN Premium (Feature BKKE)
- Unified Essentials (China only) (Feature BWU9)
- Unified Complete (Feature BWU8)
The following table summarizes the features in each bundle for the DM5100F.
* Requires the encryption version of ONTAP. See the ONTAP software section
† Not available in PRC
The features are summarized as follows:
- RAID-4, RAID-DP, and RAID-TEC data protection: Provides the flexibility to choose the level of data protection required and helps improve performance and availability with built-in spare capacity and by distributing data across all physical drives in the aggregate, sustaining to up to one (RAID-4), two (RAID-DP), or three (RAID-TEC) concurrent drive failures.
- All Flash Array (AFA) capability: Meets the demand for higher speed, lower latency storage and provides higher IOPS and bandwidth with lower power usage and total cost of ownership than hybrid or HDD-based solutions.
- Thin provisioning: Optimizes efficiency by allocating storage space based on the minimum space required by each application at any given time, so that applications consume only the space they are actually using, not the total space that has been allocated to them, which allows customers to purchase storage they need today and add more as application requirements grow.
- Compression: Provides transparent inline and post-process data compression to reduce the amount of storage that customers need to purchase and manage.
- Compaction: enhances compression to further reduce the amount of storage that customers need to purchase and manage.
- Deduplication: Performs general-purpose deduplication for removal of redundant data to reduce the amount of storage that customers need to purchase and manage.
- Snapshots: Enables creation of read-only copies of data for backup, parallel processing, testing, and development, and have the copies available almost immediately.
- Encryption: Provides software-based encryption for data at rest for enhanced data security with the traditional drives and embedded key management (requires the encryption-capable version of the ONTAP software).
- Balanced placement: Provides automated workload distribution across the cluster to help increase utilization and performance.
- Dynamic capacity expansion: Allows the capacity of a volume or aggregate to be expanded by adding new physical drives.
- Adaptive Quality of Service: Simplifies operations and maintains consistent workload performance by defining QoS policies and automatically adjusting storage resources to respond to workload changes.
- SnapRestore: Enables quick recovery of data by reverting a local volume or file to its previous state from a particular snapshot copy stored on the file system.
- FlexClone: References snapshot metadata to create writable point-in-time copies of a volume.
- FlexVol: Provides abstraction layer between the logical volume and its physical location in the storage array.
- FlexCache: Speeds up access to data and offloads traffic from heavily accessed volumes for read-intensive workloads by placing frequently used data in cache locally or remotely (closer to the point of client access) and serving the data to the clients directly from cache without accessing the data source.
- SnapMirror asynchronous replication: Provides storage system-based data replication between the storage systems containing source (local) and destination (remote) volumes by using asynchronous (at specified regular intervals) data transfers over IP communication links.
- SyncMirror data protection: Adds extra level of data protection and availability by mirroring a pair of RAID aggregates.
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM): For encryption enabled systems. The encryption keys for the onboard key manager (OKM) are no longer stored in the boot device, but instead are stored in the physical TPM for systems so equipped, offering greater security and protection. Moving to the TPM is a nondisruptive process.
- MetroCluster IP: Provides storage system-based clustering with online, real-time data mirroring between the local and remote sites by using synchronous data transfers over IP communication links to deliver continuous availability with zero RPO and near-zero RTO. All storage systems in a MetroCluster IP configuration must be of the same model. New to ONTAP 9.11: MetroCluster with Storage Virtual Machine Disaster Recovery (SVM-DR) can now use a third site for the SVM-DR
- NVMe over FC Protocol: Enables NVMe over FC
- NVMe over TCP Protocol: Enables NVMe over TCP
- Data Protection Optimized (DPO): Increases the amount of concurrent SnapMirror sessions per node, as well as improving SnapMirror performance to the cluster.
- SnapMirror Business Continuity (SMBC): Non-disruptive failover active-active cross site clusters. Based on existing SnapMirror Synchronous Replication. Offers Zero data loss, zero downtime. You do not have to failover the application. If there is a failure the application will continue to run and there will be no need to restart.
- SnapMirror synchronous replication: Provides storage system-based data replication between the storage systems containing source (local) and destination (remote) volumes by using synchronous (as soon as the data is written to the source volume)
- FlexGroup: Enables a single volume to span across multiple clustered storage arrays to maximize storage capacity and automate load distribution. New to ONTAP 9.11: FlexGroups can now be created as SnapLock volumes.
- SnapVault disk-based storage backup: Enables data stored on multiple systems to be backed up to a central, secondary system quickly and efficiently as read-only snapshot copies.
- SnapCenter: Provides application- and virtual machine-aware backup and restoration of data by using the Snapshots technology and leverages the SnapMirror capabilities of storage systems to provide onsite or offsite backup set mirroring for disaster recovery.
- ONTAP S3: Expands the DM Series unified story and allows customers to manage, block, file, and object data from one interface. Customers can now natively store data in S3 buckets onboard the DM Series.
- ONTAP S3 SnapMirror : Enables you to protect buckets in ONTAP S3 object stores using familiar SnapMirror mirroring and backup functionality. Requires ONTAP 9.11 or later on both source and destination clusters. Requires the Unified Premium Bundle.
- SnapMirror Cloud: A backup and recovery technology designed for ONTAP users who want to transition their data protection workflows to the cloud. SnapMirror Cloud is an extension to the family of SnapMirror replication technologies. While SnapMirror is frequently used for ONTAP-to-ONTAP backups, SnapMirror Cloud uses the same replication engine to transfer Snapshot copies for ONTAP to S3-compliant object storage backups.
- Multitenant Key Management (MTKM): Provides the ability for individual tenants or storage virtual machines (SVMs) to maintain their own keys through KMIP for NVE. With multitenant external key management, you can centralize your organization’s key management functions by department or tenant while inherently confirming that keys are not stored near the assets. This approach decreases the possibility of compromise.
- Anti-ransomware: Uses workload analysis in NAS (NFS and SMB) environments to proactively detect and warn about abnormal activity that might indicate a ransomware attack. When an attack is suspected, anti-ransomware also creates new Snapshot backups, in addition to existing protection from scheduled Snapshot copies. New to ONTAP 9.11: Optional multi-admin verification to approve administration functions that could result in data loss.
Add-on feature bundles:
- Security and Compliance Bundle: Licensed per 2-node HA Pair, the Security and Compliance Bundle provides built-in protection from ransomware and while also providing the ability to meet regulatory compliance and organizational data retention requirements.
- Includes: Anti-ransomware feature with Multitenant Key Management (MTKM) and SnapLock
- Hybrid Cloud Bundle: Licensed per TB (3 Year & 5 Year Offerings) the Hybrid Cloud Bundle provides the ability to use S3 SnapMirror from ONTAP to the Public Cloud (AWS S3) and/or SnapMirror Cloud with participating ISV Backup providers.
- Includes SnapMirror Cloud and FabricPool
Optional Extended features also available via Feature on Demand (FoD) (see the Extended ONTAP features section)
- FabricPool: FabricPool is a hybrid storage solution that uses an all flash (all SSD) aggregate as the performance tier and an object store as the external capacity tier. Data in a FabricPool is stored in a tier based on whether it is frequently accessed or not. Using a FabricPool helps you reduce storage cost without compromising performance, efficiency, or protection.
- No license is required when tiering to StorageGRID or ONTAP S3.
- SnapLock data protection: Creates Write-Once-Read-Many (WORM) non-rewritable, non-erasable data on hard disk drives to prevent files from being altered or deleted until a predetermined or default retention date.
ONTAP software versions
The following table lists the software selection options for the DM5100F. The table also indicates which markets each version is available in.
Software maintenance is included in the DM5100F warranty and support (see Warranty and support for details).
Extended ONTAP features
FabricPool and SnapLock WORM data protection are optional extended features. To obtain these feature licenses, order the part numbers as listed in the following table. Upgrades are supported in specific bundles as listed in the Comparison of software features table.
Note: Extended features are only available as field upgrades and are not orderable as part of a CTO configuration.
* Field upgrade only; no factory installation.
Configuration notes:
- The SnapLock feature is licensed on a per-controller basis; that is, two licenses are needed per system, and these two licenses are contained in a single orderable part number. These licenses also include 5-year software support entitlement.
- The FabricPool feature is a cluster-wide, capacity-based license that is available for 3-year or 5-year subscription terms.
Upgrading to Unified Premium ONTAP
To upgrade your existing ONTAP installation to Unified Premium ONTAP, use DCSC to specify the storage you already have installed, since the upgrade license is based on your existing configuration.
https://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/configuration/cto/7D4FCTO2WW?hardwareType=storage
The software license for field upgrades is ordered via the CTO base 7D4FCTO2WW, as listed in the following table.
Ansible playbooks for DM Series
Ansible Playbooks give customers the ability to quickly deploy and use DM Series storage systems using a standard open source deployment tool. Each playbook executes a set of tasks to achieve a configuration/provisioning goal.
Lenovo has created playbooks that can be used with DM Series storage systems to help with:
- Provisioning
- Configuring
To access the Ansible Playbooks for Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series storage systems, go to the following page:
https://github.com/lenovo/ansible-dm-series-ontap
Management
The ThinkSystem DM5100F supports the following management interfaces:
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage Manager, a web-based interface via HTTPS for single-system management or centralized management of the cluster of systems, that runs on the storage system itself and 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 or through serial console.
- Syslog, SNMP, and e-mail notifications.
- Optional Lenovo XClarity for discovery, inventory, monitoring, and alerts.
Power supplies and cables
The ThinkSystem DM5100 and DM240N 2U24 SFF enclosures ship with two redundant hot-swap 1600 W (200-240 V) Platinum AC power supplies, each with an IEC 320-C14 connector.
Each ThinkSystem DM Series enclosure requires the selection of two power cables.
Note: A 110V power source is supported; however, the system is limited to a single IO card per controller when using 110V power
Rack installation
The individually shipped ThinkSystem DM5100F and DM240N enclosures come with the ThinkSystem Storage Rack Mount Kit 2U24/4U60 listed in the following table.
Feature code | Description | Quantity |
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B6Y6 | Lenovo ThinkSystem NVMe Rail Kit 4 post | 1 |
When the ThinkSystem DM Series enclosures are factory-integrated and shipped installed in a rack cabinet, the rack mount kits that support Ship-in-Rack (SIR) capabilities are derived by the configurator. The SIR-capable rack mount kits are listed in the following table.
Feature code | Description | Quantity |
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B6Y7 | ThinkSystem NVMe Adjustable Rail Kit | 1 |
The following table summarizes the rack mount kit features and specifications.
* The majority of the enclosure components can be serviced from the front or rear of the enclosure, which does not require the removal of the enclosure from the rack cabinet.
** If a 0U PDU is used, the rack cabinet must be at least 1000 mm (39.37 in.) deep for 2U24 enclosures.
^ Measured when mounted on the rack, from the front surface of the front mounting flange to the rear most point of the rail.
Physical specifications
The ThinkSystem DM5100F controller enclosure has the following dimensions and weight:
- Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
- Width with flange: 483 mm (19 in.)
- Width without flange: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
- Depth: 543 mm (21.4 in.)
- Weight (fully configured): 24.6 kg (54.3 lb)
The ThinkSystem DM240N 2U24 SFF enclosure has the following dimensions and weight:
- Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
- Width with flange: 483 mm (19 in.)
- Width without flange: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
- Depth: 543 mm (21.4 in.)
- Weight (fully configured): 30.2 kg (66.6 lb)
Operating environment
The ThinkSystem DM5100F and DM240N 2U24 SFF enclosures are supported in the following environment:
- Air temperature:
- Operating: 10 to 35 °C (50 to 95 °F)
- Non-operating: -40 °C to +70 °C (-40 °F to 158 °F)
- Maximum altitude: 3050 m (10,000 ft)
- Relative humidity:
- Operating: 8% to 80% (non-condensing)
- Non-operating: 10% to 95% (non-condensing)
- Electrical power:
- DM5100F:
- 200 to 240 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz or 60 Hz; 5.40 A
- Power load = 1079W (maximum), 826.9W (typical)
- DM240N:
- 100 to 127 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz or 60 Hz; 4.11 A
- 200 to 240 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz or 60 Hz; 2.05 A
- Maximum system power load: 390 W
- DM5100F:
- Heat dissipation:
- DM5100F: 3682.79 BTU/Hr (maximum), 2822.13 BUT/Hr (typical)
- DM240N: 1331 BTU/hour
- Acoustical noise emission:
- DM5100F: 7.2 bels
- DM240N: 6.4 bels
Warranty upgrades and post-warranty support
The DM5100F and expansion enclosure have a 3-year warranty based on the machine type of the system:
- DM5100F controller enclosure: 7D3K (3-year warranty)
- DM240N expansion enclosure: 7Y62 (3-year warranty)
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Regulatory compliance
The ThinkSystem DM Series enclosures conform to the following regulations:
- United States: FCC Part 15, Class A; UL 60950-1
- Canada: ICES-003, Class A; CAN/CSA-C22.2 60950-1
- Mexico NOM
- European Union: CE Mark (EN55032 Class A, EN55024, IEC/EN60950-1); ROHS Directive 2011/65/EU
- Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus: EAC
- China: CCC GB 4943.1, GB 17625.1, GB 9254 Class A; CELP; CECP
- Japan: VCCI, Class A
- Taiwan: BSMI CNS 13438, Class A; CNS 14336-1
- Korea KN32/35, Class A
- Australia/New Zealand: AS/NZS CISPR 22 Class A
Interoperability
Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The ThinkSystem DM5100F Unified Flash Storage Array supports attachment to Lenovo servers by using NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC), NAS (NFS and CIFS/SMB), iSCSI, and Fibre Channel storage connectivity.
For end-to-end storage configuration support, refer to the Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC):
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/lsic
Use the LSIC to select the known components of your configuration and then get a list all other supported combinations, with details about supported hardware, firmware, operating systems, and drivers, plus any additional configuration notes. View results on screen or export them to Excel.
Cluster interconnect
The following table lists the Ethernet storage switch that can be used with the ThinkSystem DM5100F All Flash Storage Array for cluster interconnect and MetroCluster IP configurations.
Description | Part number |
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BES-53248 Ethernet Storage Switch: 16x SFP ports and 2x QSFP ports active, 2 PS (CTO only) | 7D2SCTO1WW |
For more information, see the BES-53248 Ethernet Storage Switch for Lenovo Product Guide:
http://lenovopress.com/lp1226
Fibre Channel SAN switches
Lenovo offers the ThinkSystem DB Series of Fibre Channel SAN switches for high-performance storage expansion. See the DB Series product guides for models and configuration options:
- ThinkSystem DB Series SAN Switches:
https://lenovopress.com/storage/switches/rack#rt=product-guide
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.
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the UPS category:
https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/ups
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Seller training courses
The following sales training courses are offered for employees and partners (login required). Courses are listed in date order.
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ThinkSystem DM and DE Series Technical Overview
2024-10-15 | 30 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DM and DE Series Technical OverviewThis course provides a technical overview of the ThinkSystem DM and DE series products. Course DDMO101 – Lenovo ThinkSystem DM & DE Series Overview is recommended prior to this course.
Published: 2024-10-15
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
- Describe the Lenovo portfolio for the DM and DE storage systems
- Explain features of the DM series ONTAP software
- Explain features of the ThinkSystem SAN Manager
Length: 30 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Lenovo ThinSystem DG/DM Storage Series Portfolio Overview
2024-09-10 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsLenovo ThinSystem DG/DM Storage Series Portfolio OverviewThis course builds on what you’ve learned in the Data Management Overview course. The course will help position the Lenovo ThinkSystem DG and DM series storage products. Completing this course will help you:
Published: 2024-09-10
- understand the advantages of each product line and
- understand the key features and relate them to a range of customer business needs, whether small-scale or enterprise-level storage needs
Length: 60 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Lenovo Data Center Product Portfolio
2024-05-29 | 20 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsLenovo Data Center Product PortfolioThis course introduces the Lenovo data center portfolio, and covers servers, storage, storage networking, and software-defined infrastructure products. After completing this course about Lenovo data center products, you will be able to identify product types within each data center family, describe Lenovo innovations that this product family or category uses, and recognize when a specific product should be selected.
Published: 2024-05-29
Length: 20 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
VTT Data Management How to sell storage - April 2024
2024-04-10 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsVTT Data Management How to sell storage - April 2024In this course, you will know:
Published: 2024-04-10
- Why do we sell storage?
- What are the basics you need to get an opportunity rolling?
- Why Lenovo for Storage?
- What is happening in the market today?
- How to determine traction?
Length: 60 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
Lenovo Data Backup and Recovery Solution Overview
2024-03-25 | 40 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsLenovo Data Backup and Recovery Solution OverviewThe goal of this course is to give Lenovo sellers and business partners an overview of the Data Backup and Recovery solution. This course includes general information about backup, archive, disaster, nomenclature and key terms for back and recovery, and Lenovo features and alliance partners software.
Published: 2024-03-25
Length: 40 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
ONTAP Technical Positioning
2024-03-14 | 45 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsONTAP Technical PositioningThis course focuses on enabling you to interpret the technical market trends and challenges that ONTAP customers face. You also learn to ask qualifying questions that identify which industries, companies, and customer contacts are appropriate targets for ONTAP software. Module two covers explaining ONTAP features and functionality and enabling you to strengthen ONTAP marketing claims with technical details.
Published: 2024-03-14
Learning Objectives:
• Interpret the technical market trends and challenges that ONTAP customers face
• Ask qualifying questions that identify which industries, companies, and customer contacts are appropriate targets for ONTAP software
• Explain ONTAP features and functionality
• Strengthen ONTAP marketing claims with technical details
Length: 45 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Data management Overview
2024-03-14 | 25 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsData management OverviewAfter completing this course you will be able to:
Published: 2024-03-14
1. Know more about the data management trends and challenges
2. Understand the data management portfolio
3. Find out how data drives business value
Length: 25 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
VTT ONTAP 9.14.1 and Bundle Change Update - February 2024
2024-03-07 | 25 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsVTT ONTAP 9.14.1 and Bundle Change Update - February 2024In this course, you will know more about:
Published: 2024-03-07
- The new Features of ONTAP 9.14.1 update
- ONTAP Bundle Update
Length: 25 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
Selling ONTAP
2024-03-06 | 22 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsSelling ONTAPIn this course, you learn how ONTAP software helps your customers simplify data management, access and protect their data across clouds, and future-proof their environments.
Published: 2024-03-06
Learning objectives:
• Explain the value of ONTAP data-management software
• Describe the features and benefits of ONTAP 9 software
• Effectively position ONTAP software to your customers
Length: 22 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
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:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Competing with ONTAP Fundamentals
2024-02-01 | 16 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsCompeting with ONTAP FundamentalsCompeting with ONTAP Fundamentals is intended to help sellers and partners be able to discuss the ONTAP Fundamentals license and how to position DM Series Storage with ONTAP Fundamentals versus competition.
Published: 2024-02-01
Objectives:
Identify How to Position DM Series Storage with ONTAP Fundamentals Vs. Competition
Discuss the ONTAP Fundamentals License
Length: 16 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
VTT ONTAP 9.13.1 and Bundle Change Update - November 2023
2023-11-14 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsVTT ONTAP 9.13.1 and Bundle Change Update - November 2023In this course, you will know more about:
Published: 2023-11-14
- The new Features of ONTAP 9.13.1 update
- ONTAP Bundle Update
Length: 60 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
ONTAP Data Protection Fundamentals
2023-11-02 | 76 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsONTAP Data Protection FundamentalsIn this course, we discuss the integrated data protection features in ONTAP data-management software. We also discuss the tools and software that you use to manage and monitor the data protection features. You learn about cluster peering, storage virtual machine (or SVM) peering, and data protection relationships. You also learn about the architecture and functionality of the Snapshot, SnapMirror, SnapVault, and SyncMirror technologies.
Published: 2023-11-02
Course DDMT203 – ONTAP SAN Fundamentals is a prerequisite.
Course Objectives:
• Describe the integrated data protection features in ONTAP data-management software
• Identify the tools and software that you use to manage and monitor ONTAP data protection features
• Describe cluster peering, storage virtual machine (SVM) peering, and data protection relationships
• Explain the architecture and functionality of the Snapshot, SnapMirror, SnapVault, and SyncMirror technologies
Length: 76 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Lenovo DM Series Data Efficiency Guarantee
2023-10-09 | 10 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsLenovo DM Series Data Efficiency GuaranteeThe Data Efficiency Guarantee offers Lenovo customers an agreed amount of capacity savings. If the Lenovo solution does not meet the terms agreed to in the Guarantee, Lenovo will remediate.
Published: 2023-10-09
Course Objectives:
• Define the Lenovo DM Series Data Efficiency Guarantee
• Understand how the guarantee works
• Describe the sales process for delivering and tracking the guarantee
Length: 10 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
ThinkSystem DM Series Technical 200 - ONTAP Data Management Fundamentals
2023-10-03 | 90 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DM Series Technical 200 - ONTAP Data Management FundamentalsThis course focuses on enabling you to manage and provision ONTAP systems and it is part of the ISG Sales education supporting our ThinkSystem DM and DE Series education. Before taking this course, you should have completed the ThinkSystem DM and DE Series Overview as well as the ThinkSystem DM and DE Series Technical Overview 100. 200 level technical knowledge is provided separately for the DM and DE Series products.
Published: 2023-10-03
This course focuses on enabling you to do the following:
- Describe the consumers of resources and management requirements
- Describe the user and administrative roles that manage resources
- List the various data management products you can use to manage ONTAP systems
- Define the resources that are commonly provisioned
- Describe various methods and tools that can be used to provision resources
Length: 90 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
ThinkSystem DM Series Technical 200 - ONTAP Cluster Fundamentals
2023-10-02 | 135 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DM Series Technical 200 - ONTAP Cluster FundamentalsThis course identifies and describes the components that make up a cluster. It also describes the supported cluster configurations and details the steps that are required to create and configure a cluster as well as discusses the physical storage components and the Write Anywhere File Layout file system, also known as the WAFL file system. Course DDMT200 – ONTAP Technical Positioning is a prerequisite.
Published: 2023-10-02
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
-Identify the components that make up a cluster
-Describe the cluster configurations that are supported
-Create and configure a cluster
-Describe the physical storage components
-Describe the Write Anywhere File Layout (WAFL) file system
Length: 135 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Assessment for Lenovo ThinkSystem DM and DE Series Technical Overview 100
2023-10-02 | 30 minutes | Partners Only
DetailsAssessment for Lenovo ThinkSystem DM and DE Series Technical Overview 100This is the online assessment for the virtual-live course Lenovo ThinkSystem DM and DE Series Technical Overview 100 (DDMT100).
Published: 2023-10-02
Your objective for this assessment is to complete the 15-question quiz with the minimum passing score of 80%.
Length: 30 minutesStart the training:
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
ThinkSystem DM Series Technical 200 Assessment
2023-09-28 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DM Series Technical 200 AssessmentThis is the assessment for the DM Series Technical 200 training
Published: 2023-09-28
Length: 15 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
VEEAM Solutions Sales Training
2023-09-27 | 20 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsVEEAM Solutions Sales TrainingIn this course you will learn about Hyper-availability for the Always-On Enterprise.
Published: 2023-09-27
By the end of this training, you should be able to:
Identify and explain the core products and solutions offered by Veeam.
Explain the key benefits and value propositions of integrating Veeam solutions with Lenovo products.
Length: 20 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
ONTAP SAN Fundamentals
2023-09-26 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsONTAP SAN FundamentalsIn this course, you learn how ONTAP provides block access to a host by using SAN protocols. You learn about LUNs and how to map them to a host to enable read and write access. You also learn about multipathing techniques that can improve availability and performance.
Published: 2023-09-26
The course objectives are:
1. Describe how ONTAP provides block access to a host
2. Explain how SANs use the iSCSI, FC, and FCoE protocols to transport data between a host and storage system
3. List the steps that are required to access a LUN in a storage virtual machine (SVM) from the host
4. Describe multipathing between the host and a cluster
Length: 60 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
ONTAP NAS Fundamentals
2023-09-25 | 45 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsONTAP NAS FundamentalsThis course describes how ONTAP provides file access to clients. The course also explains how you use the NFS and SMB protocols to access files, how you access files over a network, and how you use load-balancing techniques to improve performance.
Published: 2023-09-25
Course objectives:
1. Describe how ONTAP provides file access to clients
2. Use the NFS protocol to access files
3. Use the SMB protocol to access files
4. Access files over a network and use the load-balancing features of ONTAP
Length: 45 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
VEEAM Hyper-Availability Integration with ThinkSystem DM Series
2023-09-20 | 20 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsVEEAM Hyper-Availability Integration with ThinkSystem DM SeriesIn this course you will learn about VEEAM Hyper-Availability for ThinkSystem DM Series
Published: 2023-09-20
Length: 20 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
VTT The Benefits of Scale Out Clustering with DM/DG - September 2023
2023-09-12 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsVTT The Benefits of Scale Out Clustering with DM/DG - September 2023In this course, you will know more about:
Published: 2023-09-12
- What is scale out?
- Hardware benefits
- Administrative benefits
- Scale out Features
Length: 60 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
Storage Masters - Unified Storage on DM Series
2023-07-28 | 14 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsStorage Masters - Unified Storage on DM SeriesStorage Masters is a multi-module education series. It is intended to help sellers and partners be able to discuss various storage topics that you will encounter in the field and how to position the valuable features of the DM Series within these conversations.
Published: 2023-07-28
By the end of this training, you should be able to:
• Describe the business challenges resolved by the unified storage for the ThinkSystem DM series.
• Learn about the technology implemented on the DM series of storage arrays.
• Find out what are the benefits of the technology and positioning.
Length: 14 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
VTT: SAP HANA Transition and Refresh Opportunity - July 2023
2023-07-14 | 60 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsVTT: SAP HANA Transition and Refresh Opportunity - July 2023In this session, we cover:
Published: 2023-07-14
- What Next for SAP Clients?
- Lenovo Opportunity
- Lenovo Portfolio for SAP Solutions
- RISE with SAP
Length: 60 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
Storage Masters - DM Series - Data Security
2023-06-30 | 14 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsStorage Masters - DM Series - Data SecurityStorage Masters is a multi-module education series. It is intended to help sellers and partners be able to discuss various storage topics that you will encounter in the field and how to position the valuable features of the DM Series within these conversations.
Published: 2023-06-30
Length: 14 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Benefits and the positioning of Lenovo ThinkSystem file offerings with WEKA, DSS, and DM+ONTAP
2023-05-08 | 10 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsBenefits and the positioning of Lenovo ThinkSystem file offerings with WEKA, DSS, and DM+ONTAPCourse objectives:
Published: 2023-05-08
1. Learn about file storage
2. Understand the different types of storage
3. Recognize the Lenovo data management portfolio
Length: 10 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Lenovo ThinkSystem DM and DE Series Overview
2023-02-15 | 25 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsLenovo ThinkSystem DM and DE Series OverviewThis course focuses on enabling you to identify current business and technology challenges for your customers and position the ThinkSystem DM and DE series products, based on the needs of your customers.
Published: 2023-02-15
The main objectives are:
• Identify current business and technology challenges for your customers
• Position the Lenovo ThinkSystem DM and DE Series products based on the needs of your customers
Length: 25 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Storage Masters - DM Series Performance
2023-02-15 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsStorage Masters - DM Series PerformanceStorage Masters is a multi-module education series. It is intended to help sellers and partners be able to discuss various storage topics that you will encounter in the field and how to position the valuable features of the DM Series within these conversations.
Published: 2023-02-15
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Understand the key business challenges that companies face with their data storage solutions
• Describe DM Series features
• Explain the benefit of DM Series features to customers
Length: 15 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Storage Masters - Hybrid Cloud for DM Series
2023-02-01 | 30 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsStorage Masters - Hybrid Cloud for DM SeriesStorage Masters is a multi-module education series. It is intended to help sellers and partners be able to discuss various storage topics that you will encounter in the field and how to position the valuable features of the DM Series within these conversations.
Published: 2023-02-01
Length: 30 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
ONTAP Fundamentals Bundle
2023-02-01 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsONTAP Fundamentals BundleONTAP Fundamentals is intended to help sellers and partners be able to discuss the ONTAP Fundamentals license. By the end of this training, you should be able to position ONTAP Fundamentals within the marketplace; describe the ONTAP bundle; identify when to use the ONTAP Bundle in an opportunity; and determine when to use ONTAP Premium in an opportunity.
Published: 2023-02-01
Length: 15 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
AI Pipeline: From Edge to Core to Cloud
2022-12-16 | 23 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsAI Pipeline: From Edge to Core to CloudBy exemplifying the case of Moto GP, this 25-minute course describes the components, requirements, and technical considerations for an AI pipeline. In addition, various deployment options and Lenovo solutions that are suitable at each stage of the data pipeline are introduced through a simulated whiteboard session with a customer.
Published: 2022-12-16
After completing this course, you will be able to:
• Identify the components, requirements, and technical considerations for an AI pipeline
• Describe the five stages of the AI pipeline
• Recall the IT challenges to be solved through an AI project
Length: 23 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Lenovo DM Storage Series - Hybrid Cloud Solutions
2022-11-04 | 15 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsLenovo DM Storage Series - Hybrid Cloud SolutionsThis course focuses on enabling you to:
Published: 2022-11-04
• Identify DM Series Hybrid Cloud Solutions
• Describe features of the DM Series FabricPool capability
• Describe features of the DM Series Cloud Volumes ONTAP capability.
Length: 15 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
Data Infrastructure Management - DM Series Storage
2022-10-28 | 25 minutes | Employees Only
DetailsData Infrastructure Management - DM Series StorageThis course provides a technical overview of the ThinkSystem DM series products. Course DDMO101 – Lenovo ThinkSystem DM & DE Series Overview is recommended prior to this course.
Published: 2022-10-28
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
• Recognize the components of the Lenovo Data Management portfolio
• Discuss the features of the Lenovo Data Management components
• Describe the features of the SnapCenter software components
Length: 25 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo -
ONTAP 9.11.1 Update
2022-08-31 | 30 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsONTAP 9.11.1 UpdateThis course aims to inform Lenovo and Partner sellers regarding the latest ONTAP 9.11.1 updates and what it means for Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series Storage. Key New Functions and Features with ONTAP 9.11.1 Updates are:
Published: 2022-08-31
• Autonomous Ransomware Protection enhancements
• SnapLock support for FlexGroup
• Ease of Use (ONTAP S3 enhancements)
Length: 30 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning -
Benefits of All-Flash Arrays
2022-05-03 | 10 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsBenefits of All-Flash ArraysThis course starts by comparing and contrasting HDDs and SSDs, and lists the advantages of SSDs in all-flash arrays. Specific advanced features made possible by SSDs in AFAs are discussed, and workloads that are well-suited to AFAs are described.
Published: 2022-05-03
Length: 10 minutesStart the training:
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
1-10 of 36 courses.
Related publications and links
For more information, see the following resources:
- Lenovo Data Center Unified Storage product page
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/data-center/storage/unified-storage - Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator
http://dcsc.lenovo.com - ThinkSystem DM Series documentation
http://thinksystem.lenovofiles.com/storage/help/topic/ontap_software/overview.html - ONTAP Ransomware Protection
https://thinksystem.lenovofiles.com/storage/help/topic/ontap_anti-ransomware/anti-ransomware.pdf - Lenovo Data Center Support - ThinkSystem DM5100F
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/products/storage/lenovo-storage/thinksystem-dm5100f
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Full Change History
Changes in the August 27, 2024 update:
- Added the following drives under Drives section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.84TB (2x 1.9TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Essential Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WR
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 7.68TB (2x 3.84TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Essential Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WJ
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 15.4TB (2x 7.68TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Essential Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WK
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 30.7TB (2x 15.36TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Essential Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WL
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.84TB (2x 1.9TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Complete Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WW
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 7.68TB (2x 3.84TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Complete Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WV
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 15.4TB (2x 7.68TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Complete Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WS
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 30.7TB (2x 15.36TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Complete Bundle - ONTAP: Unified, C3WT
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.84TB (2x 1.9TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Base-All SAN Bundle - PRC Only, C3WM
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 7.68TB (2x 3.84TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Base-All SAN Bundle - PRC Only, C3WN
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 15.4TB (2x 7.68TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Base-All SAN Bundle - PRC Only, C3WP
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 30.7TB (2x 15.36TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Base-All SAN Bundle - PRC Only, C3WQ
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 3.84TB (2x 1.9TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM 5100F - Premium All SAN Bundle WW, C3X1
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 7.68TB (2x 3.84TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Premium All SAN Bundle WW, C3X0
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 15.4TB (2x 7.68TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Premium All SAN Bundle WW, C3WX
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 30.7TB (2x 15.36TB NVMe SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F - Premium All SAN Bundle WW, C3WZ
Changes in the August 27, 2024 update:
- Added the following option under Controllers section
- Lenovo 25G SR SFP28 Amphenol Ethernet Transceiver, 4TC7A94751
Changes in the August 20, 2024 update:
- Added the following under - Software section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage ONTAP 9.15 Software Encryption - IPAv2, C4K5
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage ONTAP 9.15 Software NonEncryption - IPAv2, C4K6
- Removed the following withdrawn options
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage ONTAP 9.12 Software Encryption - IPAv2, BX90
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage ONTAP 9.12 Software NonEncryption - IPAv2, BX91
- Added the folloqing option under - Controllers section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage HIC, 100Gb NVMe-RoCE,2-Ports, Host Only, C4SA
Changes in the May 21, 2024 update:
- The following have been withdrawn from marketing under Drives section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 12TB (6x 1.9TB NVMe Non-SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F,BEVZ, BK1Q, BEW2, BKJ2, BKJ5, BKJC
- Lenovo ThinkSystem 23TB (6x 3.8TB NVMe Non-SED) Drive Pack for DM5100F, BEW0, BK1T, BEW5, BKJ3, BKJ8, BKJF
Changes in the May 15, 2024 update:
- Added 25Gb transceiver option - Controllers section
- Lenovo 25Gb SR SFP28 Ethernet Transceiver, 4M27A67041
Changes in the April 10, 2024 update:
- Added the following under - Software section
- No license is required when tiering to StorageGRID or ONTAP S3
Changes in the March 27, 2024 update:
- Added new software offerings for ONTAP 9.14 - Software section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage ONTAP 9.14 Software Encryption - IPAv2, C0S6
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage ONTAP 9.14 Software NonEncryption - IPAv2, C0S7
Changes in the February 14, 2024 update:
- Removed the following withdrawn options - Software section
- SAN Fundamentals, BKKD
Changes in the December 11, 2023 update:
- Removed the following withdrawn options - Software section
- DM Series Premium Offering, B5RJ
- DM Series Base Offering (China only), B5RH
- Unified Fundamentals, B72U
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series ONTAP 9.12 Software Encryption, BU6S
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series ONTAP 9.12 Software NonEncryption, BU6R
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DM Series ONTAP 9.12 Software Base NonEncryption, BU6N
- Added new software offerings for ONTAP 9.13 - Software section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage ONTAP 9.13 Software Encryption - IPAv2, BWUA
- Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage ONTAP 9.13 Software NonEncryption - IPAv2, BWUB
- Corrections to the Comparison of software features table under - Software section
- Added the following new - Seller training courses section
Changes in the August 7, 2023 update:
- Updates to 110V power - Power supplies and cables section
Changes in the May 16, 2023 update:
- Updates to latest ONTAP 9.12.1P2 and Host direct attach details - System specifications section
Changes in the December 9, 2022 update:
- Updates to latest ONTAP 9.12.1P2 and Host direct attach details - System specifications section
Changes in the December 9, 2022 update:
- Added additional details for Host Interface Card - System specifications section
Changes in the September 1, 2022 update:
- Added new feature codes for ONTAP 9.11 - Software section
Changes in the May 29, 2022 update:
- A minimum of 2 drive packs is required - Drives section
Changes in the April 12, 2022 update:
- New software offerings - Software section:
- ONTAP 9.10 software licenses
- Security and Compliance Bundle
- Hybrid Cloud Bundle
Changes in the February 25, 2022 update:
- The interconnect ports are SFP28, not SFP+ - System specifications section
Changes in the December 8, 2021 update:
- The DM5100F is CRN's Product of the Year in the Storage-SMB category - Did you know? section
Changes in the November 16, 2021 update:
- Added new upgrade paths to Unified Premium ONTAP - Upgrading to Unified Premium ONTAP section
- New 10Gb transceiver option - Controllers section
- 10G SW Optical iSCSI SFP+ Module 1 pack, 4XF7A14919
- SED drives are available for customers in China for Unified Base and SAN Only Base offerings - Drives section
Changes in the July 20, 2021 update:
- Added ordering information for the new ONTAP 9.9 - Software section
Changes in the May 28, 2021 update:
- Added a table comparing the software bundles - Software section
Changes in the May 25, 2021 update:
- New DM5100F SAN offering with SAN protocol-only licensing
- New Enclosure selection feature codes - Controller enclosures section
- New Software selection feature codes - Software section
- New Drive pack feature codes - Drives section
- New Fundamentals software licensing
Changes in the May 17, 2021 update:
- Corrected the feature codes for the drive options - Drives section
Changes in the April 29, 2021 update:
- NVMe/FC is supported with 32Gb FC host interfaces
Changes in the March 1, 2021 update:
- Clarified that the DM5100F only supports host connectivity via a switch; direct-attach to a host is not supported - System specifications section
First published: December 3, 2020
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