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Abstract
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H are scalable, all flash and hybrid mid-range storage systems designed to provide high performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability. Ideal for enterprise customers wanting to take advantage of the latest technology in flash to turbo charge their environment. The DE6600F and DE6600H deliver enterprise-class storage management capabilities in performance-optimized systems with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features.
This product guide provides essential technical and pre-sales information on the Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H Storage Arrays, their key features and specifications, components, 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 DE6600F and DE6600H Storage Arrays and consider their use in their solutions.
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How Hefei Environmental Protection Bureau stops pollution in its tracks with high-performance Lenovo infrastructure for real-time monitoring.
Powering groundbreaking plant genomics research:
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Based in Guimarães, Portugal and founded in 1927, Riopele is one of the country’s oldest textile companies. A strategic partner to many of the world’s leading fashion brands, Riopele employs 1,000 people and delivers high-quality products based on natural, synthetic, artificial and recycled fibers.
Using Lenovo data center solutions to underpin banking services:
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Helping SMEs embark on their journey to the cloud:
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Supporting trade and commerce within Southeast Asia and beyond:
How Quanzhou Pacific Container Terminal Co. Ltd. uses Lenovo ThinkSystem servers and all-flash storage arrays to keep its mission-critical systems available 24/7, and process huge volumes of customer shipments quickly and efficiently.
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Shaping greener manufacturing operations with real-time data:
How Weifang Special Steel Group Co., Ltd. used a hyperconverged infrastructure from Lenovo and Nutanix, powered by 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, to accelerate its smart manufacturing initiative and reduce its environmental impact.
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How pharmacy chain Zdorovie used Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H Hybrid Storage and Lenovo ThinkSystem SR635 servers powered by 2nd Gen AMD EPYC™ processors to support the digital systems that underpin its fast-growing business—helping the organization to open new pharmacy locations and reach more people across Russia’s Southern Federal District.
Achieving rapid growth while boosting customer satisfaction:
How GetCard used Lenovo ThinkSystem SR630 and SR650 servers, powered by 2nd and 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000H storage to scale its data center, improve performance, and increase availability to provide even better customer service.
Family-owned manufacturer accelerates international growth with data-driven business processes:
How sunflower producer Sadina 99 used Lenovo ThinkSystem SR550 servers, powered by 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H Hybrid Storage to create a high performance platform for integrated, digital workflows with SAP S/4HANA.
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Lifting public services to new heights:
How Linyi City Government used a hyperconverged infrastructure platform from Lenovo and Nutanix to modernize and improve its e-government cloud environment.
Enhancing critical business processes to enable world-leading manufacturing operations:
How Tabaterra used Lenovo ThinkSystem servers, powered by 2nd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors to build ultra-reliable, efficient manufacturing processes.
Supporting world-changing research:
How the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris uses Lenovo ThinkSystem servers, powered by AMD EPYC™ processors, to boost performance 5x versus the previous supercomputer, for pioneering earth and planetary science research.
Bringing enterprise-class technology within reach of all organizations:
How Equadex uses Lenovo ThinkAgile HX running Nutanix Cloud Platform to bring the efficiency and agility of hyperconverged computing to organizations of all kinds.
Keeping global operations on track now and in the future.
Harnessing data to drive manufacturing excellence.
Putting product development in the fast lane.
Accelerating software development for cutting-edge factory automation.
Leading the journey to cost savings and growth.
Supporting superior educational experiences.
Delivering revolutionary storage services:
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Change History
Changes in the February 6, 2024 update:
- The following drive options are now withdrawn from marketing - Drives section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 10TB 7.2K 3.5" HDD 4U60, 4XB7A14126
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 10TB 7.2K 3.5" HDD 2U12, 4XB7A14102
Introduction
Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H are industry-leading end to end NVMe Storage solutions designed to provide high performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for midrange to highend block NVMe large segment.
The DE6600F and DE6600H deliver enterprise-class storage management capabilities in performance-optimized systems with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features. The DE6600F all-flash and DE6600H hybrid arrays deliver superior price for performance with sub-100 microsecond response for your most-demanding enterprise applications. For target markets such as: Artificial Intelligence, Big Data Analysts, Oracle/SQL databases, high-performance computing (HPC) and real-time analytics.
DE6600F and DE6600H models are available in a 2U rack form-factor with 24 small form-factor (2.5-inch SFF) NVMe drives and include two controllers, each with 32 GB or 128 GB system memory for a system total of 64 GB or 256 GB. Host interface cards provide 10/25Gb iSCSI, 16/32Gb FC/NVMe-FC, 100Gb IB/NVMe-RoCE host connections and 12Gb SAS expansions.
The Lenovo DE6600F 2U24 SFF enclosure is shown in the following figure. DE6600H looks just like it.
Figure 1. Lenovo DE6600F enclosure controller
Did you know?
The DE6600F and DE6600H are the new NVME offerings under the Lenovo enterprise flash storage systems. With unmatched value on performance and price.
A single DE6600F or DE6600H scales up to 367TB (NVMe) of raw storage capacity, expandable to 1.798 PiB all-SSD for an all-flash system and expandable to 7.741 PiB for a hybrid system.
The DE6600F and DE6600H are entry all-flash and hybrid systems ideal for midsized businesses and remote offices that stream media and run-data analytics.
The DE6600F and DE6600H support multiple storage connectivity protocols with a choice of iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NVMe over Fibre Channel, or NVMe over RoCE.
Key features
The ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H offer the following key features and benefits:
- Scalable, high performance mid-range all-flash and hybrid storage with dual active/active controller configurations with 32 GB or 128 GB system memory per controller for high availability and performance.
- Faster application response times with support for NVMe over Fabrics.
- Improved performance and data protection with Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) technology, as well as support for traditional RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10.
- Flexible storage protocols to match diverse client needs with support for 10/25Gb iSCSI, 16/32Gb FC/NVMe-FC, 100Gb IB/NVMe-RoCE host connectivity.
- The dual controller enclosure scales up to 367TB (NVMe).
- SAS expansion connectivity to expand scalability and capacity.
- 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for up to 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure, up to 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) drives in the 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure, or up to 60x 3.5-inch LFF drives in the 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure.
- For "All-Flash" a maximum scalability to up 120 SFF drives by attaching up to four ThinkSystem DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures.
- For "Hybrid" a maximum scalability to up 444 drives by attaching up to seven ThinkSystem DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures to satisfy growing needs.
- Rich set of standard storage management functions available at no extra cost, including Dynamic Disk Pools, snapshots, volume copy and encryption.
- Optional licensed functions, including higher number of drives and snapshots for greater scalability for continuous data availability.
- Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system setup and management.
- Designed for 99.9999% availability with redundant hot-swap components, including controllers and I/O modules, power supplies, cooling modules (4U60 LFF enclosures only), proactive maintenance, and non-disruptive firmware upgrades.
The ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H support the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly used applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.
The DE6600F and DE6600H 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure and expansion enclosures offer a variety of drives. Refer to the drives section for a list of supported drives. All drives are dual-port and hot-swappable. For the DE6600F system HDD Intermix (within enclosure) is not supported. For the DE6600H system HDD Intermix (within enclosure) is supported which provides the flexibility to address performance and capacity needs within a single enclosure.
Customers can intermix 2U24 SFF, 2U12 LFF, and 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures behind a 2U24 SFF controller 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.
The ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H offer high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:
- Dual-active controller modules with automatic load balancing and failover
- Mirrored data cache with flash backup (battery-backed destaging to flash)
- Dual-port SAS HDDs and SSDs with automatic drive failure detection and rebuild with global hot spares
- Redundant, hot-swappable and customer replaceable hardware components, including SFP/SFP+ transceivers, controller and I/O modules, power supplies, cooling modules (4U60 LFF only), and drives
- Automated path failover support for the data path between the host and the drives with multipathing software
- Non-disruptive controller and drive firmware upgrades
Note: HDD SAS 10k rpm are not supported for the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H.
Comparing the DE6600F and DE6600H to the previous generation
This section compares the Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H to the DE6400, as well as the previous generation DE6000.
Components and connectors
The following figure shows the front of the DE6600F enclosure controller and DE6600H looks just like it with DE6600H label.
Figure 2. DE6600F enclosure controller front view.
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H 2U SFF controller enclosure.
Figure 3. ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H 2U SFF controller enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H 2U SFF controller enclosure includes the following components:
- Two controllers. Each controller with the following ports:
- One Serial (RS-232) port.
Note: The DE6600F and DE6600H controllers no longer offers base ports - One service (USB) (Not functional) port.
- One serial console (mini-USB) port.
- One management (1GbE) port.
- Eng only (Not functional) ports.
- Bay 1/port 1 for HIC host connections (FC, iSCSI, IB) and optional SAS expansion card.
- Bay 2/port 2 for HIC host connections (FC, iSCSI, IB)
- One Serial (RS-232) port.
- Two redundant hot-swap 1181W AC (220V) power supplies (IEC 320-C14 power connector).
- PSU and system fans are installed in the controller enclosure (not chassis).
The following figure shows the front of the DE240S 2U SFF expansion enclosure.
Figure 4. DE240S 2U SFF expansion enclosure front view.
The front of the DE240S 2U SFF expansion enclosure includes the following components:
- 24 SFF hot-swap drive bays
- Enclosure status LEDs
- Enclosure ID LED
The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DE120S 2U LFF expansion enclosure.
Figure 5. ThinkSystem DE120S 2U LFF expansion enclosure front view.
The front of the ThinkSystem DE120S 2U LFF expansion enclosure includes the following components:
- 12 LFF hot-swap drive bays
- Enclosure status LEDs
- Enclosure ID LED
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE240S and DE120S 2U expansion enclosures.
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE240S and DE120S 2U expansion enclosures includes the following components:
- Two redundant hot-swap I/O Modules; each I/O Module provides four 12 Gb SAS x4 expansion ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) for connections to the controller enclosures and for connecting the expansion enclosures between each other.
- Two redundant hot-swap 913 W AC (100 - 240 V) power supplies (IEC 320-C14 power connector) with integrated cooling fans.
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure.
Figure 7. ThinkSystem DE600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure includes the following components:
- Two redundant hot-swap I/O Modules; each I/O Module provides four 12 Gb SAS x4 expansion ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) for connections to the controller enclosures and for connecting the expansion enclosures between each other.
- Two redundant hot-swap 2325 W AC (200 - 240 V) power supplies (IEC 320-C20 power connector)
- Two hot-swap cooling fan modules; each module has two fans.
Note: The failed cooling module should be replaced as soon as possible.
System specifications
The following table lists the DE6600F and DE6600H storage system specifications.
Note: The supported hardware options, software features, and interoperability listed in this product guide are based on the Lenovo SAN OS 11.80. 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 that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
Attribute | DE6600F (All-flash) | DE6600H (Hybrid) |
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Machine type |
Controller enclosure: 7DB7 Expansion enclosures:
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Controller enclosure: 7DB7 Expansion enclosures:
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Form factor |
Controller enclosure: 2U rack mount Expansion enclosure:
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Controller enclosure: 2U rack mount Expansion enclosure:
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Controller configuration | Dual active-active controller configuration with automatic load balancing. | |
RAID levels | RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10; Dynamic Disk Pools. Note: RAID 3 can be configured only through the Storage Manager Command Line (SMcli). |
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Controller system memory | 64 GB or 256 GB per system (32 GB or 128 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash). | |
Expansion enclosure support |
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Drive bays |
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Drive technology
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Controller enclosure
Expansion enclosures:
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Drive expansion connectivity |
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Drives | Controller enclosure: 2U24 SFF drives:
DE240S Expansion enclosure: 2U24 SFF drives**:
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Controller enclosure: 2U24 SFF drives:
DE240S Expansion enclosure: 2U24 SFF drives**:
DE120S Expansion enclosure: 2U12 LFF drives:
DE600S Expansion enclosure: 4U60 LFF drives:
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Storage capacity |
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Storage protocols | SAN (Block access): FC, iSCSI, iSER/IB, NVMe/FC, NVMe/IB, NVMe/RoCE, and SRP/IB. | |
Host connectivity |
Host connectivity ports provided using host interface cards (HICs). A controller enclosure has two controllers. Supported HICs are:
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Host operating systems |
Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES), VMware vSphere. Reference LSIC for details. |
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Performance (NVMe drives only)* |
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Configuration maximums |
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Cooling |
Controller enclosure: Five cooling fans per enclosure controller. DE600S expansion: Redundant cooling with two cooling modules |
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Power supply | Two redundant hot-swap 1181 W (220 V) 2U24 controller enclosure. Each expansion enclosure also supports 2 power supply. | |
Hot-swap parts | Controllers, I/O modules, drives, power supplies and SFP+/SFP28/QSFP28 transceivers. | |
Management ports |
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Management interfaces | System Manager web-based GUI; SAN Manager standalone GUI; SSH CLI for service only; SMcli; SMI-S Provider; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; XClarity integration supporting storage alerts. | |
Security features | Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH) for service only, user level security, role-based access control (RBAC), LDAP authentication. | |
Warranty and support | Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9x5 next business day (NBD) parts delivered. Also available are 9x5 NBD onsite response, 24x7 coverage with 2-hour or 4-hour onsite response, or 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair (select areas), YourDrive YourData, Premier Support, and 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions. | |
Software maintenance | Included in the base warranty and any Lenovo warranty extensions. | |
Dimension (controller enclosure) | 2U24 SFF enclosure: Height: 87 mm, Width: 447 mm, Depth: 543 mm (3.4 x 17.6 x 21.4 inches) | |
Dimension (expansion enclosure) |
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Weight |
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* Estimated performance based on internal measurements
** There is no support for 10k SAS drives.
Controller enclosures
The following table lists the CTO base models for the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H.
Configuration notes:
- Note: No mixing of host protocols
The models of the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H ship with the following items:
- One chassis with the following components:
- Two controllers
- Two power supplies
- Two host interface cards
- Rack Mount Kit
- 2 m USB Cable (USB Type A to Micro-USB)
- Two power cables:
- Relationship models listed in this section:
- 2U24 SFF: 1.5 m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 rack power cables
- CTO models: Customer-configured power cables
- Relationship models listed in this section:
Controllers
The ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H enclosures ship with two controllers, and each controller provides 32 GB or 128 GB system memory for a system total of 64 GB or 256 GB respectively. A controller provides interfaces for host connectivity, management, and internal drives, and it runs storage management software.
- Each controller has two bays or ports for host interface card (HIC).
- Each controller supports 1 x (optional) SAS expansion card in bay1/port1 (mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors) for the attachment of the ThinkSystem DE Series expansion units. 4 ports per controller.
The following host interfaces can be added to the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H controller enclosures with HICs:
- 8x 10/25 GbE SFP28 ports (4 ports per HIC) for 10/25 Gb iSCSI connectivity (require optical transceivers or DAC cables that should be purchased for the HICs).
- 8x 16/32 Gb FC SFP+ ports (4 ports per HIC) for FC or NVMe/FC connectivity (require optical transceivers that should be purchased for the HICs).
- 2x 100Gb NVMe-IB/RoCE, SRP, QSFP28 ports (2 ports per HIC in port 2 only ) for NVMe/RoCE connectivity (require optical transceivers or DAC cables that should be purchased for the HIC).
Configuration notes:
- Both controllers must have the same system memory: 32 GB or 128 GB.
- Two or four host interface cards are required for selection in bay 1/port 1 and bay 2/port 2 (per controller).
- No mixing of host protocols
- Both controllers must have the same type of the host interface card installed (16/32 Gb FC SFP+, 10/25 Gb iSCSI SFP28, or 100 GbE NVMe/RoCE QSFP28), and both cards must have SFP+/SFP28/QSFP28 media of the same type (either optical transceivers or DAC cables, but not both types).
The following table lists the DE6600F and DE6600H controllers and supported connectivity options.
* Factory-installed only.
** For current Lenovo SAN OS 11.80 – max qty 2 - in bay2/port2 only.
*** No field upgrade available.
Expansion enclosures
In the base configuration, the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H supports attachment of up to four expansions: 4xDE600S 4U60 LFF, or 4xDE240S 2U24 SFF, or 4xDE120S 2U12 LFF. These expansions can be mixed up to the aforementioned maximums.
Maximum drives:
- All Flash- 120 (1 x DE6600F controller NVMe + 4xDE240S SAS, SSD)
- Hybrid- 444 (1 x DE6600H controller NVMe + 7xDE600S SAS, SSD)
Note: DE120S and DE600S are not supported with All Flash controller.
The following table lists the CTO base models for the ThinkSystem DE Series expansion enclosures.
Configuration notes:
- For CTO models, two I/O expansion modules are selected by default in the configurator, and the selection cannot be changed.
The models of the ThinkSystem DE240S, DE120S, and DE600S ship with the following items:
- One chassis with the following components:
- Two I/O modules
- Two power supplies
- Two cooling modules (4U60 LFF only)
- Four 1 m MiniSAS HD 8644/MiniSAS HD 8644 cables (Models listed in Tables 6 and 7)
- Rack Mount Kit
- Quick Installation Guide
- Electronic Publications Flyer
- Two power cables:
- CTO models: Customer-configured power cables
Each ThinkSystem DE Series expansion enclosure ships with two SAS I/O expansion modules. Each I/O expansion module provides four external 12 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors labelled Port 1-4) that are used for connections to the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H and for daisy chaining the expansion enclosures between each other.
Two expansion ports on the Controller A are connected to the Ports 1 and 2 on the I/O Module A in the first expansion enclosure in the chain, and the Ports 3 and 4 on the I/O Module A in the first expansion enclosure are connected to the Ports 1 and 2 on the I/O Module A in the adjacent expansion enclosure, and so on.
Two expansion ports on the Controller B are connected to the Ports 1 and 2 on the I/O Module B in the last expansion enclosure in the chain, and the Ports 3 and 4 on the I/O Module B in the expansion enclosure are connected to the Ports 1 and 2 on the I/O Module B in the adjacent expansion enclosure, and so on.
The connectivity topology for the DE Series expansion enclosures is shown in the following figure.
Figure 8. ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H expansion enclosure connectivity topology
The following table lists ordering information for the supported expansion enclosure connectivity options.
Configuration notes:
- Eight SAS cables are needed per each expansion enclosure (two SAS cables per I/O Module) for connections to the controller enclosure and for daisy chaining of the expansion enclosures.
- The length of the SAS cables that connect a 2U24 or 2U12 enclosure to an adjacent 4U60 enclosure should be at least 1 meter.
Drives
The ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H controller enclosure support up to 24 NVMe drives.
Expansion enclosure support is as follows:
- The DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure supports 24 SFF drives.
- The DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure supports 12 LFF drives.
- The DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure supports 60 LFF drives.
Shipping requirement: 2U12 and 2U24 enclosures can be shipped with all drive bays populated, however the 4U60 enclosures must be shipped with drives removed.
The following table lists supported drive options for the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H controller enclosure.
The following table lists supported drive options for the DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure.
The following table lists supported drive options for the DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure.
The following table lists supported drive options for the DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure.
The following table lists supported drive pack options for the DE600S 4U60 LFF Expansion Enclosure.
Configuration notes:
- For an all-flash configuration (DE6600F enclosure controller and DE240S expansion controllers) SSDs only (no HDD drives support). Such configuration supports a maximum of 120 SSDs.
- For hybrid configuration (DE6600H enclosure controller and expansion controllers (DE120S/DE240S/DE600S)) NL-SAS and SSDs drives are supported.
- A minimum of 20 drives is required for each 4U60 LFF enclosure (the front row of each drawer must be populated with four drives).
- Intermix of FIPS drives and non-FIPS drives is supported within the system.
Software
The following functions are included with every ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H:
- RAID levels 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10: Provide the flexibility to choose the level of performance and data protection required.
- Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) technology: Helps improve performance and availability with significantly faster rebuild time and reduced exposure to multiple drive failures by allowing data and built-in spare capacity to be distributed across all physical drives in the storage pool.
- All Flash Array (AFA) capability: Meets 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.
- Snapshots: Enables creation of copies of data for backup, parallel processing, testing, and development, and have the copies available almost immediately
- Encryption: Provides encryption for data at rest for enhanced data security with the optional FIPS 140-2 Level 2 drives and embedded key management (AES-256) or an external key management server.
- Automatic load balancing: Provides automated I/O workload balancing of I/O traffic from the hosts across both controllers.
- Data assurance: Ensures industry-standard T10-PI end-to-end data integrity in the storage system (from the host ports to the drives).
- Dynamic volume and capacity expansion: Allows the capacity of a volume to be expanded by adding new physical drives or making use of unused space on existing drives.
Software maintenance is included in the ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H base warranty and optional warranty extensions, which provides 3-year software support with the option to extend it up to 5 years in 1-year or 2-year increments (see Warranty and support for details).
The following additional features in SAN OS 11.80 are supported with every ThinkSystem DE6600F and DE6600H:
- Increase SSD Read Cache maximum (60% increase from 5TB to 8TB)
- Increase max from 5 to 8 TB (based on two 3.8TB) at a minimum on all platforms.
- Strengthen digital signature method for SAN OS package
- All downloadable firmware is bundled in the same format (an RCB file).
- Support SSD Read Cache
- With HDD expansion, allow SSD read cache to be configured.
- Using the NVMe drives as the SSD read cache for HDDs in the SAS expansion.
- iSCSi/FC async remote mirroring
- Support ARVM on DE6400/DE6600, both NVMe and SAS based volumes.
- Basic target is another DE6400 or DE6600 system. Include mirroring SAS expansion drives to existing DE SAS drives.
- Like block size mirrors to like block size. i.e.NVMe 4Kn volumes mirror only to another 4Kn volume, and 512e to 512e.
- iSCSi/FC is the only host connection.
- Optimization of DDP Error overhead calculation algorithm
- Cap the number of error overhead stripes to 300 from the percentage-based calculation we do today.
Management
The DE6600F and DE6600H supports the following management interfaces:
- ThinkSystem System Manager, a web-based interface via HTTPS for single-system management, that runs on the storage system itself and requires only a supported browser, so there is no need for a separate console or plug-in. For more information, see the System Manager Online Help.
- ThinkSystem SAN Manager, a host-installed GUI-based application, for centralized management of multiple storage systems. For more information, see the SAN Manager Online Help.
- ThinkSystem DE Series Storage Plugin for vCenter. For more information, see the DE Series vCenter Plugin Online Help.
- Command line interface (CLI) via SSH or through serial console. For more information, see the CLI Online Help.
- Syslog, SNMP, and e-mail notifications.
- Optional Lenovo XClarity Administrator support for discovery, inventory, and monitoring.
Power supplies and cables
The ThinkSystem DE Series 2U24 SFF and 2U12 LFF enclosures ship with two redundant hot-swap 913W (100-240V) Platinum AC power supplies, each with an IEC 320-C14 connector:
The ThinkSystem DE Series 4U60 LFF enclosures ship with two redundant hot-swap 2325 W (200 - 240 V) Platinum AC power supplies, each with an IEC 320-C20 connector.
The CTO models require the selection of two power cables.
The following table lists the rack power cable and line cord options that can be ordered for the DE Series 2U24 SFF enclosures (two power cords per enclosure).
The following table lists the rack power cable and line cord options that can be ordered for the DE Series 4U60 LFF enclosures (two power cords per enclosure).
* CTO only.
Rack installation
The individually shipped ThinkSystem DE Series 2U12 enclosures come with the ThinkSystem Storage Rack Mount Kit 2U12, and the individually shipped ThinkSystem DE Series 2U24 and 4U60 enclosures come with the ThinkSystem Storage Rack Mount Kit 2U24/4U60. These rack mount kits are listed in the following table.
Description | Feature code | Quantity |
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Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage Rack Mount Kit 2U12 | B38X | 1 |
When the ThinkSystem DE 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.
The following table summarizes the rack mount kit features and specifications.
‡ The rack cabinet must be at least 1100 mm (43.31 in.) deep for 4U60 enclosures.
* 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 2U12 and 2U24 enclosures, or at least 1200 mm (47.24 in.) deep for 4U60 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 DE6600F and DE6600H 2U24 SFF enclosure:
- Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
- Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
- Depth: 543 mm (21.4 in.)
The ThinkSystem DE Series 2U24 SFF enclosures have the following dimensions:
- Height: 85 mm (3.3 in.)
- Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.)
- Depth: 553 mm (21.8 in.)
The ThinkSystem DE Series 2U12 LFF enclosures have the following dimensions:
- Height: 85 mm (3.3 in.)
- Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
- Depth: 483 mm (19.0 in.)
The ThinkSystem DE Series 4U60 LFF enclosures have the following dimensions:
- Height: 174 mm (6.9 in.)
- Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.)
- Depth: 922 mm (36.3 in.)
Weights of enclosures (fully configured):
- DE6600F and DE6600H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (7DB7): 25.07 kg (55.3 lb)
- DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y68): 27.44 kg (60.5 lb)
- DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y63): 27.12 kg (59.8 lb)
- DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y69): 112.2 kg (247.4 lb)
Operating environment
The ThinkSystem DE Series 2U24 SFF and 4U60 LFF enclosures are supported in the following environment:
- Air temperature:
- Operating:
- DE240S 2U24 SFF: 5 °C - 45 °C (41 °F - 113 °F)
- DE120S 2U12 LFF: 10 °C - 40 °C (50 °F - 104 °F)
- Non-operating: -10 °C - +50 °C (14 °F - 122 °F)
- Maximum altitude: 3050 m (10,000 ft)
- Operating:
- Relative humidity:
- Operating: 8% - 90% (non-condensing)
- Non-operating: 10% - 90% (non-condensing)
- Electrical power:
- 200 to 240 V AC (nominal); 50 Hz / 60 Hz
- Acoustical noise emission:
- DE600S 4U60 SFF: 7.2 bels
- DE240S 2U24 SFF and DE120S 2U12 LFF: 6.6 bels
The following table lists the maximum enclosure power load, inlet current, and heat output based on the source voltage.
Warranty and support
The ThinkSystem DE Series enclosures have a three-year customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite limited (for field-replaceable units [FRUs] only) warranty with standard call center support during normal business hours and 9x5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered.
Lenovo’s additional support services provide a sophisticated, unified support structure for a customer's data center, with an experience consistently ranked number one in customer satisfaction worldwide.
The following Lenovo support services are available:
- Premier Support provides a Lenovo-owned customer experience and delivers direct access to technicians skilled in hardware, software, and advanced troubleshooting, in addition to the following capabilities:
- Direct technician-to-technician access through a dedicated phone line.
- 24x7x365 remote support.
- Single point of contact service.
- End to end case management.
- 3rd Party collaborative software support.
- Online case tools and live chat support.
- On-demand remote system analysis.
- Warranty Upgrades (Preconfigured Support) are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of customer's systems:
- 3, 4, or 5 years of service coverage.
- 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions.
- Foundation Service: 9x5 service coverage with next business day onsite response, with optional YourDrive YourData.
- Essential Service: 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select regions), with optional YourDrive YourData.
- Advanced Service: 24x7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select regions), with optional YourDrive YourData.
- Managed Services
Lenovo Managed Services provide continuous 24x7 remote monitoring (plus 24x7 call center availability) and proactive management of a customer's data center using state of the art tools, systems, and practices by a team of highly skilled and experienced Lenovo services professionals.
Quarterly reviews check error logs, verify firmware and operating system device driver levels, and software as needed. Lenovo will also maintain records of latest patches, critical updates, and firmware levels, to ensure customer's systems are providing business value through optimized performance.
- Technical Account Management (TAM)
A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps customers optimize operations of their data centers based on a deep understanding of customer's business. Customers gain direct access to a Lenovo TAM, who serves as their single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish reports to track incidents over time. Also, a TAM helps proactively make service recommendations and manage service relationship with Lenovo to make certain that customer's needs are met.
- YourDrive YourData
Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData service is a multi-drive retention offering that ensures that customer's data is always under their control, regardless of the number of drives that are installed in their Lenovo system. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, customers retain possession of their drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Customer's data stays safely on customer premises, in their hands. The YourDrive YourData service can be purchased in convenient bundles with Foundation, Essential, or Advanced Service upgrades and extensions.
- Health Check
Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to maintaining efficiency and ensuring that customer systems and business are always running at their best. Health Check supports Lenovo-branded server, storage, and networking devices, as well as select Lenovo-supported products from other vendors that are sold by Lenovo or a Lenovo-Authorized Reseller.
Some regions might have different warranty terms and conditions than the standard warranty. This is due to local business practices or laws in the specific region. Local service teams can assist in explaining region-specific terms when needed. Examples of region-specific warranty terms are second or longer business day parts delivery or parts-only base warranty.
If warranty terms and conditions include 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.
If warranty terms include parts-only base warranty, Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement parts that are under base warranty (including FRUs) that will be sent to a requested location for self-service. Parts-only service does not include a service technician being dispatched onsite. Parts must be changed at customer’s own cost and labor and defective parts must be returned following the instructions supplied with the spare parts.
Lenovo support services are region-specific. Not all support services are available in every region. For information about Lenovo support services that are available in a specific region, refer to the following resources:
- Service part numbers in Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services - Lenovo Services Availability Locator
https://lenovolocator.com/
For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, refer to the following documents:
- Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Servers and System Storage
http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht503310 - Lenovo Data Center Services Agreement
http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht116628
Services
Lenovo Services is a dedicated partner to your success. Our goal is to reduce your capital outlays, mitigate your IT risks, and accelerate your time to productivity.
Note: Some service options may not be available in all markets or regions. For more information, go to https://www.lenovo.com/services. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, contact your local Lenovo sales representative or business partner.
Here’s a more in-depth look at what we can do for you:
- Asset Recovery Services
Asset Recovery Services (ARS) helps customers recover the maximum value from their end-of-life equipment in a cost-effective and secure way. On top of simplifying the transition from old to new equipment, ARS mitigates environmental and data security risks associated with data center equipment disposal. Lenovo ARS is a cash-back solution for equipment based on its remaining market value, yielding maximum value from aging assets and lowering total cost of ownership for your customers. For more information, see the ARS page, https://lenovopress.com/lp1266-reduce-e-waste-and-grow-your-bottom-line-with-lenovo-ars.
- Assessment Services
An Assessment helps solve your IT challenges through an onsite, multi-day session with a Lenovo technology expert. We perform a tools-based assessment which provides a comprehensive and thorough review of a company's environment and technology systems. In addition to the technology based functional requirements, the consultant also discusses and records the non-functional business requirements, challenges, and constraints. Assessments help organizations like yours, no matter how large or small, get a better return on your IT investment and overcome challenges in the ever-changing technology landscape.
- Design Services
Professional Services consultants perform infrastructure design and implementation planning to support your strategy. The high-level architectures provided by the assessment service are turned into low level designs and wiring diagrams, which are reviewed and approved prior to implementation. The implementation plan will demonstrate an outcome-based proposal to provide business capabilities through infrastructure with a risk-mitigated project plan.
- Basic Hardware Installation
Lenovo experts can seamlessly manage the physical installation of your server, storage, or networking hardware. Working at a time convenient for you (business hours or off shift), the technician will unpack and inspect the systems on your site, install options, mount in a rack cabinet, connect to power and network, check and update firmware to the latest levels, verify operation, and dispose of the packaging, allowing your team to focus on other priorities.
- Deployment Services
When investing in new IT infrastructures, you need to ensure your business will see quick time to value with little to no disruption. Lenovo deployments are designed by development and engineering teams who know our Products & Solutions better than anyone else, and our technicians own the process from delivery to completion. Lenovo will conduct remote preparation and planning, configure & integrate systems, validate systems, verify and update appliance firmware, train on administrative tasks, and provide post-deployment documentation. Customer’s IT teams leverage our skills to enable IT staff to transform with higher level roles and tasks.
- Integration, Migration, and Expansion Services
Move existing physical & virtual workloads easily, or determine technical requirements to support increased workloads while maximizing performance. Includes tuning, validation, and documenting ongoing run processes. Leverage migration assessment planning documents to perform necessary migrations.
Regulatory compliance
The ThinkSystem DE Series enclosures conform to the following regulations:
- United States: FCC Part 15, Class A; UL 60950-1 and 62368-1
- Canada: ICES-003, Class A; CAN/CSA-C22.2 60950-1 and 62368-1
- Argentina: IEC60950-1
- Mexico NOM
- European Union: CE Mark (EN55032 Class A, EN55024, IEC/EN60950-1 and 62368-1); ROHS Directive 2011/65/EU
- Russia, Kazakhstan, Belarus: EAC
- China: CCC GB 4943.1, GB 17625.1, GB 9254 Class A; CELP; CECP
- India: BIS
- 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 DE6600F and DE6600H Hybrid Storage Array supports attachment to Lenovo ThinkSystem, System x, and Flex System hosts by using SAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NVMe over Fibre Channel (NVMe/FC), or NVMe over RoCE (RDMA over Converged Ethernet) (NVMe/RoCE) storage connectivity protocols.
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.
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
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 your region-specific offers, please ask your Lenovo sales representative or your technology provider about the use of Lenovo Financial Services. For more information, see the following Lenovo website:
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/landingpage/lenovo-financial-services/
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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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 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: SXXW1110r7 -
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 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Course code: DVDAT209 -
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 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DSOLO200 -
ThinkSystem DE Series Portfolio Overview
2024-03-14 | 30 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DE Series Portfolio OverviewThis course builds on the Data Management Overview (DSTOO201) course by introducing you to the DE Series Portfolio.
Published: 2024-03-14
Course Objectives:
By the end of this course, you will be able to:
• Position the Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series products and features based on the needs of your customers
• Correlate the Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series Portfolio with Lenovo’s comprehensive Data Management Portfolio
• Use the qualifying questions to identify customer needs during conversations
Length: 30 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDEO201 -
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 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DSTOO201 -
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 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: SXSW1201r16 -
Positioning ThinkSystem DE Series
2024-02-01 | 12 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsPositioning ThinkSystem DE SeriesThis course provides details on how to position DE series storage systems. Course DDMO101 – Lenovo ThinkSystem DM & DE Series Overview is a prerequisite.
Published: 2024-02-01
This course focuses on enabling you to:
• Describe the features and business value of DE Series products
• Identify customer problems that DE Series products can solve
• Position the appropriate DE Series product for each customer
Length: 12 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDET200r2 -
Using VEEAM with ThinkSystem DE Series
2023-10-03 | 10 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsUsing VEEAM with ThinkSystem DE SeriesIn this course you will learn about VEEAM Availability Suite for ThinkSystem DE Series. By the end of this course, you will identify the advantages of using Veeam Availability Suite and Lenovo DE Series, describe the Veeam Cloud Connect Backup with Lenovo DE Series, and explain how to use Veeam’s capabilities to provide deduplication and Compression with DE Series. Last updated on September, 29th, 2023.
Published: 2023-10-03
Length: 10 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DSTOO200 -
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 minutes
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDMT101 -
ThinkSystem DE Series: Technical Overview Assessment 200
2023-09-28 | 10 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DE Series: Technical Overview Assessment 200This document contains assessment questions that focus on ThinkSystem DE Series technology. The questions are based on the Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series Technical Overview curriculum.
Published: 2023-09-28
Length: 10 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDET207 -
ThinkSystem DE Series: Storage System Configuration
2023-09-28 | 23 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DE Series: Storage System ConfigurationThis course describes the differences between the Volume Groups and Dynamic Disk Pools technologies, as well as the benefits and tradeoffs of using each. Course DDET201 ThinkSystem DE Series: Hardware Specifications is a prerequisite.
Published: 2023-09-28
Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:
• Distinguish volume groups from dynamic disk pools
• Determine when to use volume groups and when to use Dynamic Disk Pools (DDP) technology
• Describe DDP technology and its benefits
• Describe volume groups and their benefits
• Explain how the thin-provisioning feature provides value
Length: 23 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDET202 -
ThinkSystem DE Series: SSD Cache
2023-09-28 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DE Series: SSD CacheThis course describes the SSD Cache feature and how SSD Cache helps to optimize read operations. Course DDET202 ThinkSystem DE Series: Storage System Configuration is a prerequisite.
Published: 2023-09-28
Upon completion of this training, you will be able to:
• Describe the SSD Cache feature
• Explain how SSD Cache helps you optimize solid-state disk (SSD) read cache in a DE Series storage system
Length: 15 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDET203 -
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 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DSTOO100 -
ThinkSystem DE Series: Disaster Recovery
2023-09-21 | 28 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DE Series: Disaster RecoveryThis course describes technologies for disaster recovery and how DE series features can contribute in substantial ways to any disaster-recovery plan for storage.
Published: 2023-09-21
Length: 28 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDET204 -
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 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Course code: DVDAT202 -
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 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDMO101r5 -
Partner Technical Webinar - DE6400 & DE6600
2022-11-15 | 60 minutes | Partners Only
DetailsPartner Technical Webinar - DE6400 & DE6600In this 60-minute replay, Mark Clayton and Jim Stratham presented an overview of the newly announced ThinkSystem DE6400 and DE660 storage system. The presented reviewed “what’s new” and how the new arrives compare to the existing storage arrays.
Published: 2022-11-15
Length: 60 minutes
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: 111122 -
ThinkSystem DE Series: Hardware Specifications
2022-09-15 | 25 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsThinkSystem DE Series: Hardware SpecificationsThis course also explores the unique data management features of the ThinkSystem SAN Manager. Course DDET200 Positioning ThinkSystem DE Series is recommended prior to this course.
Published: 2022-09-15
By the end of this course, you should be able to:
• Identify the controller and expansion models of the Lenovo DE Series portfolio
• Explain the connectivity options, expansion paths, and cabling for the DE Series storage system
• Describe the data management features of Lenovo ThinkSystem SAN Manager
Length: 25 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDET201r3 -
Selling ThinkSystem DE Series
2022-09-15 | 15 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsSelling ThinkSystem DE SeriesThis course discusses common selling scenarios that describe where and how to sell Thinksystem DE series storage systems.
Published: 2022-09-15
This course focuses on enabling you to:
• Discuss storage configurations and the advantages of each configuration
• Review use cases to identify what customers need from storage systems
• Suggest storage configurations that meet customer needs
Length: 15 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDET206r2 -
Lenovo ThinkSystem DM and DE Series Technical Overview
2022-09-15 | 60 minutes | Employees and Partners
DetailsLenovo ThinkSystem 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: 2022-09-15
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: 60 minutes
Employee link: Grow@Lenovo
Partner link: Lenovo Partner Learning
Course code: DDMT100r2
1-10 of 20 courses.
Related publications and links
For more information, see the following resources:
- Lenovo SAN Storage product page
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/data-center/storage/storage-area-network - ThinkSystem DE Hybrid Storage datasheet
https://lenovopress.com/ds0049-lenovo-thinksystem-de-series-hybrid-array - Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator
http://dcsc.lenovo.com - Lenovo Data Center Support
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
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Full Change History
Changes in the February 6, 2024 update:
- The following drive options are now withdrawn from marketing - Drives section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 10TB 7.2K 3.5" HDD 4U60, 4XB7A14126
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 10TB 7.2K 3.5" HDD 2U12, 4XB7A14102
Changes in the January 23, 2024 update:
- Added new features for SAN OS 11.80 under - Software section
Changes in the October 31, 2023 update:
- Corrected cable quantity under Expansion unit connectivity options table - Expansion enclosures section
Changes in the September 25, 2023 update:
- Added new SAN OS 11.80 version - System specifications section
Changes in the July 25, 2023 update:
- Added the following drive optionw - Drives section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 22TB 7.2K 3.5" HDD 4U60, 4XB7A88038
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H 440TB HDD Pack (20x 22TB), 4XB7A88042
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000H/DE6400H/DE6600H 440TB HDD Pack (20x 22TB HDDs), 4XB7A88043
Changes in the June 29, 2023 update:
- Corrected physical specifications - Physical specifications section
- 2U24 SFF controller enclosure
- DE240S
- DE120S
Changes in the June 26, 2023 update:
- The following drive option are now withdrawn from marketing - Drives section
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 800GB 3DWD 2.5" SSD 4U60, 4XB7A14115
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 800GB 3DWD 2.5" SSD 2U12, 4XB7A14097
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 800GB 3DWD 2.5" SSD 2U24, 4XB7A14105
Changes in the May 31, 2023 update:
- The following Netapp feature "SMI-S provider" is withdrawn - System specifications section
Changes in the May 24, 2023 update:
- Updated Maximum logical volume - System specifications section
Changes in the May 22, 2023 update:
- The following HIC was added BUY7 Lenov'o ThinkSystem DE6600 HI'C, 200GB NVMe Over ROCE/IB,2-Ports - Controllers section
Changes in the March 29, 2023 update:
- The following drive option is now withdrawn from marketing - Drives section
- 4XB7A64875 BCVY Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 16TB 7.2K 3.5" HDD 2U12
Changes in the March 1, 2023 update:
- Updated drives support - Drives section
- 4XB7A86719 BUC8 Lenovo ThinkSystem DE Series 1.92TB 1DWD SAS SSD 4U60
- 4XB7A86720 BUC9 Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000H 38.4TB Pack (20x 1.92TB SAS SSDs)
- 4XB7A86721 BUCA Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000H 38.4TB Pack (20x 1.92TB SAS SSDs)
Changes in the January 19, 2023 update:
- Updated drives support - Drives section
Changes in the December 5, 2022 update:
- Updated HICs quantity per enclosure - Controller section
Changes in the November 7, 2022 update:
- Updated the components and connectors data - Components and Connectors section
- Updated countries FIPS drives support - Drives section
First published: October 11, 2022
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