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Table of Contents
- Lenovo EveryScale factory integration for DSS-G
- Lenovo EveryScale onsite installation for DSS-G
- Client Site Integration Kit onsite installation
- Operating environment
- Regulatory compliance
- Warranty upgrades and post-warranty support
- Services
- Lenovo TruScale
- Related publications and links
- Related product families
- Trademarks
Abstract
Lenovo Distributed Storage Solution for IBM Storage Scale (DSS-G) with integrated NVMe is a software-defined storage (SDS) solution for dense scalable file and object storage suitable for high-performance and data-intensive environments. Enterprises or organizations running HPC and AI workloads requiring low latency, high performance storage will benefit the most from the DSS-G implementation.
DSSG-NVX2 is a 2U embedded system which can have up to 24 TLC NVMe drives for performance or can be expanded with 2U QLC NVMe based expansion controllers to provide high capacity, low latency storage.
Pushing the boundaries of weather and climate forecasting:
How the Korea Meteorological Administration will deliver more accurate weather forecasts with a state-of-the-art supercomputer based on Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650 V2 and SD530 servers, Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, and Lenovo Neptune™ liquid cooling technology.
Inspiring all-new visitor experiences at a centuries-old cultural landmark:
The Summer Palace is one of Beijing’s most popular tourist attractions, welcoming thousands of visitors every day. To keep people flocking to this historic park, and make their visit truly unforgettable, its leadership joined forces with Lenovo to launch the Summer Palace Smart Tourism Project. Now, every visitor to the Summer Palace enjoys an experience that blends the best of tradition and technology. An intelligent visitor information center provides rich visual information and services to help tourists get the most out of their trip. Meanwhile, park administrators and senior management have new insight into all aspects of operations and tighter control over maintenance and service, helping them run the Summer Palace more safely and efficiently than ever.
Keeping passengers and cargo moving:
How a major international airport in China mitigates operational risk, safeguards the performance and availability of critical systems, streamlines internal processes, and reduces costs with award-winning Lenovo Managed Services.
Focusing on business, not maintenance:
One of the world’s largest high-tech manufacturing and assembly companies specializing in optics, this company’s lenses underpin imaging solutions such as cameras, infrared sensors, and machine vision for robotics.
Keeping China's top ticketing platform online:
One of China’s leading one-stop travel platforms, this company offers travel, accommodation, and leisure ticketing for both domestic and international travel.
Taking the stress out of end-of-life asset disposition:
To replace and responsibly recycle end-of-life server, storage, and networking solutions, this leading technology company embarked on a major data center refresh project.
Elevating visitor experiences with smart parking
HJNNRA rolled out a smart parking solution based on Lenovo technology that reduces visitor waiting times, decreases congestion, and helps maximize enjoyment of the beautiful nature reserve.
Powering more flexible and sustainable operations
How Siemens Energy cut cost and complexity while preparing for a more efficient future with Lenovo xCloud and Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure as a Service.
Empowering global employees to innovate with the latest technology
Employees at this car manufacturer rely on digital tools but buying thousands of devices outright introduced significant capital purchases and operational complexity. By switching to Lenovo TruScale Device as a Service (TruScale DaaS), the company reduces total cost of ownership, avoids up-front capital investment, improves data security, and helps ensure employees have the digital tools they need to work effectively—all whilst maintaining financial predictability.
Supporting rapid worldwide growth with agile IT support
This large-scale manufacturer uses Lenovo’s managed service desk offering to build a more effective IT support model, helping users work more productively.
Helping companies scale fast with tailored banking services
This leading Chinese bank turned to Lenovo’s digital workplace solutions for endpoint management and to support collaboration and productivity applications, enabling ongoing product innovation and five-star client services.
Improving IT efficiency to boost business performance
This company wanted to handle increased business volumes reliably, efficiently, and at low environmental impact. By outsourcing endpoint and service desk management to Lenovo, the company is ready for whatever tomorrow brings.
Boosting profitability through agricultural automation
To help ensure visitors can enjoy its agricultural park for years to come, this leading agribusiness in China uses Lenovo Le Farming to automate processes such as greenhouse management—reducing operational costs and freeing employees to focus on the customer experience.
Boosting manufacturing efficiency by taking control of data growth
Major Chinese elevator manufacturer XIOLIFT improves the performance and stability of its core business systems and cuts IT costs by working with Lenovo to archive SAP data that is rarely accessed.
Keeping production flowing and business growing
One of China’s top producers of fortified wine and spirits taps Lenovo to lift performance and availability of mission-critical SAP applications.
Manufacturing fast without compromising on quality
To boost the efficiency of its brand-new electric vehicle manufacturing site in China, Lotus Technology deployed Lenovo Smart Eye for AI-powered quality inspection—enabling it to detect defects with 99% accuracy.
Keeping vital customer services online 24/7
As its business grew, this online delivery company found it increasingly complex and costly to manage and maintain its extensive data center footprint. With Lenovo Managed Services, the company has standardized its approach—boosting efficiency and cutting the risk of service downtime.
Delighting customers with convenient shopping
With online shopping booming in China, this successful supermarket retailer engaged Lenovo Managed Services to support its core IT infrastructure—cutting the risk of unplanned downtime and driving digital innovation.
Driving green innovation with a cutting-edge HPC platform
To support the development of groundbreaking green and autonomous vehicles, Geely Auto R&D deployed a high-performance computing (HPC) platform based on Lenovo ThinkSystem SR670 servers with Lenovo Neptune™ water cooling—boosting performance by 35% and creating headroom for continued R&D innovation.
Serving up fresh retail insights
A successful fast-food company launches hundreds of new stores, delights customers with delicious meals, and provides consistently excellent service with Lenovo Retail Solutions.
Embracing smart manufacturing to drive global growth
To accelerate international expansion, laser solutions specialist BWT aimed to improve the efficiency of its high-tech manufacturing processes. Working with Lenovo Professional Services, the company deployed smart factory solutions—boosting operational efficiency by 30% and helping BWT drive business growth.
Finding a more responsible way to retire IT assets
One of China’s leading tech companies turns to Lenovo Asset Recovery Services to reduce the cost and complexity of IT asset disposal.
Driving growth with private cloud services
One of China’s biggest data center services providers uses Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure as a Service and Lenovo xCloud solutions to launch a new private cloud offering quickly and cost-effectively.
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Introduction
Lenovo Distributed Storage Solution for IBM Storage Scale (DSS-G) with integrated NVMe is a software-defined storage (SDS) solution for dense scalable file and object storage suitable for high-performance and data-intensive environments. Enterprises or organizations running HPC and AI workloads requiring low latency, high performance storage will benefit the most from the DSS-G implementation.
DSSG-NVX2 is a 2U embedded system which can have up to 24 TLC NVMe drives for performance or can be expanded with 2U QLC NVMe based expansion controllers to provide high capacity, low latency storage. Offering both QLC and TLC based storage, the system can be optimized for low-latency read intensive workloads using QLC, or for high performance read/write workloads with TLC NVMe drives. DSSG-NVX2 Turbo product will provide a 25% increase in read performance, with additional memory and networking connections included in this configuration.
Lenovo DSS-G is delivered as an easy-to-deploy rack-level solution that dramatically reduces time-to-value and total cost of ownership (TCO).
In addition to the DSSG-NVX2 product that presents a dense, all NVMe solution, Lenovo also provides DSS-G systems based on spinning disk and SAS-SSD technologies. The DSS-G200 and DSS-G100 systems use the IBM Storage Scale native RAID code, DSSG-NVX2 uses a different internal software RAID coding system. Whilst DSS-G100 is an NVMe based solution, it uses scale-out NVMe rich 1U servers whereas the DSSG-NVX2 uses a 2U system with dual, redundant embedded controllers with the ability to add QLC based 2U expansion enclosures.
Combined with IBM Storage Scale (formerly IBM Spectrum Scale or General Parallel File System, (GPFS), an industry leader in high-performance clustered file system, you have an ideal solution for the ultimate file storage solution for HPC and High-End AI solutions.
DSS-G200, DSS-G100 and DSSG-NVX2 systems can be combined into the same file-system with different placement pools used to ensure data is placed on the most cost-effective tier of storage.
Did you know?
Lenovo DSS-G can be licensed by the number of drives installed or alternatively the usable capacity, rather than the number of processor cores or the number of connected clients, so there are no added licenses for other servers or clients that mount and work with the file system.
Lenovo DSS-G with storage enclosures supports online enclosure expansion. This enables a customer to grow the number of enclosures in an existing DSS-G building block without bringing down the file system, maximizing flexibility to scale storage capacity based on need.
The DSSG-NVX2 uses embedded virtual machines that act as the NSD server which enables the systems to be upgraded without interrupting access to data.
What's New
DSSG-NVX2 / Turbo / QLC is a new product offering, it differs from DSS-G200 and DSS-G100 systems as it uses a different internal software RAID solution for high performance.
Software features
Lenovo DSSG-NVX2 has the following key software features:
IBM Storage Scale
IBM Storage Scale, based on IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) technology, is a high-performance and highly scalable parallel file system with an extensive suite of enterprise class data management features. IBM Storage Scale was previously known as IBM Spectrum Scale.
Lenovo is a strategic alliance partner of IBM, and combines IBM Storage Scale software with Lenovo servers, storage, and networking components for integrated and customized solutions.
IBM Storage Scale offers access to a single file system or set of filesystems from multiple nodes that can be SAN-attached, network attached or a mix of both or even in a shared nothing cluster configuration. It provides a global namespace, shared file system access among IBM Storage Scale clusters, simultaneous file access from multiple nodes, high recoverability and data availability through replication, the ability to make changes while a file system is mounted, and simplified administration even in large environments. When integrated as part of the Lenovo DSS-G system, the Storage Scale Native RAID code (GNR) is used to provide a fully software defined IBM Storage Scale solution.
Lenovo DSS-G supports two editions of IBM Storage Scale:
- IBM Storage Scale Data Access Edition (DAE) provides base GPFS functions including Information Lifecycle Management (ILM), Active File Management (AFM), and Clustered NFS (CNFS) in Linux environments.
- IBM Storage Scale Data Management Edition (DME) provides all the features of the Data Access Edition plus advanced features like asynchronous multi-site disaster recovery, native encryption support, Transparent Cloud Tiering.
* Requires additional key management software to enable
Information about licensing is in the IBM Storage Scale licensing section.
For more information about IBM Storage Scale, see the following web pages:
- IBM Storage Scale product page:
https://www.ibm.com/products/scale-out-file-and-object-storage - IBM Storage Scale FAQ:
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STXKQY/gpfsclustersfaq.html
Embedded software defined RAID
The Lenovo DSSG-NVX2 is internally powered by DDN Storage Fusion Architecture (SFA) software which provides embedded, high-performance software defined RAID encoding. Each storage system contains two embedded Intel Xeon based controllers which act in an active/active manner. One CPU on each controller is used as the “RAID processor” in the system. The second CPU on each controller is used to run the embedded GPFS NSD servers.
Sophisticated data placement and error correction algorithms deliver high levels of storage reliability, availability, serviceability, and performance. Client systems accessing DSSG-NVX2 based storage use the traditional NSD server protocol.
The features of DDN SFA RAID include:
- Software RAID
DDN SFA runs with dual-ported attached TLC based NVMe drives as well as directly connected QLC based JBODs which present QLC drives internally using redundant, NVMe over Fabrics. DDN SFA does not require external RAID storage controllers or other custom hardware RAID acceleration.
- Declustering
DDN SFA Declustered RAID (RCR) distributes client data, redundancy information, and spare space uniformly across all disks of a JBOD. This approach reduces the rebuild (disk failure recovery process) overhead and improves application performance and higher IOPs performance compared to conventional RAID approaches with fixed drive counts.
- Data redundancy
What raid encodings? Is it reed-soloman based.
- Battery backed data
Each controller includes an embedded battery which is used to protect data in the event of power loss to the storage system.
- Automatic recovery
Seamlessly and automatically recovers from primary server failure.
- Disk scrubbing
A disk scrubber automatically detects and repairs latent sector errors in the background.
- Flexible hardware configuration
Support of JBOF enclosures for both TLC and QLC based storage.
Hardware features
Lenovo DSS-G is fulfilled through Lenovo EveryScale, which offers a flexible framework for the development, configuration, build, delivery, and support of engineered and integrated data center solutions. Lenovo thoroughly tests and optimizes all EveryScale components for reliability, interoperability, and maximum performance, so clients can quickly deploy the system and get to work achieving their business goals.
The major hardware components of a DSSG-NVX2 / Turbo solution product are as follows:
Topics in this section:
DSSG NVX2 System components and features
The Lenovo DSSG-NVX2 system (shown below) is an enclosure together with a set of plug-in modules and comprises:
- Two controller modules each with six sets of fans and one battery backup unit.
- Two power supply units
Note: Plug-in modules are part of the enclosure and must only be removed when a replacement can be immediately installed. The system must be run with all modules in place.
Key features
- The chassis can be mounted into a 19" wide rack and uses two EIA units (2U) of rack space.
- There are 24 drive slots at the front. Each slot accommodates a plug-in disk module capable of holding an SFF (2.5") NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD).
- The system LEDs are visible from the front of the unit.
- At the rear, the chassis assembly contains two controller modules and two power supply units (PSU)
Figure 3. DSSG_NVX2 / Turbo Enclosure front view
- There are drive position numbers and perforations required for airflow.
- Due to the numerous rack variations, Lenovo cannot guarantee its equipment will fit all non-Lenovo- provided racks.
The following image highligths the DSSG_NVX2 features
I/O Ports
The following figures illustrate the I/O ports on a controller.
The following provides descriptions for the ports.
Figure 6. I/O Ports on Systems with SAS Expansion
Figure 7. I/O Ports on Systems with Ethernet Expansion
Figure 8. I/O Ports on Systems with 8x HCA (Turbo)
The following table details the I/O Ports on Controllers
Fans inside Controller Modules
There are six sets of fans installed inside each of the controller modules.
These fans are redundant. If one fan fails, the other fans will maintain sufficient cooling inside the enclosure. The presence of the faulty fan ensures proper air flow inside the controller module so do not remove it until a new fan is available for replacement.
Figure 9. Fans and BBU inside Controller Module
Battery Backup Unit inside Controller Modules
Each controller module contains a battery backup unit (BBU) that is capable of sustaining power to the controller and its fans in the event that both power supply units fail. Note that the BBUs will not power the disk bays.
Power Supply Units
Each DSSG_NVX2 includes two power supply units (PSU). These modules are redundant and hot-swappable. If one PSU fails, the other PSU will maintain sufficient power to the enclosure. The presence of the faulty power supply unit ensures proper air flow for the enclosure so do not remove it until a new unit is available for replacement.
The PSU inlet is an IEC 320 C-20 connector. Only use the power cables that are provided with the system.
There is a bi-color LED mounted on each PSU to indicate the status of the module.
Power Interface Board
The Power Interface Board (PIB) provides the mechanical connection from the PSU to the midplane. There are two PIBs in the enclosure, one for each PSU, installed behind the PSU. The PIB is hot-swappable and can be removed after the PSU is removed to provide access.
Drive Modules
A drive module comprises an SSD mounted in a carrier. Each disk bay can house a single low profile 2.5" small form factor disk drive in its carrier. A fully loaded DSSG_NVX2 enclosure contains 24 disk modules.
The module handle provides the following functions:
- Camming of the module into and out of disk bays
- Positive “spring loading” of the disk/baseplane connector
Each module has a green Status LED and an amber Fault LED
Power Supply Unit AC Input Specifications
Note: The PSU for SFA400NVX2 is an 2400W power supply.
Power Cable Specifications
- Must be IEC 60320 C19/C20 style rated ≥ 14A
- PSU must NOT be used with a C13/14 cord or extension cord Only use the power cables provided with the system
DSSG-NVX2 (QLC) Expansion Enclosure System Overview
The DSSG - QLC is a two-unit (2U), rack-mountable enclosure with a set of plug-in modules and comprises of the following components :
Topics in this section:
The chassis or enclosure
The chassis can be mounted into 19" wide rack and uses two EIA units (2U) of rack space.
There are 24 drive slots at the front. Each slot accommodates a plug-in disk module capable of holding an SFF (2.5") NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD).
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Figure 10. The DSSG - QLC enclosure unit front view
Note: Plug-in modules are part of the enclosure and must only be removed when a replacement can be immediately installed. The enclosure must not be run without all modules in place.
- Two I/O modules (IOM)—each with six sets of fans
- Two power supply units
- Up to 24 removable drives
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There are 24 drive slots at the front. Each slot accommodates a plug-in disk module capable of holding an SFF (2.5") NVMe Solid State Drive (SSD).
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The system LEDs are visible at the front of the system.
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At the rear, the chassis assembly contains two I/O modules (IOM) and two power supply units (PSU).
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Figure 11. The DSSG - QLC enclosure unit front bezel
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Figure 12. The DSSG - QLC enclosure unit rear view
Note: Due to the numerous rack variations, Lenovo cannot guarantee its equipment will fit all non-Lenovo -provided racks.
IO Modules
The two I/O modules are hot-swappable and provide a redundant path to the drives. Each IOM provides six 200GbE QSFP56 data links.
There are LEDs mounted on the IOM to indicate the status of the module.
The USB, Factory Config, and Debug Serial ports are only used for debugging and factory configurations. Do NOT
use these ports during normal operations.
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Figure 13. The DSSG - QLC IOM module rear view
Fans inside IO Modules
There are six sets of fans installed inside each IOM.
These fans are redundant. If one fan fails, the other fans will maintain sufficient cooling inside the enclosure. The presence of the faulty fan ensures proper air flow inside the IOM so do not remove it until a new fan module is available for replacement.
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Figure 14. Fans view inside controller
Drive Modules
A drive module comprises an SSD and an interposer mounted in a carrier. Each drive slot can house a single low profile 2.5-inch small form factor disk drive in its carrier. A fully loaded enclosure contains 24 drive modules.
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Figure 15. Drive slots front view
The module handle provides the following functions:
- Camming of the module into and out of drive bays
- Positive “spring loading” of the drive/baseplane connector
Each module has a green Status LED and an amber Fault LED.
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Figure 16. Drive module and LEDs
Power supply units
Each enclosure includes two power supply units (PSU).
- These modules are redundant and hot-swappable. If one PSU fails, the other PSU will maintain sufficient power to the enclosure. The presence of the faulty PSU ensures proper air flow for the enclosure so do not remove it until a replacement unit is available for replacement.
- There is a bi-color LED mounted on each PSU to indicate the status of the module.
The PSU inlet is an IEC 320 C-14 connector. Only use the power cables that are provided with the system.
Infrastructure and rack installation
The solution arrives at the customer location installed in the Lenovo 1410 Rack, tested, components and cables labeled and ready to deploy for quick productivity.
- Factory-integrated solution that is delivered in a rack with all the hardware you need for your workloads: servers, storage, and network switches, plus essential software tools.
- Pre integrated high performance managed PDUs.
- IBM Storage Scale software is preinstalled on all servers.
- Optional NVIDIA Networking SN2201 Gigabit Ethernet switch for system management.
- Designed for effortless integration into existing infrastructures, thereby reducing deployment time and saving money.
- Lenovo deployment services are available with the solution help get customers up and running quickly by allowing to begin deploying workloads in hours — not weeks — and realize substantial savings.
- Available NVIDIA Ethernet switches for a high-speed Ethernet DSSG-NVX2 deployments that provide exceptional performance and low latency, along with cost savings, and are designed to perform seamlessly with other vendors' upstream switches.
- Optional Lenovo Rear Door Heat Exchanger can be installed on the rear of the rack.
In addition to the Lenovo 1410 rack solution, the Lenovo DSSG-NVX2 can also be supplied for installation into an existing customer rack (called a rackless 7X74 solution). When supplied as part of a Lenovo EveryScale HPC cluster, the system is shipped to the customer in traditional boxed packaging. Lenovo services or business partner services can be used to install into the customer rack or the customer can undertake their own rack installation. Where a customer supplied rack is used, the customer is responsible for ensuring compatibility with the Lenovo components including, but not limited to, depth and fit of enclosure rails and weight loading.
Other specifications
This section lists the other system specifications of the components used in the Lenovo DSS-G offerings.
Rack cabinet specifications
The DSSG-NVX2 can be pre-installed and shipped in a 42U or 48U Lenovo EveryScale Heavy Duty Rack Cabinet. The specifications of the rack are in the following table.
Power Supply Table:
For more information about the EveryScale Heavy Duty Rack Cabinets, see the Lenovo Heavy Duty Rack Cabinets product guide
Besides shipping fully integrated into the Lenovo 1410 rack cabinet, DSS-G solution gives clients the choice of shipping with the Lenovo Client Site Integration Kit (7X74) which allows clients to have Lenovo or a business partner install the solution in a rack of their own choosing.
Models
Lenovo DSSG-NVX2 is available in the bundled configurations listed in the following table. Each configuration is installed in a 42U rack, although multiple DSSG-NVX2 configurations can share the same rack.
DDN-NVX2 /Turbo/ QLC Expansion (All Products Come with 3 Years Premium hardware & software support
Configurations are built using the x-config configurator tool:
https://lesc.lenovo.com/products/hardware/configurator/worldwide/bhui/asit/index.html
The configuration process includes the following steps:
- Select the System and drive enclosure, as listed in the previous table.
- Node configuration, as described in the next subsections:
- Memory
- Network adapter
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) premium subscription
- Enterprise Software Support (ESS) subscription
- Confluent management network selection (may or may not be needed depending on client environment)
- IBM Storage Scale license selection
- Power distribution infrastructure selection
- Services selection
The following sections provide information about these configuration steps.
When installed into a customer rack, additional PDUs may be required depending on the orientation they are to be installed into a rack. Refer to https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1556 for more information on preferred orientation of Lenovo rack PDUs.
Cluster network
The Lenovo DSS-G offering connects as a storage block to the customer's Storage Scale cluster network using the high-speed network adapters installed in the servers. Each pair of servers has two or three network adapters, which are either Ethernet or InfiniBand. Each DSS-G storage block connects to the cluster network.
In concert with the cluster network is the Confluent management network. In lieu of a customer-supplied management network, the Lenovo DSS-G offering includes a ThinkSystem SR635 V3 server running Confluent and a NVIDIA Networking SN2201 48-port Gigabit Ethernet switch.
These components are shown in the following figure.
Figure 17. Lenovo DSS-G storage blocks in a Storage Scale client network
IBM Storage Scale licensing
DSS-G can be configured with two types of license models:
- Flash Drive
The number of licenses needed is based on the total number of HDDs and SSDs in the drive enclosures (excluding the logTip SSDs) and will be derived automatically by the configurator.
This License model is available for the Data Access Edition and the Data Management Edition.
- Per managed capacity
The number of licenses needed is based on the storage capacity being managed in an IBM Storage Scale cluster and will also be derived automatically by the configurator based on the selection of parity level made. The storage capacity to be licensed is the capacity in Tebibytes (TiB) from all Network Shared Disk (NSDs) in the IBM Storage Scale cluster after applying IBM Storage Scale RAID. The capacity to be licensed is not affected by using functions such as replication or compression or by doing tasks such as creating or deleting files, file systems, or snapshots.
This License model is available for the Data Access Edition, the Data Management Edition
Addition years of support can be found in the Storage Scale Licensing table. Or can be configured through x-config.
Additional licensing information:
- No additional licenses (for example, client or server) are needed for Storage Scale for DSS. Only licenses based on the number of drives (non-logtip) or capacity in TebiBytes (TiB) after applying IBM Storage Scale RAID are needed.
- Capacity licensing is measured on Binary format (1 TiB = 2^40 Bytes), which means that you must multiply the nominal Decimal format (1TB = 10^12 Bytes) chosen by drive vendors with 0.9185 to get to the actual capacity to be licensed. For DSS-G the Lenovo configurator will take care of that for you.
- For non-DSS Lenovo storage in the same Cluster (for example, separated metadata on traditional controller-based storage), you have the same options of capacity-based per Disk/Flash drive or per TiB licenses.
- It is not supported to mix Data Access Edition and Data Management Edition licensing within a cluster.
- You can expand a Data Access Edition or a Data Management Edition cluster with Erasure Code Edition systems. The limitations of Data Access Edition features apply if expanding a Data Access Edition cluster.
- Disk/Flash drive-based Storage Scale licenses can only be transferred from the existing Lenovo storage solution that is being decommissioned and re-used on its equivalent future or replacement Lenovo storage solution.
- Existing capacity licenses through for example an Enterprise License Agreement with IBM can be applied to Lenovo DSS-G after providing Proof of Entitlement. While Lenovo provides the solution level support, software support needs to be requested from IBM directly in such a case. When configuring a system using an ELA, at least 1 Lenovo Storage Scale license should be attached to the configuration to ensure customer entitlement via the Lenovo download portal functions correctly.
- Lenovo sub-contracts the L1/L2 support for IBM Storage Scale to IBM for Lenovo supplied licenses. Where a customer has premier support on the solution, they can raise a service call with Lenovo who will raise a call with IBM if required. Where a customer does not have Premium support on the DSS-G solution, the customer uses the IBM service portal to directly raise support questions for IBM Storage Scale support.
Lenovo EveryScale factory integration for DSS-G
Lenovo manufacturing implements a robust testing and integration program to ensure Lenovo EveryScale components are fully operational when shipped out of the factory. In addition to the standard component level validation performed on all hardware components produced by Lenovo, EveryScale performs rack level testing to verify that the EveryScale cluster operates as a solution. The rack level testing and validation includes the following:
- Performing a power on test. Assure device power is present, with no error indicators
- Set up RAID (when required)
- Set up storage devices and verify functionality
- Validate network connectivity and functionality
- Verify functionality of server hardware, network infrastructure, and server configuration correctness. Verify health of components
- Configure all devices per best software settings
- Perform stress testing of server CPU and memory via software and power cycling
- Data collection for quality records and test results
Lenovo EveryScale onsite installation for DSS-G
Lenovo experts will manage the physical installation of your pre-integrated Racks so you can quickly benefit from your investment. Working at a time convenient to you, the technician will unpack and inspect the systems at your site, finalize the cabling, verify operation, and dispose of the packaging at the on-site location.
Any racked EveryScale solution comes with this basic Lenovo Hardware Installation services included, automatically sized and configured based on the solution scope detailed in the Lenovo EveryScale Hardware Installation Statement of Work.
Customized installation services beyond the basic Lenovo Hardware Installation services are also available to meet the specific needs of the client and for solutions with Client Site Integration Kit.
Before installation, the client should complete the following steps to ensure the hardware will be successfully installed:
- Backing up the data being migrated to the new hardware
- Ensuring the new hardware is available and in place
- Assign a technical lead to act as liaison with Lenovo, who can coordinate access to other resources if required
- Designated data center location has the required power and cooling in place to support purchased solution
- Providing a safe workspace and appropriate access for the technician
Once the client is ready, an expert technician will perform the basic Lenovo Hardware Installation services. This process will include the following:
- Verify receipt and condition of all rack(s) and components
- Verify the client environment is ready for consequent installation
- Unpack and visually inspect hardware for damage
- Place rack(s) and complete installation and inter-rack cabling as specified by the solution configuration
- Connect the equipment to customer-supplied power
- Ensure the equipment is operational: Power on equipment, check for green lights and obvious issues
- Remove packaging and other waste materials to the customer designated dumpster
- Provide completion form for customer to authorize
- If a hardware failure occurs during the installation, service call will be opened.
Additional client requirements beyond the basic Lenovo Hardware Installation services scope, can be offered with customized installation services sized specifically to the client’s needs.
To get operational a final onsite software installation and configuration for the specific environment is required. Lenovo can also provide comprehensive onsite configuration of software, including integration and validation for operating systems and software, virtualization and high-availability configurations.
For additional information, see the Services section.
Client Site Integration Kit onsite installation
Besides shipping fully integrated into the Lenovo 1410 rack cabinet, DSS-G solution gives clients the choice of shipping with the Lenovo Client Site Integration Kit (7X74) which allows clients to have Lenovo or a business partner install the solution in a rack of their own choosing. The Lenovo Client Site Integration Kit enables clients to gain the interoperability warranty benefit of an integrated DSS-G solution while also providing them flexibility in custom-fitting into the client datacenter.
With the Lenovo Client Site Integration Kit, the DSS-G solution is built and tested at the racklevel in Lenovo manufacturing just like described for factory integration above. Afterwards it is disassembled again, and Servers, switches and other items are packaged in individual boxes with a ship group box for cables, publications, labeling, and other rack documentation. Clients are required to purchase installation services from Lenovo or a business partner for the physical setup. The installation team will install the solution at the customer site into the customer provided rack per racking diagrams and point-to-point instructions.
The Client Side Integration Kit includes a “virtual” rack serial number for the DSS-G solution. This virtual rack serial number is used when raising service calls against the DSS-G solution.
To get operational a final onsite software installation and configuration for the specific environment is required. Lenovo can also provide comprehensive onsite configuration of software, including integration and validation for operating systems and software, virtualization and high-availability configurations.
For additional information, see the Services section.
Operating environment
The following tables provide environmental specifications.
- The maximum operating temperature gradient is 20°C per
- De-rate maximum operating temperature 1°C per 300 m above 950 m altitude
Regulatory compliance
RegulatoryCompliance – DSSG-NVX2
EMC Compliance
- CISPR 32 (FCC, EN 55032, VCCI, ICES-003)
- EN 61000-3-2
- EN 61000-3-3
- IEC 61000-4-2
- IEC 61000-4-3
- IEC 61000-4-4
- IEC 61000-4-6
- IEC 61000-4-11
Safety Compliance
- UL 60950-1, 2nd Edition
- CAN/CSA 2 No. 60950-1-07, 2nd Edition
- IEC 60950-1 2012 A2-2013
- EN 60950-1/A12:2011 A2:2013
- IEC/EN/UL62368-1 2nd Edition
RegulatoryCompliance – DSSG-QLC
EMC
- CE / UKCA (EU/UK)
- FCC, IC (US, CA)
- VCCI (Japan)
- BSMI (Taiwan)
- RCM (Australia)
- MISP (South Korea) Safety
- CB UL 3rd Edition USA/Canada (60950-1, 62368-1 3rd)
- IEC 62368-1: 2018
- SII Israel
- BSMI Taiwan (CNS 14336-1)
The SR655 V3 conforms to the following standards:
- ANSI/UL 62368-1
- IEC 62368-1 (CB Certificate and CB Test Report)
- CSA C22.2 No. 62368-1
- Mexico NOM-019
- India BIS 13252 (Part 1)
- Germany GS
- TUV-GS (EN62368-1, and EK1-ITB2000)
- Ukraine UkrCEPRO
- Morocco CMIM Certification (CM)
- Russia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan, TP EAC 037/2016 (for RoHS)
- Russia, Belorussia and Kazakhstan, EAC: TP TC 004/2011 (for Safety); TP TC 020/2011 (for EMC)
- CE, UKCA Mark (EN55032 Class A, EN62368-1, EN55024, EN55035, EN61000-3-2, EN61000-3-3, (EU) 2019/424, and EN IEC 63000 (RoHS))
- FCC - Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A
- Canada ICES-003, issue 7, Class A
- CISPR 32, Class A, CISPR 35
- Korea KN32, Class A, KN35
- Japan VCCI, Class A
- Taiwan BSMI CNS15936, Class A; CNS15598-1; Section 5 of CNS15663
- Australia/New Zealand AS/NZS CISPR 32, Class A; AS/NZS 62368.1
- UL Green Guard, UL2819
- Energy Star 4.0
- EPEAT (NSF/ ANSI 426) Bronze
- Japanese Energy-Saving Act
- EU2019/424 Energy Related Product (ErP Lot9)
- China CCC certificate, GB17625.1; GB4943.1; GB/T9254
- China CECP certificate, CQC3135
- China CELP certificate, HJ 2507-2011
Warranty upgrades and post-warranty support
Lenovo EveryScale exclusive components (Machine Types 1410, 7X74, 0724, 0449, 7D5F; for the other Hardware and Software components configured within EveryScale their respective warranty terms apply) 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.
Some markets might have different warranty terms and conditions than the standard warranty. This is due to local business practices or laws in the specific market. Local service teams can assist in explaining market-specific terms when needed. Examples of market-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 spares parts.
The standard warranty terms are customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite (for field-replaceable units FRUs only) 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 your data center, with an experience consistently ranked number one in customer satisfaction worldwide. Available offerings include:
- Premier Support
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:
- Direct technician-to-technician access through a dedicated phone line
- 24x7x365 remote support
- Single point of contact service
- End to end case management
- Third-party collaborative software support
- Online case tools and live chat support
- On-demand remote system analysis
- Warranty Upgrade (Preconfigured Support)
Services are available to meet the on-site response time targets that match the criticality of your 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. YourDrive YourData is an optional extra (see below).
- Essential Service: 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select markets). Bundled with YourDrive YourData.
- Advanced Service: 24x7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select markets). Bundled with YourDrive YourData.
- Managed Services
Lenovo Managed Services provides continuous 24x7 remote monitoring (plus 24x7 call center availability) and proactive management of your 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 & OS device driver levels, and software as needed. We’ll also maintain records of latest patches, critical updates, and firmware levels, to ensure you systems are providing business value through optimized performance.
- Technical Account Management (TAM)
A Lenovo Technical Account Manager helps you optimize the operation of your data center based on a deep understanding of your business. You gain direct access to your Lenovo TAM, who serves as your single point of contact to expedite service requests, provide status updates, and furnish reports to track incidents over time. In addition, your TAM will help proactively make service recommendations and manage your service relationship with Lenovo to make certain your needs are met.
- Enterprise Server Software Support
Enterprise Software Support is an additional support service providing customers with software support on Microsoft, Red Hat, SUSE, and VMware applications and systems. Around the clock availability for critical problems plus unlimited calls and incidents helps customers address challenges fast, without incremental costs. Support staff can answer troubleshooting and diagnostic questions, address product comparability and interoperability issues, isolate causes of problems, report defects to software vendors, and more.
- YourDrive YourData
Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData is a multi-drive retention offering that ensures your data is always under your control, regardless of the number of drives that are installed in your Lenovo server. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, you retain possession of your drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. The YourDrive YourData service can be purchased in convenient bundles and is optional with Foundation Service. It is bundled with Essential Service and Advanced Service.
- Health Check
Having a trusted partner who can perform regular and detailed health checks is central to maintaining efficiency and ensuring that your 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.
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 Service offerings are region-specific. Not all preconfigured support and upgrade options are available in every region. For information about Lenovo service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, refer to the following resources:
- Service part numbers in Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services - Lenovo Services Availability Locator
http://lenovolocator.com/
For service definitions, region-specific details, and service limitations, please 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
The following tables list the warranty upgrade part numbers for each DSS-G component:
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.
- Data Center Power and Cooling Services
The Data Center Infrastructure team will provide solution design and implementation services to support the power and cooling needs of the multi-node chassis and multi-rack solutions. This includes designing for various levels of power redundancy and integration into the customer power infrastructure. The Infrastructure team will work with site engineers to design an effective cooling strategy based on facility constraints or customer goals and optimize a cooling solution to ensure high efficiency and availability. The Infrastructure team will provide the detailed solution design and complete integration of the cooling solution into the customer data center. In addition, the Infrastructure team will provide rack and chassis level commissioning and stand-up of the water-cooled solution which includes setting and tuning of the flow rates based on water temperature and heat recovery targets. Lastly, the Infrastructure team will provide cooling solution optimization and performance validation to ensure the highest overall operational efficiency of the solution.
Installation Services
To get operational a final onsite software installation and configuration for the specific environment is required. Five days of Lenovo Professional Services are included by default with the DSS-G solutions to get customers up and running quickly. This selection can be removed if so desired when for example an experienced channel partner of Lenovo will provide those services.
Services are tailored to the customer need and typically include:
- Conduct a preparation and planning call
- Configure Confluent on the SR630 V2 quorum/management server
- Verify, and update if needed, firmware and software versions to implement the DSS-G
- Configure the network settings specific to the customer environment for
- XClarity Controller (XCC) service processors on the SR650 V2 and SR630 V2 servers
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux on the SR650 V2 and SR630 V2 servers
- Configure IBM Storage Scale on the DSS-G servers
- Create file and exporting systems from the DSS-G storage
- Provide skills transfer to customer personnel
- Develop post-installation documentation describing the specifics of the firmware/software versions and network and file system configuration work that was done
Lenovo TruScale
Lenovo TruScale XaaS is your set of flexible IT services that makes everything easier. Streamline IT procurement, simplify infrastructure and device management, and pay only for what you use – so your business is free to grow and go anywhere.
Lenovo TruScale is the unified solution that gives you simplified access to:
- The industry’s broadest portfolio – from pocket to cloud – all delivered as a service
- A single-contract framework for full visibility and accountability
- The global scale to rapidly and securely build teams from anywhere
- Flexible fixed and metered pay-as-you-go models with minimal upfront cost
- The growth-driving combination of hardware, software, infrastructure, and solutions – all from one single provider with one point of accountability.
For information about Lenovo TruScale offerings that are available in your region, contact your local Lenovo sales representative or business partner.
Related publications and links
For more information, see these resources:
- Lenovo DSS-G product page
- https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/data-center/servers/high-density/Distributed-Storage-Solution-for-IBM-Spectrum-Scale/p/WMD00000275
- Lenovo high-density offerings page
https://www.lenovo.com/us/en/c/data-center/servers/high-density - Paper, "DSS-G Declustered RAID Technology and Rebuild Performance"
https://lenovopress.com/lp1227-dss-g-declustered-raid-technology-and-rebuild-performance - ThinkSystem SR655 V3 Product Guide
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1610-thinksystem-sr655-v3-server#internal-drive-options - x-config configurator:
https://lesc.lenovo.com/products/hardware/configurator/worldwide/bhui/asit/index.html - Lenovo DSS-G datasheet:
https://lenovopress.com/DS0026 -
Lenovo DSS-G product life-cycle:
https://support.lenovo.com/gb/en/solutions/ht510974 -
Lenovo 1U Switched and Monitored Rack PDUs product guide:
https://lenovopress.lenovo.com/lp1556
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