Lenovo Storage S3200

The Lenovo® Storage S3200 (shown in the following figure) is a versatile storage system that is designed to provide simplicity, speed, scalability, security, and high availability for small to large businesses. The S3200 SAN array delivers enterprise-class storage management technology in a cost-effective solution with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features.

The S3200 is a perfect fit for for a wide range of workloads, from specialized workloads such as big data and analytics, video surveillance, media streaming, and private clouds to general purpose workloads such as file and print serving, web serving, e-mail and collaboration, and OLTP databases. The S3200 is also suited very well for secure archive storage or a consolidated backup solution.

Figure 1. Lenovo Storage S3200

The S3200 offers the flexible choice of storage connectivity protocols: 6/12 Gb SAS, 1 Gb or 10 Gb iSCSI, and 4/8/16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC). Converged Network Controller (CNC) design of the S3200 makes the selection of iSCSI or FC host connectivity (or both FC and iSCSI) as simple as attaching corresponding transceivers or 10 GbE SFP+ Direct-Attach Copper (DAC) cables to the SFP/SFP+ ports on the RAID controller.

The S3200 supports up to 192 drives with up to seven external expansion enclosures, and it offers flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive form factors, 10K or 15K rpm SAS and 7.2K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) and self-encrypting drives (SEDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs). The S3200 can be scaled up to 960 TB of raw storage capacity.

The S3200 supports Intelligent Real-time Tiering capabilities that help optimize system performance, reduce costs, and simplify management. The base software includes the ability to move data dynamically between SAS HDDs that are optimized for cost per IOPS and NL SAS HDDs that are optimized for cost per GB. With the optional software license, the S3200 supports hybrid tiering across HDDs and SSDs.

With flexibility of the Converged Network Controllers, the S3200 supports hybrid iSCSI and Fibre Channel connectivity at the same time.

The S3200 supports battery-free cache protection which reduces maintenance costs and provides permanent backup of unwritten cache data in case of power failure.

Key features and benefits provided by the S3200 storage system include:

• Versatile, scalable storage with a single controller, or dual active/active controller configurations for high availability and performance.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for 6/12 Gb SAS (SAS controller) or 1/10 Gb iSCSI or 4/8/16 Gb FC connectivity (FC and iSCSI controller) or both iSCSI and FC at the same time.
• 6 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) or 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the controller enclosure; scalable up to 96 LFF drives per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage E1012 expansion enclosure (12x LFF drives each) or up to 192 SFF drives per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage E1024 expansion enclosure (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance.
• Flexibility in storing data on high performance SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS HDDs, or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types and form factors within a single system to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various workloads.
• Support for self-encrypting drives to allow clients to secure their sensitive data and to comply with various security regulations when required.
• Rich set of standard functions available at no additional cost, including virtualized storage pools, snapshots, thin provisioning, rapid rebuild, real-time HDD tiering, and SSD read cache.
• Optional licensed functions, including higher number of snapshots for more scalability, real-time SSD tiering for boosting IOPS performance, and asynchronous replication for 24x7 data protection and disaster recovery.
• Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system setup and management.
• Designed to comply with NEBS and MIL-STD requirements.
• Designed for 99.999% availability.

The S3200 is designed to support the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly utilized applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.

The following 3.5-inch drives are supported:

• High performance solid-state drives (10 drive writes per day [DWD]): 400 GB
• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives: 600 GB and 900 GB 10K rpm
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 2 TB, 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, and 10 TB 7.2K rpm

The following 2.5-inch drives are supported:

• High performance solid-state drives (3 DWD and 10 DWD): 400 GB, 800 GB, and 1.6 TB
• High performance self-encrypting solid-state drives (10 DWD): 400 GB and 800 GB
• Capacity-optimized solid-state drives (1 DWD): 3.84 TB
• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives
  • 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm
  • 600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 1 TB and 2 TB 7.2K rpm

Additional drives and expansion units are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, helping to quickly and seamlessly respond to ever-growing capacity demands.

The following functions are included with every S3200:

• Intelligent Real-time Tiering for HDDs: Storage tiering helps optimize storage use with intelligent data placement to improve system performance, reduce costs, and simplify management. The S3200 automatically and dynamically moves frequently accessed data to higher performing HDDs in the system without manually creating and managing storage tier policies.
• RAID levels 1, 5, 6, and 10: Provide the flexibility to choose the level of data protection required.
• Virtualized storage pools: Enables rapid, flexible storage provisioning and simple configuration changes. Stored data is distributed across all drive groups in the pool (wide striping) which helps improve performance, lower latency, and achieve higher volume capacities. When a new drive group is added to the pool, the system performs automatic rebalancing to utilize all drives in the pool for better performance.
• Thin provisioning: Optimizes efficiency by allocating drive storage space in a flexible manner among multiple applications, based on the minimum space required by each application at any given time. With thin provisioning, applications consume only the space they are actually using, not the total space that has been allocated to them, which allows clients to purchase storage they need today and add more as application requirements grow.
• SSD Read Cache: An extension of the controller's cache to improve performance of read-centric workloads
• Rapid RAID Rebuild: Helps significantly decrease the time to recover lost data by only rebuilding the stripe where the corruption occurred, not the empty space or other stripes
• Snapshots: Enables creation of copies of data for backup, parallel processing, testing, and development, and have the copies available almost immediately. Base software supports up to 128 snapshot targets per system.

The S3200 storage capabilities can be expanded with optional licensed functions. Each optional S3200 function is licensed on a per-system basis and covers both controller enclosure and all attached expansion units.

Optional licensed functions include:

• Intelligent Real-time Tiering for SSDs: The SSD tiering upgrade option allows the use of SSDs as read and write storage in the hybrid HDD and SSD storage configurations. Also, this option makes it easy and economical to deploy hybrid storage by dynamically moving frequently accessed data to SSDs in the system, resulting in flash drive performance without manually creating and managing storage tier policies.
• Snapshots upgrade: The snapshot upgrade options increase the supported number of snapshot targets to 512 or 1,024 per system.

• Asynchronous Replication: The asynchronous replication feature provides storage system-based data replication between two peers by using asynchronous data transfers over IP communication links.

  The replication is done at predetermined intervals (Now, 1 hour, 12 hour, 24 hour) and does not require high-bandwidth network connection. For ultimate flexibility, S3200 asynchronous replication interoperates with Lenovo Storage S2200 and ThinkSystem DS Series.

  The asynchronous replication option must be acquired (or licensed) for both primary (local) and secondary (remote) systems.

The S3200 supports the following management interfaces:

• Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) via HTTP that requires only a supported browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox), so there is no need for a separate console or plug-in
• Command line interface (CLI) via Telnet or SSH or through Direct Connect USB
• HTTP scripting interface with XML encoding
• SNMP and e-mail notifications

The following figure shows the front of the S3200 SFF chassis and E1024 drive expansion enclosure.

Figure 2. Front view of the S3200 SFF chassis and E1024 drive enclosure

The following figure shows the front of the S3200 LFF chassis and E1012 drive expansion enclosure.

Figure 3. Front view of the S3200 LFF chassis and E1012 drive enclosure

The following figure shows the rear of the S3200 with FC or iSCSI host interfaces with dual RAID controllers. Single RAID controller configurations are also supported.

Figure 4. Rear view of the S3200 with FC or iSCSI host interfaces

The following figure shows the rear of the S3200 with SAS host interfaces with dual RAID controllers. Single RAID controller configurations are also supported.

Figure 5. Rear view of the S3200 with SAS host interfaces

The following figure shows the rear of the E1012 and E1024 drive enclosures with dual I/O expansion modules. Single I/O module configurations are also supported with the single-controller S3200.

Figure 6. Rear view of the E1012 and E1024 drive enclosures

Note: The RAID controllers (shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5) and expansion modules (shown in Figure 6) have additional service ports with a specialized connector, and these ports are reserved for use by a Lenovo service technician.

The following table lists the S3200 storage system technical specifications.

The following table lists the relationship models of the S3200.

* Not available for ordering in North America (United States and Canada).

The part number for the S3200 includes the following items:

• One S3200 chassis with two power supplies and fans:
  • With one or two SAS RAID controllers installed
  • With one or two FC and iSCSI RAID controllers installed
• Two 4.3 m, 10 A/100 - 250 V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cables
• Lenovo Storage SAN Rack Mount Kit: Rails 25-inch to 36-inch
• Lenovo 1.5 m USB console cable (USB to-Mini-USB)
• Getting Started Guide
• Warranty Flyer
• Important Notices Flyer
• Documentation Flyer

The following table lists the TopSeller models of the S3200.

* Not available for ordering in North America (United States and Canada).

Note: S3200 TopSeller models are country-specific; that is, not all listed models might be available for ordering in a particular country or area. Ask a Lenovo representative for specifics.

The S3200 supports single and dual controller configurations. Standard models of the S3200 ship with two RAID controller modules (see Table 2). Custom models of the S3200 can be configured with one or two RAID controllers. Single-controller models can be upgraded to dual-controller models non-disruptively.

There are two types of RAID controller modules available:

• S3200 SAS RAID Controllers
• S3200 FC and iSCSI RAID Controllers

S3200 SAS RAID Controllers provide direct SAS attachment for up to four hosts with a supported SAS HBA installed in the host. Each S3200 SAS Controller has four 6/12 Gb SAS ports with Mini-SAS HD (SFF-8644) connectors.

S3200 FC and iSCSI RAID Controllers provide SAN based iSCSI or Fibre Channel connectivity to the hosts with a supported software initiator or HBA installed. Each S3200 FC and iSCSI Controller has two built-in CNCs that have two SFP/SFP+ ports each for a total of four SFP/SFP+ ports per RAID controller. Ports on the CNC must have the same connectivity type, and different CNCs might have different connectivity types.

The Converged Network Controller supports the following storage connectivity protocols depending on the SFP/SFP+ transceivers installed:

• 1 Gb iSCSI with 1 GbE RJ-45 SFP optical modules
• 1/10 Gb iSCSI with 10 GbE SW SFP+ optical modules with LC connectors
• 10 Gb iSCSI with 10 GbE SFP+ DAC cables
• 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel with 8 Gb FC SW SFP+ optical modules with LC connectors
• 4/8/16 Gb Gb Fibre Channel with 16 Gb FC SW SFP+ optical modules with LC connectors

Notes:

• Both ports on the same CNC on the S3200 FC and iSCSI RAID Controller must have the same connectivity type (the same type of SFP/SFP+ modules or DAC cables).
• Hybrid iSCSI and FC connectivity or 1 Gb and 10 Gb iSCSI connectivity is supported on a per CNC basis; that is, each of two CNCs on the RAID controller is configured with the different types of transceivers.
• For dual-controller configurations, both RAID controllers in the system must be of the same type, and they must have matching port configurations (i.e. the matching ports on both RAID controllers must have SFP/SFP+ modules of the same type).

Both SAS controllers and FC and iSCSI controllers have one 6 Gb SAS x4 expansion port (Mini-SAS SFF-8088 connector) for the attachment of the E1012 and E1024 expansion enclosures.

* Up to two SFP/SFP+ modules per CNC, up to four modules per controller. Mixing module types is supported on different CNCs; ports on the same CNC must have the same connectivity type.
** Up to two cables per CNC, up to four cables per controller.
*** Up to two cables per CNC with 1G RJ45 modules attached, up to five cables per controller (one cable for 1 GbE management port connection; up to four cables for CNC port connections with RJ-45 SFP+ modules installed).

The S3200 supports attachment of up to seven Lenovo Storage E1012 or E1024 expansion enclosures. Intermix of E1012 and E1024 is supported. The enclosures can be added to the system non-disruptively.

The following table lists the models of the E1012 and E1024 expansion enclosure models.

The part number for the E1012 or E1024 includes the following items:

• One enclosure with two power supplies and fans and with one or two expansion modules installed
• Two 4.3m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cables
• Lenovo Storage SAN Rack Mount Kit - Rails 25"-36"
• Getting Started Guide
• Warranty Flyer
• Important Notices Flyer
• Documentation Flyer

The E1012 and E1024 support single and dual expansion module configurations. Standard models of the E1012 and E1024 ship with two expansion modules (see Table 4). Custom models of the E1012 and E1024 can be configured with one or two expansion modules. Single module configurations can be upgraded to dual module configurations non-disruptively. The number of expansion modules in the E1012 or E1024 must match the number of RAID controllers in the S3200.

Each expansion module has two 6 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS SFF-8088 connectors) labelled IN and OUT. These ports are used for connections to the S3200 and for daisy chaining the E1012 and E1024 enclosures between each other. The expansion port on the S3200 controller is connected to the IN port on the expansion module, and the OUT port on the expansion module is connected to the IN port on the expansion module in the adjacent enclosure and so on.

The expansion connectivity topology for dual controller configurations is illustrated in the following figure. For single controller configurations, only Controller A path is present.

Figure 7. Expansion connectivity topology

The following table lists ordering information for the expansion modules and related connectivity options.

* One cable per SAS expansion module.

The S3200 LFF chassis and the E1012 expansion enclosure support up to 12 LFF hot-swap drives, and the S3200 SFF chassis and the E1024 expansion enclosure support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives.

The following table lists drive options for the S3200 LFF chassis and the E1012 expansion enclosure.

The S3200 comes standard with the following software features:

• Intelligent Real-time Tiering for HDDs
• Virtualized Storage Pools
• Thin Provisioning
• SSD Read Cache
• Rapid RAID Rebuild
• Snapshots - up to 128 targets.

The functionality of the S3200 can be expanded with the following optional software features:

• Intelligent Real-time Tiering for SSDs (Required for hybrid array configurations with SSDs and HDDs)
• Snapshots - up to 512 targets
• Snapshots - up to 1,024 targets
• Asynchronous replication

The following table lists the Feature on Demand (FoD) upgrades for the S3200 to enable optional software features. Each optional S3200 function is licensed on a per-system basis and covers both controller enclosure and all attached expansion units.

* Prior to the firmware version GL221R019-05, the SSD Data Tiering Upgrade option was required for all flash array configurations (a storage system with SSDs only; no HDDs installed) and for hybrid array configurations (a storage system with SSDs and HDDs). With the firmware version GL221R019-05 or later, the SSD Data Tiering Upgrade option is no longer required for all flash array configurations; however, it is required for hybrid configurations.
** Asynchronous Replication requires an FC and iSCSI Controller-based S3200 storage unit.

Software maintenance for standard software features is included in the S3200 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 the Warranty section for details).

Optional software features that are listed in Table 9 include 3-year software maintenance with the ability to extend it up to 5 years in 1-year or 2-year increments with the purchase of the software maintenance extension options that are listed in the following table.

Note: The S3200 must have active warranty coverage for the duration of an intended software maintenance extension period.

The S3200, E1012, and E1024 ship standard with two 4.3m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cables. Other power cable options are also available, and the part numbers and feature codes to order the power cables (two power cables are required per each S3200, E1012, and E1024) are listed in the following table.

The S3200, E1012, and E1024 have the following dimensions and weight (approximate):

• LFF chassis
  • Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
  • Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
  • Depth: 523 mm (20.6 in.)
• SFF chassis
  • Height: 89 mm (3.5 in.)
  • Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.)
  • Depth: 519 mm (20.5 in.)
• Weight
  • S3200 LFF: Minimum: 18.4 kg (40.6 lb); Maximum: 28.2 kg (62.2 lb)
  • S3200 SFF: Minimum: 18.5 kg (40.8 lb); Maximum: 25.0 kg (55.2 lb)
  • E1012: Minimum: 16.8 kg (37.0 lb); Maximum: 26.6 kg (58.6 lb)
  • E1024: Minimum: 16.9 kg (37.2 lb); Maximum: 23.4 kg (51.6 lb)

The S3200, E1012, and E1024 are supported in the following environment:

• Air temperature:
  • Operating: 5 °C to 40 °C (41 °F to 104 °F); decrease the maximum ambient temperature by 3.3 °C for every 1,000 m (3,280 ft)
  • Storage: -10 °C to +60 °C (14 °F to 140 °F)
  • Maximum altitude: 3,000 m (9,842 ft)
• Humidity:
  • Operating: 8% to 85% (non-condensing)
  • Storage: 5% to 90% (non-condensing)
• Electrical:
  • 100 to 240 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz to 60 Hz
• BTU output: 1488 Btu/hr (436 W)
• Noise level: 6.8 bels

The S3200 has a three-year parts only warranty with 9x5/next business day (NBD) terms. Lenovo offers the service upgrades through warranty maintenance upgrades and post-warranty maintenance agreements with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.

Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings are region-specific. Not all warranty service upgrades are available in every region. For more information about Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your region, refer to the Data Center Advisor and Configurator Tool (DCACT; formerly known as LESC):
http://lesc.lenovo.com

The following table explains warranty service definitions for the S3200 system in more detail.

In general, the types of Lenovo warranty service upgrades for the S3200 are as follows:

• Warranty and maintenance service upgrades:
  • Onsite support for 9x5 NBD coverage
  • 4-hour target response time with onsite, 9x5 or 24x7 service coverage
  • Up to five years of warranty extension for all service levels in one or two year increments
• Hard Drive Retention

  Lenovo's Hard Drive Retention service is a multi-drive hard drive retention offering that ensures your data is always under your control, regardless of the number of hard drives that are installed in your Lenovo system. In the unlikely event of a hard drive failure, you retain possession of your hard drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. The Hard Drive Retention service can be purchased in convenient bundles with our warranty upgrades and extensions.

The S3200 conforms to the following regulations:

• UL 60950-1, 2nd Edition, 2007-03-27 (USA)
• CAN/CSA-C22.2 No 60950-1-07, 2nd Edition, 2007-03 (Canada)
• IEC 60950-1:2005 (2nd Edition); Am 1:2009
• EN 60950-1:2005, 2nd Edition, AM1 2009 (EU)
• CFR 47 Part 15 Subpart B Class A (USA FCC)
• ICES-003:2012, Class A (Canada)
• EN 55022: 2010 Class A (EU)
• EN 55024: 2010 (EU)
• ASNZS CISPR 22 -2009 Class A
• CNS 14338 (2006)
• KN22 Class A
• VCCI Technical Requirements 2012 Class A
• RoHS Directive 2011/65/EU
• EAC
• NOM
• BMSI
• CCC

Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The S3200 supports attachment to Lenovo ThinkSystem, System x, ThinkServer, and Flex System hosts by using SAS, iSCSI, or Fibre Channel storage connectivity protocols. Hybrid storage connectivity is also supported.

Note: Tables that are provided in this section are for ordering reference purposes only.

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.

SAS interoperability

The Lenovo SAS adapters that are listed in the following table are compatible with the S3200 SAS storage (direct attach).

iSCSI interoperability

The S3200 supports iSCSI attachments via standard 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet network. Any compatible Ethernet switch, including Lenovo RackSwitch top of rack (TOR) switches and integrated Flex System Ethernet I/O modules, can be used to provide iSCSI connectivity with the S3200 iSCSI storage.

With software iSCSI initiators, any supported Lenovo 1 Gb Ethernet or 10 Gb Ethernet adapter is compatible with the S3200 iSCSI storage. For hardware iSCSI initiators (iSCSI HBAs), refer to the S2200/S3200 Interoperability Matrix.

The S3200 supports direct FC attachments and FC switch based attachments. Brocade and QLogic SAN switches can be used to provide FC connectivity with the S3200 FC storage.

The Lenovo FC adapters that are listed in the following table are compatible with the S3200 FC storage.

The following table lists the Ethernet and Fibre Channel rack mount switches offered by Lenovo that can be used in S3200 storage solutions.

The following table lists the Ethernet and Fibre Channel integrated switches for Flex System that can be used in S3200 storage solutions.

* Requires a supported Cisco Nexus top of rack switch.

The following table lists the rack cabinets offered by Lenovo that can be used in S3200 storage solutions.

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

The following table lists the the power distribution units (PDUs) that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in S3200 storage solutions.

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

The following table list the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in S3200 storage solutions.

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

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For more information, see the following documents:

• Lenovo Storage S3200 product page
  http://www.lenovo.com/systems/storage
• Lenovo Hardware Configurator:
  http://lesc.lenovo.com/products/hardware/configurator/bhui/launchNI.wss
• Lenovo Storage S3200 support:
  http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/products/Servers/Lenovo-Storage/Lenovo-Storage-S3200