IBM Storwize V7000 LFF Dual Control Enclosure

Abstract

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

This product guide describes the Storwize V7000 Storage System that is available from Lenovo. It also provides essential pre-sales information on Storwize V7000, its key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines.

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

Change History

Changes in the July 24 update:

• Marked withdrawn controller units

Introduction

IBM Storwize V7000 for Lenovo (Machine Type 6195) is a virtualized, software-defined storage system that consolidates workloads into a single storage system for simplicity of management, reduced cost, highly scalable capacity, and high performance and availability.

Storwize V7000 storage controller units include two node canisters, each with 32 GB cache for a system total of 64 GB cache. Also available is an optional cache upgrade to 128 GB or 256 GB per system (64 GB or 128 GB per node canister). Standard is 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity, with an option for 8 Gb (Model 524 only) or 16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC), 10 Gb iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), or 25 Gb iSCSI (Model HC1 only) connectivity.

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

A Storwize V7000 system scales up to 504 drives with the attachment of up to 20 Storwize V7000 expansion units. The Storwize V7000 Storage Controller Unit is shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Storwize V7000 Storage Controller Unit

Did you know?

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

Storwize V7000 offers hybrid block storage connectivity with support for 1 Gb iSCSI, 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, 25 Gb iSCSI (Model HC1 only), 8 Gb FC (Model 524 only), or 16 Gb FC connectivity.

Storwize V7000 systems can be clustered to help deliver greater performance, bandwidth, and scalability. A Storwize V7000 clustered system can contain up to four Storwize V7000 controller units and up to 2016 drives.

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

Key features

The Storwize V7000 storage system provides the following features:

• Scalable enterprise storage with dual active/active intelligent array node canisters with 32 GB cache each for high availability and performance.
• Optional upgrade to 128 GB or 256 GB cache (Model HC1 only) per system for additional performance benefits for regular and compressed workloads.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for 1 Gb iSCSI, 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, 25 Gb iSCSI (Model HC1 only), 8 Gb FC (Model 524 only), or 16 Gb FC connectivity.
• 12 Gb SAS expansion units supporting 12x 3.5-inch LFF or 24x 2.5-inch SFF drives.
• Scaling for up to 504 drives per system with the attachment of 20 Storwize V7000 expansion units and up to 2016 drives in a four-way clustered configuration.
• Further scalability can be achieved with virtualization of external storage. When Storwize V7000 virtualizes an external disk system, capacity in the external system inherits the functional richness and ease of use of Storwize V7000.
• Flexibility in storing data on high-performance SAS solid-state drives (SSDs), performance-optimized enterprise SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types and form factors within a single system to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various workloads.
• Storwize V7000 combines various IBM technologies, including thin provisioning, data reduction pools, deduplication, automated tiering, external and internal storage virtualization, clustering, replication, compression, and multiprotocol support.
• VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVol) integration brings advanced storage management functions to the virtual machine level for finer VM storage service level control and policy-driven automation.

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

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

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

The following 2.5-inch drives are supported:

• High performance SSDs: 200 GB, 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS
• Read-optimized SSDs: 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB SAS
• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:
  • 300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS
  • 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm SAS
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS

High-capacity, archival-class nearline 3 TB, 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 12 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS 3.5-inch disk drives are supported.

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

Up to 20 Storwize V7000 expansion units are supported by a single Storwize V7000 controller unit. You can intermix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch expansion units behind a 2.5-inch controller unit. This configuration delivers the added flexibility to mix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives within a single system.

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

The V7000 storage system offers high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:

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

The Storwize V7000 supports the following management interfaces:

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

Components and connectors

The following figure shows the front of the Storwize V7000 SFF enclosure.

Figure 2. Front view of the Storwize V7000 SFF enclosure

The following figure shows the front of the Storwize V7000 LFF enclosure.

Figure 3. Front view of the Storwize V7000 LFF enclosure

The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V7000 Controller Unit.

Figure 4. Rear view of the Storwize V7000 Controller Unit

The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V7000 Expansion Unit.

Figure 5. Rear view of the Storwize V7000 Expansion Unit

System specifications

The following table lists the Storwize V7000 storage system specifications.

Note: The supported hardware options and software features listed in this product guide are based on the Spectrum Virtualize software version 8.1.3 (Model HC1) or 7.8.1.1 (Model 524). Model 524 does not support software versions 8.x onwards. For details about specific Spectrum Virtualize software releases that introduced support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular software release that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/storwize/v7000/downloads

* Supported for Model 524 only.
# Supported for Model HC1 only.
^ The operating systems shown are for Lenovo servers. The V7000 might support other operating systems. For a full list of supported operating systems, refer to the System Storage Interoperation Center: http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic.
** Internal performance measurements for Model HC1 with SSDs.
*** For a detailed list of configuration limits and restrictions for a specific version of the Storwize V7000 software, see the following online document: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1003741

Controller units

Product availability: The Storwize V7000 controller units are withdrawn and no longer available for ordering.

The Storwize V7000 controller units ship with two node canisters. A node canister provides interfaces for host connectivity, management, and internal drives, and it runs storage management and virtualization software.

The Model HC1 node canisters use a 10-core processor with 2.2 GHz core speeds and DDR4 cache memory. The Model 524 node canisters use an 8-core processor with 1.9 core speeds and DDR3 cache memory.

The Storwize V7000 controller units ship with the host connectivity interfaces that features 6x Gb Ethernet (RJ-45) ports (3 ports per node canister) for 1 Gb iSCSI host connectivity and management (management uses one (primary) or two (primary/redundant) of these 3 ports per node canister).

The Storwize V7000 controller unit must be configured with at least one pair of the adapter cards that supply the following interfaces:

• 8x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (four ports per adapter card) with eight SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors) included for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE connectivity
• 8x 8 Gb FC SFP ports (four ports per adapter card; Model 524 only) with eight SW SFP optical transceivers (LC connectors) included for FC connectivity (a pair of optional 8 Gb FC LW SFP transceivers is available for ordering as an option; it replaces a pair of the SW SFP transceivers that are included with the FC adapter card)
• 4x 16 Gb FC SFP ports (two ports per adapter card; Model 524 only) with four SW SFP optical transceivers (LC connectors) included for FC connectivity (a pair of optional 16 Gb FC LW SFP transceivers is available for ordering as an option; it replaces a pair of the SW SFP transceivers that are included with the FC adapter card)
• 8x 16 Gb FC SFP ports (four ports per adapter card) with eight SW SFP optical transceivers (LC connectors) included for FC connectivity (a pair of optional 16 Gb FC LW SFP transceivers is available for ordering as an option; it replaces a pair of the SW SFP transceivers that are included with the FC adapter card)
• 4x 25 GbE (RoCE) SFP28 ports (two ports per adapter card; Model HC1 only) with four SW SFP28 optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (two transceivers per adapter card) for 25 GbE iSCSI connectivity with support for RDMA with RoCE v2
• 4x 25 GbE (iWARP) SFP28 ports (two ports per adapter card; Model HC1 only) with four SW SFP28 optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (two transceivers per adapter card) for 25 GbE iSCSI connectivity with support for RDMA with iWARP

The Storwize V7000 controller unit supports up to two pairs of the 8 Gb FC or 16 Gb FC adapter cards, up to two pairs of the 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE adapter cards (Model HC1 only; Model 524 supports up to one pair of the 10 Gb adapter cards), up to two pairs of the 25 GbE iSCSI adapter cards (Model HC1 only), or a combination of up to two adapter pairs of different connectivity type.

Configuration notes:

• At least one pair of the adapter cards must be ordered with the Storwize V7000 controller unit.
• For 1 Gb iSCSI and management connectivity, Storwize V7000 requires a Category 5 or Category 5E Ethernet cable that is terminated with an 8P8C modular connector (RJ-45 compatible connector). This cable is not supplied by Lenovo and must be supplied by the customer.
• 25 Gb iSCSI adapter cards do not support FCoE.

The following table lists the available host port configurations for the Storwize V7000 control enclosure model HC1.

The following table lists the available host port configurations for the Storwize V7000 controller unit model 524.

The following table lists ordering information for the host connectivity options for the Storwize V7000 controller units.

* Model HC1 supports up to two iSCSI/FCoE adapter card pairs per controller unit. Model 524 supports up to one iSCSI/FCoE card pair per controller unit.
** Supported for Model 524 only.
^ Supported for Model HC1 only.

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

* The installation of a pair of the compression accelerator cards requires a Cache Upgrade (01CX819, 01KP911, or 00NC509).
** 128GB and 256GB Cache Upgrades for Model HC1 are mutually exclusive.
^ Field upgrade only.

The Storwize V7000 controller units provide 12 Gb SAS internal dual-port drive connectivity, and each controller unit also has four 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 port per node canister) for 12 Gb SAS expansion unit connectivity.

Expansion units

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

The following table lists the models of the Storwize V7000 SFF and LFF expansion units.

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

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

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

Note: Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately (for more information, see Table 13).

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

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

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

Figure 6. Expansion unit connectivity topology

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

Drives

The Storwize V7000 SFF controller and expansion units support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives. The Storwize V7000 LFF expansion unit supports up to 12 LFF hot-swap drives. The following tables list drive options for the Storwize V7000 SFF and LFF units.

Software

The following functions are included with every Storwize V7000:

• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10

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

• Distributed RAID 5 and 6 for internal storage
  Helps improve performance and availability with significantly faster rebuild time by allowing data to be distributed across more physical drives that are used simultaneously.
• Four-system clustering

Storwize V7000 systems can be clustered to help deliver greater performance, bandwidth, and scalability. A Storwize V7000 clustered system can contain up to four Storwize V7000 systems and up to 1,056 drives.

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

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

• Virtualization of internal storage

Enables rapid, flexible provisioning and simple configuration changes.

• Thin provisioning

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

• Data Reduction Pools

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

• Deduplication

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

• One-way data migration

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

• Embedded GUI

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

• Integrated Comprestimator

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

The Storwize V7000 storage capabilities can be expanded with optional licensed functions. Each optional Storwize V7000 software license is required for each controller unit, expansion unit, and externally virtualized storage units.

The following optional licensed functions are available:

• Easy Tier

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

• FlashCopy

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

• Real-time Compression

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

• Encryption

This feature provides encryption for data at rest for enhanced data security. Encryption is performed by the Storwize V7000 control enclosure for data that is stored within the Storwize V7000 system (the control enclosure and all attached expansion enclosures) and externally virtualized storage capacities. Encryption feature does not require self-encrypting drives (SEDs); it works with traditional drives. Encryption is enabled on the entire Storwize V7000 system (Storwize control enclosure and all attached Storwize V7000 expansion enclosures) and externally virtualized storage under its control.

• Remote mirroring

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

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

For ultimate flexibility, Storwize V7000 remote mirroring interoperates with any other Storwize family system, including Storwize V5000, Storwize V3700, and SAN Volume Controller.

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

• External Virtualization

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

• Transparent Cloud Tiering

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

The following tables list ordering information for optional software features for Storwize V7000 controller units.

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

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

The following tables list ordering information for optional software features for Storwize V7000 expansion enclosures.

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

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

The following tables list ordering information for optional external virtualization features for Storwize V7000.

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

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

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

Encryption

Storwize V7000 supports encryption for data at rest. Encryption is performed by the Storwize V7000 control enclosure for data stored within the Storwize V7000 system (the control enclosure and all attached expansion enclosures) and externally virtualized storage capacities. Encryption is enabled on Storwize V7000 through the acquisition of the Encryption Enablement feature. This feature enables encryption on the entire Storwize V7000 system (Storwize control enclosure and all attached Storwize V7000 expansion enclosures) and externally virtualized storage under its control.

The Encryption USB Flash Drives (Four Pack) feature is required when the Encryption Enablement feature is acquired. This feature provides four USB flash drives for storing the encryption master access key. This feature can also be ordered if more USB flash drives are needed.

The following table lists ordering information for the encryption options.

Note: The Storwize V7000 Encryption Enablement feature and the Encryption USB Drive Pack feature (machine type and feature numbers) are not available in the following countries:

• Belarus
• Kazakhstan
• People’s Republic of China
• Russia

Power cables

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

Physical specifications

The Storwize V7000 storage controller and expansion units have the following dimensions and weight (approximate):

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

Operating environment

The Storwize V7000 units are supported in the following environment:

• Air temperature:
  • Operating: 5 °C – 40 °C (41 °F – 104 °F) up to 950 m (3,117 ft) above sea level; above 950 m (3,117 ft), de-rate maximum air temperature by 1 °C per 175 m
  • Non-operating: 1 °C – 60 °C (33.8 °F – 140 °F)
  • Maximum altitude: 3,048 m (10,000 ft)
• Humidity:
  • Operating: 8% – 85%
  • Non-operating: 8% – 85%
• Electrical power:
  • Voltage range: 100 V AC – 240 V AC
  • Frequency: 50 Hz – 60 Hz
  • Power:
    • Controller unit: 541 watts
    • Expansion unit: 304 watts
• Heat dissipation (BTU per hour):
  • Controller unit: 1,846
  • Expansion unit: 1,037
• Acoustical noise emission:
  • Controller unit:
    • 6.5 bels (idling)
    • 6.5 bels (operating)
  • Expansion unit:
    • 6.3 bels (idling)
    • 6.3 bels (operating)

Warranty services and upgrades

The Storwize V7000 has a three-year Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) and onsite warranty with 9×5/next business day (NBD) terms.

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

Some countries might have different warranty terms and conditions than the standard warranty. This is due to local business practices or laws in the specific country. Local service teams can assist in explaining country-specific terms when needed. Examples of country-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.

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

Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings are country-specific. Not all warranty service upgrades are available in every country. For information about Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your country or area, 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/

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

• Warranty and maintenance service upgrades:
  • 3, 4, or 5 years of warranty service coverage
  • 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions
  • Foundation Service: 9×5 service coverage with next business day onsite response
  • Essential Service: 24×7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select countries)
  • Advanced Service: 24×7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select countries)
• YourDrive YourData

Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData service (where applicable) is a multi-drive retention offering that ensures your data is always under your control, regardless of the number of drives that are installed in your Lenovo system. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, you retain possession of your drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. The YourDrive YourData service can be purchased in convenient bundles with Foundation, Essential, or Advanced Service upgrades and extensions.

• Remote Technical Support

Remote Technical Support (RTS) provides comprehensive technical call center support for 1 or 3 years. RTS can reduce problem resolution time, which helps decrease the cost to address technical problems and increase uptime.

• Hardware Installation Services

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.

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

• Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Data Center Group (DCG) 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

Regulatory compliance

The Storwize V7000 conforms to the following regulations:

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

Interoperability

Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The Storwize V7000 supports attachment to Lenovo System x®, ThinkServer®, and Flex System™ hosts by using iSCSI, FC, or FCoE storage connectivity protocols. Hybrid storage connectivity also is supported.

Note: Tables that are provided in this section are for ordering reference purposes only. End-to-end storage configuration support must be verified through the following System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC) website:
http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic

FCoE or iSCSI connectivity

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

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

With software iSCSI initiators, any supported 1 Gb, 10 Gb, or 25 Gb Ethernet adapter for System x, ThinkServer, or Flex System is compatible with the Storwize V7000 iSCSI storage.

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

Fibre Channel connectivity

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

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

Networking switches

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

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

• Top-of-rack Switches: http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/switches#rt=product-guide
• Rack SAN Switches: http://lenovopress.com/storage/switches/rack#rt=product-guide

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

* Requires a supported Cisco Nexus top of rack switch.

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

• Blade Network Modules: http://lenovopress.com/servers/blades/networkmodule#rt=product-guide
• Blade Storage Modules: http://lenovopress.com/servers/blades/storagemodule#rt=product-guide

Operating systems

The Storwize V7000 supports host attachments to the System x and ThinkServer servers and Flex System compute nodes with the following operating systems:

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

Note: The operating systems shown are for Lenovo servers. The V7000 might support other operating systems. For a full list of supported operating systems, refer to the System Storage Interoperation Center:
http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic

Rack cabinets

The following table lists the rack cabinets that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in Storwize V7000 storage solutions.

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

Power distribution units

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

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

Uninterruptible power supply units

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

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

Lenovo Financial Services

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

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

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

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

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

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

Related publications and links

For more information, see the following resources:

• Lenovo Storage product page:
  http://www.lenovo.com/systems/storage
• IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V7000 for Lenovo (Machine Type 6195):
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/storwize/v7000/6195/downloads
• Storwize V7000 for Lenovo Documentation
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/storwize/v7000/6195/documentation
• Storwize V7000 for Lenovo Support
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/storwize/v7000/6195
• Lenovo Enterprise Solutions Configurator (LESC):
  http://lesc.lenovo.com
• System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC):
  http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

• IBM Alliance
• IBM Storage
• External Storage

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