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Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 Storage Array

Product Guide

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 provides simplicity, speed, scalability, security, and high availability for
small to large businesses. The ThinkSystem DS2200 delivers enterprise-class storage management
technology in an affordable solution with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive
configurations, and enhanced data management features.

The ThinkSystem DS2200 is a perfect fit for small offices and remote and branch offices of large
enterprises that need a primary storage solution that supports general purpose workloads, such as file and
print serving, web serving, email and collaboration, and small databases. The DS2200 is also well-suited for
secure archive storage or a low-cost backup solution.

The ThinkSystem DS2200 supports up to 96 drives with up to three external expansion enclosures. It also
offers flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive form factors, 10 K or 15 K
rpm SAS and 7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) and self-encrypting drives (SEDs), and SAS solid­state drives (SSDs). The DS2200 can be scaled up to 1.47 PB of raw storage capacity.

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 enclosures are shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF (left) and LFF (right) enclosures

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The ThinkSystem DS2200 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 DS2200 supports hybrid tiering across
HDDs and SSDs.

The ThinkSystem DS2200 offers the flexible choice of 12 Gb SAS, 1/10 Gb iSCSI, and 4/8/16 Gb Fibre
Channel (FC) host connectivity protocols. The Converged Network Controller (CNC) design of the DS2200
makes the selection of iSCSI or FC host connectivity as simple as attaching corresponding transceivers or
Direct-Attach Copper (DAC) cables to the SFP/SFP+ ports on the controller module.

The ThinkSystem DS2200 supports battery-free cache protection, which reduces maintenance costs and
provides permanent backup of unwritten cache data if there is a power failure.

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Key features

The ThinkSystem DS2200 offers the following key features and benefits:

Low-cost, entry-level storage with dual active/active controller configurations for high availability
and performance.

Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for 12 Gb SAS (SAS controller
module) or 1/10 Gb iSCSI or 4/8/16 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity (FC/iSCSI controller module).

12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) or 24x 2.5­inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the controller enclosure; scalable up to 48 LFF drives per
system with the attachment of ThinkSystem DS Series LFF expansion units (12x LFF drives each) or
up to 96 SFF drives per system with the attachment of ThinkSystem DS Series SFF expansion units
(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 (SEDs) 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 extra cost, including virtualized storage pools,
snapshots, thin provisioning, rapid RAID rebuild, real-time HDD tiering, SSD read cache, and All
Flash Array (AFA).

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.

Enhanced streaming performance for video surveillance and media/entertainment applications.

Integration with Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) to provide the backup infrastructure
for Windows Server and a mechanism for creating consistent point-in-time copies of data (known as
shadow copies).

Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system set up and management, as well as Command Line
Interface (CLI).

EZ Start configuration wizard to quickly provision storage by creating storage pools, allocating
storage space, and mapping hosts in just a few simple steps.

Designed for 99.999% availability.

The ThinkSystem DS2200 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:

Capacity-optimized solid-state drives (1 drive write per day [DWD]): 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB
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): 800 GB
Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:

300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15 K rpm

600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10 K rpm
Performance-optimized, enterprise class self-encrypting disk drives: 1.2 TB 10 K rpm
High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 1 TB and 2 TB 7.2 K rpm

The following 3.5-inch drives are supported:

High-performance solid-state drives (3 DWD and 10 DWD): 400 GB
Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives: 900 GB 10 K rpm
High-capacity, archival-class nearline HDDs: 2 TB, 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 12 TB 7.2 K rpm
High-capacity, archival-class nearline self-encrypting disk drives: 4 TB 7.2 K rpm

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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 three ThinkSystem DS Series expansion units are supported by a single ThinkSystem DS2200.
Customers can intermix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch expansion enclosures behind a 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch
controller enclosure. This configuration delivers the added flexibility to mix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives
within a single system (but not within the enclosure). More drives and expansion enclosures are designed
to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, which helps to quickly and seamlessly respond to
ever-growing capacity demands.

The ThinkSystem DS2200 offers high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:

Dual-active controller modules with low latency cache mirroring

Dual-port HDDs and SSDs with automatic drive failure detection and rapid RAID rebuild with global
hot spares

Redundant, hot-swappable and customer replaceable hardware components, including SFP/SFP+
transceivers, controller modules, expansion modules, power and cooling modules, and drives

Automated path failover support for the data path between the host and the drives with multipathing
software

Non-disruptive controller firmware upgrades for dual controller configurations with multipathing

Components and connectors

The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF chassis and the DS Series SFF
expansion unit.

Figure 2. ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF chassis and DS Series SFF expansion unit: Front view

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The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF chassis and the DS Series LFF
expansion unit.

Figure 3. ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF chassis and DS Series LFF expansion unit: Front view

The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DS2200 with SAS controller modules.

Figure 4. ThinkSystem DS2200 with SAS controller modules: Rear view

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The following figure shows the rear view of the ThinkSystem DS2200 with FC/iSCSI controller modules.

Figure 5. ThinkSystem DS2200 with FC/iSCSI controller modules: Rear view

The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DS Series expansion unit.

Figure 6. ThinkSystem DS Series expansion unit: Rear view

Note: Port B on the DS Series expansion unit is not used.

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System specifications

The following table lists the ThinkSystem DS2200 specifications.

Note: The supported hardware options and software features listed in this product guide are based on the
firmware version G265. For details about specific firmware releases that introduced support for certain
hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular firmware release that
can be found at:

http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/thinksystem­ds2200/downloads

Table 1. System specifications

Component Specification

Form factor ThinkSystem DS2200: 2U rack mount (Machine Type 4599)

ThinkSystem DS Series Expansion Unit: 2U rack mount (Machine Type 4588)

Controller
configuration

Two types of controller modules:

DS2200 SAS controller module
DS2200 FC/iSCSI controller module

Dual controller configuration only. Both controllers in the system must be of the same type.

RAID levels RAID 1, 5, 6, and 10; Rapid Data Protection Technology (ADAPT).

Controller
memory

16 GB per system (8 GB per controller module). Battery-free cache protection with flash
memory and supercapacitors. Low latency cache mirroring protection for dual controller
configurations.

Drive bays Up to 96 SFF drive bays per storage system:

24 SFF drive bays in the DS2200 SFF chassis
24 SFF drive bays in the SFF expansion unit; up to 3 expansion units

Up to 48 LFF drive bays per storage system:

12 LFF drive bays in the DS2200 LFF chassis
12 LFF drive bays in the LFF expansion unit; up to 3 expansion units

Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.

Drive technology SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SEDs, SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported.

Intermix of SEDs with HDDs or SSDs is not supported.

Drive
connectivity

Dual-ported 12 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure.

Controller unit with two controller modules (ports per one controller module):

24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure)
12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure)
1x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion port for the attachment of the
expansion enclosures

Expansion unit with two expansion modules (ports per one expansion module):

24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure)
12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure)
3x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports; two of these ports (Ports A
and C) are used for the daisy chained attachment of the expansion enclosures; Port B is
not used.

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Drives SFF drives:

300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm 12 Gb SAS HDDs
600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm 12 Gb SAS HDDs

1.2 TB 10K rpm 12 Gb SAS SED HDD
1 TB and 2 TB 7.2K rpm 12 Gb NL SAS HDDs

3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB 12 Gb SAS SSDs (1 DWD)
400 GB, 800 GB, and 1.6 TB 12 Gb SAS SSDs (3 DWD and 10 DWD)
800 GB 12 Gb SAS SED SSD (10 DWD)

LFF drives:

900 GB 10K rpm 12 Gb SAS HDDs
2 TB, 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 12 TB 7.2K rpm 12 Gb NL SAS HDDs
4 TB 7.2K rpm NL 12 Gb SAS SED HDD
400 GB 12 Gb SAS SSDs (3 DWD and 10 DWD)

Storage capacity Up to 1.47 PB (96x 15.36 TB 2.5-inch SAS SSDs).

Host
connectivity

DS2200 SAS controller module: 2x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644)
DS2200 FC/iSCSI controller module: 2x SFP/SFP+ CNC host ports
CNC host port options (per controller module):

2x 1 Gb iSCSI SFP (1 Gb speed, UTP, RJ-45)
2x 10 Gb iSCSI SFP+ (1/10 Gb speeds, SW fiber optics, LC)
2x 8 Gb FC SFP+ (4/8 Gb speeds, SW fiber optics, LC)
2x 16 Gb FC SFP+ (4/8/16 Gb speeds, SW fiber optics, LC)
2x 10 Gb iSCSI SFP+ DAC cables

Host operating
systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 and 2016; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7; SUSE
Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and 12; VMware vSphere 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5.

Standard
software
features

Intelligent Real-time Tiering for HDDs, Virtualized Storage Pools, Thin Provisioning, SSD Read
Cache, Rapid RAID Rebuild, Snapshots (up to 128 targets), All Flash Array.

Optional
software
features

Intelligent Real-time Tiering for SSDs, Snapshots (up to 1024 targets), Asynchronous
Replication.

Performance Dual controller configuration

Up to 100 000 random disk read IOPS
Up to 3.5 GBps sequential disk read throughput
Up to 3.0 GBps sequential disk write throughput

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Configuration
maximums

Per system:

Maximum number of virtual storage pools: 2 (1 per controller module)
Maximum virtual pool size: 1 PB
Maximum number of logical volumes: 1024
Maximum logical volume size: 128 TB
Maximum number of drives in a RAID drive group: 16
Maximum number of RAID drive groups: 32
Maximum number of drives in an ADAPT drive group: 128 (12 drives minimum)
Maximum number of ADAPT drive groups: 2 (1 per storage pool)
Maximum global spares: 16
Maximum number of initiators: 4096 (1024 per host port on the controller module)
Maximum number of initiators per host: 128
Maximum number of host groups: 32
Maximum number of hosts in a host group: 256
Maximum number of drives in an SSD read cache drive group: 2 (RAID-0)
Maximum number of SSD read cache drive groups: 2 (1 per storage pool)
Maximum SSD read cache size: 4 TB
Maximum number of snapshots: 1024 (requires an optional license)
Maximum number of replication peers: 4 (requires an optional license)
Maximum number of replication volumes: 32 (requires an optional license)

Cooling Redundant cooling with two fans built into power and cooling modules (PCMs).

Power supply Two redundant hot-swap 580 W AC power supplies built into PCMs.

Hot-swap parts Controller modules, expansion modules, SFP/SFP+ transceivers, drives, PCMs.

Management
interfaces

1 GbE port (UTP, RJ-45) and serial port (Mini-USB) on the controller modules.
Web-based interface (WBI); Telnet, SSH, or Direct Connect USB CLI; SNMP and email
notifications; optional Lenovo XClarity.

Security features Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), Secure FTP (sFTP), Self-encrypting drives

(SEDs).

Warranty Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9x5 next business day

response. Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo: Technician
Installed Parts, 24x7 coverage, 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-hour or 24-hour committed
repair, 1-year or 2-year warranty extensions, YourDrive YourData, installation services.

Dimensions Height: 88 mm (3.5 in.); width: 443 mm (17.4 in.); depth: 630 mm (24.8 in.)

Weight SFF controller enclosure (fully configured): 30 kg (66 lb)

SFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 25 kg (55 lb)
LFF controller enclosure (fully configured): 32 kg (71 lb)
LFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 28 kg (62 lb)

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Controller enclosures

The following table lists the relationship models of the ThinkSystem DS2200.

Table 2. ThinkSystem DS2200 relationship models

Description

Part
number

SFF models - FC/iSCSI

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF FC/iSCSI Dual Controller Unit (US English documentation) 4599A11*

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF FC/iSCSI Dual Controller Unit (Simplified Chinese documentation) 4599A1C^

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF FC/iSCSI Dual Controller Unit (Japanese documentation) 4599A1J**

SFF models - SAS

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF SAS Dual Controller Unit (US English documentation) 4599A21*

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF SAS Dual Controller Unit (Simplified Chinese documentation) 4599A2C^

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF SAS Dual Controller Unit (Japanese documentation) 4599A2J**

LFF models - FC/iSCSI

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF FC/iSCSI Dual Controller Unit (US English documentation) 4599A31*

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF FC/iSCSI Dual Controller Unit (Simplified Chinese documentation) 4599A3C^

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF FC/iSCSI Dual Controller Unit (Japanese documentation) 4599A3J**

LFF models - SAS

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF SAS Dual Controller Unit (US English documentation) 4599A41*

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF SAS Dual Controller Unit (Simplified Chinese documentation) 4599A4C^

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF SAS Dual Controller Unit (Japanese documentation) 4599A4J**

* Available worldwide (except China and Japan).
^ Available only in China.
** Available only in Japan.

The following table lists the TopSeller models of the ThinkSystem DS2200.

Table 3. ThinkSystem DS2200 TopSeller models: Latin America

Description

Part
number

DS2200 SFF FC, 4x 16Gb SFPs, 8x 1.2TB HDDs, 4x 5m LC-LC cables 459916A

DS2200 SFF FC, 4x 16Gb SFPs, 14x 1.2TB HDDs, 4x 5m LC-LC cables 459916B

The following table lists the CTO base models for the ThinkSystem DS2200.

Table 4. ThinkSystem DS2200 CTO base models

Description

Machine
Type-Model

Feature
code

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 SFF Chassis (2x PCMs, no controller modules) 4599-HC2 AU2A

Lenovo ThinkSystem DS2200 LFF Chassis (2x PCMs, no controller modules) 4599-HC1 AU28

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Configuration notes:

For Relationship and TopSeller models, two DS2200 FC/iSCSI or SAS Controller Modules are
included in the model configuration.

For CTO models, two DS2200 FC/iSCSI Controller Modules (feature code AU2G) or DS2200 SAS
Controller Modules (feature code AU2F) must be selected during the configuration process, and
both modules must be of the same type - either FC/iSCSI or SAS (mixing of FC/iSCSI and SAS
controller modules is not supported).

The models of the ThinkSystem DS2200 include the following items:

One LFF or SFF chassis with the following components:

Dual FC/iSCSI or SAS controller modules

Two 580 W AC power and cooling modules
Lenovo Storage 12Gb SAN Rack Mount Kit - Rails 25"-36"
Lenovo USB A Male-to-Mini-B 1.5m cable

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Two power cables:

1.5m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 rack power cables (Relationship models)

2.8m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 rack power cables (TopSeller models)

Customer-configured power cables (CTO models)

Controller modules

The ThinkSystem DS2200 supports dual controller configurations, and the ThinkSystem DS2200 models
ship with two controller modules. The following types of controller modules are available:

DS2200 SAS Controller Modules
DS2200 FC/iSCSI Controller Modules

DS2200 SAS Controller Modules provide direct SAS attachment for up to two hosts with a supported SAS
HBA installed. Each DS2200 SAS Controller Module has two 12 Gb SAS ports with Mini-SAS HD (SFF-

8644) connectors.

DS2200 FC/iSCSI Controller Modules provide SAN based iSCSI or FC connectivity to the hosts with a
supported software initiator or HBA installed. Each DS2200 FC/iSCSI Controller Module has a built-in
Converged Network Controller (CNC) that has two SFP/SFP+ ports.

The CNC supports the following storage connectivity protocols, depending on the SFP/SFP+ transceiver
installed or DAC cables attached:

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 Fibre Channel with 16 Gb FC SW SFP+ optical modules with LC connectors

Notes:

Both ports on the CNC on the DS2200 FC/iSCSI Controller Module must have the same connectivity
type (the same type of SFP/SFP+ modules or DAC cables).

Both controller modules in the system must be of the same type, and they must have matching port
configurations (that is, the ports on both DS2200 FC/iSCSI controller modules must have SFP/SFP+
modules of the same type).

SAS controller modules and FC/iSCSI controller modules have one 12 Gb SAS x4 expansion port
(Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connector) for the attachment of the ThinkSystem DS Series expansion units.

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