Lenovo IBM Storwize V3700, 6099 Product Manual
IBM Storwize V3700 for Lenovo
Product Guide
IBM Storwize V3700 Storage System for Lenovo (Machine Type 6099) is a member of the IBM Storwize
family of disk systems. By using IBM Storwize V7000 Storage System and IBM SAN Volume Controller
functions, interoperability, and management tools, Storwize V3700 delivers innovation and new levels of
storage efficiency with ease of use in an entry-level disk system to enable organizations to overcome their
storage challenges.
Storwize V3700 Storage System features two node canisters, with 4 GB cache per canister upgradeable to
8 GB, in a compact, 2U, 19-inch rack mount enclosure. A 6 Gb SAS and 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity is
standard, with an option for 8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) or 10 iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
connectivity.
Storwize V3700 supports up to 240 drives with up to nine external expansion units. 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 SAS solid-state drives (SSDs).
The Storwize V3700 SFF enclosure is shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. Storwize V3700 SFF enclosure
Did you know?
Storwize V3700 provides small and midsized organizations with the ability to consolidate and share data
at an affordable price, while utilizing advanced software capabilities that often are found in more expensive
systems.
Storwize V3700 can be scaled up to 960 TB of raw storage capacity.
Storwize V3700 offers hybrid block storage connectivity with support for 6 Gb SAS, 1 Gb iSCSI, and 10 Gb
iSCSI or FCoE or 8 Gb FC at the same time.
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Key features
The Storwize V3700 storage system provides the following key features and benefits:
Scalable, modular storage with dual-active intelligent array node canisters with up to 8 GB cache
per canister.
Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for 6 Gb SAS and 1 Gb iSCSI
connectivity standard, with optional 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, 8 Gb FC, or extra 6 Gb SAS or 1 Gb
iSCSI connectivity.
6 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 unit; scalable up to 120 LFF drives per system
with the attachment of LFF expansion units (12x LFF drives each) or up to 240 SFF drives per
system with the attachment of SFF expansion unit (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.
Rich set of standard functions are available at no extra cost, including virtualized internal storage,
snapshots, thin provisioning, data migration, and data replication.
Optional licensed functions, including higher number of snapshots for added scalability, Turbo
performance, Easy Tier, and remote mirroring.
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 IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition for Lenovo that can be
downloaded from http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.
Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system set up and management.
Extensive interoperability with support for most major server platforms and operating systems.
Conforms to applicable Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) level 3 documents and to
applicable European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) documents
The Storwize V3700 LFF enclosure is shown in the following figure.
Figure 2. Storwize V3700 LFF enclosure
The Storwize V3700 supports the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly utilized
applications to high-capacity, low usage applications, with the flexible choice of drives.
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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
Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:
300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS
600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS
High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS
The following 3.5-inch drives are supported:
Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:
300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS
900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS
High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 4 TB, 6 TB, and 8 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS
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 nine Storwize V3700 expansion units are supported by a single Storwize V3700 controller unit. You
can intermix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch expansion units behind a 3.5-inch or 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 Storwize V3700 storage system is designed to offer 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 server and the drives
The Storwize V3700 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
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Components and connectors
The following figure shows the front of the Storwize V3700 SFF enclosure.
Figure 3. Front view of the Storwize V3700 SFF enclosure
The following figure shows the front of the Storwize V3700 LFF enclosure.
Figure 4. Front view of the Storwize V3700 LFF enclosure
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The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V3700 Controller Unit.
Figure 5. Rear view of the Storwize V3700 Controller Unit
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The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V3700 Expansion Unit.
Figure 6. Rear view of the Storwize V3700 Expansion Unit
System specifications
The following table lists the Storwize V3700 storage system specifications.
Table 1. System specifications
Component Specification
Form factor Storwize V3700 Controller Unit: 2U rack mount
Storwize V3700 Expansion Unit: 2U rack mount
Controller unit
configuration
Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration.
RAID levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6 (Distributed RAID is supported with the
Spectrum Virtualize Software for V3700 version 7.6 onwards, which requires 4 GB to 8 GB
cache upgrades).
Controller cache 8 GB per system (4 GB per node canister) upgradeable to 16 GB (8 GB per node canister).
Battery-backed cache protection.
Drive bays Up to 240 SFF drive bays per storage system:
24 SFF drive bays in the controller unit
24 SFF drive bays in the expansion unit; up to 9x expansion units
Up to 120 LFF drive bays per storage system:
12 LFF drive bays in the controller unit
12 LFF drive bays in the expansion unit; up to 9x expansion units
Intermix of SFF and LFF units is supported.
Drive technology SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported.
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Drive connectivity Dual-ported 6 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure.
Controller unit with two node canisters (ports per one node canister):
24x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure)
12x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure)
1x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion port for the attachment of the
expansion units
Expansion unit with two expansion canisters (ports per one expansion canister):
24x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure)
12x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure)
2x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports for the daisy chained
attachment of the expansion units
Drives SFF drives:
200 GB, 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS SSDs
300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs
600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
LFF drives:
300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs
900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
4 TB, 6 TB, and 8 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
Storage capacity Up to 960 TB (120x 8 TB NL SAS HDDs)
Host connectivity Standard ports (per controller unit with two node canisters):
6x 6 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (3 ports per node canister)
4x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports (UTP, RJ-45) (2 ports per node canister)
Optional additional ports on host interface cards (per controller unit with two node canisters):
8x 6 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (4 ports per node canister)
8x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports (UTP, RJ-45) (4 ports per node canister)
4x 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optics, LC) (2 ports per node
canister)
8x 8 Gb FC SFP host ports (SW or LW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per node canister)
Host operating
systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6,
and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, and 12; VMware vSphere 5.0, 5.1, 5.5,
and 6.0.
Standard
software features
Virtualization of internal storage, Thin Provisioning, One-way Data Migration, FlashCopy
snapshots (up to 64 targets).
Optional features Turbo Performance, Easy Tier, Remote Mirroring, FlashCopy snapshots (up to 2,040 targets).
Performance
(non-Turbo /
Turbo)*
Up to 200,000 / 295,000 cache read IOPS
Up to 45,000 / 67,000 disk read IOPS
Up to 12,300 / 14,000 disk write IOPS
Up to 23,000 / 33,000 disk mixed (70% read/30% write) IOPS
Up to 3.3 / 5.95 GBps sequential cache read throughput
Up to 2.5 / 4.1 GBps sequential disk read throughput
Up to 0.81 / 1.4 GBps sequential disk write throughput
Component Specification
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Configuration
maximums**
Per system:
Maximum number of storage pools: 1,024
Maximum number of logical volumes: 2,048
Maximum logical volume size: 256 TB
Maximum number of drives in a RAID array: 16
Maximum number of drives in a distributed RAID array: 128 (including up to 4 spares)
Maximum number of RAID arrays: 128
Maximum number of distributed RAID arrays: 10
Maximum hot spare drives: No limit
Maximum number of host ports: 2,048
Maximum number of hosts: 256
Maximum number of host ports per one host: 32
Maximum number of snapshots: 2,040 (requires an optional license)
Maximum number of remote mirroring relationships: 2,048 (requires an optional
license)
Cooling Redundant cooling with the fan modules that are built into power supplies.
Power supply Two redundant hot-swap 735 W AC or 800 W DC power supplies.
Hot-swap parts Node canisters, expansion canisters, SFP/SFP+ transceivers, drives, power supplies with
fans.
Management
interfaces
2x 1 GbE ports (UTP, RJ-45) in a primary/redundant configuration.
Web-based GUI; SSH CLI; SMI-S; SNMP and email notifications.
Security features Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, LDAP authentication
Warranty Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite warranty with 9x5 next business day
terms. Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo: 24x7 coverage, 2hour or 4-hour response time, 1-year or 2-year warranty extensions, Hard Drive Retention.
Dimensions Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.); width: 483 mm (19.0 in.); depth: 556 mm (21.9 in.)
Weight 3.5-inch controller unit: Empty: 18.0 kg (39.6 lb); Fully configured: 28.3 kg (62.2 lb)
3.5-inch expansion unit: Empty: 16.4 kg (36.1 lb); Fully configured: 26.7 kg (58.8 lb)
2.5-inch controller unit: Empty: 19.0 kg (41.8 lb); Fully configured: 27.3 kg (60.0 lb)
2.5-inch expansion unit: Empty: 16.7 kg (36.7 lb); Fully configured: 25.0 kg (55.2 lb)
Component Specification
* Performance measurements with the maximum number of 15K rpm HDDs supported by the system.
** For a detailed list of configuration limits and restrictions for a specific version of the Storwize V3700 software, see the
following online document: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004388
Controller units
The following table lists the models of the Storwize V3700 controller units.
Product availability: Storwize V3700 Controller Units are withdrawn and no longer available for
ordering. The replacement product is Lenovo Storage V3700 v2 .
Table 2. Ordering information for Storwize V3700 controller units
Description
Part
number
Machine
Type-Model
Feature
code
IBM Storwize V3700 3.5-inch Storage Controller Unit 6099L2C 6099-12C ACAN
IBM Storwize V3700 2.5-inch Storage Controller Unit 6099S2C 6099-24C ACBN
IBM Storwize V3700 2.5-inch DC Storage Controller Unit 6099T2C 6099-2DC ACDJ
* MTM = Machine Type (first four digits) - Model (last three digits and letters)
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The part number for the Storwize V3700 controller unit includes the following items:
One Storwize V3700 LFF or SFF controller unit with two power supplies with cooling modules and
with two node canisters
Two 2.8 m, 10 A/100 - 250 V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cables (AC-powered models only)
Two DC power cables (DC-powered models only)
Rack mount hardware kit
Publications package
The Storwize V3700 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.
Each Storwize V3700 controller unit ships with 8 GB of battery-backed cache (4 GB per node canister) that
can be upgraded to 16 GB (8 GB per node canister). The following table lists cache upgrade option.
Table 3. Cache upgrade option
Description
Part
number
Feature
code
Maximum
quantity per one
controller unit
4GB to 8GB Cache Upgrade 00MJ101 ACHB 2*
* One per node canister; both node canisters must have the same cache size.
The Storwize V3700 controller units ship with the following host connectivity interfaces:
4x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) ports (2 ports per node canister) for 1 Gb iSCSI host connectivity and
management
6x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (3 ports per node canister) for 6 Gb SAS direct host
attachments
Each node canister has one expansion slot for an optional host interface card (HIC). The following host
interfaces can be added to the Storwize V3700 controller unit with optional HICs (if HICs are used, two
HICs of the same type are required per one controller unit):
8x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (4 ports per HIC) for extra SAS connectivity (for a
total of 14x 6 Gb SAS ports per controller unit)
8x GbE (RJ-45) ports (4 ports per HIC) for extra iSCSI connectivity (for a total of 12x GbE ports per
controller unit)
4x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (2 ports per HIC) with four SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors)
installed for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE connectivity
8x 8 Gb FC SFP ports (4 ports per HIC) with four SW SFP optical transceivers (LC connectors)
installed (2 transceivers per HIC) for FC connectivity (a pair of extra 8 Gb FC SW or LW SFP
transceivers is available for ordering as an option)
Note: Both node canisters must have the same type of the host interface card installed, and both cards
must have SFP/SFP+ modules of the same type, if any.
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