Lenovo IBM Storwize V5000, 6194 Product Manual

IBM Storwize V5000 for Lenovo

Product Guide

IBM Storwize V5000 for Lenovo (Machine Type 6194) is a highly flexible, easy to use virtualized storage
system that enables midsize organizations to meet the challenges of rapid data growth and limited IT
budgets. As an intermediate Storwize family offering, Storwize V5000 enables organizations to consolidate
and provide new capabilities to their infrastructures.

Storwize V5000 control enclosure models include two node canisters, each with 8 GB cache for a system
total of 16 GB cache. Standard is 6 Gb SAS and 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity, with an option for 8 Gb Fibre
Channel (FC) or 10 iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity.

The LFF enclosure models support up to 12 3.5-inch drives, while the small form factor (SFF) enclosure
models support up to 24 2.5-inch drives. High-performance disk drives, high-capacity nearline disk drives,
and flash (solid-state drives [SSDs]) are supported. Drives of the same form factor can be intermixed within
an enclosure, which provides the flexibility to address performance and capacity needs within a single
enclosure. You can also intermix large form factor (LFF) and SFF expansion enclosures behind an LFF or
SFF control enclosure.

A Storwize V5000 system scales up to 480 drives with the attachment of up to 19 Storwize V5000
expansion enclosures. All Storwize V5000 functional capabilities are provided through IBM Storwize Family
Software for Storwize V5000. The Storwize V5000 SFF enclosure is shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Storwize V5000 SFF enclosure

Did you know?

A single Storwize V5000 system can be scaled up to 1.92 PB of raw storage capacity. With external
virtualization, the system can manage up to 32 PB in total.

Storwize V5000 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.

Storwize V5000 systems can be clustered to help deliver greater performance, bandwidth, and scalability.
A Storwize V5000 clustered system can contain two Storwize V5000 systems and up to 960 drives.

Storwize V5000 for Lenovo includes three or five years of Software Subscription and Support (model
dependent).

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Key features

The Storwize V5000 storage system provides the following features:

Scalable enterprise storage with a dual active/active intelligent array node canisters with 8 GB
cache each for high availability and performance.

Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for a mix of 6 Gb SAS, 1 Gb
iSCSI, and 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE or 8 Gb FC connectivity at the same time.

A 6 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch LFF or 24x 2.5-inch SFF drives in
the control enclosure, which are scalable up to 240 LFF drives per system with the attachment of
Storwize V5000 LFF Expansion Enclosure (12x LFF drives each) or up to 480 SFF drives per system
with the attachment of Storwize V5000 SFF Expansion Enclosure (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy
growing needs for storage capacity and performance.

With two-way system clustering, the size of the system can be doubled to a maximum of 960 drives.

Further scalability can be achieved with virtualization of external storage. When Storwize V5000
virtualizes an external disk system, capacity in the external system inherits the functional richness
and ease of use of Storwize V5000.

Flexibility in storing data on high-performance SAS 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 V5000 combines various IBM technologies, including thin provisioning, automated tiering,
external and internal storage virtualization, clustering, replication 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 IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition for Lenovo that can be
downloaded from http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.

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.

The Storwize V5000 LFF enclosure is shown in the following figure.

Figure 2. Storwize V5000 LFF enclosure

The Storwize V5000 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

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

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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 19 Storwize V5000 expansion enclosures are supported by a single Storwize V5000 control
enclosure. You can intermix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch expansion enclosures behind a 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch
control enclosure. 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 V5000 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 server and the drives

The Storwize V5000 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 figures show the front of the Storwize V5000 SFF and LFF enclosures.

Figure 3. Front view of the Storwize V5000 SFF enclosure

Figure 4. Front view of the Storwize V5000 LFF enclosure

The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V5000 Control Enclosure.

Figure 5. Rear view of the Storwize V5000 Control Enclosure

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The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V5000 Expansion Enclosure.

Figure 6. Rear view of the Storwize V5000 Expansion Enclosure

System specifications

The following table lists the Storwize V5000 storage system specifications.

Table 1. System specifications

Components Specification

Form factor Storwize V5000 control enclosure: 2U rack mount

Storwize V5000 expansion enclosure: 2U rack mount

Controller
configuration

Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration per control enclosure. Two control
enclosures can be combined into a single Storwize V5000 clustered system (or cluster).

RAID levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6 (internal storage only)

Controller cache 16 GB per single system (8 GB per node canister); 32 GB per cluster. Battery-backed cache

protection.

Drive bays Up to 480 SFF drive bays per single system (up to 960 SFF drive bays per cluster):

24 SFF drive bays in the control enclosure
24 SFF drive bays in the expansion enclosure; up to 19x expansion enclosures

Up to 240 LFF drive bays per single system (up to 480 LFF drive bays per cluster):

12 LFF drive bays in the control enclosure
12 LFF drive bays in the expansion enclosure; up to 19x expansion enclosures

Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures 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.

Control enclosure with two node canisters (ports per one node canister):

24x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF chassis)
12x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF chassis)
2x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS SFF-8644) expansion port for the attachment of the
external enclosures

Expansion enclosure with two expansion canisters (ports per one expansion canister):

24x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF chassis)
12x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF chassis)
2x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS SFF-8644) expansion ports (IN and OUT) for the daisy
chained attachment of the external enclosures

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 GB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
4 TB, 6 TB, and 8 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs

Storage capacity Up to 1.92 PB (240x 8 TB NL SAS HDDs) per single system

Up to 3.84 PB (480x 8 TB NL SAS HDDs) per cluster

Host connectivity Standard ports (per control enclosure with two node canisters):

4x 6 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (2 ports per node canister)
4x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports (UTP, RJ-45) (2 ports per node canister)

Extra ports must be configured by selecting one of the following host port options (per control
enclosure with two node canisters):

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, Dual-system
clustering, HyperSwap (requires a Remote Mirroring license)

Optional features Easy Tier, FlashCopy, Remote Mirroring, External Virtualization.

Performance
(single system)*

Up to 500,000 cache read IOPS
Up to 100,000 disk read IOPS
Up to 20,000 disk write IOPS
Up to 45,000 disk mixed (70% read/30% write) IOPS
Up to 5.7 GBps sequential cache read throughput
Up to 5.6 GBps sequential disk read throughput
Up to 1.8 GBps sequential disk write throughput

Components Specification

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Configuration
maximums**

Per one control enclosure (I/O group) / cluster (if different):

Maximum storage capacity (including virtualized external storage): 32 PB
Maximum number of storage pools: 1,024
Maximum number of logical volumes: 2,048 / 4,096
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 / 20
Maximum hot spare drives: No limit
Maximum number of host ports: 2,048 / 4,096
Maximum number of hosts: 256 / 512
Maximum number of host ports per one host: 32
Maximum number of snapshots: 2,048 / 4,096 (requires an optional license)
Maximum number of remote mirroring relationships: 2,048 / 4,096 (requires an optional
license)

Cooling Redundant cooling with the fan modules that are built into power supplies.

Power supply Two redundant hot-swap 800 W AC 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

Hardware
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.

Software
maintenance

Three-year or five-year (model dependent) base software maintenance is included.

Dimensions Height: 87 mm (3.4 in); width: 483 mm (19.0 in); depth: 556 mm (21.9 in)

Weight LFF control enclosure: Empty: 18.0 kg (39.6 lb); Fully configured: 28.3 kg (62.2 lb)

SFF control enclosure : Empty: 19.0 kg (41.8 lb); Fully configured: 27.3 kg (60.0 lb)
LFF expansion enclosure: Empty: 16.4 kg (36.1 lb); Fully configured: 26.7 kg (58.8 lb)
SFF expansion enclosure: Empty: 16.7 kg (36.7 lb); Fully configured: 25.0 kg (55.2 lb)

Components 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 V5000 software, see the
following online document: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004971

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Control enclosures

The following table lists the models of the Storwize V5000 control enclosures.

Product availability: Storwize V5000 Control Enclosures are withdrawn and no longer available for
ordering.

Table 2. Ordering information for the Storwize V5000 control enclosures

Description

Part
number

Machine
Type-Model Feature codes*

Worldwide models (except Latin America)

IBM Storwize V5000 LFF Control Enclosure, w/3 Yr S&S 6194L2C 6194-12C ADL4 / ASHN / ASHM

IBM Storwize V5000 LFF Control Enclosure, w/5 Yr S&S 61941A1 6194-12C ADL4 / ASHN / AU0T

IBM Storwize V5000 SFF Control Enclosure, w/3 Yr S&S 6194S2C 6194-24C ADL6 / ASHN / ASHM

IBM Storwize V5000 SFF Control Enclosure, w/5 Yr S&S 61941C1 6194-24C ADL6 / ASHN / AU0T

Latin America models

IBM Storwize V5000 LFF Control Enclosure, w/3 Yr S&S 6194L2L 6194-12C ADL4 / ASHN / ASHM

IBM Storwize V5000 LFF Control Enclosure, w/5 Yr S&S 61941AL 6194-12C ADL4 / ASHN / AU0T

IBM Storwize V5000 SFF Control Enclosure, w/3 Yr S&S 6194S2L 6194-24C ADL6 / ASHN / ASHM

IBM Storwize V5000 SFF Control Enclosure, w/5 Yr S&S 61941CL 6194-24C ADL6 / ASHN / AU0T

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

The part number for the Storwize V5000 controller unit includes the following items:

One Storwize V5000 LFF or SFF control enclosure with two power supplies with cooling modules
and with two node canisters

Rack mount hardware kit

Publications package

Note: Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately (for more information, see Table 12).

The Storwize V5000 control enclosures 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 Storwize V5000 control enclosures ship with the following host connectivity interfaces:

4x Gb Ethernet (RJ-45) ports (2 ports per node canister) for 1 Gb iSCSI host connectivity and
management

4x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 ports per node canister) for 6 Gb SAS direct host
attachments

The Storwize V5000 must be configured with eight 8 Gb FC ports or four 10 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI or FCoE)
ports by ordering a pair of the host interface cards (HICs) that supply the following interfaces:

4x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (2 ports per HIC) with four SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors)
included for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE connectivity

8x 8 Gb FC SFP ports (4 ports per HIC) 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 HIC)

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.

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The following table lists the available host port configurations for the Storwize V5000 control enclosures.

Table 3. Storwize V5000 control enclosure host port configurations

Port type 6 Gb SAS 1 Gb iSCSI 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE 8 Gb FC

Number
of ports

Standard ports Extra ports on a pair of HICs (required)

4 (2 per node canister) 4 (2 per node canister) 4 (2 per node canister) -

4 (2 per node canister) 4 (2 per node canister) - 8 (4 per node canister)

The following table lists ordering information for the host connectivity options for the Storwize V5000
control enclosures.

Table 4. Storwize V5000 host connectivity options

Description

Part
number

Feature
code

Maximum
quantity per
one control
enclosure

Host interface cards

8 Gb FC 4 Port Adapter Cards (Pair) 00NC625 AC00 1

10 Gb Ethernet 2 Port Adapter Cards (Pair) 00NC627 AC01 1

SFP transceiver options for 8 Gb FC host interface card (ships with four 8 Gb FC SW SFP transceivers)

8Gb FC LW SFP Transceivers (Pair) 00MJ105 ACHT 4*

Cable options for 8 Gb FC host connectivity

1m Fiber Cable (LC) 00MJ168 ACSJ 8

5m Fiber Cable (LC) 00MJ170 ACSK 8

25m Fiber Cable (LC) 00MJ172 ACSL 8

Cable options for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE host connectivity

10m OM3 Fiber Cable (LC) 00MJ174 ACSS 4

SAS host connectivity cables: Mini-SAS HD (controller) to Mini-SAS (host)

0.6m SAS Cable (mSAS HD to mSAS) 00MJ162 ACSA 4

1.5m SAS Cable (mSAS HD to mSAS) 00MJ163 ACSB 4

3m SAS Cable (mSAS HD to mSAS) 00MJ166 ACSC 4

SAS host connectivity cables: Mini-SAS HD (controller) to Mini-SAS HD (host)

0.6m SAS Cable (mSAS HD to mSAS HD) 00MJ176 ACTA 4

1.5m SAS Cable (mSAS HD to mSAS HD) 00MJ178 ACTB 4

3m SAS Cable (mSAS HD to mSAS HD) 00MJ180 ACTC 4

* A pair of LW SFP modules replaces a pair of SW SFP modules that ship standard with the 8 Gb FC HIC. Up to two LW SFP
module pairs per 8 Gb FC host interface card in the node canister; both node canisters must have the same connectivity type.

The Storwize V5000 control enclosures provide 6 Gb SAS internal dual-port drive connectivity, and each
control enclosure also has four 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 port per node canister) for
6 Gb SAS expansion enclosure connectivity.

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