Lenovo D1212, D1224 Product Manual
Lenovo Storage D1212 and D1224 Drive Enclosures
Product Guide
The Lenovo Storage D1212 and D1224 Disk Expansion Enclosures offer 12 Gbps SAS directÂattached storage expansion capabilities that are designed to provide simplicity, speed, scalability, security,
and high availability for small to large businesses. The D1212 and D1224 deliver enterprise-class storage
technology in a cost-effective solution with flexible drive configurations and RAID or JBOD (non-RAID) host
connectivity.
The D1212 and D1224 expansion units are designed for a wide range of workloads, including big data and
analytics, video surveillance, media streaming, private clouds, file and print serving, e-mail and
collaboration, and databases. They also well-suited for software defined storage (SDS) and Windows
Server solutions with Storage Spaces.
Figure 1. Lenovo Storage D1212 and D1224 Disk Expansion Enclosures
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The D1212 and D1224 expansion enclosures offer flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch
and 3.5-inch drive form factors, 10K or 15K rpm SAS and 7.2K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) and
self-encrypting drives (SEDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs).
With support for daisy chaining, the D1212 can be scaled up to 960 TB for capacity-optimized
configurations with HDDs, and the D1224 can be scaled up to 192 drives for performance-optimized
configurations.
The D1212 and D1224 expansion units support 12 Gbps SAS connectivity, which doubles the data
transfer rate compared to 6 Gb SAS solutions to maximize performance of storage I/O-intensive
applications.
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Key features
Key features and benefits provided by the D1212 and D1224 storage expansion enclosures include:
Versatile, scalable storage expansion with dual Environmental service Module (ESM) configurations
for high availability and performance
Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs for direct attach storage with support for 12
Gb SAS RAID adapters for advanced data protection or 12 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA) for
maximum JBOD performance
12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) drives in the
D1212 enclosure or 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the D1224 enclosure
Scalability of up to 96 LFF or 192 SFF drives per RAID adapter or HBA with the attachment of up to
eight D1212 or D1224 daisy-chained expansion enclosures, or a combination of both, 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 on a single RAID adapter or HBA to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements
for various workloads
Self-encrypting drives with a supported RAID adapter allow clients to secure their sensitive data and
to comply with various security regulations when required
Support multiple host attachments and SAS zoning for storage partitioning
The D1212 and D1224 are designed to support the complete range of data storage requirements, from
highly utilized applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.
The following 3.5-inch SAS drives are supported by the D1212:
High performance solid-state drives (3 drive writes per day [DWD] and 10 DWD): 400 GB
Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives: 900 GB 10K rpm
High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 2 TB, 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, and 10 TB 7.2K rpm
High-capacity, archival-class nearline self-encrypting disk drives: 4 TB 7.2K rpm
The following 2.5-inch SAS drives are supported by the D1224:
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
Capacity optimized solid-state drives (3 DWD): 3.84 TB
Capacity optimized solid-state drives (1 DWD): 3.84 TB and 7.68 TB
Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives
300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm
600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm
Performance-optimized, enterprise class self-encrypting disk drives: 1.2 TB 10K rpm
High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 1 TB and 2 TB 7.2K rpm
Additional drives and expansion units are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime
(operating system dependent), helping to quickly and seamlessly respond to growing capacity demands.
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The D1212 and D1224 expansion enclosures are designed to offer high levels of system and data
availability with the following technologies:
Dual ESMs provide redundant paths from a supported RAID controller to the drives in
the enclosures for I/O load balancing and failover
Dual-port drives (both HDDs and SSDs) with automatic drive failure detection and RAID rebuild with
global hot spares with a supported RAID adapter
Redundant hardware, including host ports, ESMs, and power and cooling modules (PCMs)
Hot-swappable and customer replaceable components, including ESMs, PCMs, and drives
Components and connectors
The following figure shows the front of the D1212 drive expansion enclosure.
Figure 2. Front view of the D1212 drive enclosure
The following figure shows the front of the D1224 drive expansion enclosure.
Figure 3. Front view of the D1224 drive enclosure
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The following figure shows the rear of the D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures.
Figure 4. Rear view of the D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures
Note: The ESMs (shown in Figure 4) have additional service ports with a specialized connector, and these
ports are reserved for use by a Lenovo service technician.
System specifications
The following table lists the D1212 and D1224 system specifications.
Table 1. System specifications
Components Specification
Form factor 2U rack mount
Number of ESMs 2
Expansion ports 3x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (A, B, C) per ESM
Drive bays D1212: 12 LFF hot-swap drive bays; up to 8x D1212 enclosures can be daisy chained
on a supported RAID adapter or HBA for a total of up to 96 LFF drives.
D1224: 24 SFF hot-swap drive bays; up to 8x D1224 enclosures can be daisy chained
on a supported RAID adapter or HBA for a total of up to 192 SFF drives.
Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.
Drive
technologies
SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SEDs; SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs, SEDs, and SSDs is
supported within an enclosure, but not within a RAID array.
Drive connectivity Dual-ported 12 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure.
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Drives SFF drives:
400 GB, 800 GB, and 1.6 TB SAS SSDs (3 DWD and 10 DWD)
800 GB SAS SED SSDs (10 DWD)
3.84 TB SAS SSDs (3 DWD)
3.84 TB and 7.68 TB SAS SSDs (1 DWD)
300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs
600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
1.2 TB 10K rpm SAS SED HDD
1 TB and 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
LFF drives:
400 GB SAS SSDs (3 DWD and 10 DWD) (hybrid tray - 2.5 in. drive in the 3.5-in. tray)
900 GB 10K rpm SAS HDD (hybrid tray - 2.5 in. drive in the 3.5-in. tray)
2 TB, 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, and 10 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
4 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS SED HDD
Storage capacity D1212: Up to 960 TB (96x 10 TB LFF NL SAS HDDs)
D1224: Up to 1.47 PB (192x 7.68 TB SFF SAS SSDs)
Host adapters RAID adapters:
ServeRAID M5225 (2-port 12 Gb SAS; RAID 0, 1, 10, 5, 50; optional RAID 6, 60)
Host bus adapters (non-RAID)
N2225 (2-port 12 Gb SAS)
N2226 (4-port 12 Gb SAS)
ThinkServer 9300-8e (2-port 12 Gb SAS)
ThinkServer 8885e (2-port 12 Gb SAS)
Host operating
systems
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and 12; VMware vSphere 5.5 and 6.0.
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 ESMs, drives, PCMs.
Management
interfaces
SAS Enclosure Services, 10/100 Mb Ethernet for external management.
Security features SAS zoning, self-encrypting drives (SEDs).
Warranty Three-year customer-replaceable unit, parts delivered limited warranty with 9x5 next business
day response.
Service and
support
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, remote technical support, hardware
installation.
Dimensions Height: 88 mm (3.5 in), width: 443 mm (17.4 in), depth: 630 mm (24.8 in)
Maximum weight D1212: 26 kg (57.3 lb)
D1224: 24 kg (52.9) lb
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Models
The following table lists the relationship models of the D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures.
Table 2. D1212 and D1224 relationship models
Description
Part
number
LFF models
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM (US English documentation) 4587A11*
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM (Simplified Chinese documentation) 4587A1C^
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM (Japanese documentation) 4587A1J**
SFF models
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual ESM (US English documentation) 4587A31*
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual ESM (Simplified Chinese documentation) 4587A3C^
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual ESM (Japanese documentation) 4587A3J**
* Available worldwide (except China and Japan)
^ Available only in China
** Available only in Japan
The following table lists the TopSeller models of the D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures.
Table 3. D1212 and D1224 TopSeller models
Description
Part
number
LFF models - North America (NA) and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Dual ESM Disk Expansion Enclosure (US English documentation) 4587E11
LFF models - Brazil and Latin America
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 4x 2TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EAU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 4x 4TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EBU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 4x 6TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587ECU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 4x 8TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EDU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 8x 2TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EEU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 8x 4TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EFU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 8x 6TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EGU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 8x 8TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EHU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 12x 2TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EIU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 12x 4TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EJU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 12x 6TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587EKU
Lenovo Storage D1212 LFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 12x 8TB 3.5" HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587ELU
SFF models - North America (NA) and Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA)
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF Dual ESM Disk Expansion Enclosure (US English documentation) 4587E31
SFF models - Brazil and Latin America
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 9x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587E6U
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF, Dual ESM, 9x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 2x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587E2U
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF, Dual ESM, 9x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 4x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587E4U
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Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF Chassis, Dual ESM, 18x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 1x 0.5m SAS cable 4587E5U
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF, Dual ESM, 18x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 2x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587E1U
Lenovo Storage D1224 SFF, Dual ESM, 18x 1.2TB 10K HDDs, 4x 400GB SSDs, 4x 0.5m SAS cables 4587E3U
Description
Part
number
The part numbers for the D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures include the following items:
One LFF or SFF chassis with the following components:
Dual 3-port environmental service modules
Two power and cooling modules
Drives (select models; see Table 2 and Table 3 for details)
Two 1.5m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 rack power cables
External 0.5m 12Gb SAS cables (select models; see Table 2 and Table 3 for details)
Lenovo Storage 12Gb SAN Rack Mount Kit - Rails 25"-36"
Documentation package
Host connectivity
The D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures support dual environmental service module (ESM) configurations.
Each ESM has three 12 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors) labeled A, B, and C. These
ports are used for connections to a supported RAID adapter or HBA installed in a server and for daisy
chaining the D1212 and D1224 enclosures between each other.
Port A on each ESM is used for connecting the external SAS ports on the RAID controller or HBA to the
enclosure, or for connecting Port C on each ESM in the adjacent enclosure for daisy chaining.
Port B on each ESM is used for connecting the external SAS ports on the RAID controller or HBA to the
enclosure. Daisy-chaining does not use Port B for connections between adjacent enclosures.
Port C on each ESM is used for connecting the external SAS ports on the RAID controller or HBA to the
enclosure, or for connecting Port A on each ESM in the adjacent enclosure for daisy chaining.
Up to eight D1212 or D1224 drive enclosures, or a combination of both, can be daisy-chained with
support for up to four hosts attached to the chain. Without daisy-chaining, a standalone
D1224 drive enclosure can support up to six directly attached hosts.
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