Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP: Product Guide
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP: Product Guide
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP: Product Guide
Product Guide
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP (Machine Type 6535) are members of the Lenovo Storage V
Series family of disk systems. By using IBM Spectrum Virtualize software functions, interoperability, and
management tools, Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP deliver 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.
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage systems feature two node canisters, with 8 GB cache
per canister, upgradeable to 16 GB per canister (V3700 XP only), in a compact, 2U, 19-inch rack mount
enclosure. 12 Gb SAS (V3700 V2 XP only) and 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity is standard, with an option for
additional 1 Gb iSCSI, 12 Gb SAS, 16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC), 10 Gb iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE), or 25 Gb iSCSI connectivity.
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support up to 264 drives with up to ten expansion enclosures.
They also offer flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-in. and 3.5-in. 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 Lenovo
Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP enclosures are shown in the following figure.
Figure 1. Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP SFF (top) and LFF (bottom) enclosures
Figure 2. Front view of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP SFF enclosure
The following figure shows the front of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP LFF enclosure.
Figure 3. Front view of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP LFF enclosure
Expansion unit with two expansion canisters (ports per one expansion canister):
24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure)
12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure)
2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports for the daisy chained
attachment of the expansion enclosures
Drives SFF drives:
300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs
900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS SSDs
1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB read-optimized SAS SSDs
LFF drives:
300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs
900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs
4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 12 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
Optional additional ports on host interface cards (per control enclosure with two node
canisters):
8x 12 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)
8x 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE SFP+ host ports (SW fiber, LC) (4 ports per node canister)
8x 16 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW or LW fiber, LC) (4 ports per node canister)
4x 25 Gb iSCSI (RoCE) SFP28 host ports (SW fiber, LC) (2 ports per node canister)
4x 25 Gb iSCSI (iWARP) SFP28 host ports (SW fiber, LC) (2 ports per node canister)
Host operating Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7;
systems^ SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and 12; VMware vSphere 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5.
Standard Virtualization of internal storage, Thin Provisioning, Data reduction pools, One-way Data
software features Migration, FlashCopy snapshots (up to 64 targets), and Embedded GUI.
Optional FlashCopy snapshots upgrade (up to 2048 targets), Easy Tier, Encryption (V3700 XP only), and
software features Remote Mirroring.
Performance Up to 168 000 / 390 000 cache read IOPS
(V3700 V2 / Up to 65 000 / 114 000 disk read IOPS
V3700 V2 XP)* Up to 17 000 / 29 000 disk write IOPS
Up to 32 000 / 54 000 disk mixed (70% read/30% write) IOPS
Up to 4.2 / 6.3 GBps sequential disk read throughput
Up to 1.1 / 1.7 GBps sequential disk write throughput
Configuration Per system:
maximums** Maximum number of storage pools: 1024
Maximum number of logical volumes: 2048
Maximum logical volume size: 256 TB
Maximum number of drives in a RAID array: 16
Maximum number of RAID arrays: 128
Maximum number of drives in a distributed RAID array: 128 (including up to 4 spares)
Maximum number of distributed RAID arrays: 10
Maximum hot spare drives: No limit
Maximum number of host ports: 2048
Maximum number of hosts: 256
Maximum number of host ports per one host: 32
Maximum number of snapshots: 2048 (requires an optional license)
Maximum number of remote mirroring relationships: 2048 (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+/SFP28 transceivers, drives, power supplies with
fans.
Management 2x 1 GbE ports (UTP, RJ-45) in a primary/redundant configuration.
interfaces 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,
2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair, 1-year or 2-year warranty
extensions, YourDrive YourData.
Control enclosures
The following table lists the models of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures.
The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP control enclosure includes the following items:
One Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 LFF or SFF control enclosure
Two power supplies with cooling modules
Two node canisters
Rack mount hardware kit
Publications package
Note: The control enclosures come standard without power cords; the power cord option must be
purchased together with the enclosure (see Power supplies and cables for details).
The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP 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.
Table 3. Cache upgrade for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP control enclosure
Maximum
quantity per
Part Feature one control
Description number code enclosure
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP Cache Upgrade 01DC667 AU79 1
The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures 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
4x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 ports per node canister) for 12 Gb SAS direct
host attachments (V3700 V2 XP only)
Each node canister has one expansion slot for an optional host interface card (HIC). The following host
interfaces can be added to the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures with
optional HICs (if HICs are used, two HICs of the same type are required per one control enclosure):
8x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (4 ports per HIC) for SAS connectivity
8x 1 GbE (RJ-45) ports (4 ports per HIC) for extra iSCSI connectivity (for a total of 12x 1 GbE ports
per control enclosure)
8x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (4 ports per HIC) with eight SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors)
installed (4 transceivers per HIC) for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE connectivity
8x 16 Gb FC SFP+ ports (4 ports per HIC) with eight SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors)
installed (4 transceivers per HIC) for FC connectivity (16 Gb FC LW SFP+ transceivers are available
for ordering as an option)
4x 25 GbE (RoCE) SFP28 ports (2 ports per HIC) with four SW SFP28 optical transceivers (LC
connectors) installed (2 transceivers per HIC) for 25 GbE iSCSI connectivity with support for RDMA
with RoCE v2
4x 25 GbE (iWARP) SFP28 ports (2 ports per HIC) with four SW SFP28 optical transceivers (LC
connectors) installed (2 transceivers per HIC) for 25 GbE iSCSI connectivity with support for RDMA
with iWARP
Configuration notes:
Both node canisters must have the same type of the host interface card installed, and both cards
must have SFP+/SFP28 modules of the same type.
25 Gb iSCSI host interface cards do not support FCoE.
The following table lists ordering information for the host connectivity options that are supported with the
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures.
The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures provide 12 Gb SAS internal dual-port
drive connectivity, and each control enclosure also has two 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports
(1 port per node canister) for 12 Gb SAS expansion enclosure connectivity.
Drives
The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP LFF control and expansion enclosures support up to 12
LFF hot-swap drives, and the SFF enclosures support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives.
The following table lists drive options that are supported with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2
XP LFF enclosures.
The following table lists drive options that are supported with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2
XP SFF enclosures.
Table 11. Optional software features for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2
Maximum
Part Feature quantity per
Description number code system
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 FlashCopy Upgrade Key Activation 01DE367 AU7D 1
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Remote Mirroring Key Activation 01DE369 AU7E 1
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Easy Tier Key Activation 01DE371 AU7F 1
Table 12. Optional software features for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP
Maximum
Part Feature quantity per
Description number code system
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP FlashCopy Upgrade Key Activation 01DE373 AU7G 1
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP Remote Mirroring Key Activation 01DE375 AU7H 1
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP Easy Tier Key Activation 01DE377 AU7J 1
Note: The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP Encryption Enablement feature and the Encryption USB Drive
Pack feature are not available in the following countries:
Belarus
Kazakhstan
People's Republic of China
Russia
Physical specifications
The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP enclosures have the following dimensions and weight
(approximate):
Height: 87 mm (3.4 in)
Width: 483 mm (19.0 in)
Depth: 556 mm (21.9 in)
Weight (fully configured):
Control Enclosure: 26 kg (57.3 lb)
Expansion Enclosure: 26.7 kg (58.9 lb)
Operating environment
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Operating environment
The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP enclosures are supported in the following environment:
Air temperature:
Operating: 10 °C - 35 °C (50 °F - 95 °F)
Non-operating: -10 °C - +50 °C (14 °F - 125 °F)
Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,006 ft)
Relative humidity:
Operating: 20% - 80% (non-condensing)
Non-operating: 8% - 80% (non-condensing)
Electrical power:
Voltage range: 100 V AC - 240 V AC
Frequency: 50 Hz - 60 Hz
Power consumption:
LFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2): 331 watts
LFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2 XP): 333 watts
LFF Expansion Enclosure: 231 watts
SFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2): 333 watts
SFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2 XP): 335 watts
SFF Expansion Enclosure: 233 watts
Heat dissipation (BTU per hour):
LFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2): 1,129
LFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2 XP): 1,136
LFF Expansion Enclosure: 788
SFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2): 1,136
SFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2 XP): 1,143
SFF Expansion Enclosure: 795
Acoustical noise emission:
LFF enclosure:
6.1 bels (idling)
6.1 bels (operating)
SFF enclosure:
6.2 bels (idling)
6.2 bels (operating)
Interoperability
Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the
network. The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support attachment to Lenovo servers by using
SAS, iSCSI, FC, or FC over Ethernet (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 Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Interoperability Matrix that
can be found on the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Documentation page:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-
storage/v3700v2/6535/documentation
SAS connectivity
The following table lists currently available SAS adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the
Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP SAS storage (direct attach).
Networking switches
The following table lists currently available Ethernet and FC rack-mount switches that are currently offered
by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP in 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
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
Rack cabinets
The following table lists the rack cabinets that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with
the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP in storage solutions.
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack cabinets category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/racks
For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Power Distribution Units category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu
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
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