Technical specifications
Lenovo ThinkSystem DM5000H Hybrid Flash Array — Full Technical Specifications
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Full Specifications
| Attribute | Specification |
| Form factor | DM5000H controller enclosure (7Y57, 7D7V): 2U rack mount.; DM120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y59, 7D7X): 2U rack mount.; DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y58, 7D7Y): 2U rack mount.; DM600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y43, 7D7Z): 4U rack mount. |
| Controller configuration | Dual active-active controller configuration (HA pair). Up to 6 HA pairs can be combined into a single SAN cluster, or up to 12 HA pairs can be combined into a single NAS cluster.; Note: The ONTAP Fundamentals software does not support clustering. |
| HA pair/cluster interconnect ports | 4x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (DAC cables or SW fiber optics [LC]) (2 ports per controller). |
| RAID levels | RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC. |
| Controller memory | 64 GB RAM per system (32 GB per controller). 8 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (4 GB per controller) mirrored between the controllers. |
| Controller cache | 2 TB NVMe-based Flash Cache (1 TB per controller). |
| Drive bays | Up to 144 SFF hot-swap drive bays (1x 2U24 controller enclosure + up to 5x 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures).; Up to 120 LFF and 24 SFF hot-swap drive bays (1x 2U24 controller enclosure + up to 2x 4U60 LFF or up to 9x 2U12 LFF expansion enclosures).; Intermix of 2U24 SFF, 2U12 LFF, and 4U60 LFF enclosures is supported.; Note: The ONTAP Fundamentals software supports up to 84 drives. |
| Drive technology | 12 Gb SAS HDDs, 12 Gb NL SAS HDDs, 12 Gb SAS SSDs. |
| Drive expansion connectivity | 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports on each of two controllers in the controller enclosure for the attachment of the expansion enclosures.; 4x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports on each of two I/O modules in the expansion enclosure for the attachment to the controller enclosure and daisy chaining of the expansion enclosures. |
| Drives | 2U24 SFF drives:; 960 GB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB SAS SSDs (1 DWD).; 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs.; 2U12 and 4U60 LFF drives: 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 16 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs. |
| Storage capacity | Up to 1.917 PB (120x 16 TB LFF HDDs + 24x 1.8 TB SFF HDDs). |
| Storage protocols | NAS (File access): NFS and CIFS/SMB.; SAN (Block access): iSCSI and FC. |
| Host connectivity | Base ports (per controller enclosure):; 8x 1 GbE (RJ-45 UTP)/10 GbE (DAC cable or SW fiber optic cable, LC) or 4/8/16 Gb FC (SW fiber optic cable, LC) SFP+ host ports (4 ports per controller); or; 8x 1/10 GbE RJ-45 UTP host ports (4 ports per controller).; Note: ONTAP does not support host direct attach for FC protocol. |
| Host operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2, 2016, and 2019; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6, 7, and 8; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11, 12, and 15; VMware vSphere 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, and 7.0. |
| Performance* | Up to 148 000 random read IOPS (8 KB blocks). |
| Configuration maximums** | Maximum raw storage capacity: 1.24 PB; Maximum flash pool cache size: 24 TB; Maximum aggregate size: 400 TB; Maximum number of FlexVol volumes per controller: 1000; Maximum volume size: 100 TB (The maximum size will be increased up to 300TB in ONTAP 9.12.1P2 and later.); Maximum number of LUNs per controller: 8192; Maximum number of LUNs per FlexVol volume: 512; Maximum LUN size: 16 TB (The maximum size will be increased up to 128TB in ONTAP 9.12.1P2 and later.); Maximum number of drives in a RAID group (data + parity drives):; RAID 4: 14 (13 + 1 SAS SSDs) or 7 (6 + 1 NL SAS HDDs); RAID-DP: 28 (26 + 2 SAS SSDs) or 20 (18 + 2 NL SAS HDDs); RAID-TEC: 29 (26 + 3 SAS SSDs or NL SAS HDDs); Maximum number of initiators per controller: 2048; Maximum number of snapshots per FlexVol volume: 1023 |
| Cooling | Redundant cooling with two cooling modules (DM600S 4U60 LFF) or with the fans that are built into power supplies (DM5000H, DM240S 2U24 SFF, and DM120S 2U12 LFF). |
| Power supply | Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 - 240 V) (DM5000H, DM240S 2U24 SFF, and DM120S SFF enclosures) or 2325 W (200 - 240 V) (DM600S 4U60 LFF enclosures) Platinum AC power supplies. |
| Hot-swap parts | Controllers, I/O modules, drives, power supplies, cooling modules (DM600S 4U60 LFF only), and SFP+ transceivers and DAC cables. |
| Management ports | 1x 1 GbE port (UTP, RJ-45) per controller for out-of-band management.; 2x Serial console ports (RJ-45 and Micro-USB) for system configuration. |
| Management interfaces | ThinkSystem Storage Manager web-based GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; optional Lenovo XClarity. |
| Security features | Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, role-based access control (RBAC), LDAP authentication. |
| Warranty and support | 1-year or 3-year base warranty, customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with selectable service levels: 9x5 service coverage next business day (NBD) onsite response (Foundation) or 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response (Essential). Premier Support is also available. Software support is included in the Foundation or Essential Service for the duration of the warranty period. |
| Dimensions | Controller enclosure:; Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.); Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.); Depth: 483 mm (19.0 in.); 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure:; Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.); Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.); Depth: 484 mm (19.1 in.); 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure:; Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.); Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.); Depth: 483 mm (19.0 in.); 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure:; Height: 174 mm (6.9 in.); Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.); Depth: 922 mm (36.3 in.) |
| Weight | Controller enclosure (fully configured): 27.6 kg (60.8 lb); 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 24.4 kg (53.8 lb); 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 28.7 kg (63.3 lb); 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 111.5 kg (245.8 lb) |
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