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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000F is a scalable, all flash entry-level storage system that is designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for medium to large businesses. It delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features. The ThinkSystem DE4000F is a perfect fit for a wide range of enterprise workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, technical computing, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.
ThinkSystem DE4000F models are available in a 2U rack form-factor with 24 small form-factor (2.5-inch SFF) drives (2U24 SFF) and include two controllers, each with 32 GB memory for a system total of 64 GB. Host interface cards provide 12 Gb SAS, 10/25 Gb iSCSI, or 8/16/32 Gb FC connections.
The ThinkSystem DE4000F Storage Array scales up to 96 solid-state drives (SSDs) with the attachment of 3 Lenovo ThinkSystem DE240S 2U24 SFF Expansion Enclosures.
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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE4000F is a scalable, all flash entry-level storage system that is designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for medium to large businesses. It delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features. The ThinkSystem DE4000F is a perfect fit for a wide range of enterprise workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, technical computing, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.
ThinkSystem DE4000F models are available in a 2U rack form-factor with 24 small form-factor (2.5-inch SFF) drives (2U24 SFF) and include two controllers, each with 32 GB memory for a system total of 64 GB. Host interface cards provide 12 Gb SAS, 10/25 Gb iSCSI, or 8/16/32 Gb FC connections.
The ThinkSystem DE4000F Storage Array scales up to 96 solid-state drives (SSDs) with the attachment of 3 Lenovo ThinkSystem DE240S 2U24 SFF Expansion Enclosures.
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The ThinkSystem DE4000F scales up to 1.84 PB of raw storage capacity.
The ThinkSystem DE4000F offers block storage connectivity with support for 12 Gb SAS, 10/25 Gb iSCSI, or 8/16/32 Gb FC at the same time.
The ThinkSystem DE4000F offers the following key features and benefits:
Up to four ThinkSystem DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures are supported by a single ThinkSystem DE4000F system. More drives and expansion enclosures are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, which helps to quickly and seamlessly respond to ever-growing capacity demands.
The ThinkSystem DE4000F offers high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:
The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DE4000F and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures.
Figure 2. ThinkSystem DE4000F and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures front view
The front of the ThinkSystem DE4000F and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE4000F 2U controller enclosure.
Figure 3. ThinkSystem DE4000F 2U controller enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE4000F 2U controller enclosure includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE240S 2U expansion enclosure.
Figure 4. ThinkSystem DE240S 2U expansion enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE240S 2U expansion enclosure includes the following components:
The following table lists the ThinkSystem DE4000F storage system specifications.
Note: The supported hardware options, software features, and interoperability listed in this product guide are based on the software version 11.60. For details about specific software releases that introduced support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular software release for the ThinkSystem DE4000F that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
Attribute | Specification |
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Controller configuration | Dual active-active controller configuration with automatic load balancing. |
RAID levels | RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10; Dynamic Disk Pools. Note: RAID 3 can be configured only through the CLI. |
Controller system memory | 64 GB per system (32 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash). |
Drive bays | Up to 96 hot-swap drive bays installed in 4x 2U24 SFF enclosures per system (1x controller unit with up to 3x expansion units). |
Drive technology |
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Drive expansion connectivity |
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Drives | SFF drives:
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Storage capacity | Up to 1.47 PB (96x 15.36 TB SAS SSDs). |
Host connectivity | Host connectivity ports provided using host interface cards (HICs) (per controller enclosure with two controllers):
Note: Two host interface cards are required for selection (one per controller). The controllers no longer offers base ports. Host connectivity is provided via the HICs. |
Host operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL); SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES); VMware vSphere. |
Standard software features | Dynamic Disk Pools, snapshots (up to 512 targets), volume copy, thin provisioning (DDP only), data assurance, and asynchronous mirroring. |
Optional software features | Synchronous mirroring. |
Performance* |
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Configuration maximums** |
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Cooling | Redundant cooling with the fans that are built into power supplies. |
Power supply | Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) Platinum AC power supplies. |
Hot-swap parts | Controllers, I/O modules, drives, power supplies, and SFP+/SFP28 transceivers. |
Management ports |
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Management interfaces | System Manager web-based GUI; SAN Manager standalone GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; SMI-S Provider; 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 | Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 next business day (NBD) parts delivered. Also available are 9×5 NBD onsite response, 24×7 coverage with 2-hour or 4-hour onsite response, or 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair (select areas), YourDrive YourData, Premier Support, and 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions. |
Software maintenance | Included in the base warranty and any Lenovo warranty extensions. |
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