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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000H is a scalable, hybrid mid-range storage system that is designed to provide high performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for medium to large businesses. The ThinkSystem DE6000H delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities in a performance-optimized system with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features. The ThinkSystem DE6000H is a perfect fit for a wide range of enterprise workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, technical computing, backup and recovery, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.
ThinkSystem DE6000H models are available in a 2U rack form-factor with 24 small form-factor (2.5-inch SFF) drives (2U24 SFF) or a 4U rack form-factor with 60 LFF drives (4U60 LFF) and include two controllers, each with 16 GB or 64 GB system memory for a system total of 32 GB or 128 GB. Host interface cards provide 12 Gb SAS, 10/25 Gb iSCSI, 8/16/32 Gb FC or NVMe/FC, or 25/40/100 Gb NVMe/RoCE host connections.
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Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000H is a scalable, hybrid mid-range storage system that is designed to provide high performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for medium to large businesses. The ThinkSystem DE6000H delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities in a performance-optimized system with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features. The ThinkSystem DE6000H is a perfect fit for a wide range of enterprise workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, technical computing, backup and recovery, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.
ThinkSystem DE6000H models are available in a 2U rack form-factor with 24 small form-factor (2.5-inch SFF) drives (2U24 SFF) or a 4U rack form-factor with 60 LFF drives (4U60 LFF) and include two controllers, each with 16 GB or 64 GB system memory for a system total of 32 GB or 128 GB. Host interface cards provide 12 Gb SAS, 10/25 Gb iSCSI, 8/16/32 Gb FC or NVMe/FC, or 25/40/100 Gb NVMe/RoCE host connections.
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The ThinkSystem DE6000H scales up to 4.3 PB of raw storage capacity in the base configuration or up to 8.64 PB with the optional Features on Demand upgrade.
The ThinkSystem DE6000H supports multiple storage connectivity protocols with a choice of SAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel, NVMe over Fibre Channel, or NVMe over RoCE.
The ThinkSystem DE6000H Storage Array scales up to 240 (base configuration) or 480 (optional upgrade) drives with the attachment of Lenovo ThinkSystem DE240S 2U24 SFF, DE120S 2U12 LFF, and DE600S 4U60 LFF Expansion Enclosures. It also offers flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch (SFF) and 3.5-inch (LFF) form factors, 10 K rpm SAS and 7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs).
The ThinkSystem DE6000H offers the following key features and benefits:
The following drives are supported in the 2U24 SFF enclosures:
Up to seven ThinkSystem DE240S 2U24 SFF or ThinkSystem DE120S 2U12 LFF, or up to three ThinkSystem DE600S 4U60 LFF, or a combination of the ThinkSystem DE240S 2U24 SFF, DE120S 2U12 LFF, and DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures for a maximum of 240 drives per system (including a controller enclosure) are supported by a single ThinkSystem DE6000H storage array in the base configuration.
With the optional Features on Demand (FoD) upgrade, the DH6000H supports attachment of up to seven ThinkSystem DE600S 4U60 LFF, or a combination of the DE240S 2U24 SFF, DE120S 2U12 LFF, and DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures for a total of eight enclosures (one controller enclosure and up to seven expansion enclosures) and up to 480 drives per system.
Customers can intermix 2U24 SFF, 2U12 LFF, and 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures behind a 2U24 SFF or 4U60 LFF controller 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 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 DE6000H offers high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:
The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DE6000H and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures.
Figure 2. ThinkSystem DE6000H and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures front view
The front of the ThinkSystem DE6000H and DE240S 2U SFF enclosures includes the following components:
The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DE120S 2U LFF enclosure.
The front of the ThinkSystem DE120S 2U LFF enclosure includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE6000H 2U SFF controller enclosure.
Figure 4. ThinkSystem DE6000H 2U SFF controller enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE6000H 2U SFF controller enclosure includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE240S and DE120S 2U expansion enclosures.
Figure 5. ThinkSystem DE240S and DE120S 2U expansion enclosures rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE240S and DE120S 2U expansion enclosures includes the following components:
The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DE6000H and DE600S 4U LFF enclosures without the front bezel.
Figure 6. ThinkSystem DE6000H and DE600S 4U LFF enclosures front view (without the front bezel)
The front of the ThinkSystem DE6000H and DE600S 4U LFF enclosures includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE6000H 4U LFF controller enclosure.
Figure 7. ThinkSystem DE6000H 4U LFF controller enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE6000H 4U LFF controller enclosure includes the following components:
The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DE600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure.
Figure 8. ThinkSystem DE600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure rear view
The rear of the ThinkSystem DE600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure includes the following components:
The following table lists the ThinkSystem DE6000H 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 DE6000H that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
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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. |
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Controller system memory | 32 GB or 128 GB per system (16 GB or 64 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash). | ||
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* Support of up to 7x DE600S requires feature B597 be included in the order. Without B597, the maximum number of DE600S enclosures supported is 3. See Software section for details. |
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Drive bays | Up to 8 enclosures per system:
Intermix of 2U24 SFF, 2U12 LFF, and 4U60 LFF enclosures is supported. |
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Drive technology |
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Drive expansion connectivity |
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Drives | 2U24 SFF drives:
2U12 LFF drives:
4U60 LFF drives:
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Storage capacity |
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Storage protocols | SAN (Block access): SAS, iSCSI, FC, NVMe/FC, NVMe/RoCE. | ||
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. |
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Host operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL); SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES); VMware vSphere. Note: NVMe/FC is supported with RHEL 8 and SLES 15, and NVMe/RoCE is supported with SLES 12 only (see Operating systems for specific version details). |
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Standard software features | Dynamic Disk Pools, SSD read cache, snapshots (up to 1024 targets), volume copy, thin provisioning (DDP only), encryption (requires optional FIPS drives), and data assurance. | ||
Optional software features | Snapshots (up to 2048 targets), scalability to 480 drives, synchronous mirroring, and asynchronous mirroring. | ||
Performance* |
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Configuration maximums** |
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Cooling | Redundant cooling with two cooling modules (4U60 LFF) or with the fans that are built into power supplies (2U24 SFF). | ||
Power supply | Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) (2U24 enclosures) or 2325 W (200 – 240 V) (4U60 enclosures) Platinum AC power supplies. | ||
Hot-swap parts | Controllers, I/O modules, drives, power supplies, cooling modules (4U60 LFF only), and SFP+/SFP28/QSFP28 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. | ||
Dimensions | 2U24 SFF enclosure:
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2U12 LFF enclosure:
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4U60 LFF enclosure:
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Weight |
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