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Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage DM3000H

DM3000H

Hybrid Flash Array

DATA SHEET

Lenovo ThinkSystem DM3000H is a unified, hybrid storage system that is designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for small enterprises and remote offices/branch offices of large enterprises. Powered by the ONTAP software, ThinkSystem DM3000H delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features.

The ThinkSystem DM3000H is a perfect fit for small offices and remote and branch offices of large enterprises that run a wide range of general purpose workloads, including file services, virtualization, Microsoft applications, backup and archiving, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.

ThinkSystem DM3000H models are 2U rack-mount controller enclosures that include two controllers, 64 GB RAM and 8 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (32 GB RAM and 4 GB NVMRAM per controller), and 12 LFF hot-swap drive bays (2U12 form factor). Controllers provide universal 1/10 GbE NAS/iSCSI or 4/8/16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) ports, or 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports for host connectivity.

A single ThinkSystem DM3000H Storage Array scales up to 144 drives with the attachment of ThinkSystem DM120S 2U12 LFF, DM600S 4U60 LFF, and DM240S 2U24 SFF Expansion Enclosures.

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Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage DM3000H

DM3000H

Hybrid Flash Array

DATA SHEET

Lenovo ThinkSystem DM3000H is a unified, hybrid storage system that is designed to provide performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for small enterprises and remote offices/branch offices of large enterprises. Powered by the ONTAP software, ThinkSystem DM3000H delivers enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features.

The ThinkSystem DM3000H is a perfect fit for small offices and remote and branch offices of large enterprises that run a wide range of general purpose workloads, including file services, virtualization, Microsoft applications, backup and archiving, and other storage I/O-intensive applications.

ThinkSystem DM3000H models are 2U rack-mount controller enclosures that include two controllers, 64 GB RAM and 8 GB battery-backed NVRAM per system (32 GB RAM and 4 GB NVMRAM per controller), and 12 LFF hot-swap drive bays (2U12 form factor). Controllers provide universal 1/10 GbE NAS/iSCSI or 4/8/16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) ports, or 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports for host connectivity.

A single ThinkSystem DM3000H Storage Array scales up to 144 drives with the attachment of ThinkSystem DM120S 2U12 LFF, DM600S 4U60 LFF, and DM240S 2U24 SFF Expansion Enclosures.

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Did you know?

A single ThinkSystem DM3000H can scale up to 2.3 PB of raw storage capacity. A cluster of the DM3000H storage arrays can scale up to 27.6 PB for NAS or up to 13.8 PB for SAN environments.

The ThinkSystem DM3000H offers unified file and block storage connectivity with support for 1 GbE or 10 GbE NAS and iSCSI, and 8 Gb or 16 Gb Fibre Channel protocols at the same time.

Key features

The ThinkSystem DM3000H offers the following key features and benefits:

  • Unified, hybrid storage with dual active/active controller configurations for high availability and performance.
  • Improved performance and data protection with RAID-DP and RAID-TEC, as well as support for traditional RAID 4.
  • Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for unified NAS and SAN storage protocols, including 1/10 GbE NAS and iSCSI, and 4/8/16 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity.
  • 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with multipathing with up to 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) drives in the 2U12 LFF enclosures, up to 60x 3.5-inch LFF drives in the 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures, or up to 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures.
  • Scalability to up to 144 LFF drives with the attachment of the ThinkSystem DM120S 2U12 LFF, DM600S 4U60 LFF, or DM240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity.
  • Flexibility in storing data on capacity-optimized SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS HDDs, or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types within a single system to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various workloads.
  • Acceleration of read-centric workloads with the high-speed, low-latency onboard NVMe SSD caching.
  • A comprehensive set of advanced storage management features with the ONTAP software, including SSD read cache, hybrid storage pools, snapshots, volume copy, quality of service, thin provisioning, compression, deduplication, encryption, disk-based backup, application- and virtual machine-aware backup, quick data recovery, clustering, synchronous replication, and asynchronous replication.
  • A core set of storage management features with the ONTAP Fundamentals software, including SSD read cache, hybrid storage pools, snapshots, quality of service, thin provisioning, compression, deduplication, encryption, quick data recovery, asynchronous replication, and up to 84 drives.
  • Optional licensed functions, including WORM (write once, read many) data protection (SnapLock) and object storage tiering (FabricPool).
  • Scale-out clustering of up to 12 ThinkSystem DM Series storage systems for NAS connectivity or up to six DM Series storage systems for SAN connectivity.
  • Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system setup and management.
  • Lenovo XClarity support for centralized systems management of Lenovo x86 servers, switches, and storage, which provides automated agent-less discovery, inventory, monitoring, and additional platform-specific functions across multiple systems.
  • Designed for 99.9999% availability with redundant hot-swap components, including controllers and I/O modules, power supplies, cooling modules (4U60 LFF enclosures only), and non-disruptive firmware upgrades.
  • Certified storage for Oracle VM.
  • Certified storage for Citrix XenServer

The ThinkSystem DM3000H supports the following drives:

  • 2U12 LFF and 4U60 LFF high-capacity nearline HDDs: 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 16 TB 7.2K rpm
  • 2U24 SFF capacity-optimized SSDs: 960 GB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB
  • 2U24 SFF enterprise SAS HDDs: 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm

All drives are dual-port and hot-swappable.

The ThinkSystem DM3000H supports attachment of the following ThinkSystem DM Series expansion enclosures:

  • Up to 9x DM120S 2U12 LFF enclosures.
  • Up to 2x DM600S 4U60 LFF enclosures.
  • Up to 5x DM240S 2U24 SFF enclosures.
  • A combination of the DM120S, DM600S, and DM240S enclosures for a maximum of 144 drives.

Customers can intermix 2U12 LFF, 4U60 LFF, and 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures behind a 2U12 LFF controller enclosure. This configuration delivers the added flexibility to mix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch drives within a single system (but not within the enclosure).

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 DM3000H offers high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:

  • Dual-active controllers (high availability pair) with automatic load balancing and failover
  • Mirrored, battery-backed controller NVRAM
  • Dual-port SAS HDDs with automatic drive failure detection and rebuild
  • Redundant, hot-swappable and customer replaceable hardware components, including SFP+ transceivers, controllers, I/O modules, power supplies, cooling modules (4U60 LFF only), and drives
  • Automated failover for the data path between the host and the drives with multipathing
  • Non-disruptive controller and drive firmware upgrades
  • Scale-out clustering

Components and connectors

The following figure shows the front of the DM3000H or DM120S 2U12 LFF enclosure.

ThinkSystem DM3000H or DM120S 2U12 LFF enclosure front view
Figure 2. ThinkSystem DM3000H or DM120S 2U12 LFF enclosure front view

The front of the DM3000H or DM120S 2U LFF enclosure includes the following components:

  • 12 LFF hot-swap drive bays
  • Enclosure status LEDs
  • Enclosure ID LED

The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DM3000H 2U controller enclosure with universal SFP+ host ports.

ThinkSystem DM3000H 2U controller enclosure rear view: Universal SFP+ host ports
Figure 3. ThinkSystem DM3000H 2U controller enclosure rear view: Universal SFP+ host ports

The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DM3000H 2U controller enclosure with 10GBASE-T host ports.

ThinkSystem DM3000H 2U controller enclosure rear view: 10GBASE-T host ports
Figure 4. ThinkSystem DM3000H 2U controller enclosure rear view: 10GBASE-T host ports

The rear of the ThinkSystem DM3000H 2U controller enclosure includes the following components:

  • Two redundant hot-swap controllers, each with the following ports:
    • Two SFP+ interconnect ports for direct-attach HA pair or switched cluster connections.
    • Four SFP+ host ports for 1/10 Gb GbE or 4/8/16 Gb FC connectivity, or four 1/10 GbE RJ-45 ports.
    • Two 12 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) for connections to the expansion enclosures.
    • One RJ-45 10/100/1000 Mb Ethernet port for out-of-band management.
    • Two serial console ports (RJ-45 and Micro-USB) for another means to configure the system.
    • One USB 2.0 Type A port (for ONTAP software installation or booting)
  • Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) AC power supplies (IEC 320-C14 power connector) with integrated cooling fans.
  • Controller status LEDs.

The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DM240S 2U SFF expansion enclosure.

ThinkSystem DM240S expansion enclosure front view
Figure 5. ThinkSystem DM240S expansion enclosure front view

The front of the ThinkSystem DM240S 2U SFF expansion enclosure includes the following components:

  • 24 SFF hot-swap drive bays
  • Enclosure status LEDs
  • Enclosure ID LED

The following figure shows the rear of the DM120S and DM240S 2U expansion enclosure.

ThinkSystem DM120S or DM240S 2U expansion enclosure rear view
Figure 6. ThinkSystem DM120S or DM240S 2U expansion enclosure rear view

The rear of the DM120S and DM240S 2U expansion enclosure includes the following components:

  • Two redundant hot-swap I/O Modules; each I/O Module provides four 12 Gb SAS x4 expansion ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) for connections to the controller enclosures and for connecting the expansion enclosures between each other.
  • Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) AC power supplies (IEC 320-C14 power connector) with integrated cooling fans.
  • I/O Module status LEDs.

The following figure shows the front of the ThinkSystem DM600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure.

ThinkSystem DM600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure front view
Figure 7. ThinkSystem DM600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure front view

The front of the ThinkSystem DM600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure includes the following components:

  • Five drawers, each with 12 LFF hot-swap drive bays.
  • Enclosure status LEDs.
  • Enclosure ID LED.

The following figure shows the rear of the ThinkSystem DM600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure.

ThinkSystem DM600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure rear view
Figure 8. ThinkSystem DM600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure rear view

The rear of the ThinkSystem DM600S 4U LFF expansion enclosure includes the following components:

  • Two redundant hot-swap I/O Modules; each I/O Module provides four 12 Gb SAS x4 expansion ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) for connections to the controller enclosures and for connecting the expansion enclosures between each other.
  • Two redundant hot-swap 2325 W (200 – 240 V) AC power supplies (IEC 320-C20 power connector)
  • Two hot-swap cooling fan modules; each module has two fans.
    Note: The failed cooling module should be replaced as soon as possible.
  • I/O Module status LEDs.

System specifications

The following table lists the ThinkSystem DM3000H storage system specifications.

Note: The supported hardware options, software features, and interoperability listed in this product guide are based on the ONTAP software version 9.7. 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 DM3000H that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com

Table 1. ThinkSystem DM3000H system specifications
Attribute Specification
Form factor
  • DM3000H controller enclosure (7Y42, 7D7U): 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 LFF hot-swap drive bays (1x 2U12 controller enclosure + up to 11x 2U12 or up to 2x 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures).
  • Up to 120 SFF and 24 LFF hot-swap drive bays (1x 2U12 controller enclosure + up to 5x 2U24 SFF and 1x 2U12 LFF expansion enclosures).

Intermix of 2U12 LFF, 4U60 LFF, and 2U24 SFF enclosures is supported.
Note: ONTAP Fundamentals software supports up to 84 drives.
Drive technology 12 Gb NL SAS HDDs, 12 Gb SAS SSDs, 12 Gb SAS HDDs.
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
  • 2U12 LFF drives: 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 16 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
  • 4U60 LFF drives: 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 16 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
  • 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.
Storage capacity Up to 2.3 PB (144x 16 TB LFF 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).
Performance* Up to 148 000 random read IOPS (8 KB blocks).
Configuration maximums**
  • Maximum raw storage capacity: 2.3 PB
  • Maximum flash pool cache size: 24 TB
  • Maximum aggregate size: 400 TB
  • Maximum number of FlexVol volumes per controller: 1000
  • Maximum FlexVol volume size: 100 TB
  • Maximum number of LUNs per controller: 8192
  • Maximum number of LUNs per FlexVol volume: 512
  • Maximum LUN size: 16 TB
  • 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 4U LFF) or with the fans that are built into power supplies (DM3000H, DM120S 2U12 LFF, and DM240S 2U24 SFF).
Power supply Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) (DM3000H, DM120S 2U12 LFF, and DM240S 2U24 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: 9×5 service coverage next business day (NBD) onsite response (Foundation) or 24×7 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: 87 mm (3.4 in.), width: 447 mm (17.6 in.), depth: 508 mm (20.0 in.)

2U12 LFF expansion enclosure:

  • Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.), width: 447 mm (17.6 in.), depth: 505 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.)

2U24 SFF expansion enclosure:

  • Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.), width: 449 mm (17.7 in.), depth: 484 mm (19.1 in.)
Weight
  • Controller enclosure (fully configured): 28.9 kg (63.7 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)
  • 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (fully configured): 24.4 kg (53.8 lb)

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