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Lenovo Storwize V5000 (HVEC/XCC)

Planned availability date

January 13, 2015

Overview

IBM Storwize V5000 is a highly flexible, easy to use virtualized, storage system that enables midsized organizations to meet the challenges of rapid data growth and limited IT budgets. As an intermediate Storwize family offering, Storwize V5000 enables organizations to consolidate and provide new capabilities to their existing infrastructures.

Storwize V5000 is available in the following models:

• Control enclosures:
  • Storwize V5000 large form factor (LFF) Control Enclosure
  • Storwize V5000 small form factor (SFF) Control Enclosure
• Expansion enclosures:
  • Storwize V5000 LFF Expansion Enclosure
  • Storwize V5000 SFF Expansion Enclosure

The LFF enclosure models support up to twelve 3.5-inch drives, while the SFF enclosure models support up to twenty-four 2.5-inch drives. High performance disk drives, high-capacity nearline disk drives and solid state drives (SSD) are supported. Drives of the same form factor can be intermixed within an enclosure, providing the flexibility to address performance and capacity needs within a single enclosure. You can also intermix LFF and SFF expansion enclosures behind either a LFF or SFF control enclosure.

A Storwize V5000 system scales up to 480 drives with the attachment of 19 Storwize V5000 expansion enclosures. Storwize V5000 systems can be clustered to help deliver greater performance, bandwidth, and scalability. A Storwize V5000 clustered system can contain two Storwize V5000 systems and up to 960 drives.

Key prerequisites

• IBM Storwize V5000 requires Storwize Family Software for Storwize V5000 version 7.4, or later, for operation. Use of the software is entitled
  through the acquisition of Storwize V5000 software licenses.

At a glance

Lenovo Storwize V5000 is a highly flexible, easy to use, virtualized storage system with the following features:

• Two node canisters with 16 GB cache (system total)
• 8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC), 10 Gb iSCSI / Fibre Channel over ethernet (FCoE), 6 Gb SAS, and 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity options
• Control enclosures and expansion enclosures supporting twelve 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) or twenty-four 2.5-inch small form
  factor (SFF) drives
• Scaling for up to 480 drives per system with the attachment of 19 Storwize V5000 expansion enclosures and up to 960 drives in a two-way clustered configuration

Warranty

All models are delivered in a 2U, 19-inch rack mount enclosure and include a three year warranty with customer replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite service. Optional warranty service upgrades are available for enhanced levels of warranty service.

Physical specifications

Lenovo Storwize V5000 dimensions

• Height: 8.7 cm (3.4 in)
• Depth: 55.6 cm (21.9 in)
• Width: 48.3 cm (19.0 in)
• Control enclosure: 74.4 cm (29.3 in)
• Expansion enclosure: 55.6 cm (21.9 in)
• Approximate weight:
  • LFF control enclosure:
    • Empty: 18.0 kg (39.6 lb)
    • Fully configured: 28.3 kg (62.2 lb)
  • LFF expansion enclosure:
    • Empty: 16.4 kg (36.1 lb)
    • Fully configured: 26.7 kg (58.8 lb)
  • SFF control enclosure:
    • Empty: 19.0 kg (41.8 lb)
    • Fully configured: 27.3 kg (60.0 lb)
  • SFF expansion enclosure:
    • Empty: 16.7 kg (36.7 lb)
    • Fully configured: 25.0 kg (55.2 lb)

To assure installability and serviceability in non-IBM industry-standard racks, review the installation planning information for any product-
specific installation requirements.

Operating environment

Air temperature:

• Operating: 10C to 35C (50F to 95F) at 30.5 below to 3,000 m above sea level (100 below to 9,840 ft above)
• Non-operating: -10 to 50 degrees C (14 to 125 degrees F)

Relative humidity:

• Operating: 20% - 80%
• Non-operating: 10% - 90%

Electrical power:

• Voltage range: 100-240 V ac
• Frequency: 50-60 Hz
• Power:
  • LFF control enclosure: 378 watts
  • LFF expansion enclosure: 300 watts
  • SFF control enclosure: 425 watts
  • SFF expansion enclosure: 338 watts

Heat dissipation (BTU per hour):

• LFF control enclosure: 1,290
• LFF expansion enclosure: 1,024
• SFF control enclosure: 1,451
• SFF expansion enclosure: 1,154

Acoustical noise emission:

• LFF control enclosure:
  • 5.8 bels (idling)
  • 5.8 bels (operating)
• LFF expansion enclosure:
  • 6.0 bels (idling)
  • 6.0 bels (operating)
• SFF control enclosure:
  • 5.9 bels (idling)
  • 5.9 bels (operating)
• SFF expansion enclosure:
  • 6.1 bels (idling)
  • 6.1 bels (operating)

OEM disk drives:

• Product Category (2005 law): A
• Product Category (2007 law): F
• LFF control enclosure :
  • Maximum physical storage capacity: 48,000 Gigabytes
  • Power consumption: 314 watts
• SFF control enclosure
  • Maximum physical storage capacity: 28,800 Gigabytes
  • Power consumption: 328 watts

Software Requirements

Storwize V5000 requires the Storwize Family Software for Storwize V5000, version 7.4, or later, for operation.

The Storwize V5000 software is preloaded on the Storwize V5000 control enclosure. Use of the software is entitled through the acquisition of a
Storwize V5000 Base Software license. This license is required for the Storwize V5000 control enclosure and for each Storwize V5000 expansion
enclosure.

Use of optional features offered with the Storwize V5000 software is entitled through the acquisition of their respective licenses.

Note: For additional support, certification, and version information on network operating systems, visit

http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us

Compatibility

External Storage Visualization : Storwize V5000 systems acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194) can externally virtualize the capacity in other Storwize family products acquired from Lenovo and in Storwize family products acquired from IBM (IBM machine types 2071, 2072, 2076, 2077, and 2078).
Remote Mirroring: Storwize V5000 systems acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194) can interoperate in a remote mirroring relationship
with other Storwize family products acquired from Lenovo and with Storwize family products, including IBM SAN Volume Controller and IBM Flex System V7000 acquired from IBM (IBM machine types 2072, 2076, 2077, 2078, 2145, and 4939).

Clustered Systems: Storwize V5000 systems acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194) can only be clustered with other Storwize V5000 systems acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194).

Controller Units: Storwize V5000 controller units acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194) only support the attachment of Storwize V5000
expansion units acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194). Storwize V5000 expansion units acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194) only support attachment to Storwize V5000 controller units acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194).

Features and Options: Storwize V5000 systems acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine type 6194) only support features and options announced by and acquired from Lenovo (Lenovo machine types 6194 and 3331).