Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 SFF Control Enclosure (6535C2D)

Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP (Machine Type 6535) are members of the Lenovo Storage V Series family of disk systems. By using IBM Spectrum Virtualize software functions, interoperability, and management tools, Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP deliver innovation and new levels of storage efficiency with ease of use in an entry-level disk system to enable organizations to overcome their storage challenges.

This product guide describes the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage systems and provides essential pre-sales information to understand the structure of the offerings, their key features and specifications, components and options, and configuration guidelines.

This guide is intended for technical specialists, sales specialists, sales engineers, and IT architects who want to learn more about Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP and consider their use in IT solutions.

Changes in the August 23 update:

• Added ThinkSystem SAS HBA support
• Added ThinkSystem FC HBA support
• Added ThinkSystem Ethernet switches
• Added ThinkSystem FC SAN switches and directors

Introduction

Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP (Machine Type 6535) are members of the Lenovo Storage V Series family of disk systems. By using IBM Spectrum Virtualize software functions, interoperability, and management tools, Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP deliver innovation and new levels of storage efficiency with ease of use in an entry-level disk system to enable organizations to overcome their storage challenges.

Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage systems feature two node canisters, with 8 GB cache per canister, upgradeable to 16 GB per canister (V3700 XP only), in a compact, 2U, 19-inch rack mount enclosure. 12 Gb SAS (V3700 V2 XP only) and 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity is standard, with an option for additional 1 Gb iSCSI, 12 Gb SAS, 16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC), or 10 Gb iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity.

Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support up to 240 drives with up to nine expansion enclosures. They also offer flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-in. and 3.5-in. form factors, 10 K or 15 K rpm SAS and 7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs).

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP enclosures are shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP SFF (top) and LFF (bottom) enclosures

Did you know?

Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP provide small and midsized organizations with the ability to consolidate and share data at an affordable price, while utilizing advanced software capabilities that often are found in more expensive systems.

Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP can be scaled up to 3.68 PB of raw storage capacity.

Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 offers hybrid block storage connectivity with support for 1 Gb iSCSI and 12 Gb SAS, 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, or 16 Gb FC host connectivity at the same time. With Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP 12 Gb SAS, 1 Gb iSCSI, and 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE or 16 Gb FC can be used simultaneously.

Key features

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage systems provide the following key features and benefits:

• Scalable, modular storage with dual-active intelligent array node canisters with 8 GB (V3700 V2) or up to 16 GB (V3700 V2 XP) cache per canister.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for 12 Gb SAS (V3700 V2 XP) and 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity standard, with optional 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, 16 Gb FC, or extra 12 Gb SAS or 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity.
• 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) or 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the control enclosure; scalable up to 120 LFF drives per system with the attachment of LFF expansion enclosures (12x LFF drives each) or up to 240 SFF drives per system with the attachment of SFF expansion enclosures (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance.
• Flexibility in storing data on high-performance SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS HDDs, or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types and form factors within a single system to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various workloads.
• Rich set of standard functions are available at no extra cost, including virtualized internal storage, thin provisioning, one-way data migration, FlashCopy snapshots (up to 64 targets), and embedded GUI.
• Optional licensed functions, including higher number of FlashCopy snapshots, Easy Tier, and Remote Mirroring.
• VMware vSphere Virtual Volumes (VVol) integration brings advanced storage management functions to the virtual machine level for finer VM storage service level control and policy-driven automation.

  Note: VVol integration feature requires Spectrum Control Base Edition for Lenovo that can be downloaded from http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v3700v2/6535/downloads

• Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system set up and management.
• Extensive interoperability with support for most major server platforms and operating systems.
• Lenovo Storage V Series systems that are based on Spectrum Virtualize software provide five 9’s (99.999%) availability which means an average annual downtime of less than five minutes.

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly utilized applications to high-capacity, low usage applications, with the flexible choice of drives.

All drives are dual-port and hot-swappable. Drives of the same form factor can be intermixed within the appropriate enclosure, which provides the flexibility to address performance and capacity needs within a single enclosure.

Up to nine Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 expansion enclosures are supported by a single Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP control enclosure. Customers can intermix 3.5-inch and 2.5-inch expansion enclosures behind a 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch control 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 Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage systems are designed to offer high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:

• Dual-active, intelligent node canisters with mirrored cache
• Dual-port drives with automatic drive failure detection and RAID rebuild with global hot spares
• Redundant hardware, including power supplies and fans
• Hot-swappable and customer replaceable components
• Automated path failover support for the data path between the server and the drives

Components and connectors

The following figure shows the front of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP SFF enclosure.

Figure 2. Front view of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP SFF enclosure

The following figure shows the front of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP LFF enclosure.

Figure 3. Front view of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP LFF enclosure

System specifications

The following table lists the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage system specifications.

Note: The supported hardware options and software features listed in this product guide are based on the Spectrum Virtualize software version 7.8.1. For details about specific Spectrum Virtualize software releases that introduced support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular software release that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v3700v2/6535/downloads.

* Performance measurements in a system unconstrained by the number of HDDs.
** For a detailed list of configuration limits and restrictions for a specific version of the Spectrum Virtualize for Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Software V7, refer to the Lenovo Support website: http://support.lenovo.com

Control enclosures

The following table lists the models of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures.

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP control enclosure includes the following items:

• One Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 LFF or SFF control enclosure
  • Two power supplies with cooling modules
  • Two node canisters
• Rack mount hardware kit
• Publications package

Note: The control enclosures come standard without power cords; the power cord option must be purchased together with the enclosure (see "Power supplies and cables" for details).

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures ship with two node canisters. A node canister provides interfaces for host connectivity, management, and internal drives, and it runs storage management and virtualization software.

Each Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP control enclosure ships with 16 GB of battery-backed cache (8 GB per node canister). The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP control enclosures can be upgraded to 32 GB (16 GB per node canister). The following table lists cache upgrade option.

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures ship with the following host connectivity interfaces:

• 4x Gigabit Ethernet (RJ-45) ports (2 ports per node canister) for 1 Gb iSCSI host connectivity and management
• 4x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 ports per node canister) for 12 Gb SAS direct host attachments (V3700 V2 XP only)

Each node canister has one expansion slot for an optional host interface card (HIC). The following host interfaces can be added to the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures with optional HICs (if HICs are used, two HICs of the same type are required per one control enclosure):

• 8x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (4 ports per HIC) for SAS connectivity
• 8x 1 GbE (RJ-45) ports (4 ports per HIC) for extra iSCSI connectivity (for a total of 12x 1 GbE ports per control enclosure)
• 8x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (4 ports per HIC) with eight SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (4 transceivers per HIC) for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE connectivity
• 8x 16 Gb FC SFP+ ports (4 ports per HIC) with eight SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (4 transceivers per HIC) for FC connectivity (16 Gb FC LW SFP+ transceivers are available for ordering as an option)

Note: Both node canisters must have the same type of the host interface card installed, and both cards must have SFP+ modules of the same type.

The following tables list the available host port configurations for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures.

The following table lists ordering information for the host connectivity options that are supported with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures.

* Up to two LW SFP+ module pairs per 16 Gb FC host interface card in the node canister; both node canisters must have the same connectivity type. The LW SFP+ modules replace the SW SFP+ modules that ship standard with the 16 Gb FC HIC.
** Maximum quantity shown is for models without / with integrated 12 Gb SAS host ports.

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures provide 12 Gb SAS internal dual-port drive connectivity, and each control enclosure also has two 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (1 port per node canister) for 12 Gb SAS expansion enclosure connectivity.

Expansion enclosures

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP control enclosures supports attachment of up to nine Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 expansion enclosures. Intermix of LFF and SFF enclosures is supported. The enclosures can be added to the system non-disruptively.

The following table lists the models of the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 expansion enclosures.

The expansion enclosures include the following items:

• One Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 LFF or SFF expansion enclosure
  • Two power supplies with cooling modules
  • Two expansion canisters
• Rack mount hardware kit
• Publications package

Note: The expansion enclosures come standard without power cords; the power cord option must be purchased together with the enclosure (see "Power supplies and cables" for details).

Each Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 expansion enclosure ships with two expansion canisters. Each expansion canister provides 12 Gb SAS connectivity to the internal drives and two external 12 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors labelled Port 1 and Port 2) that are used for connections to the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP node canisters and for daisy chaining the expansion enclosures between each other. The expansion port (Port 1) on the left and right node canisters is connected to the Port 1 on the left and right expansion canisters, respectively. The Port 2 on the left and right expansion canisters is connected to the Port 1 on the left and right expansion canisters in the adjacent enclosure, respectively, and so on.

The following table lists ordering information for the connectivity options that are supported with the expansion enclosures.

* One cable per expansion canister; two cables are required per each expansion enclosure.

Drives

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP LFF control and expansion enclosures support up to 12 LFF hot-swap drives, and the SFF enclosures support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives.

The following table lists drive options that are supported with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP LFF enclosures.

The following table lists drive options that are supported with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP SFF enclosures.

Software

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP functional capabilities that are described in this product guide are based on the Spectrum Virtualize for Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Software version 7.6.1.

The following software features are included with every Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP storage system:

• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10

  Provides the flexibility to choose the level of data protection that is required.

• Distributed RAID 5 and 6

  Helps improve performance and availability with significantly faster rebuild time by allowing data to be distributed across more physical drives that are used simultaneously.

• Virtualization of internal storage

  Enables rapid, flexible provisioning and simple configuration changes.

• Thin Provisioning

  Optimizes efficiency by allocating disk storage space in a flexible manner among multiple users, based on the minimum space required by each user at any time. With thin provisioning, applications use only the space they are actually using, not the total space that is allocated to them.

• One-way Data Migration

  Enables easy and nondisruptive moves of volumes from another storage system onto the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP storage system by using FC or SAS connectivity.

• FlashCopy

  Enables creation of copies of data for backup, parallel processing, testing, and development, and have the copies available almost immediately. Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage systems support up to 64 targets per system at no charge.

• Embedded GUI

  Intuitive, web-based next-generation GUI for easy system set up and management.

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage capabilities can be expanded with optional licensed functions. Each optional software function is licensed on a per-system basis and covers controller enclosure and all attached expansion enclosures.

To help evaluate the benefits of these new capabilities, licensed functions (with the exception of FlashCopy upgrade) can be enabled at no charge for a 90-day trial period. Trials are started from the Lenovo Storage management GUI and do not require any Lenovo intervention. Upon expiration of the trial, the function is automatically disabled unless a license key for that function was installed onto the machine.

The following optional licensed functions are available:

• FlashCopy Upgrade

  Enables creation of copies of data for backup, parallel processing, testing, and development, and have the copies available almost immediately. Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP storage systems support up to 64 targets per system at no charge. The FlashCopy upgrade option increases this support to 2,048 FlashCopy targets per system.

• Easy Tier

  Storage tiering helps optimize storage use with data location to improve system performance, reduce costs, and simplify management. Easy Tier automatically and dynamically moves frequently accessed data to flash (solid-state) drives in the system, which results in flash drive performance without manually creating and managing storage tier policies. Easy Tier makes it easy and economical to deploy flash drives in the environment.

• Remote Mirroring

  The remote mirroring feature provides storage system-based data replication by using synchronous or asynchronous data transfers over IP, FC, or FCoE communication links:

  • Metro Mirror maintains a fully synchronized copy at metropolitan distances (up to 300 km).
  • Global Mirror operates asynchronously and helps maintain a copy at much greater distances (up to 8000 km).

    Both functions support VMware Site Recovery Manager for disaster recovery.

  For ultimate flexibility, Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP remote mirroring interoperates with any Lenovo Storage V Series, Storwize for Lenovo, or IBM Storwize family system, including Storwize V3700, Storwize V7000, Storwize V5000, and SAN Volume Controller.

  The remote mirroring option must be acquired (or licensed) for the primary (local) and secondary (remote) systems. If the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 or V3700 V2 XP is mirrored to another system, the other system must have the appropriate and applicable license for remote mirroring.

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support the following management interfaces:

• Web-based graphical user interface (GUI) via HTTPS that requires only a supported browser (Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox), so there is no need for a separate console or plug-in
• Command line interface (CLI) via SSH
• Storage Management Initiative Specification (SMI-S)
• SNMP and email notifications

The following tables list ordering information for optional software features for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP.

Power supplies and cables

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP enclosures have two redundant hot-swap 800 W AC power supplies, each with an IEC 320-C14 connector.

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP enclosures ship standard without power cables. Rack power cords or country-specific line cords should be ordered with the enclosures (see the following table; each part number or feature code contains two power cords that are needed per one enclosure).

Physical specifications

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP enclosures have the following dimensions and weight (approximate):

• Height: 87 mm (3.4 in)
• Width: 483 mm (19.0 in)
• Depth: 556 mm (21.9 in)
• Weight (fully configured):
  • Control Enclosure: 26 kg (57.3 lb)
  • Expansion Enclosure: 26.7 kg (58.9 lb)

Operating environment

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP enclosures are supported in the following environment:

• Air temperature:
  • Operating: 10 °C - 35 °C (50 °F - 95 °F)
  • Non-operating: -10 °C - +50 °C (14 °F - 125 °F)
  • Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,006 ft)
• Relative humidity:
  • Operating: 20% - 80% (non-condensing)
  • Non-operating: 8% - 80% (non-condensing)
• Electrical power:
  • Voltage range: 100 V AC - 240 V AC
  • Frequency: 50 Hz - 60 Hz
  • Power consumption:
    • LFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2): 331 watts
    • LFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2 XP): 333 watts
    • LFF Expansion Enclosure: 231 watts
    • SFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2): 333 watts
    • SFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2 XP): 335 watts
    • SFF Expansion Enclosure: 233 watts
• Heat dissipation (BTU per hour):
  • LFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2): 1,129
  • LFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2 XP): 1,136
  • LFF Expansion Enclosure: 788
  • SFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2): 1,136
  • SFF Control Enclosure (V3700 V2 XP): 1,143
  • SFF Expansion Enclosure: 795
• Acoustical noise emission:
  • LFF enclosure:
    • 6.1 bels (idling)
    • 6.1 bels (operating)
  • SFF enclosure:
    • 6.2 bels (idling)
    • 6.2 bels (operating)

Warranty

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP have a three-year Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) and onsite warranty with 9x5/next business day (NBD) terms. Lenovo offers the service upgrades through warranty maintenance upgrades and post-warranty maintenance agreements with a well-defined scope of services, including service hours, response time, term of service, and service agreement terms and conditions.

Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings are country-specific; that is, each country might have its own service types, service levels, response times, and terms and conditions. Not all covered types of warranty service upgrades might be available in a particular country or area. For more information about Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your country, refer to the Lenovo Enterprise Solutions Configurator (LESC):
http://lesc.lenovo.com

The warranty service definitions for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP systems are listed in the following table.

In general, the following types of Lenovo warranty service upgrades for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP are available:

• Warranty and maintenance service upgrades:
  • Three, four, or five years of 9x5 or 24x7 service coverage
  • Onsite response from next business day to two or four hours
  • Committed repair service
  • Up to five years of warranty extension for all service levels in one or two year increments
• Committed Repair Service

  Committed Repair Services enhances the level of Warranty Service Upgrade or Post Warranty/Maintenance Service offering associated with the selected systems. Offerings vary and are available in select countries.

  • Priority handling to meet defined time frames to restore the failing machine to good working condition
  • Committed repair service levels are measured within the following coverage hours:
    • 24x7x6: Service performed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, within 6 hours
    • 24x7x24: Service performed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, within 24 hours
• Hard Drive Retention

  Lenovo’s Hard Drive Retention service is a multi-drive hard drive retention offering that ensures your data is always under your control, regardless of the number of hard drives that are installed in your Lenovo system. In the unlikely event of a hard drive failure, you retain possession of your hard drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. The Hard Drive Retention service can be purchased in convenient bundles with our warranty upgrades and extensions.

• Hardware Installation Services

  Lenovo experts can seamlessly manage the physical installation of your server, storage, or networking hardware. Working at a time convenient for you (business hours or off shift), the technician will unpack and inspect the systems on your site, install options, mount in a rack cabinet, connect to power and network, check and update firmware to the latest levels, verify operation, and dispose of the packaging, allowing your team to focus on other priorities.

Regulatory compliance

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP conforms to the following regulations:

• FCC: Verified to comply with Part 15 of the FCC Rules, Class A
• Canada ICES-003, Class A
• Australia and New Zealand Class A statement
• European Union Council Directive 2004/108/EC
• EN 55022, Class A
• Japan VCCI Class A statement
• People's Republic of China Class A statement
• Taiwan Class A compliance statement
• Korea KCC Class A statement
• Russia EMI Class A statement
• Mexico NOM

Interoperability

Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support attachment to Lenovo servers by using SAS, iSCSI, FC, or FC over Ethernet (FCoE) storage connectivity protocols. Hybrid storage connectivity also is supported.

Note: Tables that are provided in this section are for ordering reference purposes only. End-to-end storage configuration support must be verified through the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Interoperability Matrix that can be found on the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Documentation page:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v3700v2/6535/documentation

SAS connectivity

The following table lists currently available SAS adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP SAS storage (direct attach).

FCoE or iSCSI connectivity

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support end-to-end 10 Gb FCoE connectivity with native FCoE ports or FCoE connectivity via FCoE/FC gateways with native FC ports. Lenovo RackSwitch™, Brocade, and Cisco converged switches can be used to provide FCoE connectivity for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP FC storage.

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP also support iSCSI attachments via standard 1 Gb or 10 Gb Ethernet network. Any compatible Ethernet switch, including Lenovo RackSwitch top of rack (TOR) switches and integrated Flex System Ethernet I/O modules, can be used to provide iSCSI connectivity for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP iSCSI storage.

With software iSCSI initiators, any supported 1 Gb Ethernet or 10 Gb Ethernet adapter for Lenovo servers is compatible with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP iSCSI storage.

Currently available converged FCoE/iSCSI adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the Interoperability Matrix for details).

Fibre Channel connectivity

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support direct FC attachments and FC switch-based attachments. Brocade and Cisco SAN switches can be used to provide FC connectivity for the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 FC storage.

Currently available FC adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP FC storage are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the Interoperability Matrix for details).

Networking switches

The following table lists currently available Ethernet and FC rack-mount switches that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP in storage solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the following categories:

• Top-of-rack Switches: http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/switches?rt=product-guide
• Rack SAN Switches: http://lenovopress.com/storage/switches/rack?rt=product-guide

The following table lists currently available Ethernet and FC embedded switches and pass-thru modules for Flex System that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP in storage solutions.

* Requires a supported Cisco Nexus top of rack switch.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the following categories:

• Blade Network Modules: http://lenovopress.com/servers/blades/networkmodule?rt=product-guide
• Blade Storage Modules: http://lenovopress.com/servers/blades/storagemodule?rt=product-guide

Operating systems

The Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP support host attachments to the System x servers, ThinkServer systems, and Flex System compute nodes running the following operating systems:

• Microsoft:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
• Red Hat:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Update 2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Update 6
• SUSE:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
• VMware:
  • VMware vSphere 6.5
  • VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 2
  • VMware vSphere 6.0 Update 1
  • VMware vSphere 5.5 Update 3
  • VMware vSphere 5.1 Update 3

Rack cabinets

The following table lists the rack cabinets that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP in storage solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack cabinets category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/racks

Power distribution units

The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP in storage solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Power Distribution Units category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu

Uninterruptible power supply units

The following table list the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP in storage solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Uninterruptible Power Supply Units category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/ups

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Related publications and links

For more information, see the following resources:

• Lenovo Storage product page:
  http://www.lenovo.com/systems/storage
• Lenovo Hardware Configurator:
  http://lesc.lenovo.com
• Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP Documentation
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v3700v2/6535/documentation
• Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP Support:
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v3700v2/6535

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