Storwize V7000 Storage Controller Unit

Components

Specification

Form factor

• Storwize V7000 Storage Controller Unit: 2U rack mount

• Storwize V7000 SFF or LFF Storage Expansion Unit: 2U rack mount

Controller configuration

Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration per controller unit. Two or four controller units can be combined into a Storwize V7000 clustered system (or cluster).

RAID levels

RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6 (internal storage only)

Controller cache

64 GB per controller unit (32 GB per node canister) upgradeable to 128 GB (64 GB per node canister). Up to 512 GB per cluster. Battery-backed cache protection.

Drive bays

Up to 504 SFF drive bays per single system:

• 24 SFF drive bays in the controller unit

• 24 SFF drive bays in the SFF expansion unit; up to 20x SFF expansion units

Up to 24 SFF and 240 LFF drive bays per single system:

• 24 SFF drive bays in the controller unit

• 12 LFF drive bays in the LFF expansion unit; up to 20x LFF expansion units

Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.

Up to 1056 SFF drives in a four-way clustered configuration.

Up to 96 SFF drives and 960 LFF drives in a four-way clustered configuration.

Drive technology

SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported.

Drive connectivity

Dual-ported 12 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure.

Controller unit with two node canisters (ports per one node canister):

• 24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports

• 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports for the attachment of the expansion units

Expansion unit with two expansion canisters (ports per one expansion canister):

• 24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF unit)

• 12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF unit)

• 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports (IN and OUT) for the daisy chained attachment of the expansion units

Drives

SFF drives:

• 200 GB, 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS SSDs

• 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs

• 600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs

• 1 TB and 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs

LFF drives: 3 TB, 4 TB, 6 TB, and 8 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs

Storage capacity

• Up to 1,968 TB (24x 2 TB SFF HDDs + 240x 8 TB LFF HDDs) per one controller unit

• Up to 7,872 TB (96x 2 TB SFF HDDs + 960x 8 TB LFF HDDs) per cluster

Host connectivity

Standard ports (per controller unit with two node canisters): 6x 1 Gb iSCSI (UTP, RJ-45) (3 ports per node canister)

Extra ports must be configured by selecting at least one of the following host port options or a combination of one iSCSI/FCoE option and one of the FC options, or two FC options (per controller unit with two node canisters):

• 8x 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per node canister)

• 8x 8 Gb FC SFP host ports (SW or LW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per node canister)

• 4x 16 Gb FC SFP host ports (SW or LW fiber optics, LC) (2 ports per node canister)

• 8x 16 Gb FC SFP host ports (SW or LW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per node canister)

Host operating systems

Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, 2012 and 2012 R2; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, 6, and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 10, 11, and 12; VMware vSphere 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, and 6.0.

Standard software features

Virtualization of internal storage, Thin provisioning, One-way data migration, Four-system clustering, HyperSwap (requires an optional Remote Mirroring license), Comprestimator