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, […]

Host connectivity: 4x 6 Gb SAS host ports ; 4x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports

Controller:  Dual controller

Software V5000 Controller v7.3 Base Per Storage + Maint (Reg)

Controller cache: 16 GB per single system (8 GB per node canister); 32 GB per cluster. Battery-backed cache protection.

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

Management interfaces:  2x 1 GbE ports (UTP, RJ-45) in a primary/redundant configuration. Web-based GUI; SSH CLI; SMI-S; SNMP and email notifications

Software features:  Virtualization of internal storage, Thin provisioning, One-way data migration, Dual-system clustering, HyperSwap

12x 6 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF chassis)

Power supply:  Two redundant hot-swap 800 W AC power supplies (2/2)

One Storwize V3700 LFF expansion unit with two power supplies with cooling modules and with two expansion canisters

12 LFF drive bays in the expansion unit; up to 9x expansion units

Two 2.8 m, 10 A/100 – 250 V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cables (AC-powered models only)

Two DC power cables (DC-powered models only)

Cache 1 GB cache per controller with 2 GB upgrade (battery-backed) Drive interfacee 1x 6Gb SAS 2 Port Daughter Card Host interface Three options:Four 6 Gbps SAS portsFour 8 Gbps FC ports and Two 6 Gbps SAS portsFour 1 Gbps iSCSI ports and Two 6 Gbps SAS ports Storage 12 bay (3.5′) Hot swap, Supports […]

Cache 2 GB cache per controller with 4 GB upgrade (battery-backed) Drive interfacee 1x 6Gb SAS 2 Port Daughter Card Host interface Three options:Eight 6 Gbps SAS portsEight 8 Gbps FC ports and Four  6 Gbps SAS portsEight 1 Gbps iSCSI ports and four 6 Gbps SAS ports Storage 24 bay (2.5′) Hot swap, Supports 6 […]