IBM Storwize V5010 LFF Dual Control Enclosure

Abstract

IBM Storwize V5000 is a highly flexible, easy to use virtualized storage system that enables midsize 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 infrastructures.

This product guide describes the Storwize V5000 Storage System that is available from Lenovo. It also provides essential pre-sales information to understand the structure of the offering, its 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 Storwize V5000 and consider its use in their solutions.

Change History

Changes in the April 4 update:

• Control Enclosures are withdrawn

Introduction

IBM Storwize V5000 for Lenovo (Machine Type 6194) is a highly flexible, easy to use virtualized storage system that enables midsize 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 infrastructures.

Storwize V5000 control enclosure models include two node canisters, each with 8 GB cache for a system total of 16 GB cache. Standard is 6 Gb SAS and 1 Gb iSCSI connectivity, with an option for 8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) or 10 iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) connectivity.

The LFF enclosure models support up to 12 3.5-inch drives, while the small form factor (SFF) enclosure models support up to 24 2.5-inch drives. High-performance disk drives, high-capacity nearline disk drives, and flash (solid-state drives [SSDs]) are supported. Drives of the same form factor can be intermixed within an enclosure, which provides the flexibility to address performance and capacity needs within a single enclosure. You can also intermix large form factor (LFF) and SFF expansion enclosures behind an LFF or SFF control enclosure.

A Storwize V5000 system scales up to 480 drives with the attachment of up to 19 Storwize V5000 expansion enclosures. All Storwize V5000 functional capabilities are provided through IBM Storwize Family Software for Storwize V5000. The Storwize V5000 SFF enclosure is shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Storwize V5000 SFF enclosure

Did you know?

A single Storwize V5000 system can be scaled up to 1.92 PB of raw storage capacity. With external virtualization, the system can manage up to 32 PB in total.

Storwize V5000 offers hybrid block storage connectivity with support for 6 Gb SAS, 1 Gb iSCSI, and 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE or 8 Gb FC at the same time.

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.

Storwize V5000 for Lenovo includes three or five years of Software Subscription and Support (model dependent).

Key features

The Storwize V5000 storage system provides the following features:

• Scalable enterprise storage with a dual active/active intelligent array node canisters with 8 GB cache each for high availability and performance.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for a mix of 6 Gb SAS, 1 Gb iSCSI, and 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE or 8 Gb FC connectivity at the same time.
• A 6 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch LFF or 24x 2.5-inch SFF drives in the control enclosure, which are scalable up to 240 LFF drives per system with the attachment of Storwize V5000 LFF Expansion Enclosure (12x LFF drives each) or up to 480 SFF drives per system with the attachment of Storwize V5000 SFF Expansion Enclosure (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance.
• With two-way system clustering, the size of the system can be doubled to a maximum of 960 drives.
• Further scalability can be achieved with virtualization of external storage. When Storwize V5000 virtualizes an external disk system, capacity in the external system inherits the functional richness and ease of use of Storwize V5000.
• Flexibility in storing data on high-performance SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS hard disk drives (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.
• Storwize V5000 combines various IBM technologies, including thin provisioning, automated tiering, external and internal storage virtualization, clustering, replication and multiprotocol support.
• 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 IBM Spectrum Control Base Edition for Lenovo that can be downloaded from http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral.

• Intuitive, web-based next-generation GUI for easy system set up and management.
• Extensive interoperability with support for most major server platforms and operating systems.

The Storwize V5000 LFF enclosure is shown in the following figure.

Figure 2. Storwize V5000 LFF enclosure

The Storwize V5000 supports the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly used applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.

The following 2.5-inch drives are supported:

• High-performance SSDs: 200 GB, 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS
• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:
  • 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS
  • 600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS

The following 3.5-inch drives are supported:

• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:
  • 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS
  • 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 4 TB, 6 TB, and 8 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS

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 19 Storwize V5000 expansion enclosures are supported by a single Storwize V5000 control enclosure. You 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.

More drives and expansion units are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, which helps to quickly and seamlessly respond to ever-growing capacity demands.

The V5000 storage system offers 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

The Storwize V5000 supports 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

Components and connectors

The following figures show the front of the Storwize V5000 SFF and LFF enclosures.

Figure 3. Front view of the Storwize V5000 SFF enclosure

Figure 4. Front view of the Storwize V5000 LFF enclosure

The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V5000 Control Enclosure.

Figure 5. Rear view of the Storwize V5000 Control Enclosure

The following figure shows the rear of the Storwize V5000 Expansion Enclosure.

Figure 6. Rear view of the Storwize V5000 Expansion Enclosure

System specifications

The following table lists the Storwize V5000 storage system specifications.

* Performance measurements with the maximum number of 15K rpm HDDs supported by the system.
** For a detailed list of configuration limits and restrictions for a specific version of the Storwize V5000 software, see the following online document: http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1004971

Control enclosures

The following table lists the models of the Storwize V5000 control enclosures.

Product availability: Storwize V5000 Control Enclosures are withdrawn and no longer available for ordering.

* Feature codes for System unit base hardware / Base software / Software support and subscription.

The part number for the Storwize V5000 controller unit includes the following items:

• One Storwize V5000 LFF or SFF control enclosure with two power supplies with cooling modules and with two node canisters
• Rack mount hardware kit
• Publications package

Note: Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately (for more information, see Table 12).

The Storwize V5000 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.

The Storwize V5000 control enclosures ship with the following host connectivity interfaces:

• 4x Gb Ethernet (RJ-45) ports (2 ports per node canister) for 1 Gb iSCSI host connectivity and management
• 4x 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 ports per node canister) for 6 Gb SAS direct host attachments

The Storwize V5000 must be configured with eight 8 Gb FC ports or four 10 Gb Ethernet (iSCSI or FCoE) ports by ordering a pair of the host interface cards (HICs) that supply the following interfaces:

• 4x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (2 ports per HIC) with four SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors) included for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE connectivity
• 8x 8 Gb FC SFP ports (4 ports per HIC) with eight SW SFP optical transceivers (LC connectors) included for FC connectivity (a pair of optional 8 Gb FC LW SFP transceivers is available for ordering as an option; it replaces a pair of the SW SFP transceivers that are included with the FC HIC)

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

The following table lists the available host port configurations for the Storwize V5000 control enclosures.

The following table lists ordering information for the host connectivity options for the Storwize V5000 control enclosures.

* A pair of LW SFP modules replaces a pair of SW SFP modules that ship standard with the 8 Gb FC HIC. Up to two LW SFP module pairs per 8 Gb FC host interface card in the node canister; both node canisters must have the same connectivity type.

The Storwize V5000 control enclosures provide 6 Gb SAS internal dual-port drive connectivity, and each control enclosure also has four 6 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 port per node canister) for 6 Gb SAS expansion enclosure connectivity.

Expansion enclosures

The Storwize V5000 Control Enclosure supports attachment of up to 19 Storwize V5000 LFF or SFF expansion enclosures. Intermix of LFF and SFF enclosures is supported. The expansion enclosures can be added to the system non-disruptively.

The following table lists the models of the Storwize V5000 LFF and SFF expansion enclosures.

* Feature codes for System unit base hardware / Base software / Software support and subscription.

The part number for the Storwize V5000 expansion enclosures includes the following items:

• One Storwize V5000 LFF or SFF expansion enclosure with two power supplies with cooling modules and with two expansion canisters
• Rack mount hardware kit
• Publications package

Note: Power cables are not included and must be ordered separately (for more information, see Table 12).

Each Storwize V5000 expansion unit ships with two expansion canisters. Each expansion canister provides 6 Gb SAS connectivity to the internal drives and two external 6 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors labelled Port 1 and Port 2) that are used for connections to the Storwize V5000 node canisters and for connecting the expansion units between each other. One of the expansion ports (Port 3 or Port 4) on the Storwize V5000 node canister is connected to the Port 1 on the expansion canister. The Port 2 on the expansion canister is connected to the Port 1 on the expansion canister in the adjacent enclosure, and so on.

Note: Up to 10 expansion enclosures can be connected to Port 3 in a daisy-chained manner, and up to nine expansion enclosures can be connected to Port 4 in a daisy-chained manner, for a total of 19 expansion enclosures per one control enclosure.

The expansion enclosure connectivity topology is shown in the following figure.

Figure 7. Expansion unit connectivity topology

The following table lists ordering information for the expansion enclosure connectivity options.

Drives

The Storwize V5000 LFF control and expansion enclosures support up to 12 LFF hot-swap drives. The Storwize V5000 SFF enclosures support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives.

The following tables lists drive options for the Storwize V5000 LFF and SFF enclosures, respectively.

Software

Note: Storwize V5000 functional capabilities that are described in this product guide are based on the Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5000 version 7.8.

The following functions are included with every Storwize V5000:

• 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 for internal storage
  Helps improve performance and availability with significantly faster rebuild time by allowing data to be distributed across more physical drives that are used simultaneously.
• Dual-system clustering

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.

• HyperSwap for Spectrum Virtualize
  Provides dual-site, active-active access to a volume for high availability and disaster recovery configurations. With active-active relationships between the volume copies at each site, HyperSwap configurations can be used to maintain access to data on the system when site-wide failures or outages occur, using a flexible choice of host multipathing drivers.

Note: HyperSwap feature requires a Remote Mirroring license and a third site to host an FC- or IP-based quorum device for an automatic tie-break in the event of a potential link failure between the two main sites.

• Virtualization of internal storage

Enables rapid, flexible provisioning and simple configuration changes.

• Thin provisioning

Optimizes efficiency by allocating drive storage space in a flexible manner among multiple applications that is based on the minimum space that is required by each application at any time. With thin provisioning, applications use only the space they are actually using (not the total space that was allocated to them) which allows clients to purchase storage they need today and add storage as application requirements grow.

• One-way data migration

Enables easy and nondisruptive moves of volumes from another storage system onto the Storwize V5000 Storage System by using FC or SAS connectivity.

• Embedded GUI

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

The Storwize V5000 storage capabilities can be expanded with optional licensed functions. Each optional Storwize V5000 software license is required for each control enclosure, expansion enclosure, and externally virtualized enclosures.

The following optional licensed functions are available:

• Easy Tier

Easy Tier provides a mechanism to seamlessly migrate frequently accessed data between three tiers of storage (Flash drives, SAS, NL SAS). This migration can be to different tiers of internal drives or to external storage systems that are virtualized by Storwize V5000.

• FlashCopy

Enables creation of copies of data for backup, parallel processing, testing, and development and have the copies available almost immediately. Storwize V5000 supports up to 2,048 FlashCopy targets per system and up to 4,096 FlashCopy targets per cluster.

• Remote mirroring

This feature provides storage system-based data replication by using synchronous or asynchronous data transfers over IP, FC, or FCoE communication links.

For ultimate flexibility, Storwize V5000 remote mirroring interoperates with any other Storwize family system, including Storwize V7000, Storwize V3700, and SAN Volume Controller.

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

The remote mirroring licenses must be acquired for the primary (local) and secondary (remote) systems. If Storwize V5000 is mirrored to a system other than Storwize V5000, the other system must have the appropriate and applicable licenses for remote mirroring.

• External Virtualization

This feature helps consolidate storage systems from various vendors that are connected into single FC networking. Storage administrator can manage and provision storage to applications from a single user interface and use a common set of advanced functions across all the storage systems under the control of Storwize V5000.

The following tables list ordering information for optional software features for Storwize V5000 control enclosures.

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, and Remote Mirroring licenses.

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, and Remote Mirroring licenses.

The following tables list ordering information for optional software features for Storwize V5000 expansion enclosures.

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, and Remote Mirroring licenses.

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, and Remote Mirroring licenses.

The following tables list ordering information for optional external virtualization software features for Storwize V5000.

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, and Remote Mirroring licenses.
** One license for each storage enclosure that is attached to, and externally managed by, the Storwize V5000.

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, and Remote Mirroring licenses.
** One license for each storage enclosure that is attached to, and externally managed by, the Storwize V5000.

Note: A storage enclosure that is externally managed by the Storwize V5000 is defined as an independently powered, channel-attached device that stores data on magnetic disks or SSDs, such as disk controllers and their respective expansion units, each of which constitutes separate enclosures. Therefore, an enclosure can be the main controller housing disk or SSDs, or the expansion chassis that houses extra disk or SSDs for the purpose of expanding the total capacity of the storage system.

Power cables

The Storwize V5000 LFF and SFF control and expansion enclosures ship standard without power cables. The part numbers and feature codes to order the power cables (one part number includes two power cords) are listed in the following table.

Physical specifications

The Storwize V5000 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:
  • LFF control enclosure:
    • Empty: 18.0 kg (39.6 lb)
    • Fully configured: 28.3 kg (62.2 lb)
  • SFF control enclosure:
    • Empty: 19.0 kg (41.8 lb)
    • Fully configured: 27.3 kg (60.0 lb)
  • LFF expansion enclosure:
    • Empty: 16.4 kg (36.1 lb)
    • Fully configured: 26.7 kg (58.8 lb)
  • SFF expansion enclosure:
    • Empty: 16.7 kg (36.7 lb)
    • Fully configured: 25.0 kg (55.2 lb)

Operating environment

The Storwize V5000 enclosures are supported in the following environment:

• Air temperature:
  • Operating: 10 °C – 35 °C (50 °F – 95 °F) at 30.5 m (100 ft) below to 3,000 m (9,840 ft) above sea level
  • Non-operating: -10 °C – 50 °C (14 °F – 125 °F)
  • Maximum altitude: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
• Humidity:
  • Operating: 20% – 80%
  • Non-operating: 10% – 90%
• Electrical power:
  • Voltage range: 100 V AC – 240 V AC
  • Frequency: 50 Hz – 60 Hz
  • Power:
    • LFF control enclosure: 378 watts
    • SFF control enclosure: 425 watts
    • LFF expansion enclosure: 300 watts
    • SFF expansion enclosure: 338 watts
• Heat dissipation (BTU per hour):
  • LFF control enclosure: 1,290
  • SFF control enclosure: 1,451
  • LFF expansion enclosure: 1,024
  • SFF expansion enclosure: 1,154
• Acoustical noise emission:
  • LFF control enclosure:
    • 5.8 bels (idling)
    • 5.8 bels (operating)
  • SFF control enclosure:
    • 5.9 bels (idling)
    • 5.9 bels (operating)
  • LFF expansion enclosure:
    • 6.0 bels (idling)
    • 6.0 bels (operating)
  • SFF expansion enclosure:
    • 6.1 bels (idling)
    • 6.1 bels (operating)

Warranty services and upgrades

The Storwize V5000 has a three-year Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) and onsite warranty with 9×5/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.

Note: When purchasing the system that includes 5-year software maintenance, additional two years of hardware support are required.

Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings are country-specific. Not all warranty service upgrades are available in every country. For more information about Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your country, refer to the Data Center Advisor and Configurator (DCACT; formerly known as LESC):
http://lesc.lenovo.com

The warranty service definitions for the Storwize V5000 system are listed in the following table.

In general, the following types of Lenovo warranty service upgrades for the Storwize V5000 are available:

• Warranty and maintenance service upgrades:
  • Three, four, or five years of 9×5 or 24×7 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. Your new systems will be configured and ready for your software installation.

Regulatory compliance

The Storwize V5000 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

Interoperability

Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The Storwize V5000 supports attachment to Lenovo System x®, ThinkServer®, and Flex System™ hosts by using SAS, iSCSI, FC, or 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 System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC):
http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic

SAS connectivity

The following table lists currently available System x and ThinkServer SAS adapters that are compatible with the Storwize V5000 SAS storage (direct attach).

FCoE or iSCSI connectivity

The Storwize V5000 supports end-to-end 10 Gb FCoE connectivity with native FCoE ports or FCoE connectivity via FCoE/FC gateways with native Fibre Channel ports. Lenovo RackSwitch™, Brocade, and Cisco converged switches can be used to provide FCoE connectivity with the Storwize V5000 FC storage.

The Storwize V5000 also supports 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 BladeCenter or Flex System Ethernet I/O modules, can be used to provide iSCSI connectivity with the Storwize V5000 iSCSI storage.

With software iSCSI initiators, any supported 1 Gb Ethernet or 10 Gb Ethernet adapter for System x, ThinkServer, or Flex System is compatible with the Storwize V5000 iSCSI storage.

Currently available converged FCoE/iSCSI adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with Storwize V5000 are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the SSIC for details).

Fibre Channel connectivity

The Storwize V5000 supports direct FC attachments and FC switch-based attachments. Brocade and QLogic SAN switches can be used to provide FC connectivity with the Storwize V5000 FC storage.

Currently available FC adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Storwize V5000 FC storage are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the SSIC for details).

Networking switches

The following table lists currently available Ethernet and FC rack-mount switches that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in Storwize V5000 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 in Storwize V5000 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 Storwize V5000 supports host attachments to the System x and ThinkServer servers and Flex System compute nodes with the following operating systems:

• Microsoft:
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2016 (Hyper-V)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 (Hyper-V)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 (Hyper-V)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 (Hyper-V)
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008
• Red Hat:
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
• SUSE:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
• VMware:
  • VMware vSphere 6.5
  • VMware vSphere 6.0
  • VMware vSphere 5.5
  • VMware vSphere 5.1
  • VMware vSphere 5.0

Rack cabinets

The following table lists the rack cabinets that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in Storwize V5000 storage solutions.

Note: If a Storwize V5000 enclosure is shipped and installed in a rack, the Rack Shipment Bracket option (part number 00MJ107, feature code 3690) must be installed.

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 offered by Lenovo that can be used in Storwize V5000 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 offered by Lenovo that can be used in Storwize V5000 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
• US Announcement Letter – IBM Storwize V5000 for Lenovo:
  http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS115-015
• US Announcement Letter – IBM Storwize Family Software for Storwize V5000 for Lenovo:
  http://ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=dd&subtype=ca&&htmlfid=897/ENUS215-042
• IBM Spectrum Virtualize Software for Storwize V5000 for Lenovo (Machine Type 6194):
  http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral
• Lenovo Hardware Configurator:
  http://lesc.lenovo.com
• System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC):
  http://ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

• IBM Alliance
• IBM Storage
• External Storage

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