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IBM United States Hardware Announcement 112-181 IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation
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– Storwize V3700 SFF Dual Control Enclosure
• Expansion enclosures:
– Storwize V3700 LFF Expansion Enclosure
– Storwize V3700 SFF Expansion Enclosure
The LFF enclosure models support up to twelve 3.5-inch (large form factor) high-
capacity, low-cost nearline disk drives, providing up to 36 TB physical capacity within
a single enclosure.
The SFF enclosure models support up to twenty-four 2.5-inch (small form factor)
drives. High-performance disk drives, high-capacity nearline disk drives, and solid
state drives are supported, providing the flexibility to address performance and
capacity needs within a single enclosure.
All models support dual-port, hot-swappable 6Gb SAS drives, and drives of the same
form factor can be intermixed within an enclosure. You can also intermix LFF and
SFF expansion enclosures behind either a LFF or SFF control enclosure.
Storwize V3700 functions, management, and interoperability include:
• RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10 for data protection
• Virtualization of internal storage to enable rapid, flexible provisioning and simple
configuration changes
• Thin provisioning for improved storage utilization
• FlashCopy® to create instant copies of data for backup or application testing
• One-way data migration to easily move your data onto the Storwize V3700
system
• Innovative and easy-to-use management capabilities with an embedded GUI
• Extensive interoperability support with support for most major server platforms
and operating systems
Key prerequisites
Storwize V3700 is supported for attachment to selected:
•
IBM System x® and IBM Power Systems
TM
servers
•
IBM Flex System
TM
, IBM BladeCenter® , and IBM Power® System blades
•
Intel
TM
and AMD processor-based servers
•
HP Itanium
TM
and PA-RISC servers
• Oracle and Sun SPARC servers
Refer to the IBM System Storage® Interoperation Center (SSIC) for additional
details
http://www.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/ssic
Planned availability date
November 23, 2012 except as noted below.
February 22, 2013:
• Argentina: All models, features, and options
• TAA Compliant Order (feature number 8067)
Refer to the Limitations section for additional information regarding Argentina.