User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000F All Flash Storage Array Product Guide
- Did you know?
- Key features
- Components and connectors
- System specifications
- Controller enclosures
- Controllers
- Expansion enclosures
- Drives
- Software
- Management
- Power supplies and cables
- Rack installation
- Physical specifications
- Operating environment
- Warranty and support
- Services
- Regulatory compliance
- Interoperability
- Fibre Channel SAN switches
- Rack cabinets
- Power distribution units
- Uninterruptible power supply units
- Lenovo Financial Services
- Related publications and links
- Related product families
- Notices
- Trademarks
System specifications
The following table lists the ThinkSystem DE6000F storage system specifications.
Note: The supported hardware options, software features, and interoperability listed in this product guide
are based on the software version 11.60. For details about specific software releases that introduced
support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular
software release for the ThinkSystem DE6000F that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com
Table 1. ThinkSystem DE6000F system specifications
Attribute Specification
Form factor
DE6000F 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y79): 2U rack mount.
DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (Machine Type 7Y68): 2U rack mount.
Controller
configuration
Dual active-active controller configuration with automatic load balancing.
RAID levels RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, and 10; Dynamic Disk Pools.
Note: RAID 3 can be configured only through the CLI.
Controller
system memory
128 GB per system (64 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-
backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash).
Drive bays Up to 120 hot-swap drive bays with up to five 2U24 SFF enclosures per system (Controller unit
with up to four expansion units).
Drive technology
12 Gb SAS SSDs and FIPS SSDs.
Intermix of FIPS drives and non-FIPS drives is supported within a system.
Intermix of FIPS drives and non-FIPS drives is not supported within a volume group or
disk pool.
Drive expansion
connectivity
2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports on each of two controllers
in the controller enclosure for the attachment of the expansion enclosures.
4x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports on each of two I/O modules
in the expansion enclosure for the attachment to the controller enclosure and daisy
chaining of the expansion enclosures.
Drives SFF drives:
SAS SSDs (1 DWD)
SAS SSDs (3 DWD)
SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD)
Storage capacity Up to 1.84 PB (120x 15.36 TB SAS SSDs).
Storage
protocols
SAN (Block access): SAS, iSCSI, FC, NVMe/FC, NVMe/RoCE.
Host connectivity Host connectivity ports provided using host interface cards (HICs) (per controller enclosure with
two controllers)
8x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (4 ports per controller)
8x 10/25 Gb iSCSI SFP28 host ports (DAC or SW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per
controller)
8x 8/16/32 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW fiber optics, LC) (4 ports per controller)
4x 25/40/100 Gb NVMe/RoCE QSFP28 host ports (DAC cable or SW fiber optics, MPO)
(2 ports per controller)
Note: Two host interface cards are required for selection (one per controller). The controllers no
longer offers base ports. Host connectivity is provided via the HICs.
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