Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 and V3700 V2 XP (Machine Type 6535)

**System specifications**
Component	Specification
Form factor	Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Control Enclosure: 2U rack mount Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP Control Enclosure: 2U rack mount Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Expansion Enclosure: 2U rack mount
Controller configuration	Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration.
RAID levels	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6.
Controller cache	16 GB per system (8 GB per node canister). V3700 XP is upgradeable to 32 GB (16 GB per node canister). Cache mirroring between the node canisters. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery).
Drive bays	Up to 264 SFF drive bays per storage system: 24 SFF drive bays in the control enclosure 24 SFF drive bays in the expansion enclosure; up to 10 expansion enclosures Up to 132 LFF drive bays per storage system: 12 LFF drive bays in the control enclosure 12 LFF drive bays in the expansion enclosures; up to 10 expansion enclosures Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.
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 (SFF enclosure) 12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure) 1x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion port for the attachment of the expansion enclosures Expansion unit with two expansion canisters (ports per one expansion canister): 24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure) 12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure) 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports for the daisy chained attachment of the expansion enclosures
Drives	SFF drives: 300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS SSDs 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB read-optimized SAS SSDs LFF drives: 300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 12 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs
Storage capacity	Up to 4.055 PB (264x 15.36 TB SAS SSDs)
Host connectivity	Standard ports (per control enclosure with two node canisters): 4x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports (UTP, RJ-45) (2 ports per node canister) 4x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (2 ports per node canister; V3700 V2 XP only) Optional additional ports on host interface cards (per control enclosure with two node canisters): 8x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (4 ports per node canister) 8x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports (UTP, RJ-45) (4 ports per node canister) 8x 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE SFP+ host ports (SW fiber, LC) (4 ports per node canister) 8x 16 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW or LW fiber, LC) (4 ports per node canister) 4x 25 Gb iSCSI (RoCE) SFP28 host ports (SW fiber, LC) (2 ports per node canister) 4x 25 Gb iSCSI (iWARP) SFP28 host ports (SW fiber, LC) (2 ports per node canister)
Host operating systems^	Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and 12; VMware vSphere 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5.
Standard software features	Virtualization of internal storage, Thin Provisioning, Data reduction pools, One-way Data Migration, FlashCopy snapshots (up to 64 targets), and Embedded GUI.
Optional software features	FlashCopy snapshots upgrade (up to 2048 targets), Easy Tier, Encryption (V3700 XP only), and Remote Mirroring.
Performance (V3700 V2 / V3700 V2 XP)*	Up to 168 000 / 390 000 cache read IOPS Up to 65 000 / 114 000 disk read IOPS Up to 17 000 / 29 000 disk write IOPS Up to 32 000 / 54 000 disk mixed (70% read/30% write) IOPS Up to 4.2 / 6.3 GBps sequential disk read throughput Up to 1.1 / 1.7 GBps sequential disk write throughput
Configuration maximums**	Per system: Maximum number of storage pools: 1024 Maximum number of logical volumes: 2048 Maximum logical volume size: 256 TB Maximum number of drives in a RAID array: 16 Maximum number of RAID arrays: 128 Maximum number of drives in a distributed RAID array: 128 (including up to 4 spares) Maximum number of distributed RAID arrays: 10 Maximum hot spare drives: No limit Maximum number of host ports: 2048 Maximum number of hosts: 256 Maximum number of host ports per one host: 32 Maximum number of snapshots: 2048 (requires an optional license) Maximum number of remote mirroring relationships: 2048 (requires an optional license)
Cooling	Redundant cooling with the fan modules that are built into power supplies.
Power supply	Two redundant hot-swap 800 W AC power supplies.
Hot-swap parts	Node canisters, expansion canisters, SFP+/SFP28 transceivers, drives, power supplies with fans.
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.
Security features	Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, LDAP authentication
Warranty	Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite warranty with 9×5 next business day terms. Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo: 24×7 coverage, 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair, 1-year or 2-year warranty extensions, YourDrive YourData.
Dimensions	Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.); width: 483 mm (19.0 in.); depth: 556 mm (21.9 in.)
Weight	Control enclosure (fully configured): 26 kg (57.3 lb) Expansion enclosure (fully configured): 26.7 kg (58.9 lb)