Lenovo ThinkSystem DE6000H Hybrid Storage Array

**ThinkSystem DE6000H system specifications**
Attribute	Specification
Form factor	DE6000H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y78): 2U rack mount. DE6000H 4U60 LFF controller enclosure (Machine Type 7Y80): 4U rack mount. DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (Machine Type 7Y68): 2U rack mount. DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (Machine Type 7Y63): 2U rack mount. DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (Machine Type 7Y69): 4U 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	32 GB or 128 GB per system (16 GB or 64 GB per controller). Cache mirroring between the controllers. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery for destaging to flash).
Expansion enclosure support	DE6000H 2U24 SFF controller: 7x DE120S, 7x DE240S or 7x DE600S* DE6000H 4U60 LFF controller: 7x DE120S, 7x DE240S or 7x DE600S* Expansion enclosures may be mixed up to a maximum of 7 expansion enclosures * Support of up to 7x DE600S requires feature B597 be included in the order. Without B597, the maximum number of DE600S enclosures supported is 3. See Software section for details.
Drive bays	Up to 8 enclosures per system: Up to 240 LFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 4x 4U60 LFF enclosures in the base configuration). Up to 480 LFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 8x 4U60 LFF enclosures with the optional FoD upgrade). Up to 192 SFF hot-swap drive bays (Up to 8x 2U24 LFF enclosures). Intermix of 2U24 SFF, 2U12 LFF, and 4U60 LFF enclosures is supported.
Drive technology	12 Gb SAS and NL SAS HDDs and FIPS HDDs, 12 Gb SAS SSDs and FIPS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported within a system. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is not supported within a volume group or disk pool. A maximum of 120 SAS SSDs is supported. 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	2U24 SFF drives: 10K rpm SAS HDDs 10K rpm SAS FIPS HDDs SAS SSDs (1 DWD) SAS SSDs (3 DWD) SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD) 2U12 LFF drives: 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs 7.2K rpm NL SAS FIPS HDDs SAS SSDs (3 DWD) SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD) 4U60 LFF drives: 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs 7.2K rpm NL SAS FIPS HDDs SAS SSDs (3 DWD) SAS FIPS SSDs (3 DWD)
Storage capacity	Base configuration (DE6000H 4U60 + 3x DE600S enclosures): 4.2 PB (240x 18 TB SAS HDDs). FoD upgrade (DE6000H 4U60 + 7x DE600S enclosures): 8.4 PB (480x 18 TB SAS HDDs).
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.
Host operating systems	Microsoft Windows Server; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL); SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES); VMware vSphere. Note: NVMe/FC is supported with RHEL 8 and SLES 15, and NVMe/RoCE is supported with SLES 12 only (reference LSIC for specific Operating System details).
Standard software features	Dynamic Disk Pools, SSD read cache, snapshots (up to 1024 targets), volume copy, thin provisioning (DDP only), encryption (requires optional FIPS drives), and data assurance.
Optional software features	Snapshots (up to 2048 targets), scalability to 480 drives, synchronous mirroring, and asynchronous mirroring.
Performance*	Up to 1 000 000 random read IOPS (4 KB blocks). Up to 390 000 random write IOPS (4 KB blocks). Up to 21 GBps sequential read throughput (64 KB blocks). Up to 7 GBps sequential write throughput (64 KB blocks).
Configuration maximums**	Maximum storage capacity: 3.84 PB (base) / 7.68 PB (optional FoD upgrade) Maximum number of logical volumes: 2048 Maximum logical volume size: 2 PB Maximum thin-provisioned logical volume size (DDP only): 256 TB Maximum number of drives in a RAID volume group: RAID 0, 1/10: 240 (base) / 480 (optional FoD upgrade) RAID 3, 5, 6: 30 Maximum number of DDP arrays: 20 Maximum number of drives in a DDP array: 240 (base) / 480 (optional FoD upgrade); (11 drives minimum) Maximum SSD read cache size: 5 TB Maximum number of hosts: 512 Maximum number of snapshots: 1024 (base) / 2048 (optional FoD upgrade) Maximum number of mirroring pairs: 128 (requires an optional license)
Cooling	Redundant cooling with two cooling modules (4U60 LFF) or with the fans that are built into power supplies (2U24 SFF).
Power supply	Two redundant hot-swap 913 W (100 – 240 V) (2U24 enclosures) or 2325 W (200 – 240 V) (4U60 enclosures) Platinum AC power supplies.
Hot-swap parts	Controllers, I/O modules, drives, power supplies, cooling modules (4U60 LFF only), and SFP+/SFP28/QSFP28 transceivers.
Management ports	1x 1 GbE port (UTP, RJ-45) per controller for out-of-band management. 2x Serial console ports (RJ-45 and Micro-USB) for system configuration. In-band management via I/O path.
Management interfaces	System Manager web-based GUI; SAN Manager standalone GUI; SSH CLI; Serial console CLI; SMI-S Provider; SNMP, email, and syslog alerts; optional Lenovo XClarity.
Security features	Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, role-based access control (RBAC), LDAP authentication.
Warranty and support	Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite limited warranty with 9×5 next business day (NBD) parts delivered. Also available are 9×5 NBD onsite response, 24×7 coverage with 2-hour or 4-hour onsite response, or 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair (select areas), YourDrive YourData, Premier Support, and 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions.
Software maintenance	Included in the base warranty and any Lenovo warranty extensions.
Dimensions	2U24 SFF enclosure: Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.) Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.) Depth: 553 mm (21.8 in.)	2U12 LFF enclosure: Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.) Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.) Depth: 483 mm (19.0 in.)	4U60 LFF enclosure: Height: 174 mm (6.9 in.) Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.) Depth: 922 mm (36.3 in.)
Weight	DE6000H 2U24 SFF controller enclosure (7Y78): 25.07 kg (55.3 lb) DE6000H 4U60 LFF controller enclosure (7Y80): 108.49 kg (239.2 lb) DE240S 2U24 SFF expansion enclosure (7Y68): 27.44 kg (60.5 lb) DE120S 2U12 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y63): 27.12 kg (59.8 lb) DE600S 4U60 LFF expansion enclosure (7Y69): 112.2 kg (247.4 lb)