Lenovo Storage V5030

Lenovo Storage V5030 (Machine Type 6536) 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. By using IBM Spectrum Virtualize software functions, interoperability, and management tools, Lenovo Storage V5030 enables organizations to consolidate and provide new capabilities to their infrastructures.

Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosure models include two node canisters, each with 16 GB cache upgradeable to 32 GB per canister for a system total of 64 GB cache. 1/10 Gb iSCSI connectivity is standard, with an option for additional 1 Gb iSCSI, 12 Gb SAS, 16 Gb Fibre Channel (FC), 10 Gb iSCSI or Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), or 25 Gb iSCSI connectivity.

A Lenovo Storage V5030 system scales up to 504 drives with the attachment of up to 20 Lenovo Storage V5030 expansion enclosures. It also offers flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch form factors, 10 K or 15 K rpm SAS and 7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs), and SAS flash drives (solid-state drives [SSDs]).

The Lenovo Storage V5030 SFF and LFF enclosure are shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Lenovo Storage V5030 SFF (top) and LFF (bottom) enclosures

A single Lenovo Storage V5030 system can be scaled up to 7.74 PB of raw storage capacity. With external virtualization, the system can manage up to 32 PB in total.

Lenovo Storage V5030 offers hybrid block storage connectivity with support for 10 Gb iSCSI and 12 Gb SAS, 1 Gb iSCSI, 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, 25 GbE iSCSI, or 16 Gb FC at the same time.

Two Lenovo Storage V5030 systems can be clustered to help deliver greater performance, bandwidth, and scalability with up to 1,008 drives.

Lenovo Storage V5030 includes 3-year or 5-year software subscription and support (model dependent).

The Lenovo Storage V5030 storage system provides the following features:

• Scalable enterprise storage with a dual active/active intelligent array node canisters with up to 32 GB cache each for high availability and performance.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs with support for a mix of 10 Gb iSCSI and 12 Gb SAS, 1 Gb iSCSI, 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE, 25 Gb iSCSI, or 16 Gb FC connectivity at the same time.
• A 12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch LFF or 24x 2.5-inch SFF drives in the control enclosure, scalable up to 252 LFF drives per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage V5030 LFF Expansion Enclosure (12x LFF drives each) or up to 504 SFF drives per system with the attachment of Lenovo Storage V5030 SFF Expansion Enclosure (24x SFF drives each) to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance.
• With two-way clustering, the size of the system can be doubled to a maximum of 1,008 drives.
• Further scalability can be achieved with virtualization of external storage. When Lenovo Storage V5030 virtualizes an external disk system, capacity in the external system inherits the functional richness and ease of use of Lenovo Storage V5030.
• 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.
• Lenovo Storage V5030 combines various Spectrum Virtualize technologies, including thin provisioning, data reduction pools, deduplication, automated tiering, external and internal storage virtualization, clustering, encryption, compression, 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 Spectrum Connect that can be downloaded from http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v5030/6536/downloads

• 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.
• Lenovo Storage V Series systems that are based on Spectrum Virtualize software provide five 9’s (99.999%) availability which means an average annual downtime of less than five minutes.

The Lenovo Storage V5030 supports the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly used applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.

The following 3.5-inch drives are supported:

• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives:
  • 300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm SAS
  • 900 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, and 2.4 TB 10K rpm SAS
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 12 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 20 Lenovo Storage V5030 expansion enclosures are supported by a single Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosure. Customers 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 (but not within the enclosure).

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

The Lenovo Storage V5030 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 following figures show the front of the Lenovo Storage V5030 SFF and LFF enclosures.

Figure 2. Front view of the Lenovo Storage V5030 SFF enclosure

Figure 3. Front view of the Lenovo Storage V5030 LFF enclosure

The following table lists the Lenovo Storage V5030 storage system specifications.

Note: The supported hardware options and software features listed in this product guide are based on the Spectrum Virtualize software version 8.1.3. For details about specific Spectrum Virtualize software releases that introduced support for certain hardware options and software features, refer to the Release notes of the particular software release that can be found at:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v5030/6536/downloads

^ The operating systems shown are for Lenovo servers. The V5030 might support other operating systems. For a full list of supported operating systems, refer to the Lenovo Storage V5030 Interoperability Matrix that can be found on the Lenovo Storage V5030 Documentation page:
http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v5030/6536/documentation.
* Internal performance measurements with SSDs.
** For a detailed list of configuration limits and restrictions for a specific version of the Spectrum Virtualize for Lenovo Storage V5030 Software, refer to the Lenovo Support website: http://support.lenovo.com

The following table lists the models of the Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosures.

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

The Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosures include the following items:

• One Lenovo Storage V5030 LFF or SFF control enclosure
  • Two power supplies with cooling modules
  • Two node canisters
• Rack mount hardware kit
• Publications package

Note: The control enclosures come standard without power cords; the power cord option must be purchased together with the enclosure (see Power supplies and cables for details).

The Lenovo Storage V5030 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.

• 8x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (4 ports per HIC) for SAS connectivity
• 8x 1 GbE (RJ-45) ports (4 ports per HIC) for extra iSCSI connectivity (for a total of 12x 1 GbE ports per control enclosure)
• 8x 10 GbE SFP+ ports (4 ports per HIC) with eight SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (4 transceivers per HIC) for 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE connectivity
• 8x 16 Gb FC SFP+ ports (4 ports per HIC) with eight SW SFP+ optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (4 transceivers per HIC) for FC connectivity (16 Gb FC LW SFP+ transceivers are available for ordering as an option)
• 4x 25 GbE (RoCE) SFP28 ports (2 ports per HIC) with four SW SFP28 optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (2 transceivers per HIC) for 25 GbE iSCSI connectivity with support for RDMA with RoCE v2
• 4x 25 GbE (iWARP) SFP28 ports (2 ports per HIC) with four SW SFP28 optical transceivers (LC connectors) installed (2 transceivers per HIC) for 25 GbE iSCSI connectivity with support for RDMA with iWARP

Configuration notes:

• Both node canisters must have the same type of the host interface card installed, and both cards must have SFP+/SFP28 modules of the same type.
• Onboard 10 GbE RJ-45 ports and 25 GbE SFP28 host interface cards do not support FCoE.

The following table lists the host connectivity options that are supported with the Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosures.

* Up to two LW SFP+ module pairs per 16 Gb FC host interface card in the node canister; both node canisters must have the same connectivity type. The LW SFP+ modules replace the SW SFP+ modules that ship standard with the 16 Gb FC HIC.

The Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosures provide 12 Gb SAS internal dual-port drive connectivity, and each control enclosure also has four 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) ports (2 port per node canister) for 12 Gb SAS expansion enclosure connectivity.

The Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosure supports attachment of up to 20 Lenovo Storage V5030 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 Lenovo Storage V5030 LFF and SFF expansion enclosures.

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

The Lenovo Storage V5030 expansion enclosures include the following items:

• One Lenovo Storage V5030 LFF or SFF expansion enclosure
  • Two power supplies with cooling modules
  • Two expansion canisters
• Rack mount hardware kit
• Publications package

Note: The expansion enclosures come standard without power cords; the power cord option must be purchased together with the enclosure (see Power supplies and cables for details).

Each Lenovo Storage V5030 expansion enclosure ships with two expansion canisters. Each expansion canister provides 12 Gb SAS connectivity to the internal drives and two external 12 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644 connectors labelled Port 1 and Port 2) that are used for connections to the Lenovo Storage V5030 node canisters and for connecting the expansion enclosures between each other. One of the expansion ports (Port 1 or Port 2) on the left and right node canisters is connected to the Port 1 on the left and right expansion canisters, respectively. The Port 2 on the left and right expansion canisters is connected to the Port 1 on the left and right expansion canisters in the adjacent enclosure, respectively, and so on.

Note: Up to 10 expansion enclosures can be connected to Port 1 in a daisy-chained manner, and up to 10 expansion enclosures can be connected to Port 2 in a daisy-chained manner, for a total of 20 expansion enclosures per one control enclosure.

* One cable per expansion canister; two cables are required per each expansion enclosure.

The Lenovo Storage V5030 LFF control and expansion enclosures support up to 12 LFF hot-swap drives, and the SFF enclosures support up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives.

The following table lists drive options that are supported with the Lenovo Storage V5030 LFF enclosures.

The following table lists drive options that are supported with the Lenovo Storage V5030 SFF enclosures.

The following functions are included with every Lenovo Storage V5030:

• 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

  Lenovo Storage V5030 systems can be clustered to help deliver greater performance, bandwidth, and scalability. A Lenovo Storage V5030 clustered system can contain two Lenovo Storage V5030 systems and up to 1,008 drives, or one Lenovo Storage V5030 system and one Storwize V5000 for Lenovo (Machine Type 6194) system and up to 984 drives.

• HyperSwap

  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.

• Data Reduction Pools

  Help deliver consistent performance from compressed volumes and increase existing capacity utilization by automatically de-allocating and reclaiming capacity of thin-provisioned volumes containing deleted data and enabling this reclaimed capacity to be reused by other volumes.

• Deduplication

  Increases the efficiency of storage usage by utilizing pointers in duplicate blocks rather than keeping multiple copies of the blocks.
  Note: Deduplication requires 32 GB cache per node canister.

• One-way data migration

  Enables easy and nondisruptive moves of volumes from another storage system onto the Lenovo Storage V5030 storage system by using FC or SAS connectivity.

• Embedded GUI

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

The Lenovo Storage V5030 storage capabilities can be expanded with optional licensed functions. Each optional Lenovo Storage V5030 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 Lenovo Storage V5030.

• FlashCopy

  Enables creation of copies of data for backup, parallel processing, testing, and development and have the copies available almost immediately. Lenovo Storage V5030 supports up to 2,048 FlashCopy targets per single system and up to 4,096 FlashCopy targets per cluster.

• Real-time Compression

  Real-time Compression enables storing up to five times as much data in the same physical disk space by compressing data as much as 80% (based on lab measurements). It is designed to be used with active primary data, such as production databases and email systems, which dramatically expands the range of candidate data that can benefit from compression. Real-time Compression operates immediately as data is written to disk, meaning that no space is wasted storing uncompressed data awaiting post-processing.

• Encryption

  This feature provides encryption for data at rest for enhanced data security. Encryption is performed by the Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosure for data that is stored within the Lenovo Storage V5030 system (the control enclosure and all attached expansion enclosures) and externally virtualized storage capacities. Encryption feature works with traditional drives, and it is enabled on the entire Lenovo Storage V5030 system (the control enclosure and all attached expansion enclosures) and externally virtualized storage under its control.

• Remote mirroring

  The remote mirroring feature provides storage system-based data replication by using synchronous or asynchronous data transfers over IP, FC, or FCoE communication links. The remote mirroring option must be acquired (or licensed) for the primary (local) and secondary (remote) systems. If the Lenovo Storage V5030 is mirrored to another system, the other system must have the appropriate and applicable license for remote mirroring.

  For ultimate flexibility, Lenovo Storage V5030 remote mirroring interoperates with any Lenovo Storage V Series, Storwize for Lenovo, or IBM Storwize family system, including Storwize V3700, Storwize V7000, Storwize V5000, 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 much greater distances (up to 8000 km).

    Both functions support VMware Site Recovery Manager for disaster recovery.

• 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 the Lenovo Storage V5030.

The following table lists ordering information for optional software features for the Lenovo Storage V5030 enclosures. Each Lenovo Storage V5030 enclosure (either control or expansion) requires a separate entitlement license; the total quantity of optional software feature licenses being acquired should be the same as the total number of the Lenovo Storage V5030 enclosures in the system or cluster.

* The bundle option includes Easy Tier, FlashCopy, Remote Mirror, and Compression licenses.
** Compression feature (standalone or a part of the bundle) requires the Lenovo Storage V5030 Cache Upgrade (part number 01DE237) be installed in the control enclosure (See Table 3 for details).

The following tables list ordering information for optional external virtualization software features for the Lenovo Storage V5030. One license is required for each storage enclosure that is attached to, and externally managed by, the Lenovo Storage V5030.

Note: A storage enclosure that is externally managed by the Lenovo Storage V5030 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.

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

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

Encryption

The Lenovo Storage V5030 supports encryption for data at rest. Encryption is performed by the Lenovo Storage V5030 control enclosure for data stored within the Lenovo Storage V5030 system (the control enclosure and all attached expansion enclosures) and externally virtualized storage capacities. Encryption is enabled on Lenovo Storage V5030 through the acquisition of the Encryption Enablement feature. This feature enables encryption on the entire Lenovo Storage V5030 system (control enclosure and all attached expansion enclosures) and externally virtualized storage under its control.

The Encryption USB Flash Drives (Four Pack) feature is required when the Encryption Enablement feature is acquired. This feature provides four USB flash drives for storing the encryption master access key. This feature can also be ordered if more USB flash drives are needed.

The following table lists ordering information for the encryption options.

Note: The Lenovo Storage V5030 Encryption Enablement feature and the Encryption USB Drive Pack feature are not available in the following countries:

• Belarus
• Kazakhstan
• People's Republic of China
• Russia

The Lenovo Storage V5030 enclosures have two redundant hot-swap 800 W AC power supplies, each with an IEC 320-C14 connector.

The Lenovo Storage V5030 enclosures ship standard without power cables. Rack power cords or line cords should be ordered with the enclosures (see the following table; each part number or feature code contains two power cords that are needed per one enclosure).

The Lenovo Storage V5030 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 (fully configured):
  • Control Enclosure: 27.7 kg (61.1 lb)
  • Expansion Enclosure: 26.7 kg (58.9 lb)

The Lenovo Storage V5030 enclosures are supported in the following environment:

• Air temperature:
  • Operating: 10 °C - 35 °C (50 °F - 95 °F)
  • Non-operating: -10 °C - +50 °C (14 °F - 125 °F)
  • Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,006 ft)
• Relative humidity:
  • Operating: 20% - 80% (non-condensing)
  • Non-operating: 8% - 80% (non-condensing)
• Electrical power:
  • Voltage range: 100 V AC - 240 V AC
  • Frequency: 50 Hz - 60 Hz
  • Power consumption:
    • LFF Control Enclosure: 401 watts
    • SFF Control Enclosure: 403 watts
    • LFF Expansion Enclosure: 231 watts
    • SFF Expansion Enclosure: 233 watts
• Heat dissipation (BTU per hour):
  • LFF Control Enclosure: 1,368
  • SFF Control Enclosure: 1,375
  • LFF Expansion Enclosure: 788
  • SFF Expansion Enclosure: 795
• Acoustical noise emission:
  • LFF enclosure:
    • 6.1 bels (idling)
    • 6.1 bels (operating)
  • SFF enclosure:
    • 6.2 bels (idling)
    • 6.2 bels (operating)

The Lenovo Storage V5030 has a three-year Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) and onsite warranty with 9x5/next business day (NBD) terms.

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

Some countries might have different warranty terms and conditions than the standard warranty. This is due to local business practices or laws in the specific country. Local service teams can assist in explaining country-specific terms when needed. Examples of country-specific warranty terms are second or longer business day parts delivery or parts-only base warranty.

If warranty terms and conditions include onsite labor for repair or replacement of parts, Lenovo will dispatch a service technician to the customer site to perform the replacement. Onsite labor under base warranty is limited to labor for replacement of parts that have been determined to be field-replaceable units (FRUs). Parts that are determined to be customer-replaceable units (CRUs) do not include onsite labor under base warranty.

If warranty terms include parts-only base warranty, Lenovo is responsible for delivering only replacement parts that are under base warranty (including FRUs) that will be sent to a requested location for self-service. Parts-only service does not include a service technician being dispatched onsite. Parts must be changed at customer’s own cost and labor and defective parts must be returned following the instructions supplied with the spares parts.

Also available are Lenovo Services warranty 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.

Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings are country-specific. Not all warranty service upgrades are available in every country. For information about Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your country or area, refer to the following resources:

• Service part numbers in Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC):
  http://dcsc.lenovo.com/#/services
• Lenovo Services Availability Locator
  http://lenovolocator.com/

In general, the following Lenovo warranty service upgrades are available:

• Warranty and maintenance service upgrades:
  • 3, 4, or 5 years of warranty service coverage
  • 1-year or 2-year post-warranty extensions
  • Foundation Service: 9x5 service coverage with next business day onsite response
  • Essential Service: 24x7 service coverage with 4-hour onsite response or 24-hour committed repair (available only in select countries)
  • Advanced Service: 24x7 service coverage with 2-hour onsite response or 6-hour committed repair (available only in select countries)
• YourDrive YourData

  Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData service (where applicable) is a multi-drive retention offering that ensures your data is always under your control, regardless of the number of drives that are installed in your Lenovo system. In the unlikely event of a drive failure, you retain possession of your drive while Lenovo replaces the failed drive part. Your data stays safely on your premises, in your hands. The YourDrive YourData service can be purchased in convenient bundles with Foundation, Essential, or Advanced Service upgrades and extensions.

• Remote Technical Support

  Remote Technical Support (RTS) provides comprehensive technical call center support for 1 or 3 years. RTS can reduce problem resolution time, which helps decrease the cost to address technical problems and increase uptime.

• 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.

For service definitions, country-specific details, and service limitations, please refer to the following documents:

• Lenovo Statement of Limited Warranty for Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG) Servers and System Storage
  http://pcsupport.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht503310
• Lenovo Data Center Services Agreement
  http://support.lenovo.com/us/en/solutions/ht116628

The Lenovo Storage V5030 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
• Mexico NOM

Lenovo provides end-to-end storage compatibility testing to deliver interoperability throughout the network. The Lenovo Storage V5030 supports attachment to Lenovo servers by using SAS, iSCSI, FC, or FC over Ethernet (FCoE) storage connectivity protocols. Hybrid storage connectivity also is supported.

Note: Tables that are provided in this section are for ordering reference purposes only.

For end-to-end storage configuration support, refer to the Lenovo Storage Interoperation Center (LSIC):
https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/lsic

Use the LSIC to select the known components of your configuration and then get a list all other supported combinations, with details about supported hardware, firmware, operating systems, and drivers, plus any additional configuration notes. View results on screen or export them to Excel.

SAS connectivity

The following table lists currently available SAS adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Lenovo Storage V5030 SAS storage (direct attach).

FCoE or iSCSI connectivity

The Lenovo Storage V5030 supports end-to-end 10 Gb FCoE connectivity with native FCoE ports or FCoE connectivity via FCoE/FC gateways with native FC ports. Lenovo RackSwitch™, Brocade, and Cisco converged switches can be used to provide FCoE connectivity for the Lenovo Storage V5030 FC storage.

The Lenovo Storage V5030 also supports iSCSI attachments via standard 1 Gb, 10 Gb, or 25 Gb Ethernet network. Any compatible Ethernet switch, including Lenovo RackSwitch top of rack (TOR) switches and integrated Flex System Ethernet I/O modules, can be used to provide iSCSI connectivity for the Lenovo Storage V5030 iSCSI storage.

With software iSCSI initiators, any supported 1 Gb, 10 Gb, or 25 Gb Ethernet adapter for Lenovo servers is compatible with the Lenovo Storage V5030 iSCSI storage.

Currently available converged FCoE/iSCSI adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Lenovo Storage V5030 are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the Interoperability Matrix for details).

Fibre Channel connectivity

The Lenovo Storage V5030 supports direct FC attachments and FC switch-based attachments. Brocade and Cisco SAN switches can be used to provide FC connectivity for the Lenovo Storage V5030 FC storage.

Currently available FC adapters for Lenovo servers that are compatible with the Lenovo Storage V5030 FC storage are listed in the following table. Other HBAs also might be supported (see the Interoperability Matrix for details).

Networking switches

The following table lists currently available Ethernet and FC rack-mount switches that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V5030 in 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 with the Lenovo Storage V5030 in 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

The following table lists the rack cabinets that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V5030 in storage solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack cabinets category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/racks

The following table lists the power distribution units (PDUs) that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V5030 in storage solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Power Distribution Units category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu

The following table list the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage V5030 in storage solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Uninterruptible Power Supply Units category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/ups#rt=product-guide

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We work with businesses, non-profit organizations, governments and educational institutions to finance their entire technology solution. We focus on making it easy to do business with us. Our highly experienced team of finance professionals operates in a work culture that emphasizes the importance of providing outstanding customer service. Our systems, processes and flexible policies support our goal of providing customers with a positive experience.

We finance your entire solution. Unlike others, we allow you to bundle everything you need from hardware and software to service contracts, installation costs, training fees, and sales tax. If you decide weeks or months later to add to your solution, we can consolidate everything into a single invoice.

Our Premier Client services provide large accounts with special handling services to ensure these complex transactions are serviced properly. As a premier client, you have a dedicated finance specialist who manages your account through its life, from first invoice through asset return or purchase. This specialist develops an in-depth understanding of your invoice and payment requirements. For you, this dedication provides a high-quality, easy, and positive financing experience.

For more information about your region-specific offers, contact your Lenovo sales representative or your technology provider about the use of Lenovo Financial Services. For more information, see the following Lenovo website:
http://www.lenovofs.com

For more information, see the following resources:

• Lenovo Storage product page:
  http://www.lenovo.com/systems/storage
• Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator:
  http://dcsc.lenovo.com
• Lenovo Storage V5030 Documentation
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v5030/6536/documentation
• Lenovo Storage V5030 Support:
  http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/v5030/6536