Lenovo Storage DX8200D Software-Defined Storage

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D powered by DataCore provides an affordable, highly efficient and durable storage platform to meet the massive data growth. It offers flexible virtualization of internal and external storage with automated storage tiering to accelerate transactional databases, analytics, and enterprise applications.

DataCore SANsymphony software is a comprehensive and scalable storage services platform designed to maximize the performance, availability and utilization of your IT assets. It uses DataCore Parallel I/O
Technology, in combination with the high-speed RAM caching to service read/write requests quickly, while automatically moving data between spinning disks and flash to optimize performance. Data is mirrored in real-time between separate nodes to maintain continuous availability despite equipment and site outages.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D models are shown in the following figure.

Figure 1. Lenovo Storage DX8200D models: Storage Virtualization (top) and ServerSAN (bottom)

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D is built on industry-leading Lenovo servers that feature enterprise-class reliability, management, and security.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D allows scaling from tens to hundreds Terabytes of managed storage.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D is designed for always-on data storage with multiple levels of protection and availability, including advanced hardware RAID data protection, multipathing, and mirroring.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D powered by DataCore provides quality, engineering expertise, and Lenovo’s worldwide global services. You can quickly and confidently deploy new Software Defined Storage (SDS) technologies using preloaded appliances on proven Lenovo systems and with Lenovo as a single point of contact for assistance.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D powered by DataCore provides an affordable, highly efficient and durable storage platform to meet the massive data growth.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D offers the following features and benefits:

• Unified, scalable storage platform with up to 64 nodes in a managed group for high availability and performance.
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs for unified file and block storage with support for a mix of 10 GbE interfaces for NFS, CIFS, and SMB NAS or iSCSI SAN storage connectivity, as well as 16 Gb Fibre Channel interfaces for FC SAN storage connectivity.
• Flexibility in managing data on external virtualized storage and local node storage.
• Rich set of standard functions, including internal and external storage virtualization, thin provisioning, tiering, load balancing, compression, deduplication, mirroring, data migration, and multiprotocol support.
• Optional licensed functions, including continuous data protection, asynchronous replication, and Fibre Channel support.
• Storage capacity expansion with the D1212, D1224, or D3284 drive enclosures.
• 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.
• Application GUI for easy system set up and management.
• Extensive interoperability with support for most major storage platforms and operating systems.

The following figure shows storage virtualization scenario.

Figure 2. Storage virtualization scenario

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D is designed to support the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly utilized applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.

The following 2.5-inch 12 Gbps SAS drives are supported for internal storage:

• High performance solid-state drives: 400 GB, 800 GB, and 1.6 TB
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 1 TB and 2 TB 7.2K rpm

The following 3.5-inch SAS drives are supported by the D1212:

• High performance solid-state drives (3 drive writes per day [DWD] and 10 DWD): 400 GB
• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives: 900 GB 10K rpm
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 2 TB, 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, and 10 TB 7.2K rpm
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline self-encrypting disk drives: 4 TB 7.2K rpm

The following 2.5-inch SAS drives are supported by the D1224:

• High performance solid-state drives (3 DWD and 10 DWD): 400 GB, 800 GB, and 1.6 TB
• High performance self-encrypting solid-state drives (10 DWD): 800 GB
• Capacity optimized solid-state drives (3 DWD): 3.84 TB
• Capacity optimized solid-state drives (1 DWD): 3.84 TB and 7.68 TB
• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives
  • 300 GB, 600 GB, and 900 GB 15K rpm
  • 600 GB, 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm
• Performance-optimized, enterprise class self-encrypting disk drives: 1.2 TB 10K rpm
• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 1 TB and 2 TB 7.2K rpm

The following SAS drives are supported by the D3284:

• High-capacity, archival-class nearline disk drives: 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, and 10 TB 7.2K rpm
• High performance solid-state drives: 400 GB

Additional drives and expansion enclosures are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime, helping to quickly and seamlessly respond to growing capacity demands.

The following figure shows the front view of the Lenovo Storage DX8200D storage virtualization models.

Figure 4. Lenovo Storage DX8200D front view: Storage virtualization models

The following figure shows the front view of the Lenovo Storage DX8200D server SAN models.

Figure 5. Lenovo Storage DX8200D front view: Server SAN models

The following table lists the system specifications of the Lenovo Storage DX8200D appliances.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D offers two types of nodes:

• Storage virtualization nodes for virtualizing the existing external storage
• Server SAN nodes for building a scale-out storage solution using local node storage

Within each type, the models are categorized as Entry, Mid, or High, based on the node configuration and software licensing.

The following table lists the relationship models of the Lenovo Storage DX8200D nodes. Factory-built configure-to-order (CTO) models can also be used.

Note: The following region- or geo-specific letters are used:

• A = Asia Pacific (US English documentation)
• M = Australia and New Zealand (US English documentation)
• C = China (Simplified Chinese documentation)
• G = Europe, Middle East, Africa (UK English documentation)
• B = Hong Kong (Traditional Chinese documentation)
• J = Japan (Japanese documentation)
• K = Korea (Korean documentation)
• L = Latin America (US English documentation)
• U = North America (US English documentation)
• V = Taiwan (Traditional Chinese documentation)

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D relationship models listed in this section ship with the following items:

• Documentation package
• Enterprise Slides Kit
• Enterprise 2U Cable Management Arm (CMA)
• One 1 m Passive SFP+ DAC Cable
• One 1.5 m UTP Category 5E Ethernet cable
• Two 1.5 m, 10A/100-250V, IEC 320-C13 to C14 rack power cables

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D ships with two Intel Xeon processor E5-2620 v4 CPUs. The processor specifications are listed in the following table.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D supports Lenovo TruDDR4 memory. TruDDR memory is selected, tested and tuned to maximize performance and reliability, and it enables extended memory performance features to support memory speeds that exceed industry standards.

The appliance supports up to 768 GB of memory with support for up to 24x 32 GB RDIMMs with two processors (up to 12 DIMMs per processor). Each processor has four memory channels, and there are two DIMMs per channel.

The following memory protection technologies are supported:

• ECC
• Chipkill

The following table lists memory selection options available for the Lenovo Storage DX8200D.

For the main storage, the Lenovo Storage DX8200D has 24x 2.5" hot-swap drive bays connected to the ServeRAID M5210 SAS/SATA Controller with 4 GB flash-backed cache installed and the Performance Accelerator (also known as FastPath) feature activated.

For the bootable volume, the Lenovo Storage DX8200D includes the rear HDD kit with 2x 600GB 10K 12Gbps SAS 2.5" G3HS HDDs connected to the ServeRAID M1215 SAS/SATA Controller. The drives are configured in a RAID-1 group that provides highly available bootable volume for the software preload.

The following table lists the internal drive configurations for the main storage.

The following table lists the internal drive configurations for the boot volume.

The following table summarizes features of the storage controllers used in the Lenovo Storage DX8200D.

For storage capacity expansion, the Lenovo Storage DX8200D nodes support attachments of the Lenovo Storage D1212, D1224, and D3284 Drive Enclosures by using the N2225 SAS HBAs or ServeRAID M5225-2GB SAS RAID Controllers. The following expansion connectivity topologies are supported:

• Up to eight daisy-chained D1212 or D1224 drive enclosures or a combination of the D1212 and D1224 drive enclosures
• Up to four daisy-chained D3284 drive enclosures (N2225 only; M5225 supports up to two daisy-chained D3284 drive enclosures)
• Up to two daisy-chained D3284 drive enclosures and up to two D1212 drive enclosures
• Up to two daisy-chained D3284 drive enclosures and up to one D1224 drive enclosure

Lenovo Storage D1212, D1224, or D3284 drive enclosures can be ordered for the Lenovo Storage DX8200D, if needed. For drive enclosure models, additional options for them, and daisy-chaining connectivity details, refer to the following Lenovo Press product guides:

• Lenovo Storage D1212 and D1224 Drive Enclosures
  http://lenovopress.com/lp0512
• Lenovo Storage D3284 External High Density Drive Expansion Enclosure
  http://lenovopress.com/lp0513

The following table lists SAS RAID controllers and HBAs for external storage expansion attachments.

* One FoD upgrade for the M5225 activates the feature on all M5225 adapters installed in the server.

Configuration note: Up to two N2225 or M5225 adapters are supported in the system, and they occupy PCIe slots 6 and 7.

The following table summarizes features of supported RAID controllers and HBAs.

* RAID protection, if needed, is provided by the DataCore software (RAID 0, 1, and 10).

For more information about the supported RAID controllers and HBAs, see the following Lenovo Press Product Guides:

• ServeRAID M5225-2GB SAS/SATA Controller
  http://lenovopress.com/tips1258
• N2225 and N2226 12 Gb SAS HBAs
  http://lenovopress.com/tips1175

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D supports 10 Gb Ethernet and 16 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity interfaces that are provided by the network adapters and FC HBAs installed in the I/O expansion slots.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D supports up to seven I/O slots: one PCIe slot 9 on the system planar that is dedicated to the internal storage controller, two regular PCIe slots 4 and 5 on the system planar, one PCIe slot 3 for the ServeRAID M1215 on the rear HDD kit, and up to three PCIe slots 6, 7 (if present), and 8 with two types of riser cards installed into a riser socket on the system planar.

The slots are as follows (depending on the riser cards installed):

• Slot 3: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for the ServeRAID M1215)
• Slot 4: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for the network adapter or FC HBA)
• Slot 5: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for the network adapter or FC HBA)
• Slot 6: PCIe 3.0 x8 or x16 (for the FC or SAS HBA, or SAS RAID adapter) (x16 slot is double-wide)
• Slot 7: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for the FC or SAS HBA, or SAS RAID adapter) (not present if the slot 6 is x16)
• Slot 8: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for the network adapter or HBA)
• Slot 9: PCIe 3.0 x8 (for the ServeRAID M5210)

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D supports 10 GbE interfaces for iSCSI SAN and NAS (NFS, CIFS, SMB) connectivity.

The models of the Lenovo Storage DX8200D listed in the Models section include three Intel X540-T2 Dual Port 10GBase-T Adapters. Configure-to-Order (CTO) models of the Lenovo Storage DX8200D can be configured with SFP+ or RJ-45 10 GbE ports by selecting the network adapter options listed in the following table.

Configuration note: When network adapters are used, three 10 GbE adapters (either X520 SFP+ or X540-T2, but not both types) are required; these adapters occupy PCIe slots 4, 5, and 8.

The 10 GbE SFP+ ports require SFP+ transceivers or direct-attach copper (DAC) cables that should be ordered together with the appliance (up to two SFP+ transceivers or DAC cables per dual-port SFP+ adapter). The following table lists supported SFP+ transceiver and cable options.

Note: The models of the Lenovo Storage DX8200D listed in the Models section include one 1 m SFP+ Passive DAC Cable (00MN502).

With an optional software license, the Lenovo Storage DX8200D supports auto-sensing 4/8/16 Gb Fibre Channel connectivity for attaching hosts and external virtualized storage systems. FC interfaces can be configured by selecting the 16 Gb FC HBAs options listed in the following table.

Configuration notes:

• When FC adapters are used and no network adapters are selected, a minimum of three 16 Gb FC HBAs is required, and they occupy slots 4, 5, and 8. Up to two additional FC HBAs that occupy PCIe slots 6 and 7 are supported for a total of five FC HBAs in the system.
• When FC adapters and network adapters are used, up to two FC HBAs that occupy PCIe slots 6 and 7 are supported in the system.
• All FC HBAs in the system must be of the same type (either 16 Gb FC or 16 Gb Enhanced Gen5 FC but not both types).

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D ships with two redundant hot-swap 750 W AC (100 - 240 V) High Efficiency Platinum power supplies, and is capable of N+N redundancy.

The models of the Lenovo Storage DX8200D listed in the Models section ship with two 1.5m, 10A/100-250V, IEC 320-C13 to C14 rack power cables (part number 39Y7937). Other line cords or rack power cables can be ordered with the DX8200D, if needed (see the following table).

* Available via Configure to Order (CTO).

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D preload includes the following software components:

• Microsoft Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard
• DataCore SANsymphony

The DataCore SANsymphony software that runs on the Lenovo Storage DX8200D offers the following features:

• Storage protocols
  • NFS, CIFS, SMB over 10 GbE
  • 10 Gb iSCSI
  • 16 Gb Fibre Channel (requires an optional software license)
• Data availability and integrity
  • Software disk striping for RAID 0, 1, 10
  • Advanced hardware RAID data protection
  • Multipathing support
  • Synchronous mirroring
  • Asynchronous replication (requires an optional software license)
  • Continuous data protection (requires an optional software license)
• Data services and optimization
  • High-speed caching
  • Automated storage tiering
  • Random write accelerator
  • Quality of service
  • Data migration
  • Online snapshots
  • Thin provisioning
  • Data compression and deduplication
• Management
  • DataCore Management Console application GUI
  • Windows PowerShell cmdlets CLI

The following optional software feature licenses are available (each participating node requires a separate license):

• Asynchronous Replication license enables bi-directional asynchronous data transfers between the nodes (1-to-1, 1-to-many, many-to-1, and many-to-many) over conventional LANs and WANs using standard TCP/IP protocols. The replicated data is compressed to reduce bandwidth requirements.

  Note: An individual virtual disk may not be replicated to more than one remote node.

• Continuous Data Protection allows to restore the state of the virtual disks before an undesirable change (such as user errors, viruses, database corruption, and others). The software will log and timestamp every update to the virtual disks in a rolling buffer covering up to the last 14 days (depending on configuration parameters and available disk space). The state of the virtual disks may later be recovered to a desired point in time within the 14 day period.
• Fibre Channel license enables Fibre Channel host and back-end storage connections to the Lenovo Storage DX8200D.

Configuration note: Asynchronous Replication, Continuous Data Protection, and Fibre Channel licenses are included in the LV3 software license level.

The software feature license options are listed in the following table.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D models include software licenses for managed storage capacity depending on the type of the node, as shown in the following table.

Additional software upgrade and capacity expansion licenses may be ordered, if required, based on the total managed storage capacity needed. The software upgrade licenses add more managed capacity that is licensed and expand the managed capacity limit for the nodes. The capacity expansion licenses are acquired for the managed capacity in storage pools that needs to be managed but is not covered by the existing software upgrade and capacity expansion licenses.

Note: When nodes are configured in a managed group, the existing capacity licenses span across the node group and apply to the entire storage pool. For example, if two nodes with 4 TB licensed capacity each are configured in a managed group, the total managed capacity for the storage pool controlled by this group is 8 TB.

The following table lists software upgrade licenses. 

The following table lists capacity expansion licenses.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D supports the following systems management tools:

• Integrated Management Module 2.1
• Light path diagnostics
• Lenovo XClarity
• DataCore Management Console
• Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager

Integrated Management Module 2.1

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D contains Integrated Management Module II (IMM2.1), which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and alerting functions.

The Integrated Management Module Advanced Upgrade comes standard with the appliances, and it provides a virtual presence for remote management capabilities of the appliances.

The IMM provides remote appliance management through industry-standard interfaces:

• Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) Version 2.0
• Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Version 3
• Common Information Model (CIM)
• Web browser

The remote presence feature provides the following functions:

• Remotely viewing video with graphics resolutions up to 1600x1200 at 75 Hz with up to 23 bits per pixel colors, regardless of the system state
• Remotely accessing the appliance using the keyboard and mouse from a remote client
• Mapping the CD or DVD drive, diskette drive, and USB flash drive on a remote client, and mapping ISO and diskette image files as virtual drives that are available for use by the appliance
• Uploading a diskette image to the IMM memory and mapping it to the appliance as a virtual drive

Light path diagnostics

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D includes basic light path diagnostics, which includes system LEDs on the front of the appliance and LEDs near the monitored components (for example, the DIMM error LED on the system board).

Lenovo XClarity

Lenovo XClarity is a centralized systems management solution that helps administrators deliver infrastructure faster. This solution integrates easily with Lenovo System x M5 and X6 rack servers, Lenovo Storage DX Series, Converged HX Series appliances, and Flex System, providing automated agent-less discovery, monitoring, firmware updates, configuration management, and bare metal deployment of operating systems and hypervisors across multiple systems.

Lenovo XClarity Administrator is an optional software component for the Lenovo Storage DX8200D which can be downloaded and used at no charge to discover and monitor Lenovo Storage DX Series and manage firmware upgrades for them.

If software support and subscription is required for Lenovo XClarity Administrator, Lenovo XClarity Pro software subscription must be ordered. Lenovo XClarity Pro is licensed on a per managed system basis, that is, each managed Lenovo Storage DX8200D node requires a license.

Lenovo XClarity Administrator offers the following features:

• Auto-discovery and monitoring of Lenovo Storage DX Series
• Firmware updates and compliance enforcement
• External alerts and notifications via SNMP traps, syslog remote logging, and e-mail
• Secure connections to managed endpoints
• NIST 800-131A or FIPS 140-2 compliant cryptographic standards between the management solution and managed endpoints
• Integration into existing higher level management systems such as cloud automation and orchestration tools through REST APIs, providing extensive external visibility and control over hardware resources
• An intuitive, easy-to-use GUI
• Scripting support with Windows PowerShell, providing command-line visibility and control over hardware resources

DataCore Management Console

The DataCore Management Console is a software component that provides graphical user interface for simplifying and centralizing configuration, storage allocation, and monitoring of Lenovo Storage D8200D resources to create, deliver and manage virtual disks and hosts.

Using the DataCore Management Console, administrators can perform the following tasks:

• Manage physical and virtual disks
• Manage volumes and pools
• Manage server groups
• Manage users
• Manage hosts and host connections
• Manage snapshots
• Manage replication
• Monitor performance
• Configure networking parameters
• Perform diagnostics and troubleshooting

Lenovo XClarity Energy Manager is an optional, separately orderable software component for the Lenovo Storage DX8200D that is licensed on a per managed node basis; that is, each managed Lenovo Storage DX8200D appliance requires a license.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D has the following dimensions and weight (approximate):

• Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.)
• Width: 446 mm (17.5 in.)
• Depth: 800 mm (31.5 in.)
• Weight (maximum): 34 kg (75 lb)

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D is supported in the following environment:

• Air temperature:
  • System on: 5 °C to 40 °C (41 °F to 104 °F); altitude: 0 to 950 m (3,117 ft); decrease the maximum system temperature by 1 °C for every 175-m increase in altitude above 950 m.
  • System off: 5 °C to 45 °C (41 °F to 113 °F)
  • Shipment: -40 °C to +60 °C (-40 °F to 140 °F) at up to 10,700 m (35,105 ft)
• Maximum altitude: 3,050 m (10,000 ft) at 5 °C to 28 °C (41 °F to 82 °F)
• Humidity:
  • System on: 8% to 85%, maximum dew point 24 °C, maximum rate of change 5 °C/hr
  • System off: 8% to 85%, maximum dew point 27 °C
• Design to ASHRAE Class A3, ambient of 36 °C to 40 °C (96.8 °F to 104 °F), with relaxed support:
  • Supports cloud-like workload with no performance degradation acceptable (Turbo-Off).
  • Under no circumstance can any combination of worst-case workload and configuration result in system shutdown or design exposure at 40 °C.
  • The worst-case workload (like Linpack, Turbo-On) might have performance degradation.
• Electrical:
  • 100 to 127 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz or 60 Hz; 8.6 A
  • 200 to 240 (nominal) V AC; 50 Hz or 60 Hz; 4.2 A
  • Input kilovolt-amperes (kVA) (approximately): 1.047 kVA
• BTU output (maximum): 3572 Btu/hr (1047 watts)
• Noise level:
  • 6.6 bels (operating)
  • 6.4 bels (idle)

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D conforms to the following regulations:

• AS/NZS CISPR 22, Class A (Australia/New Zealand)
• BSMI CNS 13438, Class A; CNS 14336 (Taiwan)
• CCC GB 4943.1, GB 17625.1, GB 9254 Class A (China)
• CE Mark (European Union)
• CISPR 22, Class A
• EAC (Russia)
• EN 55022, Class A
• EN 55024
• EN/IEC 61000-3-2
• EN/IEC 61000-3-3
• EN/IEC/CSA/UL 60950-1
• Energy Star 2.0
• FCC Part 15, Class A (United States)
• GS/TUV (Germany)
• ICES-003/NMB-03, Class A (Canada)
• MSIP (Korea)
• NOM-019 (Mexico)
• Reduction of Hazardous Substances (ROHS)
• TUV S (Argentina)
• VCCI, Class A (Japan)

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D has a three-year customer-replaceable unit (CRU) and onsite (for field-replaceable units [FRUs] only) limited warranty with standard call center support during normal business hours, 9x5 Next Business Day Parts Delivered, and Remote Technical Support (RTS) services. Also available are Lenovo Services warranty maintenance 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 more information about Lenovo warranty service upgrade offerings that are available in your country, refer to the Lenovo Enterprise Solutions Configurator (LESC):
http://lesc.lenovo.com

The following table explains warranty service definitions in more detail.

The following Lenovo warranty service upgrades are available:

• Warranty and maintenance service upgrades:
  • Three, four, or five years of 9x5 or 24x7 service coverage
  • Parts delivered or technician installed parts from next business day to 4 or 2 hours
  • Committed repair service from 24 to 8 or 6 hours
  • Warranty extension of up to 5 years
  • 1-year or 2-year post warranty extensions
• Committed Service Repair

  Committed Service Repair (CSR) enhances the level of Warranty Service Upgrade or Post Warranty/Maintenance Service offering associated with the selected systems. Offerings vary and are available in select countries.

  • Priority handling to meet defined time frames to restore the failing machine to good working condition
  • Service performed 24 hours per day, 7 days per week, and within 6 hours, 8 hours, or 24 hours
• YourDrive YourData

  Lenovo’s YourDrive YourData service 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 Lenovo warranty upgrades and extensions.

The Lenovo Storage DX8200D includes three-year, four-year, or five-year software support and subscription that matches the selected hardware warranty service coverage (9x5xNBD, 24x7x4, 24x7x2) and software license that entitles you to submit service requests to troubleshoot DataCore software issues and receive code updates, including fixes, patches, and new software releases.

All service requests must be submitted to Lenovo, and the Lenovo local support centers perform problem determination and resolution for hardware-related issues and escalate to DataCore, on behalf of the customer, for software-related problem determination. DataCore will contact the customer and will own the software-related problem resolution until closure.

Software support that is provided by DataCore for Lenovo Storage DX8200D appliances includes 24x7 phone and web coverage with the following initial target response times (severity levels are determined by DataCore based on the impact on productivity):

• Severity 1 (Production Data not available): 1 hours
• Severity 2 (Production Data available but affected): 4 hours
• Severity 3 (Other Production and Non-Production questions): 24 hours

Lenovo Deployment Services for SDS enables you to get your Lenovo storage appliance up and running quickly with minimal disruption. Lenovo deployment experts use tested, best-practices methodologies to seamlessly manage the planning, site preparation, and physical installation of your Lenovo storage appliance. They help make your deployment process fast, efficient, and worry-free.

Lenovo Deployment Services encompasses a concise best-practices deployment methodology to deliver the following services:

• Perform remote preparation and planning
• Review site readiness and project timeline
• Install all required equipment and cabling
• Run the appliance pre-installation validation script
• Set up the storage solution software
• Validate the network setup
• Configure administrative and user features
• Complete acceptance testing
• Conduct the knowledge transfer session
• Develop post-install configuration documentation

Lenovo Deployment Services can deliver customized services for any implementation, including customer requests such as the following:

• Third-party application configurations
• Additional acceptance testing
• A different scope than the base deployment scope

For more information about Lenovo Deployment Services offerings for the Lenovo Storage DX8200D that are available in your country, refer to the Lenovo Enterprise Solutions Configurator (LESC):
http://lesc.lenovo.com

The following table lists the Ethernet LAN switches that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in Lenovo Storage DX8200D solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Top-of-rack Switches category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/switches

The following table lists the Fibre Channel SAN switches that are offered by Lenovo that can be used with the Lenovo Storage DX8200D in FC SAN storage connectivity solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the Rack SAN Switches category:
http://lenovopress.com/storage/switches/rack

The following table lists the external storage systems that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be virtualized by the Lenovo Storage DX8200D.

* Available worldwide (except China and Japan).
^ Available only in China.
** Available only in Japan.
† Available worldwide except Latin America.
‡ Available only in Latin America.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the following categories:

• Lenovo DS Series, S Series, and V Series storage:
  http://lenovopress.com/storage/san/lenovo?rt=product-guide
• IBM Storwize for Lenovo storage:
  http://lenovopress.com/storage/san/ibm?rt=product-guide

The following table lists the rack cabinets that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in Lenovo Storage DX8200D 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 offered by Lenovo that can be used in Lenovo Storage DX8200D solutions.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the PDU category:
http://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu#rt=product-guide

The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are offered by Lenovo that can be used in Lenovo Storage DX8200D 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 are dedicated to delivering a positive finance experience for customers like you who want to maximize your purchase power by obtaining the technology you need today, protect against technology obsolescence, and preserve your capital for other uses.

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 your region specific offers please ask 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 these resources:

• Lenovo Storage DX8200D product page
  https://www3.lenovo.com/us/en/p/77X2SHESH08
• Lenovo Enterprise Solutions Configurator (LESC)
  http://lesc.lenovo.com
• Standalone Solution Configuration Tool:
  http://lesc.lenovo.com/ssct
• System x and Cluster Solutions Configurator (x-config)
  http://lesc.lenovo.com/products/hardware/configurator/worldwide/bhui/asit/
• Support Portal - Lenovo Storage DX8200D
  https://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/storselect/dx8200d/5135
• Online documentation - DataCore software
  http://www.datacore.com/SSV-Webhelp/
• DataCore software interoperability information
  https://www.datacore.com/products/technical-information/compatibility