Table 4. Control enclosure models
System model MTM Drives Features
IBM
FlashSystem
5010
2072-2H2 Up to 12 (LFF)
3.5-inch drives.
• Two node canisters, each with a 2-core,
HyperThreaded processor and 8 GB memory per
canister.
• Node canister memory can be expanded to 16 GB or
32 GB, for a maximum of 64 GB per I/O group.
• Two 1 Gbps Ethernet ports per canister. The second
Ethernet port 2 is also the technician port, which is
used for system setup.
• One 12 Gbps SAS port, per node canister, to attach
to expansion enclosures.
2072-2H4 Up to 24 (SFF)
2.5-inch drives.
IBM
FlashSystem
5030
2072-3H2 Up to 12 (LFF)
3.5-inch drives.
• Two node canisters, each with a 6-core, 12-thread
processor and 16 GB memory per canister.
• Node canister memory can be expanded to 32 GB,
with a maximum memory of 64 GB per I/O group.
• One 1 Gbps Ethernet technician port per node
canister, which is used for system setup and node
service interface.
• Two 10 Gbps Ethernet ports per canister, which are
both used for iSCSI and system management.
• Two 12 Gbps SAS port per canister for expansion
enclosure attachment.
2072-3H4 Up to 24 (SFF)
2.5-inch drives..
The system also provides the following functions:
• Large scalable cache
• Copy Services:
– IBM FlashCopy
®
(point-in-time copy) function, including thin-provisioned FlashCopy to make multiple
targets affordable
– IBM HyperSwap
®
(active-active copy) function (for FlashSystem 5030 systems only)
– Metro Mirror (synchronous copy)
– Global Mirror (asynchronous copy)
– Data migration
• Space management:
– IBM Easy Tier
®
function to migrate the most frequently used data to higher-performance storage
– Metering of service quality when combined with IBM Spectrum
®
Connect. For information, refer to the
IBM Spectrum Connect documentation.
– Thin-provisioned logical volumes
– Compressed volumes to consolidate storage using data reduction pools
– Data Reduction pools with deduplication
In addition, FlashSystem 5010 and FlashSystem 5030 systems support the expansion enclosures that
are listed in Table 5 on page 2.
Table 5. Supported expansion enclosures
Enclosure (MTM) Description Enclosure height
2072-12G / 2072-F12 12-slot expansion enclosure for 3.5-inch drives 2U
2 IBM FlashSystem 5000 : FlashSystem 5000 Quick Installation Guide
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