IBM Flex System V7000 User Manual

Chapter 1. Introduction to IBM Flex Systems and IBM PureSystems offerings 3
1.1.1 Product names
The primary product names for the IBM PureSystems components are as follows:
򐂰 IBM PureSystems:
– The overall name for IBMs new family of expert integrated systems
򐂰 IBM Flex System:
– A build-to-order offering with clients choice of IBM Flex System components
– IBM Flex System that can help you go beyond blades
– An innovative Enterprise Chassis designed for new levels of simplicity, flexibility,
integration, reliability, and upgradability
– A broad range of x86 and IBM POWER® compute nodes
– New IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node built into the Enterprise Chassis
򐂰 IBM PureFlex System:
– A solution that combines compute nodes, storage, networking, virtualization and
management into a single infrastructure system. It is expert at sensing and anticipating
resource needs to optimize your infrastructure.
򐂰 IBM PureApplication System:
– A platform system designed and tuned specifically for transactional web and database
applications. Its workload-aware, flexible platform is designed to be easy to deploy,
customize, safeguard and manage.
򐂰 IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node:
– The product name for the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node family of controller
and expansion enclosures. The IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node is an add-on for
the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis.
򐂰 IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure:
– The controller enclosure of the IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node. The IBM Flex
System V7000 Control Enclosure is an add-on for the IBM Flex System Enterprise
Chassis and mounts internally into it.
– The IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure provides 24 disk drive bays.
– The IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure supports block workloads only.
򐂰 IBM Flex System V7000 Expansion Enclosure:
– A SAS disk shelf with 24 disk drive bays that connects to the IBM Flex System V7000
Control Enclosure. The IBM Flex System V7000 Expansion Enclosure is an add-on for
the IBM Flex System Enterprise Chassis and mounts internally into it.
򐂰 IBM Storwize V7000:
– The IBM Storwize V7000 is a disk system with built in IBM SAN Volume Controller
(SVC) functionality. It has the ability to virtualize a wide range of external storage
systems from either IBM or other Storage vendors.
– The IBM Storwize V7000 Control Enclosure provides a choice of 24 x 2.5" Small Form
Factor (SFF) disk drives or 12 x 3.5" Large Form Factor (LFF) disk drive form factors.
– The IBM Storwize V7000 supports block workloads only.
򐂰 IBM Storwize V7000 Unified:
– IBM Storwize V7000 Unified is like the IBM Storwize V7000 a disk system that provides
internal storage and external virtualization. However, the IBM Storwize V7000 Unified
also has file modules that provide NAS functionality like the CIFS and NFS protocols.
– The Storwize V7000 Unified consolidates block and file workloads into a single system.

IBM Flex System V7000 Specifications

General

Form Factor	2U
Model	IBM Flex System V7000
Category	Storage
Power Supply	Dual redundant power supplies
Storage Controller	Dual active-active controllers
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Maximum Drives	240
Expansion Enclosures	Up to 9
Drive Types Supported	SSD, HDD
Host Interface Ports	8 Gbps FC
Scalability	Scalable with expansion enclosures
Operating Temperature	5°C to 40°C
Management Interface	Web-based GUI, CLI, SMI-S