IBM V7000 User Manual

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Chapter 2. Introduction to IBM Flex System
V7000 Storage Node
This chapter introduces IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node and the enclosures and
capabilities on which it is based. We describe in detail the controller and the expansion
enclosures that make up the hardware of IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node and point
out the differences between them. We present the concepts of virtualized storage and show
how it works with IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node, as well as briefly describing the
many software features and capabilities that are available with this environment.
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IBM V7000 Specifications

General

Model	IBM Storwize V7000
Storage Type	Hybrid Flash Array
Maximum Capacity	1.2PB
RAID Levels	0, 1, 5, 6, 10
Connectivity	8 Gbps Fibre Channel, 16 Gbps Fibre Channel, 1 Gbps iSCSI, 10 Gbps iSCSI
Management	Command-line interface (CLI), Graphical user interface (GUI)
Form Factor	2U
Drive Bays	12
Maximum Raw Capacity	1.2PB
Operating System Support	AIX, HP-UX, Linux, VMware, Windows
Data Reduction Features	Real-time Compression, Deduplication
Drive Types	SSD, HDD
Scalability	Scale-up (drive enclosures) and scale-out (clustering) capabilities