IBM V7000 User Manual

56 IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node Introduction and Implementation Guide
Figure 2-8 is a logical block diagram of the expansion canister.
Figure 2-8 Logical block diagram for control canister
2.5.3 Supported disk drives
Both the IBM Flex System V7000 Control Enclosure and the IBM Flex System V7000
Expansion Enclosure support up to 24 2.5 inch disk drives in their enclosures. Table 2-6
shows all the possible drive types that can be used in the internal enclosure drive slots at the
time of writing.
Table 2-6 IBM Flex System V7000 Storage Node internal supported drives
Drive capacity Drive speed Drive physical size
146 GB 15K RPM SAS 2.5 inch
300 GB 15K RPM SAS 2.5 inch
300 GB 10K RPM SAS 2.5 inch
600 GB 10K RPM SAS 2.5 inch
900 GB 10K RPM SAS 2.5 inch
1.2 TB 10K RPM SAS 2.5 inch
500 GB 7.2K RPM NL SAS 2.5 inch
1 TB 7.2K RPM NL SAS 2.5 inch
200 GB SSD SAS 2.5 inch
400 GB SSD SAS 2.5 inch
Note: Using the newly supported large drive 1.2 TB 10K RPM SAS drives instead of 900
GB 10K RPM SAS drives increases the maximum internal capacity by 33%, or increases it
by 20% if using 1.2 TB 10K RPM SAS drives instead of 1 TB NL SAS drives.

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