Lenovo Storage E1012 and E1024 Disk Expansion Enclosures

The Lenovo Storage E1012 and E1024 Disk Expansion Enclosures offer universal storage expansion capabilities designed to provide simplicity, speed, scalability, security, and high availability for small to large businesses. The E1012 and E1024 deliver enterprise-class storage technology in a cost-effective solution with flexible drive configurations and RAID or JBOD (non-RAID) host connectivity or Lenovo storage area network (SAN) array expansion.

The E1012 and E1024 expansion units are designed for a wide range of workloads, including big data and analytics, video surveillance, media streaming, private clouds, file and print serving, e-mail and collaboration, and databases.

Figure 1. Image showing the Lenovo Storage E1012 and E1024 Disk Expansion Enclosures.

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The E1012 and E1024 expansion enclosures offer flexible drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive form factors, 10K or 15K rpm SAS and 7.2K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) and self-encrypting drives (SEDs), and SAS solid-state drives (SSDs).

With support for daisy chaining, the E1012 can be scaled up to 960 TB for capacity-optimized configurations, and the E1024 can be scaled up to 192 drives for performance-optimized configurations.

The E1012 and E1024 expansion units are universal enclosures that can be used with Lenovo System x and ThinkServer systems as direct attach storage (DAS) or as expansion for the Lenovo Storage S2200 and S3200 storage area network (SAN) arrays.

Key features

Key features and benefits provided by the E1012 and E1024 storage expansion enclosures include:

• Versatile, scalable storage expansion with a single I/O module for entry-level solutions or dual I/O module configurations for high availability and performance
• Flexible host connectivity to match diverse client needs for direct attach storage with support for 6 Gb or 12 Gb SAS RAID adapters for advanced data protection or 6 Gb SAS Host Bus Adapter (HBA) for maximum JBOD performance
• Provide expansion capabilities and share common parts with the S2200 and S3200 SAN arrays
• 6 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with support for 12x 3.5-inch large form factor (LFF) drives in the E1012 enclosure or 24x 2.5-inch small form factor (SFF) drives in the E1024 enclosure
• Scalability of up to 96 LFF or 192 SFF drives per RAID adapter with the attachment of up to eight E1012 or E1024 daisy-chained expansion enclosures to satisfy growing needs for storage capacity and performance
• Flexibility in storing data on high performance SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS HDDs, or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs; mixing and matching drive types and form factors on a single RAID adapter to perfectly meet performance and capacity requirements for various workloads
• Self-encrypting drives with a supported RAID adapter allow clients to secure their sensitive data and to comply with various security regulations when required
• Designed to comply with NEBS and MIL-STD requirements
• Designed for 99.999% availability

The E1012 and E1024 are designed to support the complete range of data storage requirements, from highly utilized applications to high-capacity, low usage applications.

The following 3.5-inch SAS drives are supported by the E1012:

• High performance solid-state drives (10 drive writes per day [DWD]): 400 GB
• Performance-optimized, enterprise class disk drives: 600 GB and 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

The following 2.5-inch SAS drives are supported by the E1024:

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

Additional drives and expansion units are designed to be dynamically added with virtually no downtime (operating system dependent), helping to quickly and seamlessly respond to growing capacity demands.

Key features and benefits

The E1012 and E1024 expansion enclosures are designed to offer high levels of system and data availability with the following technologies:

• Dual I/O modules provide redundant paths from a supported RAID controller to the drives in the enclosures for I/O load balancing and failover
• Dual-port drives (both HDDs and SSDs) with automatic drive failure detection and RAID rebuild with global hot spares with a supported RAID adapter
• Redundant hardware, including host ports, I/O modules, and power supplies and fans
• Hot-swappable and customer replaceable components, including I/O modules, power supplies with fans, and drives

Components and connectors

The following figure shows the front of the E1012 drive expansion enclosure.

Figure 2. Front view of the E1012 drive enclosure, showing 12x 3.5-inch SAS hot-swap drive bays, Enclosure ID LED, and Enclosure status LEDs.

The following figure shows the front of the E1024 drive expansion enclosure.

Figure 3. Front view of the E1024 drive enclosure, showing 24x 2.5-inch SAS hot-swap drive bays, Enclosure ID LED, and Enclosure status LEDs.

Rear View

The following figure shows the rear of the E1012 and E1024 drive enclosures with dual I/O expansion modules. Single I/O module configurations are also supported.

Figure 4. Rear view of the E1012 and E1024 drive enclosures, illustrating hot-swap AC power supplies, Expansion Modules A and B, and 6 Gb SAS x4 expansion ports (IN and OUT).

Note: The expansion modules (shown in Figure 4) have additional service ports with a specialized connector, reserved for Lenovo service technicians.

System specifications

The following table lists the E1012 and E1024 system specifications.

Models

Product availability: The E1012 and E1024 expansion units are withdrawn and no longer available for ordering. For currently available expansion units, refer to the following 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 the models of the E1012 and E1024 expansion enclosures.

The part number for the E1012 or E1024 includes the following items:

• One E1012 or E1024 chassis with two power supplies with fans and with one or two SAS I/O expansion modules installed
• Two 4.3m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cables
• Lenovo Storage SAN Rack Mount Kit - Rails 25"-36"
• Getting Started Guide
• Warranty Flyer
• Important Notices Flyer
• Documentation Flyer

Connectivity topology

The E1012 and E1024 support single and dual expansion module configurations. Standard models of the E1012 and E1024 ship with one or two expansion modules (see Table 2). Single module configurations can be upgraded to dual module configurations non-disruptively.

Each expansion module has two 6 Gb SAS x4 ports (Mini-SAS SFF-8088 connectors) labeled IN and OUT. These ports are used for connections to a supported RAID adapter installed in a server and for daisy chaining the E1012 and E1024 enclosures between each other. The external port on the RAID controller is connected to the IN port on the expansion module, and the OUT port on the expansion module is connected to the IN port on the expansion module in the adjacent enclosure and so on.

Single I/O module configurations can be used with a supported RAID adapter or HBA. In this topology, each port on the adapter is connected to a separate chain of single I/O expansion enclosures, as illustrated in the following figure.

Figure 5. Single I/O module connectivity topology diagram illustrating connections from a 2-port RAID adapter to multiple E1012 or E1024 enclosures.

Dual I/O module configurations can be used with 2-port RAID adapters for high availability and performance. In this topology, each port on the RAID adapter is connected to a different I/O module chain within the same chain of dual I/O enclosures.

Figure 6. Dual I/O connectivity topology without enclosure redundancy diagram illustrating connections from a 2-port RAID adapter to multiple E1012 or E1024 enclosures.

Figure 7. Dual I/O connectivity topology with enclosure redundancy diagram illustrating connections from a 2-port RAID adapter to multiple E1012 or E1024 enclosures.

The following table lists the maximum number of the E1012 and E1024 in a chain on the same adapter.

Expansion modules and connectivity options

The following table lists ordering information for the expansion modules and related connectivity options.

* One cable per SAS expansion module.

Drives

The E1012 enclosure supports up to 12 LFF hot-swap drives, and the E1024 enclosure supports up to 24 SFF hot-swap drives.

The following tables list drive options for the E1012 and E1024 drive enclosures.

Power cables

The E1012 and E1024 ship standard with two 4.3m, 10A/100-250V, C13 to IEC 320-C14 Rack Power Cables. Other power cable options are also available, and the part numbers and feature codes to order the power cables (two power cables are required per each E1012 and E1024) are listed in the following table.

For more information, see the list of Product Guides in the PDU category: https://lenovopress.com/servers/options/pdu

Uninterruptible power supply units

The following table lists the uninterruptible power supply (UPS) units that are currently offered by Lenovo that can be used for providing electrical power protection to the E1012 and E1024 storage expansion enclosures and other IT infrastructure building blocks.

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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Related publications and links

For more information, see the following documents:

• Lenovo Storage product page: http://www.lenovo.com/systems/storage
• Lenovo Data Center Solution Configurator (DCSC): http://dcsc.lenovo.com
• Lenovo Storage E1012 Support: http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/e1012/6411
• Lenovo Storage E1024 Support: http://datacentersupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/storage/lenovo-storage/e1024/6411

Related product families

Product families related to this document are the following:

• Direct-Attached Storage

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