Lenovo ThinkSystem DM3010H Product Guide

The Lenovo ThinkSystem DM3010H is a unified, hybrid storage system designed to deliver performance, simplicity, capacity, security, and high availability for small to large enterprises. It provides enterprise-class storage management capabilities with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible drive configurations, and enhanced data management features.

The DM3010H is ideal for small offices, edge locations, and remote offices requiring a versatile storage solution for general-purpose workloads such as backup and archiving, file services, hybrid cloud, ransomware protection, Microsoft applications, unified data management, virtualization, and other I/O-intensive applications.

A single Lenovo ThinkSystem DM3010H Storage Array can scale up to 144 drives by attaching ThinkSystem DM120S 2U12 LFF, DM600S 4U60 LFF, and DM240S 2U24 SFF Expansion Enclosures.

Up to 12 DM3010H Storage Arrays can be combined into a clustered system in a NAS environment, or up to 6 DM3010H Storage Arrays can be combined into a clustered system in a SAN environment.

Key Features and Benefits

Unified, hybrid storage with dual active/active controller configurations for high availability and performance.
Comprehensive advanced storage management features, including SSD read cache, hybrid storage pools, snapshots, volume copy, quality of service, thin provisioning, compression, deduplication, encryption, disk-based backup, application- and virtual machine-aware backup, quick data recovery, clustering, synchronous replication, and asynchronous replication.
Designed to meet high availability requirements for mission-critical operations through redundant hardware design and advanced software availability features like snapshotting, replication, metrocluster, and advanced ransomware protection.
Improved performance and data protection with RAID-DP and RAID-TEC, plus support for traditional RAID 4.
Flexible host connectivity supporting unified NAS, SAN, and S3 storage protocols, including 10/25 GbE for Ethernet and 8/16/32 Gb for Fibre Channel connectivity.
Supports two controllers, each providing interfaces for host connectivity, internal drives, and running Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage Manager.
12 Gb SAS drive-side connectivity with multipathing, supporting up to 12x 3.5-inch LFF drives in 2U12 LFF enclosures, up to 60x 3.5-inch LFF drives in 4U60 LFF expansion enclosures, or up to 24x 2.5-inch SFF drives in 2U24 SFF expansion enclosures.
Scalability to up to 132 drives with the attachment of expansion enclosures.
Flexibility in storing data on capacity-optimized SAS SSDs, performance-optimized enterprise SAS HDDs, or capacity-optimized enterprise NL SAS HDDs, allowing mixing and matching of drive types within a single system.
Acceleration of read-centric workloads with high-speed, low-latency onboard NVMe SSD caching.
Scale-out clustering of up to 12 ThinkSystem DM Series storage systems for NAS or up to six for SAN connectivity.
Intuitive, web-based GUI for easy system setup and management.
Lenovo XClarity support for centralized systems management of Lenovo x86 servers, switches, and storage.

Supported Drives

The ThinkSystem DM3010H supports various drives, including:

2U12 LFF and 4U60 LFF high-capacity nearline HDDs: 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, and 16 TB 7.2K rpm (NL SAS).
2U24 SFF capacity-optimized SSDs: 960 GB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB (SAS SSD).
2U24 SFF enterprise SAS HDDs: 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm (SAS).

All drives are dual-port and hot-swappable.

Expansion Enclosures

The ThinkSystem DM3010H supports attachment of the following DM Series expansion enclosures:

Up to 9x DM120S 2U12 LFF enclosures.
Up to 2x DM600S 4U60 LFF enclosures.
Up to 5x DM240S 2U24 SFF enclosures.
A combination of DM120S, DM600S, and DM240S enclosures is supported and can be intermixed behind a DM3010H 2U12 enclosure. Expansion enclosures can be added non-disruptively.

System Specifications Summary

Attribute	Specification
Form factor	DM3010H 2U12 LFF, DM120S 2U12 LFF, DM240S 2U24 SFF, DM600S 4U60 LFF
Controller configuration	Dual active-active controller configuration (HA pair). Up to 6 HA pairs for SAN cluster, up to 12 HA pairs for NAS cluster.
HA pair/cluster interconnect ports	4x 25 GbE SFP28 ports (2 per controller)
RAID levels	RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC
Controller memory	128 GB RAM per system (64 GB per controller), 16 GB NVRAM per system (8 GB per controller)
Controller cache	2 TB NVMe-based Flash Cache (1 TB per controller)
Drive bays	Up to 144 LFF drives or 120 SFF drives with expansion enclosures.
Storage capacity	Up to 2.3 PB raw storage capacity per system.
Storage protocols	NAS (NFS, CIFS/SMB), SAN (iSCSI, FC, NVMe/FC), S3 (Object Access)
Host connectivity	Options include 16/32Gb FC, 10GbE, 25GbE, and combined FC/Ethernet cards.
Management interfaces	ThinkSystem Storage Manager (web-based GUI), CLI (SSH, serial console), Lenovo XClarity (optional).
Power supply	Redundant hot-swap 913 W (100-240 V) AC for DM3010H/DM120S/DM240S; 2325 W (200-240 V) for DM600S.
Warranty and support	3-year base warranty with options for extended support levels (Foundation, Essential, Advanced).

Software Features

ONTAP software unifies data management across flash, disk, and cloud. Key features include:

Data Protection: RAID-4, RAID-DP, RAID-TEC, Snapshots, SnapMirror (async/sync), SyncMirror.
Efficiency: Thin provisioning, Compression, Deduplication, Compaction.
Availability: Dual active/active controllers, MetroCluster IP, Trusted Platform Module (TPM) for encryption.
Performance: NVMe caching, Balanced placement, Adaptive Quality of Service.
Data Access: NAS (NFS, CIFS/SMB), SAN (iSCSI, FC, NVMe/FC), S3 Object Storage.
Advanced Features (Unified Complete bundle): SnapRestore, FlexClone, FlexVol, FlexCache, FlexGroup, SnapVault, SnapCenter, ONTAP S3, FabricPool, Autonomous Anti-ransomware Protection, Multitenant Key Management.

Management and Connectivity

Management is handled via Lenovo ThinkSystem Storage Manager (web-based GUI) or command-line interface (CLI). Optional Lenovo XClarity provides centralized management. Connectivity options include Ethernet (10GbE, 25GbE) and Fibre Channel (16Gb, 32Gb).

Physical Specifications

Dimensions and weights vary by enclosure model:

DM3010H 2U12 LFF: Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.), Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.), Depth: 508 mm (20.0 in.), Weight: 29.2 kg (64.4 lb).
DM120S 2U12 LFF: Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.), Width: 447 mm (17.6 in.), Depth: 505 mm (19.0 in.), Weight: 28.7 kg (63.3 lb).
DM600S 4U60 LFF: Height: 174 mm (6.9 in.), Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.), Depth: 922 mm (36.3 in.), Weight: 111.5 kg (245.8 lb).
DM240S 2U24 SFF: Height: 85 mm (3.4 in.), Width: 449 mm (17.7 in.), Depth: 484 mm (19.1 in.), Weight: 24.4 kg (53.8 lb).

Operating Environment

Operating temperatures range from 10°C to 40°C (50°F to 104°F) for most enclosures, with specific ranges for DM600S. Maximum altitude is 3050 m (10,000 ft). Relative humidity is 8% to 80% (non-condensing).

Warranty and Support

Lenovo offers a 3-year standard warranty with options for extended support services including Premier Support, Foundation Service, Essential Service, and Advanced Service. YourDrive YourData is an optional extra or bundled service. Health Checks are also available.

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