Lenovo S3200, Product Manual

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The following figure shows the rear of the E1012 and E1024 drive enclosures with dual I/O expansion
modules. Single I/O module configurations also are supported with the single-controller S3200.
Figure 6. Rear view of the E1012 and E1024 drive enclosures
Note:
The RAID controllers (as shown in Figure 4 and Figure 5) and expansion modules (as shown in
Figure 6) have extra service ports with a specialized connector. These ports are reserved for use by a
Lenovo service technician.
Technical specifications
The following table lists the S3200 storage system technical specifications.
Table 1. Technical specifications (Part 1)
Components Specification
Form factor S3200 controller enclosure: 2U rack mount
E1012 or E1024 drive expansion enclosure: 2U rack mount
RAID controller
configuration
Two types of controllers:
S3200 SAS controller

S3200 FC and iSCSI controller

Single or dual RAID controller configurations supported. Single controller systems can be
upgraded to dual controller non-disruptively. Both controllers in the system must be the same.
RAID levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10
RAID controller
cache
6 GB per controller. Battery-free cache protection with flash memory and supercapacitors. Low
latency cache mirroring protection for dual controller configurations.
Drive bays Up to 192 SFF drive bays per system:
24 SFF drive bays in the S3200 controller enclosure

24 SFF drive bays in the E1024 drive expansion enclosure; up to 7x E1024 enclosures

Up to 96 LFF drive bays per system:
12 LFF drive bays in the S3200 controller enclosure

12 LFF drive bays in the E1012 drive expansion enclosure; up to 7x E1012 enclosures

Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported.
Drive
technologies
SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SEDs; eMLC SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is
supported. Intermix of SEDs with HDDs or SSDs is not supported.