| Component | Specification |
| Form factor | Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Control Enclosure: 2U rack mount |
| Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 XP Control Enclosure: 2U rack mount | |
| Lenovo Storage V3700 V2 Expansion Enclosure: 2U rack mount | |
| Controller | Dual controller (known as node canister) configuration. |
| configuration | |
| RAID levels | RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, and 10; Distributed RAID 5 and 6. |
| Controller cache | 16 GB per system (8 GB per node canister). V3700 XP is upgradeable to 32 GB (16 GB per node canister). Cache mirroring between the node canisters. Flash-backed cache protection (includes battery). |
| Drive bays | Up to 240 SFF drive bays per storage system: |
| 24 SFF drive bays in the control enclosure | |
| 24 SFF drive bays in the expansion enclosure; up to 9 expansion enclosures | |
| Up to 120 LFF drive bays per storage system: | |
| 12 LFF drive bays in the control enclosure | |
| 12 LFF drive bays in the expansion enclosures; up to 9 expansion enclosures | |
| Intermix of SFF and LFF enclosures is supported. | |
| Drive technology | SAS and NL SAS HDDs and SAS SSDs. Intermix of HDDs and SSDs is supported. |
| Drive connectivity | Dual-ported 12 Gb SAS drive attachment infrastructure. |
| Controller unit with two node canisters (ports per one node canister): | |
| 24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure) | |
| 12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure) | |
| 1x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion port for the attachment of the expansion enclosures | |
| Expansion unit with two expansion canisters (ports per one expansion canister): | |
| 24x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (SFF enclosure) | |
| 12x 12 Gb SAS internal drive ports (LFF enclosure) | |
| 2x 12 Gb SAS x4 (Mini-SAS HD SFF-8644) expansion ports for the daisy chained attachment of the expansion enclosures | |
| Drives | SFF drives: |
| 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs | |
| 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs | |
| 2 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs | |
| 400 GB, 800 GB, 1.6 TB, and 3.2 TB SAS SSDs | |
| 1.92 TB, 3.84 TB, 7.68 TB, and 15.36 TB read-optimized SAS SSDs | |
| LFF drives: | |
| 300 GB and 600 GB 15K rpm SAS HDDs | |
| 900 GB, 1.2 TB, and 1.8 TB 10K rpm SAS HDDs | |
| 4 TB, 6 TB, 8 TB, and 10 TB 7.2K rpm NL SAS HDDs | |
| Storage capacity | Up to 3.68 PB (240x 15.36 TB SAS SSDs) |
| Host connectivity | Standard ports (per control enclosure with two node canisters): |
| 4x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports (UTP, RJ-45) (2 ports per node canister) | |
| 4x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (2 ports per node canister; V3700 V2 XP only) | |
| Optional additional ports on host interface cards (per control enclosure with two node canisters): | |
| 8x 12 Gb SAS host ports (Mini-SAS HD, SFF-8644) (4 ports per node canister) | |
| 8x 1 Gb iSCSI host ports (UTP, RJ-45) (4 ports per node canister) | |
| 8x 10 Gb iSCSI or FCoE SFP+ host ports (SW fiber, LC) (4 ports per node canister) | |
| 8x 16 Gb FC SFP+ host ports (SW or LW fiber, LC) (4 ports per node canister) | |
| Host operating systems | Microsoft Windows Server 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016; Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7; SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 11 and 12; VMware vSphere 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5. |
| Standard software features | Virtualization of internal storage, Thin Provisioning, One-way Data Migration, FlashCopy snapshots (up to 64 targets), and Embedded GUI. |
| Optional software features | FlashCopy snapshots upgrade (up to 2048 targets), Easy Tier, and Remote Mirroring. |
| Performance | Up to 168,000 / 390,000 cache read IOPS |
| (V3700 V2 / V3700 V2 XP)* | Up to 51,000 / 112,000 disk read IOPS |
| Up to 13,000 / 28,000 disk write IOPS | |
| Up to 27,000 / 55,000 disk mixed (70% read/30% write) IOPS | |
| Up to 3.4 / 6.2 GBps sequential disk read throughput | |
| Up to 0.96 / 1.7 GBps sequential disk write throughput | |
| Configuration maximums** | Per system: |
| Maximum number of storage pools: 1,024 | |
| Maximum number of logical volumes: 2,048 | |
| Maximum logical volume size: 256 TB | |
| Maximum number of drives in a RAID array: 16 | |
| Maximum number of RAID arrays: 128 | |
| Maximum number of drives in a distributed RAID array: 128 (including up to 4 spares) | |
| Maximum number of distributed RAID arrays: 10 | |
| Maximum hot spare drives: No limit | |
| Maximum number of host ports: 2,048 | |
| Maximum number of hosts: 256 | |
| Maximum number of host ports per one host: 32 | |
| Maximum number of snapshots: 2,048 (requires an optional license) | |
| Maximum number of remote mirroring relationships: 2,048 (requires an optional license) | |
| Cooling | Redundant cooling with the fan modules that are built into power supplies. |
| Power supply | Two redundant hot-swap 800 W AC power supplies. |
| Hot-swap parts | Node canisters, expansion canisters, SFP/SFP+ transceivers, drives, power supplies with fans. |
| Management interfaces | 2x 1 GbE ports (UTP, RJ-45) in a primary/redundant configuration. |
| Web-based GUI; SSH CLI; SMI-S; SNMP and email notifications. | |
| Security features | Secure Socket Layer (SSL), Secure Shell (SSH), user level security, LDAP authentication |
| Warranty | Three-year customer-replaceable unit and onsite warranty with 9x5 next business day terms. Optional warranty service upgrades are available through Lenovo: 24x7 coverage, 2-hour or 4-hour response time, 6-hour or 24-hour committed repair, 1-year or 2-year warranty extensions, Hard Drive Retention. |
| Dimensions | Height: 87 mm (3.4 in.); width: 483 mm (19.0 in.); depth: 556 mm (21.9 in.) |
| Weight | Control enclosure (fully configured): 26 kg (57.3 lb) |
| Expansion enclosure (fully configured): 26.7 kg (58.9 lb) |
