Lenovo S2200 Product Manual

Lenovo Storage S2200
Product Guide
The Lenovo Storage S2200 (shown in the following figure) provides simplicity, speed, scalability, security,
and high availability for small to large businesses. The S2200 SAN array delivers enterprise-class storage
management technology in an affordable solution with a wide choice of host connectivity options, flexible
drive configurations, and enhanced data management features.
The S2200 is a perfect fit for small offices and remote and branch offices of large enterprises that need a
primary storage solution that supports general purpose workloads, such as file and print serving, web
serving, email and collaboration, and small databases. The S2200 is also well-suited for secure archive
storage or a low-cost backup solution.
Figure 1. Lenovo Storage S2200
The S2200 offers the flexible choice of 6/12 Gb SAS, 1/10 Gb iSCSI, and 4/8 Gb Fibre Channel (FC) host
connectivity protocols. The Converged Network Controller (CNC) design of the S2200 makes the selection
of iSCSI or FC host connectivity as simple as attaching corresponding transceivers or Direct-Attach Copper
(DAC) cables to the SFP/SFP+ ports on the RAID controller.
The S2200 supports up to 96 drives with up to three external expansion enclosures. It also offers flexible
drive configurations with the choice of 2.5-inch and 3.5-inch drive form factors, 10 K or 15 K rpm SAS and
7.2 K rpm NL SAS hard disk drives (HDDs) and self-encrypting drives (SEDs), and SAS solid-state drives
(SSDs). The S2200 can be scaled up to 480 TB of raw storage capacity.
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The S2200 supports Intelligent Real-time Tiering capabilities that help optimize system performance, reduce
costs, and simplify management. The base software includes the ability to move data dynamically between
SAS HDDs that are optimized for cost per IOPS and NL SAS HDDs that are optimized for cost per GB. With
the optional software license, the S2200 supports hybrid tiering across HDDs and SSDs.
The S2200 can be upgraded to the Lenovo Storage S3200 by replacing the RAID controllers in the
controller enclosure during a planned offline maintenance window without the need to migrate or move data
and re-configure the attached hosts. The new S3200 RAID controller recognizes the array configuration and
preserves the controller's host port parameters (for example, FC WWN).
The S2200 supports battery-free cache protection, which reduces maintenance costs and provides
permanent backup of unwritten cache data if there is a power failure.
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