Hitachi Virtual storage platform g400 Operating and maintenance manual

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400, G600

83-05-2x

Hardware Reference Guide

This document provides information about the system hardware components, mechanical, and

environmental specifications for the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400 and VSP G600 storage

systems.

MK-94HM8022-15

March 2021

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Contents

Preface......................................................................................................6

Intended audience............................................................................................... 6

UEFI Development Kit 2010................................................................................ 6

Product version....................................................................................................7

Release notes......................................................................................................7

Changes in this revision.......................................................................................7

Document conventions........................................................................................ 7

Conventions for storage capacity values............................................................. 9

Accessing product documentation.....................................................................10

Getting help........................................................................................................10

Comments..........................................................................................................10

Chapter 1: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400, G600 hardware

overview.................................................................................................. 11

Block configuration.............................................................................................11

Unified configuration.......................................................................................... 12

VSP G400 model............................................................................................... 12

VSP G600 model............................................................................................... 15

Features.............................................................................................................18

Scalability...........................................................................................................19

Examples of supported VSP G400 configurations....................................... 19

Examples of supported VSP G600 configurations....................................... 19

Maximum number of mounted drive trays.................................................... 20

Chapter 2: Virtual Storage Platform G400, G600 controller...................23

CBLM controller................................................................................................. 23

CBLM with front panel bezel........................................................................ 23

CBLM front panel LEDs (without bezel)....................................................... 24

CBLM rear panel.......................................................................................... 26

CBLM power supply unit LEDs and connectors........................................... 28

Host, Network, and Drive Tray Ports and LEDs.................................................28

Front-end modules....................................................................................... 28

10-Gbps iSCSI board LEDs and connectors (optical).............................29

10-Gbps iSCSI board LEDs and connectors (copper)............................ 29

or 32-Gbps Fibre Channel (4-port) board LEDs and connectors............ 29

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16-Gbps Fibre Channel (2-port) board LEDs and connectors................ 29

LAN blade LEDs and connectors................................................................. 31

Back-end modules........................................................................................31

Chapter 3: Drive trays............................................................................ 33

Small form-factor drive tray (DBS/DBSE).......................................................... 33

SFF with front panel bezel............................................................................33

SFF front panel without bezel.......................................................................34

SFF rear panel..............................................................................................35

SFF and LFF AC power supply unit LEDs and connectors..........................36

SFF power supply unit LEDs and connectors.............................................. 37

Large form-factor drive tray (DBL/DBLE)...........................................................37

LFF with front panel bezel............................................................................ 38

LFF front panel without bezel....................................................................... 38

LFF rear panel..............................................................................................39

SFF and LFF AC power supply unit LEDs and connectors..........................40

SFF power supply unit LEDs and connectors.............................................. 41

Flash module drive tray (DBF)...........................................................................41

FMD with front panel bezel...........................................................................42

FMD front panel without bezel......................................................................43

FMD rear panel.............................................................................................44

High-density intermix drive tray (DB60)............................................................. 45

Dense intermix drive tray with front panel bezel...........................................46

Dense intermix drive tray display LEDs........................................................47

Dense intermix drive tray rear panel.............................................................48

Chapter 4: Host port expansion chassis................................................. 50

Host port expansion chassis front panel bezel LEDs........................................ 50

PCIe switchboard...............................................................................................50

Host port expansion chassis fan........................................................................51

PCIe cable connector........................................................................................ 52

Host port expansion chassis power supply........................................................53

Chapter 5: NAS module.......................................................................... 55

NAS Module Ports and LEDs............................................................................ 55

Chapter 6: Maintaining the storage system............................................ 57

Storing the storage system................................................................................ 57

Powering off the storage system........................................................................57

Battery unit.........................................................................................................58

Removing cables............................................................................................... 58

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Appendix A: Mechanical specifications for VSP G400, G600 ...............60

VSP G400 and VSP G600 mechanical specifications....................................... 60

Appendix B: Electrical specifications for VSP G400, G600.................... 69

Electrical specifications......................................................................................69

Appendix C: Environmental specifications for VSP G400, G600............71

Environmental specifications............................................................................. 71

Appendix D: iSCSI standards and specifications....................................77

iSCSI standards.................................................................................................77

iSCSI specifications........................................................................................... 77

Appendix E: Replacement parts............................................................. 82

Battery unit.........................................................................................................82

Appendix F: Data and power cables....................................................... 83

Required cables.................................................................................................83

Fibre Channel cables.........................................................................................85

iSCSI cables...................................................................................................... 88

iSCSI standards............................................................................................90

iSCSI specifications......................................................................................91

Managing cables................................................................................................94

AC power cables................................................................................................96

Power cable assemblies...............................................................................97

AC connections............................................................................................ 98

Power cable usage guidelines....................................................................100

Three-phase power considerations for racks............................................. 101

Cable management.................................................................................... 101

Appendix G: Port address mapping...................................................... 102

Port address mapping......................................................................................102

Appendix H: Non-Hitachi racks............................................................. 104

Non-Hitachi rack support ................................................................................ 104

Hitachi Universal V2 Rack rail kits................................................................... 104

Hitachi Universal V2 Rack accessories........................................................... 105

Third-party rack support for DB60 dense intermix drive trays......................... 105

Appendix I: Regulatory compliance...................................................... 107

Appendix J: Environmental notices.......................................................109

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Preface

This guide describes the hardware features and specifications of the VSP G400, G600

models.

Intended audience

This document is intended for Hitachi Vantara representatives, system administrators,

authorized service providers, or customers who install, configure, and operate the storage

system.

Readers of this document should be familiar with the following:

■Data processing and RAID storage systems and their basic functions

■RAID storage system hardware components and operational specifications

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Product version

This document revision applies to the following product versions:

■VSP G400, G600 firmware 83-05-2x or later

■Hitachi Storage Virtualization Operating System (SVOS) 7.4.0 or later

■Hitachi NAS firmware version 13.1 or later

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Changes in this revision

■Added support for DW-F800-NASR (RoHS Compliant)

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Conventions for storage capacity values

Physical storage capacity values (for example, disk drive capacity) are calculated based on

the following values:

Physical capacity unit Value

1 kilobyte (KB) 1,000 (103) bytes

1 megabyte (MB) 1,000 KB or 1,0002 bytes

1 gigabyte (GB) 1,000 MB or 1,0003 bytes

1 terabyte (TB) 1,000 GB or 1,0004 bytes

1 petabyte (PB) 1,000 TB or 1,0005 bytes

1 exabyte (EB) 1,000 PB or 1,0006 bytes

Logical capacity values (for example, logical device capacity, cache memory capacity) are

calculated based on the following values:

Logical capacity unit Value

1 block 512 bytes

1 cylinder Mainframe: 870 KB

Open-systems:

■OPEN-V: 960 KB

■Others: 720 KB

1 KB 1,024 (210) bytes

1 MB 1,024 KB or 1,0242 bytes

1 GB 1,024 MB or 1,0243 bytes

1 TB 1,024 GB or 1,0244 bytes

1 PB 1,024 TB or 1,0245 bytes

Conventions for storage capacity values

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Logical capacity unit Value

1 EB 1,024 PB or 1,0246 bytes

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Chapter 1: Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform

G400, G600 hardware overview

Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform G400, G600 are modular, rack-mountable, all-flash arrays

that deliver high performance, high reliability, and flash-accelerated scalability.

The storage system contain dual controllers, each controller contains its own processor, dual

in-line cache memory modules (DIMMs), cache flash memory (CFM), battery, fans and iSCSI

and Fibre Channel I/O modules. Each controller also has an Ethernet connection for out-of-

band management. If the data path through one controller fails, all data drives remain

available to data hosts using a redundant data path through the other controller.

The storage system can be equipped with embedded network-attached storage (NAS)

modules. The NAS modules provide file access through CIFS and NFS protocols and block

access by using iSCSI protocols.

All storage system models allow defective drives to be replaced without the interruption of

data availability to hosts. A hot spare drive can be configured to replace a failed drive

automatically, securing the fault-tolerant integrity of the logical drives. Self-contained,

hardware-based RAID logical drives provide maximum performance in compact external

enclosures.

Essential hardware components are implemented with a redundant configuration so that the

storage system can remain operational if a component fails. Adding and replacing

components, along with firmware upgrades, can be conducted while the storage system is

active.

Block configuration

A storage system configured for block-level storage provides the ability to access and

provision raw storage volumes using protocols such as Fibre Channel and iSCSI.

A block configuration consists of the following:

■Two controllers

■One or more drive trays

■Optional service processor (SVP)

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Unified configuration

A unified configuration includes embedded NAS modules that support file system protocols

such as CIFS and NFS and operate across a block-level setup using iSCSI or FC

connections.

■Two controllers

■Two NAS modules for file operations and storage

■One or more drive trays for block-level storage

■One 1U block service processor server (SVP)

VSP G400 model

The VSP G400 is a highly reliable storage system that offers high storage capacity with full

redundancy to better protect data and manage storage operations.

The storage system consists of a 4U enclosure that includes two controllers and two NAS

modules to support file operations. Drives are supported using drive trays connected to the

controllers. The maximum number of drives supported is 384 (480 with dense intermix drive

tray).

The storage system supports 128 GB of high-speed cache memory. The DIMMs are arranged

as 64 GB per controller.

Storage system interfaces consist of:

■10-Gbps iSCSI: 28 ports per system (or 32 ports per systems for systems without drives

or 12 ports per systems when NAS Modules are installed)

■10-Gbps iSCSI (Copper): 28 ports per system (or 32 ports per systems for systems

without drives or 12 ports per systems when NAS Modules are installed)

■8-Gbps Fibre Channel: 56 ports per system (or 64 ports per systems for systems without

drives or 24 ports per systems when NAS Modules are installed)

■16-Gbps Fibre Channel (2-port): 28 ports per system (or 32 ports per systems for systems

without drives or 12 ports per systems when NAS Modules are installed)

■16-Gbps Fibre Channel (4-port): 56 ports per system (or 64 ports per systems for systems

without drives or 24 ports per systems when NAS Modules are installed)

■32-Gbps Fibre Channel (4-port): 56 ports per system (or 64 ports per systems for systems

without drives or 24 ports per systems when NAS Modules are installed)

Controller Controller chassis Controller model Height

CBLM DW800-CBL DW-F800-CTLM 4U (174.3 mm)

Unified configuration

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Controller Model number Description

NAS ■DW-F800-NAS

■DW-F800-NASR

NAS modules provide file

support.

Drive tray

model name

Supported

drive type

Number of

drives

supported Height

SFF drive tray ■DW-F800-

DBS (power

supply,

contains

BNST)

■DW-F800-

DBSC

(Silver-rated

power

supply)

■DW-F800-

DBSE

(Platinum-

rated power

supply)

2.5-inch SFF 24 2U (86.2 mm)

LFF drive tray ■DW-F800-

DBL (power

supply,

contains

BNST)

■DW-F800-

DBLC

(Silver-rated

power

supply)

■DW-F800-

DBLE

(Platinum-

rated power

supply)

3.5-inch LFF 12 2U (86.2 mm)

FMD tray ■DW-F800-

DBF

5.25-inch FMD 12 2U (86.2 mm)

VSP G400 model

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Drive tray

model name

Supported

drive type

Number of

drives

supported Height

Dense intermix

drive tray

■DW-F800-

DB60 (power

supply,

contains

BNST)

■DW-F800-

DB60C

3.5-inch LFF 60 4U (174.3 mm)

Disk drives

The VSP G400 storage system supports the listed disk drive capacities.

Model number Drive type Drive capacity

DKC-F810I-600JCM SFF disk drive 600 GB

DKC-F810I-1R2JCM SFF disk drive 1.2 TB

DKC-F810I-1R2J5M LFF disk drive 1.2 TB

DKC-F810I-2R4JGM SFF disk drive 2.4 TB

DKC-F810I-2R4J8M LFF disk drive 2.4 TB

DKC-F810I-6R0H9M LFF disk drive 6 TB

DKC-F810I-10RH9M LFF disk drive 10 TB

Flash module drives

The VSP G400 storage system supports the listed flash module drive capacities.

Model number Drive type Drive capacity

DKC-F810I-7R0FP FMD 7 TB

DKC-F810I-14RFP FMD 14 TB

Solid-state drives

The VSP G400 storage system supports the listed SSD capacities.

Model number Drive type Drive capacity

VSP G400 model

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Model number Drive type Drive capacity

DKC-F810I-1R9MGM SSD 1.9 TB

DKC-F810I-3R8MGM SSD 3.8 TB

DKC-F810I-7R6MGM SSD 7.6 TB

VSP G600 model

The VSP G600 is a highly reliable storage system that offers high storage capacity with full

redundancy to better protect data and manage storage operations.

The storage system consists of a 4U enclosure that includes two controllers and two NAS

modules to support file operations. Drives are supported using drive trays connected to the

controllers. The maximum number of drives supported is 576 (720 with dense intermix drive

tray).

The storage system supports 256 GB of high-speed cache memory. The DIMMs are arranged

as 128 GB per controller.