IBM Storwize V3700

Easy-to-use, affordable storage offering advanced capabilities for small and medium businesses

Host interface 1 Gbps iSCSI (optional 8 Gb Fibre Channel or 10 Gbps iSCSI/Fibre Channel over Ethernet host ports)
User interface Storwize V3700 graphical user interface
Single/dual controller Dual controller
Cache per controller 4 GB upgradable to 8 GB
Drive type Dual-port, hot-swappable 6 Gb SAS disk drives
Supported drives Small form-factor (SFF) 2.5-inch disk drives: Large form-factor (LFF) 3.5-inch disk drives: SSD drives:
Maximum drives supported
RAID levels RAID 0, 1, 5, 6 and 10
Fans and power supplies Fully redundant, hot-swappable
Rack support Standard 19-inch rack-mount enclosure§
Management software Storwize V3700 machine code
Advanced features included with each system Internal virtualization, thin provisioning, one-way data migration and FlashCopy (up to 64 targets)
Optional advanced features* FlashCopy upgrade and Easy Tier
Warranty Hardware: Software:
Size Storwize V3700 LFF control enclosure Storwize V3700 SFF control enclosure
Operating environment Air temperature: Relative humidity: Electrical power: Power:
Heat dissipation (BTU per hour) LFF control enclosure: 1,222
SFF control enclosure: 1,383
Supported systems For a list of currently supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering applications and SAN switches and directors, refer to the System Storage Interoperation Center
ISV solutions For a list of high-quality solutions with our partner ISVs, including access to solution briefs and white papers, refer to the ISV Solutions Resource Library.

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System Storage Interoperation Center (SSIC)

Supported servers, operating systems, host bus adapters, clustering applications and SAN switches and directors