DE Series storage arrays are available in several configurations and models.

A storage array includes shelves, controllers, drives, software, and firmware. The array can be installed in a rack or cabinet, with customizable hardware for two controllers, in a 12-, 24-, or 60-drive shelf. You can connect the storage array to a SAN from multiple interface types and to a variety of host operating systems.

DE Series arrays are available in the following models:

Family Model Machine Type Form factor Drives

DE2000

DE2000H

7Y70

2U

12

DE2000

DE2000H

7Y71

2U

24

DE4000

DE4000H

7Y74

2U

12

DE4000

DE4000H

7Y75

2U

24

DE4000

DE4000F

7Y76

2U

24

DE4000

DE4000H

7Y77

4U

60

DE6000

DE6000H

7Y78

2U

24

DE6000

DE6000F

7Y79

2U

24

DE6000

DE6000H

7Y80

4U

60

DE6400

DE6400H

7DB6

2U

24 NVMe drives

DE6400

DE6400F

7DB6

2U

24 NVMe drives

DE6600

DE6600H

7DB7

2U

24 NVMe drives

DE6600

DE6600F

7DB7

2U

24 NVMe drives

Drive shelves (expansion shelves)

DE120S

7Y63

2U

12

Drive shelves (expansion shelves)

DE240S

7Y68

2U

24

Drive shelves (expansion shelves)

DE600S

7Y69

4U

60

DE2000H and DE4000H models

DE2000H (2U12) and DE4000H (2U12)

  • Front view

    The following illustration shows the front view of DE4000H (12 drives). Front view of DE2000H (12 drives) or DE120S is the same.

    Front view of models with 12 drive bays

    callout 01 Operator display panel

    callout 02 Drive bays

  • Rear view

    • DE2000H (2U12)

      Rear view of DE2000 series (2U)

    • DE4000H (2U12)

      Rear view of DE4000 series (2U)

      callout 01 Baseboard host ports

      Depending on the configuration, the baseboard host ports are optional (with/without baseboard host ports). If there are baseboard host ports, they can be two 10Gb iSCSI optical ports or 16Gb Fiber Channel (FC) ports.

      callout 02 1Gb Ethernet management port

      There are two Ethernet ports. The P1 port is the 1Gb Ethernet management port. The P2 port is reserved for Lenovo technical support.

      callout 03 RJ45 console port

      callout 04 HIC host ports

      Depending on the configuration, the optional HIC host ports can be as follows:
      DE2000: two 10Gb Base-T ports or 12Gb SAS ports.
      DE4000: two 10Gb Base-T ports, four 12Gb SAS ports, 10Gb iSCSI optical ports, 16Gb FC ports, 10/25Gb iSCSI ports, or 32Gb FC ports.

      callout 05 Micro-B USB console port

      callout 06 SAS expansion ports

      callout 07 Power supply switch

      callout 08 Power-fan canister

DE2000H (2U24) and DE4000H (2U24) (2 rack units; 24 drives)

  • Front view

    The following illustration shows the front view of DE2000H (24 drives). Front view of DE4000H (24 drives), DE4000F (24 drives), DE6000H (24 drives), DE6000F (24 drives), or DE240S is the same.

    Front view of models with 24 drive bays

    callout 01 Operator display panel

    callout 02 Drive bays

  • Rear view

    • Rear view of DE2000H (2U12) and DE2000H (2U24) are the same. Refer to the illustration and description in above DE2000H (2U12).

    • Rear view of DE4000H (2U12), DE4000H (2U24), and DE4000F are the same. Refer to the illustration and description in above DE4000H (2U12).

DE4000H (4U60)

  • Front view

    The following illustration shows the front view of DE4000H (60 drives) and DE6000H (60 drives). Front view of DE4000H, DE6000H, and DE600S (60 drives) is the same.

    Front view of models with 60 drives

    callout 01 Operator display panel

    callout 02 Drive bays

  • Rear view

    The following illustration shows the rear view of a dual DE4000H controller shelf (4U), each controller with a four-port HIC. Depending on the configuration, your system might look slightly different from the illustration.

    Rear view of DE4000H (4U)

    callout 01 Fan canisters

    callout 02 Baseboard host ports

    Depending on the configuration, the onboard host ports are optional (with/without onboard host ports). If there are onboard host ports, they can be two 10Gb iSCSI optical ports or 16Gb FC ports.

    callout 03 1Gb Ethernet management ports

    There are four Ethernet ports. The P1 ports are the 1Gb Ethernet management ports. The P2 ports are reserved for Lenovo technical support.

    callout 04 RJ45 console ports

    callout 05 Micro-B USB console ports

    callout 06 Power canisters

    callout 07 Power supply switches

    callout 08 HIC host ports (optional)

    Depending on the configuration, the optional HIC ports can be four 10Gb iSCSI optical ports, 12Gb SAS ports, 16Gb FC ports, 25Gb iSCSI optical ports, or 32Gb FC ports.

    callout 09 SAS expansion ports

Specifications

Rack sizes:

  • 2U12 (2 rack units; 12 drives)

    • Height: 87 mm (3.43 inches)

    • Width: 448 mm (17.64 inches)

    • Depth: 536 mm (21.10 inches)

    • Weight: 28.78 kg (63.45 lb)

  • 2U24 (2 rack units; 24 drives)

    • Height: 85 mm (3.35 inches)

    • Width: 448 mm (17.64 inches)

    • Depth: 482.6 mm (19.0 inches)

    • Weight: 24.59 kg (54.21 lb)

  • 4U60 (4 rack units; 60 drives)

    • Height: 174.5 mm (6.87 inches)

    • Width

      • With mounting flanges: 486 mm (19.13 inches)

      • Without mounting flanges: 449 mm (17.68 inches)

    • Depth: 922 mm (36.3 inches)

    • Weight: 108.07 kg (238.25 lb)

Drives:

Supports the following drive types:

  • 3.5" NL-SAS (up to 180)

  • 2.5" SAS SSD (up to 120)

  • 2.5" SAS HDD (up to 180)

Interfaces:

Available with the following interfaces:

  • 12Gb SAS

  • 10Gb or 25Gb iSCSI

  • 16Gb or 32Gb Fibre Channel

DE4000F models

DE4000F (2U24)

  • Front view

    Front view of models with 24 drive bays

    callout 01 Operator display panel

    callout 02 Drive bays

  • Rear view

    Rear view of DE4000H (2U12), DE4000H (2U24), and DE4000F are the same. Refer to the illustration and description in above DE4000H (2U12).

Specifications

Rack sizes:

2U24 (2 rack units; 24 drives)

  • Height: 85 mm (3.35 inches)

  • Width: 448 mm (17.64 inches)

  • Depth: 482.6 mm (19.0 inches)

  • Weight: 24.59 kg (54.21 lb)

Drives:

Supports up to 96 SSD 2.5" drives

Interfaces:

Available with the following interfaces:

  • 12Gb SAS

  • 10Gb or 25Gb iSCSI

  • 16Gb or 32Gb Fibre Channel

DE6400H models

  • Front view

    Front view of DE6400H models

    callout 01 Operator display panel

    callout 02 Drive bays

  • Rear view

    Rear view of DE6400H models

    callout 01 Power supply

    callout 02 RJ45 Serial Comm Port

    callout 03 USB

    callout 04 1GbE Ethernet Management Port

    callout 05 10 GbE ports for future development (not supported for DE6400 controllers)

    callout 06 HIC2

    callout 07 HIC1 (For SAS Expansion)

Specifications

Rack sizes:

2U24 (2 rack units; 24 drives)

  • Height: 87 mm (3.43 inches)

  • Width: 447 mm (17.6 inches)

  • Depth: 543 mm (21.38 inches)

  • Weight: 27.42 kg (60. 45 lb)

Drives and HICs:

Support a single host interface card (HIC) per controller. The second HIC slot can be used for a SAS HIC for SAS EBOD expansions.

Support the following drive types:

  • 2.5" NVMe SSD (up to 24)

  • 2.5" SAS SSD (up to 96)

  • 3.5" NL-SAS (up to 264)

Interfaces:

Available with the following interfaces:

  • 10Gb or 25Gb iSCSI

  • 16Gb or 32Gb Fibre Channel

  • 32Gb NVMe / Fibre Channel

  • 100Gb iSER / IB

  • 100Gb SRP / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / RoCE

DE6400F models

Front view and rear view of DE6400F are the same as DE6400H. Refer to the above DE6400H models.

Specifications

Rack sizes:

2U24 (2 rack units; 24 drives)

  • Height: 87 mm (3.43 inches)

  • Width: 447 mm (17.6 inches)

  • Depth: 543 mm (21.38 inches)

  • Weight: 27.42 kg (60. 45 lb)

Drives and HICs:

Supports the following drive types:

  • 2.5" NVMe SSD (up to 24)

  • 2.5" SAS SSD (up to 96)

Interfaces:

Available with the following interfaces:

  • 10Gb or 25Gb iSCSI

  • 16Gb or 32Gb Fibre Channel

  • 32Gb NVMe / Fibre Channel

  • 100Gb iSER / IB

  • 100Gb SRP / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / RoCE

DE6000H models

DE6000H (2U24)

  • Front view

    Front view of models with 24 drive bays

    callout 01 Operator display panel

    callout 02 Drive bays

  • Rear view

    Rear view of DE6000 series (2U)

    callout 01 Baseboard host ports

    Depending on the configuration, the baseboard host ports are optional (with/without baseboard host ports). If there are baseboard host ports, they can be two 10Gb iSCSI optical ports or 16Gb FC ports. Note that when the HIC ports are configured for NVMe over Fabrics (FC or RoCE) the baseboard ports are disabled.

    callout 02 RJ45 console port

    callout 03 SAS expansion ports

    callout 04 HIC host ports (optional)

    Depending on the configuration, the optional HIC host ports can be two 100Gb NVMe-RoCE ports, four 12Gb SAS ports, 10/25Gb iSCSI optical ports, or 32Gb NVMe-FC and FC ports.

    callout 05 1Gb Ethernet management port

    There are two Ethernet ports. The P1 port is the 1Gb Ethernet management port. The P2 port is reserved for Lenovo technical support.

    callout 06 Micro-B USB console port

    callout 07 Power supply switch

    callout 08 Power-fan canister

DE6000H (4U60)

  • Front view

    Front view of models with 60 drives

    callout 01 Operator display panel

    callout 02 Drive bays

  • Rear view

    The following illustration shows the rear view of a dual DE6000H controller shelf (4U), each controller with a four-port HIC. Depending on the configuration, your system might look slightly different from the illustration.

    Rear view of DE6000H (4U)

    callout 01 Fan canisters

    callout 02 Baseboard host ports

    Depending on the configuration, the onboard host interface ports are optional (with/without onboard host interface ports). If there are onboard host interface ports, they can be two 10Gb iSCSI optical ports or 16Gb FC ports. Note that when the HIC ports are configured for NVMe over Fabrics (FC or RoCE) the baseboard ports are disabled.

    callout 03 RJ45 console ports

    callout 04 SAS expansion ports

    callout 05 Power canisters

    callout 06 HIC host ports (optional)

    Depending on the configuration, the optional HIC ports can be two 100Gb NVMe-RoCE ports, four 12Gb SAS ports, 10/25Gb iSCSI optical ports, or 32Gb NVMe-FC and FC ports.

    callout 07 Power supply buttons

    callout 08 1Gb Ethernet management ports

    There are four 1Gb Ethernet ports. The P1 ports are the 1Gb Ethernet management port. The P2 ports are reserved for Lenovo technical support.

    callout 09 Micro-B USB console ports

Specifications

Rack sizes:

  • 2U24 (2 rack units; 24 drives)

    • Height: 85 mm (3.35 inches)

    • Width: 448 mm (17.64 inches)

    • Depth: 482.6 mm (19.0 inches)

    • Weight: 25.07 kg (55.27 lb)

  • 4U60 (4 rack units; 60 drives)

    • Height: 174.5 mm (6.87 inches)

    • Width

      • With mounting flanges: 486 mm (19.13 inches)

      • Without mounting flanges: 449 mm (17.68 inches)

    • Depth: 922 mm (36.3 inches)

    • Weight: 108.49 kg (239.18 lb)

Drives:

Supports up to 444 of the following drive types:

  • 3.5" NL-SAS drives

  • 2.5" SAS SSD drives

  • 2.5" SAS HDD drives

Interfaces:

Available with the following interfaces:

  • 12Gb SAS

  • 10Gb or 25Gb iSCSI

  • 16Gb or 32Gb Fibre Channel

  • 32Gb NVMe / Fibre Channel

  • 100Gb iSER / IB

  • 100Gb SRP / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / RoCE

DE6000F models

DE6000F (2U24)

  • Front view

    Front view of models with 24 drive bays

    callout 01 Operator display panel

    callout 02 Drive bays

  • Rear View

    Rear view of DE6000H (2U24) and DE4000F (2U24) are the same. Refer to the illustration and description in above DE6000H (2U24).

Specifications

Rack sizes:

2U24 (2 rack units; 24 drives)

  • Height: 85 mm (3.35 inches)

  • Width: 448 mm (17.64 inches)

  • Depth: 482.6 mm (19.0 inches)

  • Weight: 23.47 kg (51.74 lb)

Drives:

Supports up to 120 SSD 2.5" drives

Interfaces:

Available with the following interfaces:

  • 12Gb SAS

  • 10Gb or 25Gb iSCSI

  • 16Gb or 32Gb Fibre Channel

  • 32Gb NVMe / Fibre Channel

  • 100Gb iSER / IB

  • 100Gb SRP / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / RoCE

DE6600H models

Front view and rear view of DE6600H and DE6600F are the same as DE6400H and DE6400F. Refer to the illustration and description in above DE6400H.

Specifications

Rack sizes:

2U24 (2 rack units; 24 drives)

  • Height: 87 mm (3.43 inches)

  • Width: 447 mm (17.6 inches)

  • Depth: 543 mm (21.38 inches)

  • Weight: 27.42 kg (60. 45 lb)

Drives and HICs

Support either 2 protocol HICs or 1 protocol HIC and a SAS HIC for expansions.

Support the following drive types

  • 2.5" NVMe SSD (up to 24)

  • 2.5" SAS SSD (up to 96)

  • 3.5" NL-SAS (up to 444)

Interfaces

Available with the following interfaces:

  • 10Gb or 25Gb iSCSI

  • 16Gb or 32Gb Fibre Channel

  • 32Gb NVMe / Fibre Channel

  • 100Gb iSER / IB

  • 100Gb SRP / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / RoCE

DE6600F models

Front view and rear view of DE6600H and DE6600F are the same as DE6400H and DE6400F. Refer to the illustration and description in above DE6400H.

Specifications

Rack sizes:

2U24 (2 rack units; 24 drives)

  • Height: 87 mm (3.43 inches)

  • Width: 447 mm (17.6 inches)

  • Depth: 543 mm (21.38 inches)

  • Weight: 27.42 kg (60. 45 lb)

Drives and HICs

Support the following drive types

  • 2.5" NVMe SSD (up to 24) drives

  • 2.5" SAS SSD (up to 96) drives

Interfaces

Available with the following interfaces

  • 10Gb or 25Gb iSCSI

  • 16Gb or 32Gb Fibre Channel

  • 32Gb NVMe / Fibre Channel

  • 100Gb iSER / IB

  • 100Gb SRP / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / IB

  • 100Gb NVMe / RoCE

  • 200Gb NVMe / RoCE

  • 200Gb iSER / IB

  • 200Gb NVMe / IB