Lenovo Storage V7000 supported environment

SAS port usage
Planning during the product placement phase includes considering the specific use of each SAS port.

Supported host attachments
The Lenovo Web site provides up-to-date information about the supported host attachment operating systems.

Supported storage systems
The Lenovo Web site provides up-to-date information about the supported physical disk storage systems.

Supported Fibre Channel host bus adapters
The Lenovo website provides up-to-date information about the supported host bus adapters.

Supported switches
The Lenovo website provides up-to-date information about the supported Fibre Channel switches.

Supported Fibre Channel extenders
Fibre Channel extenders extend a Fibre Channel link by transmitting Fibre Channel packets across long links without changing the contents of those packets.

Maximum configurations
Ensure that you are familiar with the maximum configurations of the Lenovo Storage V7000.

Security requirements
Lenovo Storage V7000 contains many components that use SSL/TLS, both as clients and servers. The requirement to use only strong SSL/TLS ciphers applies to both.

Supported SFPs
Ensure that you are familiar with the supported small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers for Lenovo Storage V7000.