Dell EMC PowerMax Series User Manual

Preface......................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Revision history...................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Chapter 1: Before You Begin............................................................................................................ 9
Overview of data center requirements...............................................................................................................................9
PowerMax packaging............................................................................................................................................................9
Tasks to review......................................................................................................................................................................9
Chapter 2: Delivery and Transportation............................................................................................11
Delivery arrangements..........................................................................................................................................................11
Pre-delivery considerations................................................................................................................................................. 11
Moving up and down inclines.............................................................................................................................................. 11
Shipping and storage environmental requirements.......................................................................................................... 11
Chapter 3: System Specifications................................................................................................... 13
Radio frequency interference............................................................................................................................................. 13
Recommended minimum distance from RF emitting device.................................................................................... 13
Power consumption and heat dissipation......................................................................................................................... 13
Adaptive cooling............................................................................................................................................................. 14
Airflow....................................................................................................................................................................................14
Air volume, air quality, and temperature............................................................................................................................15
Air volume specifications...............................................................................................................................................15
Temperature, altitude, and humidity ranges............................................................................................................... 16
Temperature and humidity range recommendations.................................................................................................16
Air quality requirements.................................................................................................................................................16
Shock and vibration..............................................................................................................................................................17
Sound power and sound pressure......................................................................................................................................17
Hardware acclimation times................................................................................................................................................17
Optical multimode cables.................................................................................................................................................... 18
Open systems host and SRDF connectivity............................................................................................................... 18
Chapter 4: Data Center Safety and Remote Support........................................................................ 20
Fire suppressant disclaimer................................................................................................................................................ 20
Remote support...................................................................................................................................................................20
Chapter 5: Physical Weight and Space............................................................................................ 21
Floor load-bearing capacity.................................................................................................................................................21
Raised floor requirements................................................................................................................................................... 21
Physical space and weight................................................................................................................................................. 22
Component dimensions, PowerMax 2000....................................................................................................................... 23
Component dimensions, PowerMax 8000.......................................................................................................................23
Chapter 6: Position PowerMax 2000 Bay.........................................................................................25
Bay layout and dimensions................................................................................................................................................. 25
Tile placement......................................................................................................................................................................26
Contents
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Dell EMC PowerMax Series Specifications

General

Model	PowerMax 2000, PowerMax 8000
Operating System	PowerMaxOS
Latency	Sub-millisecond
Storage Type	Flash
Drive Types	NVMe Flash
Data Services	Thin Provisioning, Quality of Service (QoS)
Connectivity	FC, iSCSI
Replication	Remote Replication (Synchronous, Asynchronous)
Management	Unisphere
Form Factor	Rack-mounted
Host Interface	Fibre Channel (FC), iSCSI, FCoE, InfiniBand
Data Protection	RAID, Snapshots, Replication
Architecture	Scale-out
RAID Levels	RAID 5, RAID 6
Maximum IOPS	Up to 15 million (PowerMax 8000)
Power Supply	Redundant power supplies