EMC VNX Series

Site requirements
Table 1 Resource Requirements
Resource Requirement
Power AC Power:
For high availability, at least two 200-240 V AC circuits are required.
For full power specifications, go to https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX and select View
technical specifications under the About VNX section.
Network Two 1-Gigabit Ethernet management connections and two customer-supplied CAT5e
or better cables.
Space Cabinet vertical space:
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3U (unit) [5.25 inches, 13.3 cm] for the disk processor enclosure (DPE)
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1U for each Control Station
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2U for each blade enclosure
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For each optional DAE
Tools Slotted or Phillips screwdriver
Management Station A Windows-based computer to run the initialization, maintenance, and management
tools with:
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Minimum screen resolution of 1280 x 800 and 256 colors
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At least 500 MB free space
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Connection on same LAN subnet as your system if you will use it to initialize the
system
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DNS/NTP server network connection to your system and the management host
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Windows Domain Controller recommended
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SMTP server network connection to the system and the management host
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JRE (Supported versions are listed in the release notes.)
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Browser (Supported versions are listed in the release notes.)
Network information
The management port and login information in the Planning Worksheets of this
install guide. This information includes:
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A static IP address for each storage processor in the system (for example,
123.45.6.7)
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The IPv6 global prefix and gateway for each SP if your network supports the IPv6
Internet Protocol and you want to manually configure IPv6 for the management
ports
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The subnet mask of the LAN to which the system is connected
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The default gateway address of the LAN to which the system is connected
Prepare your system
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