EMC VNX Series Installation Guide

Unpacking the shipping boxes
You will have received your system either fully assembled and cabled in an EMC cabinet,
or in shipping boxes to be unpacked and installed into your own cabinet.
For damaged or missing components, notify your Sales associate immediately for
replacements.
Procedure
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If your system was shipped fully assembled and cabled in an EMC cabinet:
a. Follow the unpacking instructions on the outside of the box.
b. Go directly to Cable your system on page 41 of this installation guide to verify
the cabling.
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If your system was shipped in a mini rack:
a. Verify that you have received all of the system’s components, including cables and
bezels. Table 2 on page 14 lists the shipping contents.
Table 2 Example shipping contents
Components Accessories
Blade enclosures
n
Mounting screws
n
Bezels and bezel keys
n
Management cables
n
Power cables
n
Fibre cables
n
Adjustable rails (if more than one blade enclosure)
Control Stations (CS)
n
Mounting screws
n
Bezels and bezel keys
n
Extension cables
n
IPMI cable (only available with a second CS)
n
Management cables
n
Power cables
n
Adjustable rails
Disk processor enclosure
(DPE)
n
Mounting screws
n
Bezels and bezel keys
n
Power cables
n
SAS cables
Cable label kit Cable labels for SAS cables to DAEs
Ganged rails All ganged rails from the mini-rack
Documentation kit,
including:
Environmental compliance information and notices
Unpack your system
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EMC VNX Series Specifications

General

Management Interface	Unisphere
Drive Support	SAS, NL-SAS, Flash (SSD)
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6
Protocols Supported	Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS
Data Services	Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Replication
Processor	Intel Xeon
Operating System	VNX Operating Environment (block), VNX File Operating Environment (file)