EMC VNX Series Installation Guide

Verifying system status................................................................................. 57
Verify DPE status..............................................................................57
Verifying Control Station status........................................................ 58
Verifying blade enclosure status...................................................... 59
Add additional storage 61
Disk-array enclosure types............................................................................ 62
2U, 25 2.5" drive DAE.......................................................................62
3U, 15 3.5" drive DAE.......................................................................62
Assembling DAEs.......................................................................................... 63
Unpacking DAEs...............................................................................63
Label the SAS cables........................................................................66
Installing DAE rails........................................................................... 66
Installing DAEs.................................................................................68
Connecting additional DAEs to your VNX system...............................70
Power up additional DAEs............................................................................. 74
Connect 2U, 25-drive DAE power cables........................................... 74
Connect 3U, 15-drive DAE power cables........................................... 74
Verify DAE status...........................................................................................75
Verify 2U, 25 2.5” drive DAE status...................................................75
Verify 3U, 15 3.5" drive DAE status...................................................76
Setup 79
Connect a management station..................................................................... 80
Initialize your storage system........................................................................ 80
Download, install, and run the VNX Installation Wizard.................... 80
Update the storage system software and register your system....................... 82
Downloading USM documentation................................................... 82
Downloading and installing the Unisphere Service Manager.............82
Downloading the latest version of the VNX operating environment
software (optional)...........................................................................82
Running the storage system registration wizard................................83
Check system health........................................................................ 83
Check system events.....................................................................................83
Configure servers for VNX systems.................................................................84
Provision storage.......................................................................................... 84
Attach bezels................................................................................................ 84
Planning Worksheets 87
VNX File configuration worksheet.................................................................. 88
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Appendix A
CONTENTS
4 EMC VNX Series VNX5600 Unified Installation Guide

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)