EMC VNX Series Replacing Guide

EMC
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VNX
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Procedure Generator
EMC CONFIDENTIAL version: 4.5
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Contents
Handling Field Replaceable Units (FRUs)......................................................................... 4
FRUs and Power Issues ..........................................................................................................................4
Avoiding Electrostatic Discharge (ESD) damage......................................................................................4
Emergency procedures (without an ESD kit).......................................................................................5
Removing, installing, or storing FRUs .................................................................................................5
Replacing a Blade Enclosure (DME) ................................................................................. 6
Task Summary ........................................................................................................................................6
Task 1: Diagnose and identify Faulted FRU.......................................................................................6
Receive an email notification.......................................................................................................7
Log in to EMC Unisphere ............................................................................................................7
Check the Fault LED...................................................................................................................7
Check the Blade enclosure fault LEDs.........................................................................................8
Task 2: Disabling ConnectHome and Email Notifications ...................................................................9
Task 3: Saving Resume PROM Configuration Information.................................................................9
Task 4: Halting the Secondary Control Station.................................................................................11
Task 5: Prepare for Replacement ....................................................................................................12
Single-Blade system.........................................................................................................................13
Multi-Blade system ...........................................................................................................................13
Task 6: Remove Faulted DME.........................................................................................................16
Task 7: Install the Replacement DME..............................................................................................18
Transfer Components to the Replacement DME........................................................................19
Removing a Power/Cooling module...........................................................................................19
Remove the CPU Filler Assembly..............................................................................................20
Removing a CPU module..........................................................................................................21
Installing a CPU module............................................................................................................21
Reinstall the CPU Filler Assembly .............................................................................................22
Installing a Power/Cooling Module.............................................................................................22
Transfer Management Modules and I/O Modules..............................................................................23
Removing a Management Module.............................................................................................23
Installing a Management module...............................................................................................24
Removing an I/O module...........................................................................................................24
Installing an I/O module.............................................................................................................25
Transfer the Serial Number Tag ................................................................................................26

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)