EMC VNX Series Replacing Guide

EMC
®
VNX
™
Procedure Generator
EMC CONFIDENTIAL version: 4.5
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Reconnect Blade Enclosure Cables ..........................................................................................27
Task 8: Configure the replacement BE Resume PROM...................................................................27
Set up the Work Environment on the Blade ...............................................................................27
Configure the BE Resume PROM.....................................................................................................28
Task 9: Collect System Information .................................................................................................31
Set up the Work Environment on the Control Station .................................................................31
Collect System Information and Save SP Logs..........................................................................32
Task 10:Configure the HBA/Initiator Records....................................................................................35
Set Up the Replacement BE......................................................................................................35
Remove the old initiator records................................................................................................36
Collect the New WWNs.............................................................................................................37
Zone the FC switch(s) ...............................................................................................................39
Recreate the initiator records ....................................................................................................39
Verify the New Connections ......................................................................................................42
Configure the Blades.................................................................................................................43
Task 11:Test the Functionality of the System....................................................................................44
Task 12:Installing the Blade Enclosure Front Bezel ..........................................................................46
Task 13:Check System Status..........................................................................................................47
Task 14:FRU failures .......................................................................................................................48
Task 15:Enabling ConnectHome and Email Notifications..................................................................48
Finish ....................................................................................................................................................49
Parts Return..............................................................................................................................51

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)