EMC VNX Series Hardware Information Guide

VNX8000 product description
EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide 11
c.) One 10/100/1000 LAN network management (RJ-45) port
d.) One 10/100/1000 LAN service (RJ-45) port
Note: The management module is secured with a latch handle (labeled MGMT).
– One power supply module (see “Storage processor (SP) AC power supply
module” on page 18 for more information) has:
a.) Two recessed power plugs (one gray and one black)
Note: The cables connected to the power supplies on PDU A/Zone A (right side,
facing rear) are colored gray and the cables on PDU B/Zone B (left side, facing
rear) are colored black.
b.) Two retaining bale clips; one per power connector or plug
– Ten PCI Gen 3, 8x lane I/O module slots (A0 – A9 and B0 – B9) and one PCI Gen
3, 16x lane I/O module slot (A10 and B10) are available for use, supporting:
Note: The maximum number of I/O modules for the VNX8000 is 11 per SP. Any
combination of the following I/O modules up to nine per Block SP and eight for
File/Unified SP. For more information about slot limitations, see “I/O module
slots” on page 47.
a.) Four-port 8-Gb/s FC optical (running at 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s); labeled 8 GbE Fibre
on the latch handle
Four-port 16-Gb/s FC optical (running at 4, 8, or 16 Gb/s); labeled
16 GbE Fibre v1 on the latch handle
b.) Four-port 1-Gb/s Base-T iSCSI I/O module; labeled 1 GbE iSCSI/TOE on the
latch handle
c.) Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax5; labeled 10 GbE v3 on the latch
handle
d.) Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ45 Base-T iSCSI/IP; labeled 10 GbE Base-T on the latch
handle
e.) Two-port 10-Gb/s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); labeled 10 GbE/FCoE
on the latch handle
f.) Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS; labeled 6 Gb SAS v3 with an e inside a lock symbol on
the latch handle (in slots A5, B5, and A10, B10)
Note: The e inside the lock symbol indicates that the I/O module supports
encryption.
◆ One to four 2U DMEs:
• On the front, the VNX8000 has from one to four DMEs having two to eight Data
Movers (DMs). Each DM consists of:
–One CPU module
– Two power supply/cooling modules

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)