EMC VNX Series Hardware Information Guide

38 EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
System component description
Control Station Input/output ports and connectors
The File/Unified VNX8000 platform 1U Control Station supports the following I/O ports on
the rear of the 1U Control Station:
◆ Five Ethernet (RJ-45) ports (one not used [labeled MGMT], see location 2 in Figure 23
on page 37)
◆ One serial console (DB-9 plug) connector
◆ One modem (DB-9 plug) connector
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To avoid electric shock, do not connect safety extra-low voltage (SELV) circuits to
telephone-network voltage (TNV) circuits. LAN ports contain SELV circuits, and WAN ports
contain TNV circuits. Some LAN and WAN ports both use RJ-45 connectors. Use caution
when connecting cables.
Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) ports
The File/Unified VNX8000 platform 1U Control Station comes with two integrated
dual-port Ethernet ports (labeled CS and A, respectively) and two Peripheral Component
Interconnect Express (PCI-E)
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low profile card dual-port Ethernet ports (labeled B and
MGMT, respectively) in an expansion slot on the rear of the 1U Control Station.
Note: A fifth RJ-45 connector (labeled MGMT) is located to the left of the RJ-45 connected
labeled CS. This connector is not used at this time.
These ports (Figure 24 on page 39) provide an interface for connecting to 10-, 100-, or
1000-Mb/s networks and provide full-duplex (FDX) capability, which enables
simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet local-area network
(LAN).
To access the Ethernet ports, connect a Category 3, 4, 5, 5E, or 6 unshielded twisted-pair
(UTP) cable to the RJ-45 connectors on the back of the 1U Control Station, as described in
Table 13.
4. PCI Express is used in consumer, server, and industrial applications, as a motherboard-level
interconnect (to link motherboard-mounted peripherals) and as an expansion card interface for
add-in boards.
Table 13 Ethernet cabling guidelines
Type Description
10BASE-T EIA Categories 3, 4, or 5 UTP (2 or 4 pairs) up to 328 ft (100 m)
100BASE-TX EIA Category 5 UTP (2 pairs) up to 328 ft (100 m)
1000BASE-T EIA Category 6 (recommended), Category 5E or 5 UTP (2 pairs) up to 328 ft
(100 m)

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)