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EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide 5
Overview
The EMC VNX series implements a modular architecture that integrates hardware
components for Block, File, and Object with concurrent support for native NAS, iSCSI,
Fiber Channel, and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) protocols. The VNX series is based
on Intel Xeon-based PCI Express 3.0 processors and delivers File (NAS) functionality via
two to eight Data Movers and Block (iSCSI, FCoE, and FC) storage via dual storage
processors using a full 6-Gb/s SAS disk drive topology. The VNX Series is targeted at the
entry-level to high-end/large-capacity storage environments that require advanced
features, flexibility and configurability. The VNX Series provides significant advancements
in efficiency, simplicity, and performance.
Benefits include:
◆ Support for File (CIFS and NFS), Block (FC, iSCSI & FCoE) and Object
◆ Simple conversions when starting with a VNX Series Block only platform by simply
adding File services or starting with File only and adding Block services
◆ Support for both block and file auto-tiering with Fully Automated Storage Tiering
(FAST) for Virtual Pools (VP - FAST VP)
◆ Unified replication with RecoverPoint support for both file and block data
◆ Updated unified management with Unisphere now delivering a more cohesive unified
user experience
Offering Block and File services, Block services only, or File services only, the VNX8000
platform is positioned as a high-end storage platform. For a quick look at the VNX8000
platform hardware features, see Table 2, “Block and File VNX8000 platform hardware
feature quick reference,” on page 9.
In a Block services configuration, the VNX8000 platform supports a 4U SPE (SPE9), two 2U
dual SPSs, and four types of DAEs. The DAEs supported are a 25 drive 2.5-inch disk 2U
enclosure (or DAE5S), a 15 drive 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk 3U enclosure (or DAE6S), a 120
drive 2.5-inch disk 3U enclosure (or DAE8S), and a 60 drive 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk 4U
enclosure (or DAE7S). Expansion up to sixty 2U, 25 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5-inch
disk drives), of up to one-hundred 3U, 15 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk
drives), up to twelve 3U, 120 DAE (a maximum of 1,440, 2.5-inch disk drives), or up to
twenty-five 4U, 60 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives) is supported.
Note: When the 3U, 120 and 4U, 60 DAEs are implemented in the VNX8000 platform, the
40U Dense rack is required because of the depth of the 3U, 120 and the 4U, 60 DAEs.
In a File services or a Block and File services configuration, the VNX8000 platform
supports a 4U SPE, from one to two 1U Control Stations (CS0 and CS1), two to four 2U
Data Mover enclosures having two to eight Data Movers
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, two 2U dual SPSs, and four
types of DAEs. The DAEs supported are a 25 drive 2.5-inch disk 2U enclosure (or DAE5S),
a 15 drive 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk 3U enclosure (or DAE6S), a 120 drive 2.5-inch disk 3U
enclosure (or DAE8S), and a 60 drive 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk 4U enclosure (or DAE7S).
1. The term Data Mover is used throughout this guide. The term Data Mover is also referred to as a
blade. These terms are interchangeable and mean the same.
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