EMC VNX5500 - Page 9

VNX5500 Block and File product description
VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide 9
Configured for AC-input power, the Block and File (Unified) VNX5500 platform includes
the following hardware features:
◆ One 3U DPE:
IMPORTANT
On the rear of the 3U DPE, each storage processor includes a CPU module and a power
supply module. Two latch handles on the bottom left and right provide each SP (SP A and
SP B) with the means to secure the SP. The CPU and power supply modules can only be
installed or removed after you remove the entire storage processor from the 3U DPE.
• On the front of the 3U DPE, three types of disk drives are supported in two disk
drive carrier types; 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) disk drive carrier (Figure 4 on page 14) and
3U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive carrier (Figure 5 on page 15). Disk drives supported are
Serial attached-SCSI (SAS), near-line SAS (NL-SAS), and Flash.
• On the rear of the 3U DPE, each (hot-swappable) storage processor (Figure 3 on
page 7) consists of:
– A CPU module with an Intel Xeon 4-core 2.13-GHz processor with three Double
Data Rate Three (DDR3) synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) slots supporting
4-GB of SDRAM
– Four integrated 8-Gb/s FC ports (labeled 2, 3, 4, and 5) supporting 2, 4, and
8 Gb/s having front end auto-negotiation with support for manual override
– Two integrated 6-Gb/s x4 SAS ports (labeled 6Gb SAS 0 x4 and 1 x4);
supported speeds are 1.5, 3, and 6 Gb/s
– Two PCI Gen 2 x4 I/O module slots supporting a combination of the following
UltraFlex
™
I/O modules:
a.) Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax
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(w/iSCSI protocol); labeled
10 GbE iSCSI on the latch handle
b.) Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T iSCSI/IP; labeled 10 GbE Base-T on the latch
handle
Note: The two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T/IP I/O module requires VNX OE for File
version 7.1 or later.
c.) Four-port 1-Gb/s RJ-45 copper iSCSI; labeled 1 GbE iSCSI/TOE on the latch
handle
d.) Four-port 8-Gb/s optical Fibre Channel (running at 2, 4, or 8-Gb/s); labeled
8 GbE Fibre on the latch handle
e.) Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax
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Fibre Channel over Ethernet
(FCoE); labeled 10 GbE/FCoE on the latch handle
Note: The two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax FCoE I/O module requires
VNX OE for File version 7.0.35.3 or later.
f.) Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS; labeled 6 Gb SAS on the latch handle
1. The two-port 10-Gb/s and FCoE I/O modules can also use active twinaxial (Twinax) cables. Twinax
is a type of cable similar to coax, but with two inner conductors instead of one. These cables will
be supplied in lieu of SFP+ when so ordered.