EMC VNX5700 - VNX5700 Block and File Product Description; Front View

8 VNX5700 Hardware Information Guide
VNX5700 Block and File product description
VNX5700 Block and File product description
This section shows an example of the front and rear views of a Block and File (Unified)
VNX5700 platform.
Note: A fully configured Block and File (Unified) VNX5700 platform includes up to
thirty-three 3U DAEs (a maximum of 495 3.5-inch disk drives), or up to twenty 2U DAEs (a
maximum of 500 2.5-inch disk drives), up to one 3U DAE and eight 4U DAEs
1
(a maximum
of 495 2.5-inch or 3.5 inch disk drives).
Front view
Figure 2 shows an example of a Block and File VNX5700 platform having a dual 1U SPS, an
SPE, two Data Mover enclosures (with two Data Movers per enclosure), and two Control
Stations (one optional).
IMPORTANT
Use a dual 2U SPS when a 4U DAE with Flash drives is used in a Vault drive configuration.
Otherwise, the dual 1U SPS is used with the 2U or 3U DAE as the Vault drive.
Figure 2 Example of a Block and File VNX5700 platform (front view)
1. This configuration is true for a Block and File (Unified) VNX5700 platform. In the Block version, up
to eight 4U DAEs and one 3U DAE (a maximum of 495 disk drives) is possible.
SPS
VNX-000578
DVD
DVD
Control Station 0
Control Station 1
(optional)
AC
AC
AC
AC
Data Mover
enclosure 0
AC
AC
AC
AC
Data Mover
enclosure 1
Storage
processor
enclosure
AC
AC
AC
AC