EMC VNX5700 - Rear view

VNX5700 Block and File product description
VNX5700 Hardware Information Guide 11
Note: The configuration in Figure 4 on page 10 is primarily used with the combination of
4U and 3U DAEs when the 4U DAE is the Vault drive in a 40U Dense rack. The configuration
in Figure 2 on page 8 is primarily used with 3U or 2U DAEs.
Rear view
Figure 5 shows an example of the rear view of the Block and File (Unified) VNX5700
platform configuration having a dual 2U SPS, an SPE with two storage processors (SP A
and B, each SP includes a management module and two I/O modules), two Data Mover
enclosures (with two Data Movers per enclosure), and two Control Stations. Each Data
Mover includes a management module and two I/O modules.
IMPORTANT
Use a dual 2U SPS when a 4U DAE with Flash drives is used in a Vault drive configuration
in a 40U Dense rack. Otherwise, the dual 1U SPS is used with the 2U or 3U DAE as the
Vault drive.
IMPORTANT
The 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module is always located in slot 0 of SP A and SP B.)
Figure 5 Example of a Block and File (Unified) VNX5700 platform using a 2U SPS (rear view)
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