Safety warnings
EMC VNX5400 Hardware Information Guide 5
Safety warnings
Safety warnings appear throughout this publication in procedures that, if performed
incorrectly, might harm you or damage the equipment. A caution or warning symbol
precedes each safety statement. The safety warnings provide safety guidelines that you
should follow when working with any equipment that connects to electrical power or
telephone wiring.
The portable (mechanical) lift tool described in “Appendix B: Field lift tool and accessory
kit” on page 135 is recommended as a safety precaution when lifting EMC components
into an EMC or customer-provided rack. As described in the appendix, many of the EMC
components are too heavy to be lifted by one person or in some cases by two persons. As
a result, this portable (mechanical) lift tool is a necessary safety requirement, especially
when lifting EMC components like the 3U, 120 and the 4U, 60 DAEs.
Overview
The EMC VNX series implements a modular architecture that integrates 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 VNX5400
platform is an entry-level storage platform. For a quick look at the VNX5400 platform
hardware features, see Table 2, “Block and File VNX5400 platform hardware feature quick
reference,” on page 9.
In a Block services configuration, the VNX5400 platform supports a 3U DPE and four types
of DAEs. The 3U DPE supported is a 25 drive 2.5-inch disk 3U enclosure (or DPE9). 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),
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