EMC2 VNX Series Hardware Information Guide

6 EMC VNX5400 Hardware Information Guide
VNX5400 product description
and a 60 drive 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk 4U enclosure (or DAE7S). Expansion of up to up to
nine 2U, 25 DAEs (a maximum of 225, 2.5-inch disk drives), up to fifteen 3U, 15 DAEs (a
maximum of 225, 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives), up to one 3U, 120 DAE (a maximum of 120,
2.5-inch disk drives), or up three 4U, 60 DAEs (a maximum of 180, 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk
drives) is supported.
Note: When the 3U, 120 or 4U, 60 DAEs are implemented in the VNX5400 platform, the
40U Dense rack is required because of the depth of the 3U and 4U DAEs.
IMPORTANT
When calculating the number of disk drives for your Block, File, and Unified services
VNX5400 platform, the DPE is included in the total drive slot quantity of 250 drives. If the
total drive slot quantity exceeds 250, you will not be able to add another DAE. Refer to the
“Disk-array enclosures” section on page 69 for more information about the available
expansion DAEs for the VNX5400 platform.
In a File services or a Unified services configuration (Figure 1 on page 7), the VNX5400
platform supports a 3U DPE, from one to two 1U Control Stations (CS0 and CS1), one to
two 2U Data Mover enclosures having one to four Data Movers
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, 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), and a
60 drive 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk 4U enclosure (or DAE7S). Expansion of up to up to nine 2U,
25 DAEs (a maximum of 225, 2.5-inch disk drives), up to fifteen 3U, 15 DAEs (a maximum
of 225, 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives), up to one 3U, 120 DAE (a maximum of 120, 2.5-inch
disk drives), or up three 4U, 60 DAEs (a maximum of 180, 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives) is
supported.
Note: The Block or the File and Unified services configuration of the VNX5400 platform can
have a mix of DAE types to conform to your specific requirements. In other words, you can
have a mix of 2U DAEs, 3U DAEs, and 4U DAEs in the same environment so as long as the
VNX5400 platform does not have no more than the supported amount of 250 disk drives.
VNX5400 product description
This section shows examples of the front and rear views of a VNX5400 platform.
Note: A fully configured VNX5400 platform with a 3U DPE of 25 (2.5-inch disk drives) can
include up to nine 2U, 25 DAEs (a maximum of 225, 2.5-inch disk drives), up to fifteen 3U,
15 DAEs (a maximum of 225, 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives), up to one 3U, 120 DAE (a
maximum of 120 2.5-inch disk drives), or up to three 4U, 60 DAEs (a maximum of 180,
2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives). As a result, by using the DAEs described above in this
paragraph, the maximum disk drive capacity would become 250, 250, 145, or 205,
respectively.
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.

EMC2 VNX Series Specifications

General

Brand	EMC2
Model	VNX Series
Category	Storage
Language	English