EMC VNX Series Hardware Information Manual page 28

System component description
Two SPSs for an SPE
Two SPSs for a Vault DAE
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charge relatively quickly. If power remains off for a long period—days or weeks—the DC
battery might require more time to charge fully.
write cache unless it detects at least one fully charged SPS.
IMPORTANT
A faulted or not fully charged SPS disables the write caching.
The additional SPS in the dual SPS is added for redundancy. When only one SPS is used,
the AC line out connectors for the SPS provide AC voltage to both SP A and SP B.
It is important to cable each SPS so that it connects completely to either the A side or the
B side. For example, if you are looking at the SPSs from the rear, they should be
configured as:
SPS A (rear, right side)—Power-out and sense (management) cables connected to the
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SP A power supply.
SPS B (rear, left side)—Power-out and sense (management) cables connected to the
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SP B power supply.
The additional SPS in the dual SPS is added for redundancy. When only one SPS is used,
the AC line out connectors for the SPS provide AC voltage to both LCC A and LCC B.
It is important to cable each SPS so that it connects completely to either the A side or the
B side. For example, if you are looking at the SPSs from the rear, they should be
configured as:
SPS A (rear, right side)—Power-out and sense (management) cables connected to the
◆
LCC A power supply.
SPS B (rear, left side)—Power-out and sense (management) cables connected to the
◆
LCC B power supply.
Note: If an SPS is cabled with the SPS sense (management) cable going to the power
supply on LCC A and the power-out cable going to the power supply on LCC B (or vice
versa), an error condition will occur when the SPS is tested or when it is charging.
2. After a full power outage, an SPS typically requires 45 minutes or a maximum of 75 minutes to
charge. To charge the SPS after being off-line usually requires at least 6 hours.
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The storage processor will not use the