Vnx5700 Block And File Product Description - EMC VNX5700 Hardware Information Manual

VNX5700 Block and File product description

VNX5700 Block and File product description
Front view
8 VNX5700 Hardware Information Guide
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
of 495 2.5-inch or 3.5 inch disk drives).
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.
DVD
DVD
AC
AC
AC
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.
AC
AC
AC
AC
AC AC
1
(a maximum
Control Station 1
(optional)
Control Station 0
AC
Data Mover
enclosure 1
AC
Data Mover
enclosure 0
AC
Storage
processor
enclosure
SPS
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