EMC VNX Series, VNX8000 Hardware Information Manual

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EMC® VNX® Family VNX8000

™

Hardware Information Guide

PN 300-014-328 Rev 04

February 25, 2015

This guide is a hardware overview guide for the EMC® VNX8000™ platform and provides an overview of the architecture, features, and components of the VNX8000 platform. The specific aspects of the VNX8000 platform and its major components include the front and rear connectors and LED indicators on the 4U, storage processor enclosure (SPE), the 1U Control Station (CS), the 2U Data Mover enclosure (DME), the 2U dual SPS, and the 2U, 25 (2.5-inch), the 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch), the 3U, 120 (2.5-inch), and the 4U, 60 (2.5- or

3.5-inch) disk-array enclosures (DAEs).

This guide is available online at https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/. Go to the About VNX section, and then select Learn about VNX hardware. Next, follow the steps in the wizard.

Topics include:

◆ Product software and hardware release revisions...................................................... 2

◆ Revision history ........................................................................................................ 2

◆ Where to get help...................................................................................................... 3

◆ How this document is organized ............................................................................... 3

◆ Related documentation............................................................................................. 4

◆ Overview................................................................................................................... 5

◆ VNX8000 product description ................................................................................... 6

◆ Hardware features..................................................................................................... 9

◆ System component description............................................................................... 13

◆ Disk-array enclosures.............................................................................................. 73

◆ Appendix A: Cabling.............................................................................................. 129

◆ Appendix B: Field lift tool and accessory kit........................................................... 168

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About this guide

Revision history

This guide is designed for personnel who install, configure, and maintain the VNX8000 platform. To use this hardware publication, you should be familiar with digital storage equipment and cabling.

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Only trained and qualified personnel should be allowed to install, replace, or service this equipment.

The following table presents the revision history of this document:

Revision Date Description

04 February 25, 2015 The following sections were updated:

• SP Power supply (page 33)

• Four-port 16 Gb/s optical FC I/O module (page 51)

• 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE “3U, 120

(2.5-inch) DAE (DAE8S)” on page 94

• Appendix B, Alum-A-Lift “Appendix B:

Field lift tool and accessory kit” on page 168

•

Miscellaneous edits

03 January 27, 2014 Miscellaneous edits

02 October 30, 2013 The following sections were updated:

• Table 5 on page 22

• “VNX8000 DAE cabling” on page 130

01 July 23, 2013 First release of the

Information Guide

Product software and hardware release revisions

As part of an effort to improve its product lines, EMC periodically releases revisions of its software and hardware. Therefore, some functions described in this document might not be supported by all versions of the software or hardware currently in use. The product release notes provide the most up-to-date information on product features.

Contact your EMC representative if a product does not function properly or does not function as described in this document.

Note: This document was accurate at publication time. New versions of this document might be released on the EMC online support website. Check the EMC online support website to ensure that you are using the latest version of this document.

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Where to get help

EMC support, product, and licensing information can be obtained as follows:

Product information — For documentation, release notes, software updates, or information about EMC products, licensing, and service, go to the EMC Online Support website (registration required) at:

https://Support.EMC.com

Technical support — For technical support, go to EMC online support website (registration required) and select Support. On the Support page, you will see several options, including one to create a service request. Note that to open a service request, you must have a valid support agreement. Contact your EMC sales representative for details about obtaining a valid support agreement or with questions about your account.

How this document is organized

The major sections of this guide are listed in Table 1.

Where to get help

Table 1 Organization

Title Description

“Overview” on page 5 Describes the software and hardware features of a typical

VNX8000 along with a front view example of the VNX8000.

“VNX8000 product description” on page 6

“System component description” on page 13

“SPS front view” on page 14 Describes and illustrates the 2U SPS used in the VNX8000.

“SPE front view” on page 17 Describes and illustrates the front view of the SPE used in the

“Data Mover enclosure front view” on page 24

“Control Station front view” on page 21

“SPS rear view” on page 26 Describes and illustrates the rear view of the SPS used in the

“SPE rear view” on page 32 Describes and illustrates the rear of an SPE and the

Describes and shows the front and rear views of a typical File and Unified VNX8000.

Provides a description of the components that comprise a File and Unified VNX8000. Along with a description, illustrations of each component are also shown.

VNX8000.

Describes and illustrates the front view of a DME and the components that comprise it.

Describes and illustrates the front view of the Control Station used in the VNX8000.

VNX8000.

components that comprise the rear of the SPE.

“Control Station rear view” on page 37

“Data Mover enclosure rear view” on page 42

“I/O modules” on page 45 Describes and illustrates the types of I/O modules supported in

Describes and illustrates the rear view of the Control Station used in the VNX8000.

Describes and illustrates the rear of a DME and the components that comprise it.

the File and Unified VNX8000.

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Safety warnings

◆ For server-related tasks, go to the VNX Server tasks section, then select the

appropriate heading. For example, to download a PDF copy of Adding or replacing server hardware, go to VNX Server tasks, and select Add or replace server hardware. Next, follow the steps in the wizard.

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 168 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.

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Overview

Safety warnings

The EMC VNX series implements a modular architecture that integrates hardware 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 VNX8000 platform is positioned as a high-end storage platform. For a quick look at the VNX8000 platform hardware features, see Table 2, “Block and File VNX8000 platform hardware

feature quick reference,” on page 9.

In a Block services configuration, the VNX8000 platform supports a 4U SPE (SPE9), two 2U dual SPSs, and four types of DAEs. 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 up to sixty 2U, 25 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5-inch disk drives), of up to one-hundred 3U, 15 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives), up to twelve 3U, 120 DAE (a maximum of 1,440, 2.5-inch disk drives), or up to twenty-five 4U, 60 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives) is supported.

Note: When the 3U, 120 and 4U, 60 DAEs are implemented in the VNX8000 platform, the 40U Dense rack is required because of the depth of the 3U, 120 and the 4U, 60 DAEs.

In a File services or a Block and File services configuration, the VNX8000 platform supports a 4U SPE, from one to two 1U Control Stations (CS0 and CS1), two to four 2U Data Mover enclosures having two to eight Data Movers

, two 2U dual SPSs, and four types of DAEs. 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).

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.

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VNX8000 product description

Expansion up to sixty 2U, 25 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5-inch disk drives), of up to one-hundred 3U, 15 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives), up to twelve 3U, 120 DAE (a maximum of 1,440, 2.5-inch disk drives), or up to twenty-five 4U, 60 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives) is supported.

Note: The Block or the File and Unified services configuration of the VNX8000 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 VNX8000 platform does not have no more than the supported amount of 1,500 disk drives.

VNX8000 product description

This section shows examples of the front and rear views of a File/Unified VNX8000 platform. These are only examples with two DMEs and a Vault DAE. A typical File/Unified VNX8000 could be comprised of up to four DMEs and up to several DAEs.

Note: The File/Unified VNX8000 platform described in this guide includes information about the 2U and 3U DAEs in a typical rack/cabinet environment. A File/Unified VNX8000 platform having all 4U DAEs or a mix of 2U, 3U, or 4U DAEs is typically built by manufacturing in a Dense rack environment.

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Front view

VNX8000 product description

Figure 1 shows an example of the front view of a File/Unified VNX8000 platform having a

4U SPE, two 1U Control Stations (one optional), two dual SPSs (one for the SPE and one for the Vault DAE), two 2U Data Mover enclosures with four Data Movers, and a Vault DAE.

SAS SAS SASSASSAS

Disk-array

SAS SASSASSASSAS

Caution: Array Software on drives 0-3. Removing or relocating them

Will Make the Array Unusable

SAS SASSASSASSAS

enclosure 0

DAE standby power supply

Control Station 1

(optional)

Control Station 0

Data Mover

Blade Enclosure 1

Remove Prior to powering up equipment

046-003-752_A01

enclosure 1

Data Mover

enclosure 0

Storage processor enclosure

SPE standby power supply

Figure 1 Example of a File/Unified VNX8000 platform (front view)

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AC DC

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VNX8000 product description

Rear view

Figure 2 on page 8 shows an example of the rear view of a File/Unified VNX8000 platform

having a 4U SPE showing the two storage processors (SP A and B), two 1U Control Stations (one optional), two dual 2U SPSs (one for the SPE and one for the Vault DAE), two 2U Data Mover enclosures with four Data Movers, and one 2U DAE (the Vault DAE).

6 Gb

SAS

Disk-array

enclosure 0

DAE standby power supply

Control Station 1

(optional)

Control Station 0

MGMT

IOIO

MGMT

IOIO

6 Gb

SAS

B MGMT

MGMT

Data Mover enclosure 1

Data Mover enclosure 0

Storage

processor

enclosure

SPE standby

power supply

123

Data Mover 5

123

Data Mover 4

Data Mover 2Data Mover 3

0123

123

0123

VNX-000560

Figure 2 Example of a File/Unified VNX8000 platform (rear view)

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Hardware features

VNX8000 product description

Contained in a 14U architecture, the File/Unified VNX8000 platform weighs approximately

284.2 lb (626.5 kg) fully loaded without I/O modules and DAEs. With the 4U SPE having the deepest dimension within the cabinet, the File/Unified VNX8000 without DAEs measures (14U) 27 inches high x 17.6 inches wide x 31 inches deep (68.58 cm x 44.7 cm x 78.74 cm). Between the front and rear of the enclosure, a midplane distributes power and signals to all the enclosure components. On the front of the VNX8000 SPE, the power supplies, cooling fan modules, and disk drives plug directly into the midplane connections. On the rear of the VNX8000 SPE, power supply connector modules, management modules, and I/O modules plug directly into the midplane connections.

Note: The previously mentioned dimensions are approximate and do not include any I/O modules, DAEs, or the cabinet enclosure.

For more information about the weight and dimensions of a VNX8000 platform, go to

https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to the About VNX section, and then select View

technical specifications. Next, follow the steps in the wizard.

Table 2 Block and File VNX8000 platform hardware feature quick reference

Block File

Config.

Minimum

form

factor

4U w/out optional CS, DME, SPSs, and DAEs

1. For the type and number of Ultraflex I/O modules supported in the SP, refer to the I/O module section on page 47.

2. For the type and number of Ultraflex I/O modules supported in the DM, refer to the I/O module section on page 63.

3. pNFS = parallel-NFS

Maximum

# of

drives

1,500 6-Gb/s

Drive types

2.5 or

3.5 in. SAS and

2.5 or

3.5 in. Flash

I/O

slots

per SP

Built-in

I/O ports

per SP SPs

None 2 128 GB FC, iSCSI,

System

memory

per SP Protocols

and FCoE

Config.

I/O slots

per DM DMs

5 2 to 8

Configured for AC-input power, the Block VNX8000 includes the following hardware features:

◆ Two 2U dual SPSs (one for the SPE and one for the Vault DAE):

• On the front, the 2U dual SPS has two SPSs (SPS A on the left and SPS B on the right).

System

memory

per DM Protocols

24 GB NFS,

CIFS, and pNFS

Each SPS consists of:

– A removable battery installed in an SPS tray within the 2U dual SPS enclosure;

each battery has one power on LED (green)

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VNX8000 product description

• On the rear, each SPS consists of:

– One power on/off rocker switch

– One AC power in connector (recessed plug)

– Four DC power out connectors (sockets)

– Four status LEDs (on-line power, on-battery, no battery, and internal fault)

– One RJ-12 management connector

◆ One 4U SPE:

• On the front, each 4U SPE (Figure 2 on page 8) has two SPs (SP A on the bottom half and B on the top half).

Each SP consists of:

– Five cooling fans; each fan has one LED; this LED is lit below each fan when

powering up and goes out when each fan is at the proper operating speed

Note: Each cooling fan is secured with push-tabs on the top and bottom of the fan.

– Two CPU modules with an Intel Xeon 8-core 2.7-GHz processor facilitating

Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT).

– Sixteen Double Data Rate Three (DDR3) synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM)

slots supporting up to 128 GB of SDRAM per CPU module or SP using 8 GB DIMMs

– Four internal 2.5-inch SAS/SATA hard drive slots (not used at this time)

– Four LEDs; SP power (blue), SP chassis fault (amber), SP fault (blue/amber),

and SP unsafe-to-remove (white)

Note: The SP is viewed as an enclosure within an enclosure (or SPE). Thus, an SP chassis or enclosure fault LED (amber) is provided.

– Two power supplies with three LEDs [AC, DC, and DC fault (labeled with an !)];

each power supply has a built-in power cord within the power supply assembly that runs along the power supply up the front where it is connected to two recessed plugs (one gray, one black); see the rear of the SP power supply for information about PDU power and SPS power connections (“Rear view” on

page 8)

• On the rear of the VNX8000, the 4U SPE (Figure 2 on page 8) has two SPs (SP A on the bottom half and SP B on the top half).

Each SP consists of:

– One management module (see “Storage processor management module” on

page page 34 for more information) featuring:

a.) One RS-232/EIA 232 serial (up to 115 K baud) service laptop (micro DB-9) port

b.) One RS-232/EIA 232 serial SPS management (micro DB-9) port

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c.) One 10/100/1000 LAN network management (RJ-45) port

d.) One 10/100/1000 LAN service (RJ-45) port

Note: The management module is secured with a latch handle (labeled MGMT).

– One power supply module (see “Storage processor (SP) AC power supply

module” on page 18 for more information) has:

a.) Two recessed power plugs (one gray and one black)

Note: The cables connected to the power supplies on PDU A/Zone A (right side, facing rear) are colored gray and the cables on PDU B/Zone B (left side, facing rear) are colored black.

b.) Two retaining bale clips; one per power connector or plug

– Ten PCI Gen 3, 8x lane I/O module slots (A0 – A9 and B0 – B9) and one PCI Gen

3, 16x lane I/O module slot (A10 and B10) are available for use, supporting:

Note: The maximum number of I/O modules for the VNX8000 is 11 per SP. Any combination of the following I/O modules up to nine per Block SP and eight for File/Unified SP. For more information about slot limitations, see “I/O module

slots” on page 47.

a.) Four-port 8-Gb/s FC optical (running at 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s); labeled 8 GbE Fibre on the latch handle

Four-port 16-Gb/s FC optical (running at 4, 8, or 16 Gb/s); labeled 16 GbE Fibre v1 on the latch handle

b.) Four-port 1-Gb/s Base-T iSCSI I/O module; labeled 1 GbE iSCSI/TOE on the latch handle

c.) Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax5; labeled 10 GbE v3 on the latch handle

d.) Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ45 Base-T iSCSI/IP; labeled 10 GbE Base-T on the latch handle

e.) Two-port 10-Gb/s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); labeled 10 GbE/FCoE on the latch handle

f.) Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS; labeled 6 Gb SAS v3 with an e inside a lock symbol on the latch handle (in slots A5, B5, and A10, B10)

Note: The e inside the lock symbol indicates that the I/O module supports encryption.

◆ One to four 2U DMEs:

• On the front, the VNX8000 has from one to four DMEs having two to eight Data Movers (DMs). Each DM consists of:

–One CPU module

– Two power supply/cooling modules

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VNX8000 product description

• On the rear, the VNX8000 has from one to four DMEs having two to eight Data Movers (DMs). Each DM consists of:

– One management module (see “Data Mover management module” on page 42

for more information) featuring:

a.) One RS-232/EIA 232 serial (up to 115 K baud) service laptop (micro DB-9) port

b.) Three 10/100/1000 LAN network management (RJ-45) ports

Note: The management module is secured with a latch handle (labeled MGMT).

– One CPU module consisting of one Intel Xeon 6-core 2.8-GHz processor. The

CPU modules in the DME contain the power, fault, and unsafe-to-remove LEDs (see “CPU” on page 25 for more information).

– Six DDR3 synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) slots supporting up to 24 GB per

CPU module using 2 or 4 GB DIMMs

– Five PCI Gen 2, 8x lane I/O module slots (0 – 4) available for use, supporting:

Note: The maximum number of I/O modules for the VNX8000 is five per DM. One FC I/O module and up to three other I/O modules. Any combination of these I/O modules must be the same for both Data Movers.

a.) One Fibre Channel (FC) I/O module with a:

– Four-port 8-Gb/s optical (running at 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s); in slots A0 and B0

only; labeled 8 GbE Fibre on the latch handle

b.) One or two of the following network I/O modules in any combination:

– Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax; labeled 10 GbE v3 on the

latch handle

– Four-port 1-Gb/s copper; labeled 1 GbE on the latch handle

– Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ45 Base-T iSCSI/IP; labeled 10 GbE Base-T on the

latch handle

◆ One to two 1U Control Stations

◆ Expansion of up to sixty 2U, 25 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5-inch disk drives), of up

to on-hundred 3U, 15 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives), up twelve 3U, 120 DAEs (a maximum of 1,440 2.5-inch disk drives), or up to twenty-five 4U, 60 DAEs (a maximum of 1,500 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives) is supported.

◆ Any required cables including LAN cables, modem cables, and serial DB-9 cable.

◆ Mounting rails with hardware

◆ Front bezel with VNX8000 badge

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System component description

IMPORTANT

This section describes the VNX8000 platform components. Included in this section are illustrations and descriptions of the front and rear connectors as well as the LED indicators.

Note: In the following sections, the illustrations and corresponding tables describe these individual components. These descriptions are for illustrative purposes only.

Installing, replacing, and removing faulted hardware components

Separate documents provide instructions for installing, replacing, and removing hardware components in the VNX8000 platform. For more information, refer to the respective document for the correct procedure. These documents are available online at

https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to VNX tasks, then select Add VNX hardware. Next,

follow the steps in the wizard.

System component description

Example:

VNX8000 front view

To replace a power supply/cooling module in the SPE9 of a VNX8000, go to the

a storage processor power supply/cooling module or fan module

procedures to replace a power supply/cooling module in a SPE9 storage processor enclosure. This procedure is available online at https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to VNX tasks, then select Add VNX hardware. Next, follow the steps in the wizard.

As previously described, the File/Unified VNX8000 platform is made up of a 4U SPE, one to two 1U Control Stations (one optional), two SPSs (one for the SPE and the other for the Vault DAE), and one to four 2U DMEs with two to eight DMs. The following sections describe the front view (Figure 1 on page 7) of the VNX8000 platform components.

The VNX8000 platform requires two dual 2U SPSs. One for the 4U SPE and one for the Vault DAE. The 2U SPS contains two 2U 2.2-kilowatt Lithium-ion batteries housed in a separate 2U tray. One set of 2U SPS batteries provides backup power to the storage processors in the 4U storage processor enclosure (SPE). This set of SPS batteries is referred to as either the SPE SPS or SPS 0. The other set of 2U SPS batteries provides backup power to the Bus 0 Enclosure 0 DAE. This set of SPS batteries is referred to as either the Bus 0 Enclosure 0 SPS or SPS 1.

document for the correct

Replacing

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System component description

SPS front view

The front of the VNX8000 platform 2U dual SPS (Figure 3) shows two SPSs with one LED per SPS (power), SPS battery tray, SPS battery color wheel latch indicator.

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1 SPS A battery 4 SPS B tray

2 SPS A tray 5 SPS B battery color wheel latch indicator

• Green = engaged

• Yellow = parked

• Red = not engaged

3 SPS B Lithium ion (Li-ion) battery 6 SPS A power on LED (green)

Figure 3 Example of 2U dual SPS (front view)

SPS battery

The SPS battery is a Lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery. The SPS battery has a handle on the front allowing for ease of insertion and removal (Figure 4 on page 15). When installing the Li-ion battery, you must engage it before you power on the system. Depending on how your storage system was shipped to your site, the installation requirements for the SPS battery will be different.

Note: The SPS battery weighs approximately 28 lb (12.07 kg).

◆ If your storage system is shipped in an EMC rack by truck, the factory inserts the

battery into the SPS enclosure in the SPS tray, but does not engage it. The SPS battery is in the parked position (wheel latch indicator yellow) inside the SPS enclosure. You must lift the wheel latch up and push the SPS battery further into the slot of the SPS enclosure to ensure that it is in the engaged position (wheel latch indicator green).

◆ If your storage system is shipped in an EMC rack by air, the factory ships the SPS

battery separately. The battery is not installed in the cabinet or rack, and the wheel latch indicator on the SPS enclosure is red. You must unpack the SPS battery from the separate shipping container, install it in the SPS enclosure, and then ensure that the SPS enclosure is engaged (wheel latch indicator green).

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System component description

IMPORTANT

◆ If your storage system is shipped in a shipping rack (the storage system components

will be removed and put into a customer rack), the factory inserts the battery into the SPS enclosure in the SPS tray, but does not engage it. The SPS battery is in the parked position (wheel latch indicator yellow). You must lift the wheel latch up and push the SPS battery further into the slot of the SPS enclosure to ensure that it is in the engaged position (wheel latch indicator green).

Label

Air vents

Pull handle

Latching features

LED indicator

Figure 4 Example of SPS LI-ion battery

SYM-002673

Unpacking or removing the SPS battery

To unpack or remove the SPS battery:

Attach an antistatic wrist strap to your wrist and connect its cord to a known ground.

1. If shipped separately, unpack the SPS batteries from the shipping containers.

2. Place the batteries separately on an antistatic floor, mat, or workbench pads.

3. If shipped in a shipping rack, remove the SPS batteries from the shipping rack.

4. Place the batteries separately on an antistatic floor, mat, or workbench pads.

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System component description

IMPORTANT

Installing the SPS battery

To install the Li-ion SPS battery:

Attach an antistatic wrist strap to your wrist and connect its cord to a known ground.

1. If the SPS battery shipped separately (SPS enclosure wheel latch indicator red), position the battery with the LED indicator on the right and slide it into the SPS enclosure (see location 1 in Figure 5).

2. “Park” the battery by lifting the wheel latch up on the SPS enclosure and pushing the battery completely into the SPS enclosure slot (see location 2 in Figure 5).

The SPS battery will click into place and the wheel latch indicator will be yellow.

3. “Engage” the SPS battery by pressing the wheel latch while pushing the SPS battery further into the SPS enclosure slot (see location 2 in Figure 5)

The SPS battery will click into the final position and the wheel latch indicator will be green (see location 3 in Figure 5).

Figure 5 Example of installing the SPS Li-ion battery

321

SYM-002699

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SPE front view

System component description

The front of the VNX8000 platform 4U SPE shows four hard drives with two LEDs per drive (power and fault), five fan modules with one LED per module (fault), four power supplies with three LEDs per power supply (AC, DC and DC fault). Four status LEDs per SP: one SP power on, one SP chassis (enclosure) fault, one SP fault, and one SP unsafe to remove.

SP power on

SP chassis fault

SP fault

SP unsafe to remove

Detail 1

1 Latch (orange) for SP B (one per SP);

push down to unlock SP from SPE chassis

2 Lock latch handle (black) for SP B (one

per SP); after unlocking with the orange latch (see location 1), pull the black latch handle horizontally across the top to release the SP from the SPE chassis

3 SP B hard drive slot (not used at this

time)

AC DC

Detail 2

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6 SP A fan module push tabs (push together

to unlock fan), then pull out to release

7 SP A fan module

8 SP A fan fault icon for fault LED (10 places)

4 SP A power supply Detail 1SP A status LEDs; SP power on (blue), SP

chassis (enclosure) fault (amber), SP fault (blue/amber), and SP unsafe to remove (white)

Note: On the inner right side (around the corner) of the SP, LED labels for the SP and the SP chassis (enclosure) are shown.

5 SP B power supply recessed

connectors (plugs); two per SP (one

Detail 2SP A power supply LEDs; AC, DC and fault

(labeled with !)

gray and one black)

Figure 6 Example of SP components (front view)

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Storage processor (SP) AC power supply module

The storage processor enclosure (SPE) contains four power supply modules, two per storage processor, which provide redundant power to each storage processor CPU module, midplane, and other hardware components. A latch on the power supply locks it into place to ensure proper connection. When viewed from the front, the SP power supply module is located on the right side of each SP (see location 4 in Figure 6 on page 17). Each power supply includes three status LEDs (see Detail 2 in Figure 6 on page 17).

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Do not

remove the SP power supply module while the SP is plugged in. Power supply module removal for more than a few minutes can cause the SP to shut down due to lack of cooling.

Table 3 describes the VNX8000 platform fan fault and SP power supply status LEDs as

shown in Figure 6 on page 17.

Table 3 VNX8000 platform SP fan fault and SP power supply status LEDs

LED Color State Description

Fan fault (see location 10) Amber On Fan fault

— Off Fan operating normally

SP A power supply status (see Detail 2)

Green On SP A AC power supply (input)

power on LED, labeled AC

— Off SP A AC power supply (input) off,

verify source power

Green On SP A DC power supply (output)

power on LED, labeled DC

— Off SP A DC power supply (output)

off, verify source power

Amber Fault SP A DC power supply (output)

fault LED, labeled with an exclamation point (!)

Blinking BIOS, POST and OS booting up or

system overheating

SP and SP chassis (enclosure) LEDs

The SPs in the 4U storage processor enclosure contain the SP power on, SP chassis (enclosure) fault, SP fault, and SP unsafe to remove LEDs (see Detail 1 in Figure 6 on

page 17). Reading from the top of the exploded view in Figure 7 on page 19, the LEDs are:

the SP power on, SP chassis (enclosure) fault, SP fault, and SP unsafe to remove, respectively.

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CL5214

Figure 7 Example of SP power on, SP chassis (enclosure) fault, SF fault, and SP unsafe to remove LEDs

Table 4 describes the SP and SP chassis (enclosure) status LEDs as shown in Figure 6 on page 17 and Figure 7 on page 19.

Table 4 VNX8000 platform SP and SP chassis (enclosure) status LEDs

LED Color State Description

SP power (see Detail 1 in

Figure 6 on page 17 and

exploded view in Figure 7 on

page 19)

SP chassis (enclosure) fault (see Detail 1 in Figure 6 on

page 17 and exploded view

in Figure 7 on page 19)

Blue On Powered up

— Off Powered down

Amber On Fault

•Power (PSU or SPS)

• Environmental (fans)

•I/O modules or LCCs

•SP

• CMI, SFP, Resume PROM

— Off Operating normally

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Table 4 VNX8000 platform SP and SP chassis (enclosure) status LEDs (continued)

LED Color State Description

SP fault LED, behavior during normal boot

(see Detail 1 in Figure 6 on

page 17 and exploded view

in Figure 7 on page 19)

SP fault LED, during degraded boot (see Detail 1 in Figure 6 on

page 17 and exploded view

in Figure 7 on page 19)

Amber On (steady) SP fault

Blinks once every

Executing BIOS

4 seconds

Blinks once every

Executing Post

second

Blinks four times

Post starting operating system

a second

Blue Blinks once every

Operating system booted

4 seconds

Blinks once every

SEP

driver start in progress

second

Blinks four times

SEP driver start completed

a second

— Off Operating system ready for input

or not powered up

Amber Blinks once every

Executing BIOS

4 seconds

Blinks once every

Executing Post

second

Blinks four times

Post starting operating system

a second

SP fault LED, during faults (see Detail 1 in Figure 6 on

page 17 and exploded view

in Figure 7 on page 19)

Blue Blinks once every

Operating system booted

4 seconds

On Degraded mode

— Off Powered down or no fault

Amber On Fault has occurred

Blinks once every 2 seconds

NMI reset button pushed; blinking will continue until SP reboots and enters power on sequence.

Blinks at 1, 3, 3,

Memory problem and 1 times a second

Blue On Fault has occurred

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Table 4 VNX8000 platform SP and SP chassis (enclosure) status LEDs (continued)

LED Color State Description

Control Station front view

SP unsafe to remove (see Detail 1 in Figure 6 on

page 17 and exploded view

in Figure 7 on page 19)

Note: One SP will always have the unsafe to remove LED on after a successful

White On The SP peer has a panic or

rebooted with the cache

performance mode enabled. The

SP is holding valid cache in

memory.

The SP is currently flashing the

BIOS/Post firmware or updating

the resume PROMs.

shut down.

The SP is currently dumping the

cache data to the vault.

— Off The SP can be safely removed for

service.

1. SEP = security processor

On the front, viewing from left to right, the File/Unified VNX8000 platform 1U Control Station includes the following hardware components:

◆ One DVD-ROM drive

◆ Two USB 2.0 connectors (not used)

◆ Front control panel with various buttons and status LEDs

◆ Four hot-swappable SATA hard drive bays

Figure 8 shows the orientation of these components.

DVD-ROM drive USB 2.0 connectors Control panel

Hard drives

Figure 8 Example of a VNX8000 platform Control Station (front view)

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Control Station front panel

Figure 9 shows the location of the File/Unified VNX8000 platform 1U Control Station front

panel.

Front

31 2

678910

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Figure 9 VNX8000 platform Control Station front panel

Table 5 describes the Control Station front panel push buttons and LEDs.

Table 5 Control Station LEDs and push buttons

LED Color State Description

Onboard (integrated) LAN 2 and 4 (see locations 1 and 2, respectively)

Internal hard drive activity (see location 3)

Power (see location 4) Green On Power on/system loaded and

Green On NIC link/no access

Blinking NIC link/LAN access

—Off Idle

Green Blinking Hard drive access

— Off No hard drive activity, no fault

ready

Blinking Sleep mode

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Table 5 Control Station LEDs and push buttons (continued)

LED Color State Description

Status/fault (see location 5) Green On Powered on; status ok

Blinking Powered on; degraded.

Redundancy lost, such as power supply or fan failure, or predictive power supply failure.

Amber On Critical fault: Voltage, thermal, or

power fault; CPU missing; insufficient power unit redundancy resource offset asserted.

Blinking Non-critical failure: Critical

temperature/voltage

— Off Power off: System unplugged

Powered on: System powered off and in standby, no prior degradation/critical state.

Reset button (see location 6)

— — Allows you to reset the CS. Same

as turning the power off and then on again. Data loss will occur unless you have saved the data. The reset button would be used when a program error occurs and has caused the CS to freeze. Pressing the reset button performs a cold restart (reboot) which goes through the initial start-up stages including memory check.

Onboard (integrated) LAN 1

Green On NIC link/no access and 3 (see locations 7 and 8, respectively)

Blinking NIC link/LAN access

—Off Idle

NMI button (see location 9) — — Not used

ID button with LED

Green On Powered on (see location 10)

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Data Mover enclosure front view

The front of the File/Unified VNX8000 platform 2U Data Mover enclosure (DME) contains two enclosure status LEDs (power and fault), as shown in Figure 10.

Note: Figure 10 is a graphical representation of the File/Unified VNX8000 platform 2U Data Mover enclosure with four power supply/cooling (fan) modules and two CPU modules installed.

Data Mover enclosure

fault LED

Data Mover enclosure

power LED

Figure 10 Data Mover enclosure status LEDs

Table 6 describes the 2U Data Mover enclosure status (power and fault) LEDs.

Table 6 DME status LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power Blue On Data Mover enclosure is powered up, operating normally

— Off Data Mover enclosure is powered down.

Fault Amber On A replaceable component failed within the enclosure.

CNS-001667

— Off Data Mover enclosure operating normally.

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Note: When the enclosure fault LED is amber, look for the replaceable component within the enclosure that is causing the fault. Refer to the other status LED definitions in this section to determine which replaceable component failed.

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CPU

The CPU modules in the DME contain the power, fault, and unsafe-to-remove LEDs.

Figure 11 shows the CPU LEDs.

CPU fault LED

CPU power LED

CPU unsafe to

remove LED

Figure 11 CPU LEDs

Table 7 describes the CPU LEDs.

Table 7 CPU LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power Green On Data Mover is powered up and all components in the Data

Mover are operating properly.

— Off Data Mover is powered down.

Fault Amber On Data Mover has faulted.

CNS-001669

Blinking Data Mover goes through six stages of power up:

1. Executes a BIOS check, blinking once every 4 seconds

2. Executes a POST check, blinking once every second

3. Loads the operating system, blinking four times a second

Blue (see Note)

Blinking 4. Operating system loaded, blinking once every 4 seconds

5. Operating system starting drivers, blinking once every second

6. Operating system drivers operating, blinking four times a second

— Off Data Mover operating normally.

Unsafe to

White On Data Mover is unsafe to remove.

remove

— Off Data Mover is safe to remove.

Note: The fault LED changes color from amber to blue when the operating system is loading, see step 4 in the description.

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Power supply/cooling (fan) module LED

The power supply/cooling (fan) modules have status LED on the front. Figure 12 shows the LEDs for the power supply/cooling (fan) modules.

Power supply/

cooling (fan) power/fault LED

VNX8000 rear view

CNS-001673

Figure 12 Power supply/cooling (fan) module LED

Table 8 describes the power supply/cooling (fan) LED.

Table 8 Power supply/cooling (fan) module LED

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On Normal (no faults detected)

Amber Blinking Power supplied but external fault detected

Amber On No power

As previously described, a Block VNX8000 platform is made up of a 4U SPE while the File/Unified VNX8000 platform is made up of a 4U SPE, two 1U Control Stations (one optional), two SPSs, and two to four 2U DMEs. The following sections will describe the rear view of the VNX8000 platform components as previously shown in Figure 2 on

page 8.

SPS rear view

In the VNX8000 platform, a 2.2-kilowatt Lithium-ion 2U dual standby power supply (SPS) is used to maintain power to the VNX8000 platform SPE and the Vault DAE during a power loss.

Figure 13 on page 27 shows an example of the rear view of a 2U dual SPS.

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1 2 3 4 5 6

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1012 11

1 SPS B AC power in (recessed plug) 7 SPS A RJ-12 connector to the SP A

management (RJ-12) connector or to the LCC B RJ-12 connector; for more information, see “SPS RJ-12 connector” on

page 30

2 SPS B power out socket to the SP B

power supply on the SPE or to the LCC B power supply on the Vault DAE

3 SPS B power out socket to the SP A

power supply on the SPE or to the LCC A power supply on the Vault DAE

4 SPS A AC power in (recessed plug) 10 SPS B RJ-12 connector to the SP B

5 SPS A power out socket to the SP B

power supply on the SPE or to the LCC B power supply on the Vault DAE

6 SPS A power out socket to the SP A

power supply on the SPE or to the LCC A power supply on the Vault DAE

8 Four SPS A LEDs (for more information, see

“SPS LEDs” on page 29)

9 SPS A power on/off rocker switch

management (RJ-12) connector or to the LCC A RJ-12 connector; for more information, see “SPS RJ-12 connector” on

page 30

11 Four SPS B LEDs (for more information, see

“SPS LEDs” on page 29)

12 SPS B power on/off rocker switch

79 8

Figure 13 Example of 2U dual SPS B and A viewing from left to right (rear view)

SPS failure functionality

If AC power fails, the SPS provides backup power until the SP has flushed its write cache data to the DAE disks. The SP then shuts off SPS power. If the cache flush has not completed within 300 seconds—more than enough time to flush a full cache—or if the SP has failed, then the SPS shuts down to prevent a deep discharge. If no AC input power is available and the SPS is shut down, all the status LEDs will be off.

The output voltage, when the SPS is in the On-Line state, is a straight pass-through of the AC voltage from inlet to outlets. When in the On-Battery state, the output voltage shall be at an DC level within the specified limits (see the SPS battery LED in Table 11 on page 35). When power returns, the SPS starts recharging the DC battery. It might reach a state of full

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IMPORTANT

Two SPSs for an SPE

charge relatively quickly. If power remains off for a long period—days or weeks—the DC battery might require more time to charge fully.

The storage processor will not use the

write cache unless it detects at least one fully charged SPS.

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

SP A power supply.

◆ SPS B (rear, left side)—Power-out and sense (management) cables connected to the

SP B power supply.

Two SPSs for a Vault DAE

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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SPS LEDs

System component description

Figure 14 shows the LEDs located on each SPS (A and B)

SPS internal fault

No battery

On-line power

On battery

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Figure 14 SPS LEDs

Table 9 describes the rear panel SPS LEDs.

Table 9 SPS LEDs description

Led Color State Description

On-line power Green On SPS ready and operating normally; battery fully

charged

Note: Off when any amber LED is on.

Blinking On/battery charging

Note: Off when any amber LED is on.

— Off Off/disconnected

On battery Amber On AC line power is no longer available and the SPS is

supplying DC output power from the battery.

Note: When battery power comes on, and no other online SPS is connected to the SP, the system writes all cached data to disk, and the event log records the event.

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Table 9 SPS LEDs description (continued)

Led Color State Description

SPS no battery Amber On SPS battery is not fully charged and might not be

able to serve its cache flushing function. With the battery in this state, and no other online SPS connected to the SP, the system disables write caching, and writes any modified pages to the disk first.

Replace the SPS as soon as possible.

SPS RJ-12 connector

SPS internal fault

Note: When the SPS powers up, all the LEDs go through a test sequence. They will first turn on and then turn off beginning with the SPS power on LED (green) ending with the SPS fault LED (amber). Each LED will light for one second and then turn off. After this sequence, normal LED operation begins. If the AC line voltage is out-of-specification at power up, no LEDs will light until the AC line voltage is within specification.

Amber On The SPS has an internal fault. The SPS might still be

able to run online, but write caching cannot occur. Replace the SPS as soon as possible.

Figure 15 shows the SPS (RJ-12 or modular jack) management port (labeled with two

symbols; one depicting a telephone handset with a line through it and the other depicting a rectangle with a line through it). Both symbols mean that you cannot connect telephone type circuits to this connector (see the following WARNING). This port connects the SPS (A and B) to the SP (A and B) RJ-12 ports or to the LCC (A and B) RJ-12 ports, respectively.

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The SPS (RJ-12) port is a LAN port not a WAN port. LAN ports contain safety extra-low voltage (SELV) circuits, and WAN ports contain telephone-network voltage (TNV) circuits. An RJ-45 (or TNV-type) looks the same as the RJ-12 except for two very important differences. An RJ-45 is an 8-wire modular jack. The RJ-12 is a six-wire modular jack. The RJ-45 plugs and jacks are wider than their RJ-12 counterparts - 7/16" vs 3/8". An RJ-45 plug won't fit into an R-J12 jack. But an RJ-12 plug will fit into an RJ-45 jack. Use caution when connecting cables. To avoid electric shock, do not attempt to connect TNV circuits to SELV circuits.

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Figure 15 SPS RJ-12 port

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Table 10 lists the SPS (RJ-12) pin signals used on the connector.

Table 10 SPS (RJ-12) connector pinout

RJ-12 pin Signal name Description

1 Ground Signal reference

2 Enabled_out SPS is enabled and ready for On-Battery operation when

needed.

3 AC_fail_out AC line fallen out-of-spec.

4 Any_fault_out Fault state exists within the SPS.

5 SPS_TX Transmit signal out of SPS to host processor

6 SPS_RX Receive signal into SPS from host processor

RJ-12 modular jack to micro DB-9 cable

The cable connecting the SPS to the SP management module is an RJ-12 to micro DB-9 cable (plug). It has an RJ-12 connector (SPS side) on one end and a micro DB-9 connector (SP management module side) on the other end. Figure 16 shows an example of an SPS to SP management module cable.

DB-9

Figure 16 Example of SP management module (micro DB-9) SPS (RJ-12) cable

RJ-12

VNX-000283

RJ-12 modular jack to RJ-12 modular jack cable

The cable connecting the SPS to the LCC is an RJ-12 to RJ-12 connector. It has an RJ-12 connector (SPS side) on one end and a RJ-12 connector (LCC side) on the other end.

Figure 17 shows an example of an SPS to LCC cable.

RJ-12RJ-12

VNX-000569

Figure 17 Example of LCC (RJ-12) to SPS (RJ-12) cable

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SPE rear view

Figure 18 on page 33 shows an example of the rear of the 4U SPE. The following modules,

connectors, status LEDs, and latch handles are described:

◆ Power supply, four (two for each SP)

• Four power in recessed connectors (plugs); two for each SP

• One power supply latch handle

◆ SP B (top of chassis) and SP A (bottom of chassis)

• Eleven PCI Gen 3 I/O module slots (A0 – A10 and B0 – B10) featuring the following SP I/O module types:

– Four-port 8-Gb/s FC optical (running at 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s); labeled 8 GbE Fibre on

the latch handle

– Four-port 16-Gb/s FC optical (running at 4, 8, or 16 Gb/s); labeled 16 GbE Fibre

v1 on the latch handle

– Four-port 1-Gb/s Base-T iSCSI I/O module; labeled 1 GbE iSCSI/TOE on the

latch handle

– Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax5; labeled 10 GbE v3 on the latch

handle

– Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ45 Base-T iSCSI/IP; labeled 10 GbE Base-T on the latch

handle

– Two-port 10-Gb/s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); labeled 10 GbE/FCoE on

the latch handle

– f.) Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS; labeled 6 Gb SAS v3 with an e

inside a lock symbol

on the latch handle

• Two management modules (one per SP) featuring:

– Two (RJ-45) LAN connectors (labeled with a network management symbol and a

wrench symbol)

– Two (micro DB-9) RS-232/EIA connectors (labeled with a battery symbol and a

wrench symbol)

–One USB port (not used)

3. The e inside the lock symbol indicates that the I/O module supports encryption.

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1 SP B power supply (power in) recessed

connector (plug) from SPS B

2 SP B power supply (power in) recessed

connector (plug) from SPS A

3 SP B (management module) showing two

RJ-45 (management and service laptop) connectors labeled with a network management symbol and a wrench symbol, respectively (for a closer view, see

“Storage processor management module” on page 34)

0123

123

0123

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5 SP B four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module in

slot B5 (for a closer view, see “Four-port

6-Gb/s SAS I/O module” on page 61)

6 SP A I/O module filler panel

7 SP A (management module) showing two

RS-232/EIA (micro DB-9) connectors (labeled with a battery symbol and a wrench symbol, respectively) (for a closer view, see “Storage processor management

module” on page 34)

4 SP B four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module in

slot A2 (for a closer view, see “Four-port

8-Gb/s FC I/O module” on page 48)

Figure 18 Example of SP components (rear view)

Storage processor AC power supply module

The storage processor (SP) power supply module is located on the left side of each SP when viewed from the rear (see locations 1 and 2 in Figure 18). On the front (“Storage

processor (SP) AC power supply module” on page 18) of the power supply, each power

supply includes three status LEDs (AC, DC, and fault (labeled with an upside-down exclamation point, !). A latch on the power supply locks it into place to ensure proper connection.

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Do not

remove the SP power supply module while the SP is plugged in. Power supply module removal for more than a few minutes can cause the SP to shut down due to lack of cooling.

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Storage processor management module

The storage processor (SP) management module provides the management connections via one 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45) port. Another RJ-45 port is available to support a service laptop connection. The SP management module includes two RS-232/EIA 232 (DB-9) serial socket connectors (one for service laptop connection and the other for an SPS connection), a USB port (not used), and several LEDs (Figure 19).

1 Power/fault LED 5 DB-9 serial console socket connector

2 SP management module push button latch

handle

3 RJ-45 Ethernet port (management) 7 RJ-45 Ethernet port (service laptop)

VNX-000583

(SPS); not used

6 USB port; not used

4 DB-9 serial console socket connector

(service laptop)

Figure 19 SP management module

Storage processor management module Ethernet (RJ-45) ports

The VNX8000 platform storage processor (SP) management module comes with two integrated dual-port Ethernet ports (labeled with a symbol depicting a wrench and the other depicting network management) on the rear of the management module. The SP management port provides an interface for connecting a 10-, 100-, or 1000-Mb/s cable to the LAN providing full-duplex (FDX) capability, which enables simultaneous transmission and reception of data.

To access the SP management port, connect a Category 3, 4, 5, 5E, or 6 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable to this RJ-45 modular jack connector on the back of the SP management module, as described in Table 13 on page 38.

Since the 1U Control Station and the management module have the same type of management (RJ-45) ports, “Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) ports” on page 38 provides detailed information about the SP management module ports, connector, and adapter.

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Storage processor management module LEDs

Figure 20 shows the LEDs and Table 11 describes them.

Power/Fault LED

Management por (Activity LED)

Management por (Link LED)

Service laptop port

(Link LED)

Service laptop port

(Activity LED)

System component description

VNX-000584

Figure 20 SP management module LEDs

Table 11 SP management module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On SP management module is powered up.

Amber On SP management module has faulted.

Note: LED is always illuminated at powerup, until it is initialized.

— Off SP management module is powered down.

Link (each port has one)

Activity (each port has one)

SP management module serial console (DB-9) socket connector

Green On Network connection

— Off No network connection

Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity

— Off No network activity

The back of the VNX8000 platform SP management module includes two standard serial console Electronics Industries Association (EIA) RS-232 interface (DB-9) socket connectors (one labeled with a symbol depicting a wrench on the right and the other depicting a battery on the left). Notice the orientation of the pins (Figure 21).

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Pin 1

Figure 21 SP management module serial console (DB-9) socket connectors

Table 12 lists the SP management module Ethernet (DB-9) pin signals used on the

connectors.

Note: The pin designations shown in Figure 21 are for reference only.

Table 12 SP management module (DB-9) socket connector pinout

DB-9 Pin Signal Description

1 CD Carrier detect

2 TXD Transmitted data

3 RXD Received data

4 DTR Data terminal ready

5GNDGround

6DSRData set ready

7 RTS Request to send

8 CTS Clear to send

9 RI Ring indicator (not used)

Storage processor null modem (micro DB-9 to DB-9 serial) cable — The cable connecting the SP management module to the PC or service laptop is a micro DB-9 cable (plug) to serial DB-9 (socket). It has a micro DB-9 plug (SP side) on one end and a serial DB-9 socket (PC or service laptop side) on the other end. Figure 22 shows an example of an SP management module to PC (service laptop) cable.

VNX-000093

Figure 22 Example of SP null modem (micro DB-9) to serial (DB-9) cable

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Control Station rear view

System component description

On the rear, viewing from left to right, the File/Unified VNX8000 platform Control Station includes the following components:

◆ AC power in connector

◆ Five (RJ-45) connectors (labeled A, CS, B, and two MGMT [one not used, see location 2

in Figure 23])

Note: The RJ-45 connectors (labeled CS and A, respectively) are integrated into the rear of the 1U Control Station while the RJ-45 connectors (labeled B and MGMT, respectively) are on a PCI-e card in the expansion slot on the rear of the Control Station. The fifth RJ-45 connector (labeled MGMT) is located to the left of the RJ-45 connector labeled CS. Newer CS models have a dust cover in this port.

◆ One (DB-9 plug) serial (RS-232/EIA-232) connector

◆ One (DB-9 plug) modem (RS-232/EIA-232) connector

◆ One (DB-15) video (VGA socket) connector—not used

◆ Four USB 2.0 connectors—not used

Figure 23 on page 37 shows the orientation of these components.

MGMT

IOIO

1 AC power in connector 6 RJ-45 Ethernet port (labeled MGMT)

2 RJ-45 Ethernet port (labeled MGMT), not

7 DB-9 serial console plug connector used; newer CS models have a dust cap in this port

3 RJ-45 Ethernet port (labeled CS

)

8 Four USB 2.0 connectors (not used)

Note: The CS label is located below the USB ports.

4 RJ-45 Ethernet port (labeled A)

9 DB-15 Video (VGA) socket connector (not

Note: The A label is located below the USB ports.

4 51 6

used)

B MGMT

MGMT

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5 RJ-45 Ethernet port (labeled B) 10 DB-9 modem plug connector

1. The CS port uses an IPMI (Intelligent Platform Management Interface) cable to connect to a standby (optional) Control Station (CS1).

Figure 23 Example of a VNX8000 Control Station (rear view)

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Control Station Input/output ports and connectors

The File/Unified VNX8000 platform 1U Control Station supports the following I/O ports on the rear of the 1U Control Station:

◆ Five Ethernet (RJ-45) ports (one not used [labeled MGMT], see location 2 in Figure 23

on page 37)

◆ One serial console (DB-9 plug) connector

◆ One modem (DB-9 plug) connector

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To avoid electric shock, do not connect safety extra-low voltage (SELV) circuits to telephone-network voltage (TNV) circuits. LAN ports contain SELV circuits, and WAN ports contain TNV circuits. Some LAN and WAN ports both use RJ-45 connectors. Use caution when connecting cables.

Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) ports

The File/Unified VNX8000 platform 1U Control Station comes with two integrated dual-port Ethernet ports (labeled CS and A, respectively) and two Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI-E) MGMT, respectively) in an expansion slot on the rear of the 1U Control Station.

low profile card dual-port Ethernet ports (labeled B and

Note: A fifth RJ-45 connector (labeled MGMT) is located to the left of the RJ-45 connected labeled CS. This connector is not used at this time.

These ports (Figure 24 on page 39) provide an interface for connecting to 10-, 100-, or 1000-Mb/s networks and provide full-duplex (FDX) capability, which enables simultaneous transmission and reception of data on the Ethernet local-area network (LAN).

To access the Ethernet ports, connect a Category 3, 4, 5, 5E, or 6 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable to the RJ-45 connectors on the back of the 1U Control Station, as described in

Table 13.

Table 13 Ethernet cabling guidelines

Type Description

10BASE-T EIA Categories 3, 4, or 5 UTP (2 or 4 pairs) up to 328 ft (100 m)

100BASE-TX EIA Category 5 UTP (2 pairs) up to 328 ft (100 m)

1000BASE-T EIA Category 6 (recommended), Category 5E or 5 UTP (2 pairs) up to 328 ft

(100 m)

4. PCI Express is used in consumer, server, and industrial applications, as a motherboard-level interconnect (to link motherboard-mounted peripherals) and as an expansion card interface for add-in boards.

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Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) port and connector (adapter)

Figure 24 shows an example of the Ethernet RJ-45 port and cable connector.

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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Figure 24 Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) port and connector (adapter)

Table 14 lists the Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) pin signals used on the connector.

Table 14 Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) port and connector pinout

RJ-45 pin Signal Description

1 BI_DA+ Bidirectional pair A, +

2 BI_DA- Bidirectional pair A, -

3 BI_DB+ Bidirectional pair B, +

4 BI_DC+ Bidirectional pair C, +

5 BI_DC- Bidirectional pair C, -

6 BI_DB- Bidirectional pair B, -

7 BI_DD+ Bidirectional pair D, +

8 BI_DD- Bidirectional pair D, -

Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) port LEDs

The Control Station (RJ-45) has two LEDs—a green LED to the left of the connector and a bi-color (green/amber) LED to the right of the connector—that indicates the link/activity and speed of the 1U Control Station (RJ-45) ports, respectively (Figure 25).

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Figure 25 Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) port LEDs

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Table 15 describes the link/activity and connection speed associated with the Control

Station (RJ-45) port LEDs.

Table 15 Control Station RJ-45 port LEDs

Led Color State Description

Left,

Green On Network/link connection link/activity (see location 1)

Green Blinking Transmit/receive activity

— Off No network/link connection

Right, link

Green On 100-Mb/s connection speed (see location 2)

Amber On 1000-Mb/s (or 1-Gb/s) connection

— Off 10-Mb/s connection (if left LED is on or blinking)

Ethernet cable extensions for the Control Station B and MGMT ports

Each File/Unified VNX8000 platform 1U Control Station comes with two modular Ethernet cable extensions (or patch cords) for the RJ-45 ports (labeled on the CS as B and MGMT, respectively). These cables (Figure 26) allow you to extend the length of the Ethernet cables from the CS 0, port B to Data Mover enclosure 0, management module B, port 1 and CS 0, MGMT port to the public LAN.

If your File/Unified VNX8000 platform includes a second optional 1U Control Station (CS 1), another set of Ethernet cable extensions for the RJ-45 ports is provided. These cables allow you to extend the length of the Ethernet cables from the CS 1, port B to Data Mover enclosure 0, management module B, port 2 and CS 1, MGMT port to the public LAN. Each cable includes a corresponding label clip to assist you during system cabling.

Note: If you received the File/Unified VNX8000 platform already installed in a cabinet rack with all of the File/Unified VNX8000 platform components, all the cabling has already been installed.

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Figure 26 Example of an Ethernet extension (modular plug to modular jack) cable

Control Station serial console (DB-9) plug connector

The back of the File/Unified VNX8000 platform system 1U Control Station includes a standard serial console Electronics Industries Association (EIA) RS-232 interface (DB-9) plug connector. Notice the orientation of the pins (Figure 27).

Pin 1

Figure 27 Control Station serial console (DB-9) plug connector

6 9

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Note: The pin designations shown in Figure 27 on page 40 are for reference only.

Table 16 lists the 1U Control Station Ethernet (DB-9) pin signals used on the connector.

Table 16 Control Station (DB-9) plug connector pinout

DB-9 Pin Signal Description

1 CD Carrier detect

2RXDReceived data

3 TXD Transmitted data

4 DTR Data terminal ready

5GNDGround

6DSRData set ready

7 RTS Request to send

8 CTS Clear to send

9 RI Ring indicator (not used)

Control Station modem (DB-9) plug connector

The back of the File/Unified VNX8000 platform 1U Control Station includes a standard modem serial interface (DB-9) plug connector (labeled with a telephone handset icon and the numbers 1 0 1 0 on the left). Notice the orientation of the pins (Figure 28).

1 0 1 0

Pin 1

6 9

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Figure 28 Control Station modem (DB-9) plug connector

Note: The pin designations shown in Figure 28 are for reference only.

Table 17 lists the 1U Control Station Ethernet (DB-9) pin signals used on the connector.

Table 17 Control Station modem (DB-9) plug connector pinout

DB-9 Pin Signal Description

1 CD Carrier detect

2 RXD Received data

3 TXD Transmitted data

4 DTR Data terminal ready

5GNDGround

6DSRData set ready

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Table 17 Control Station modem (DB-9) plug connector pinout

DB-9 Pin Signal Description

7 RTS Request to send

8 CTS Clear to send

9 RI Ring indicator (not used)

Data Mover enclosure rear view

The rear of the File/Unified VNX8000 platform Data Mover enclosure (DME) does not contain any LEDs (Figure 29). Only the Data Mover management module and the I/O modules have LEDs.

Note: Figure 29 is a graphical representation of the rear view of a File/Unified VNX8000 platform with a DME having two Data Movers (each Data Mover shows one management module, one four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module, and four filler panel modules).

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123

1 Data Mover enclosure 3 Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module

2 Filler panel module 4 Data Mover management module

Figure 29 Example of a DME (rear view)

Data Mover management module

The Data Mover management module provides the management connections via three 10/100/1000 Ethernet (RJ-45) ports. The Data Mover management module also includes one RS-232 (EIA) DB-9 serial socket connector for service laptop connection and several LEDs (Figure 30 on page 43).

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1 Power/fault LED 5 DB-9 serial console socket connector

2 Data Mover management module push

button latch handle

3 RJ-45 Ethernet port (labeled 1) 7 RJ-45 Ethernet port (labeled 2)

4 Data Mover enclosure ID numeric display

Figure 30 Example of a Data Mover management module

6 RJ-45 Ethernet port (labeled 0)

Data Mover management module Ethernet (RJ-45) ports

The File/Unified VNX8000 platform Data Mover management module comes with three integrated dual-port Ethernet ports (labeled 0, 1, and 2) on the rear of the Data Mover management module. These ports provide an interface for connecting to 10-, 100-, or 1000-Mb/s networks and provide full-duplex (FDX) capability, which enables simultaneous transmission and reception of data.

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The File/Unified VNX8000 Data Mover management module contains LAN ports. LAN ports contain safety extra-low voltage (SELV) circuits, and WAN ports contain telephone-network voltage (TNV) circuits. To avoid electric shock, do not connect TNV circuits to SELV circuits. Some LAN and WAN ports both use RJ-45 connectors. Use caution when connecting cables.

To access the Ethernet ports, connect a Category 3, 4, 5, 5E, or 6 unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cable to the RJ-45 connector on the back of the management module (Table 13 on

page 38).

Since the Control Station and the management module have the same type of RJ-45 ports,

“Control Station Ethernet (RJ-45) ports” on page 38 provides detailed information about

the management module ports, connector, and adapter.

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Data Mover management module LEDs

Figure 31 shows the LEDs and Table 18 on page 44 describes them.

Power/Fault LED

Port 2 (Activity LED)

Port 2 (Link LED)

Port 0 (Link LED)

Port 0 (Activity LED)

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Port 1 (Activity LED)

Port 1 (Link LED)

Numeric display

(blade enclosure ID)

Figure 31 Data Mover management module LEDs

Table 18 Data Mover management module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On Data Mover management module is powered up.

Amber On Data Mover management module has faulted.

Note: LED is always illuminated at powerup, until it is initialized.

Link (each port has one)

Activity (each port has one)

Numeric (7-segment) display for enclosure ID

Data Mover management module serial console (DB-9) socket connector

The back of the File/Unified VNX8000 platform Data Mover management module includes a standard serial console Electronics Industries Association (EIA) RS-232 interface (DB-9) socket connector (labeled with a wrench tool icon on the left). Notice the orientation of the pins (Figure 32 on page 45).

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—OffData Mover management module is powered down.

Green On Network connection

— Off No network connection

Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity

— Off No network activity

— On Displays the enclosure ID assigned to the Data Mover

enclosure.

Note: Each enclosure is assigned a number at installation.

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9 6

Pin 1

Figure 32 Data Mover management module serial console (DB-9) socket connector

Table 19 lists the Data Mover management module Ethernet (DB-9) pin signals used on

the connector.

Note: The pin designations shown in Figure 32 are for reference only.

Table 19 Data Mover management module (DB-9) socket connector pinout

DB-9 Pin Signal Description

1 CD Carrier detect

2 TXD Transmitted data

3 RXD Received data

4 DTR Data terminal ready

5GNDGround

6DSRData set ready

7 RTS Request to send

8 CTS Clear to send

9 RI Ring indicator (not used)

I/O modules

Several types of I/O modules are supported in the Block, File, and Unified VNX8000. The SP supports six types of I/O modules (see “Storage processor I/O module types” on

page 47) and the Data Mover supports four types (see “Data Mover I/O module types” on page 63). In this section, each I/O module description includes the type of port (copper or

optical) as well as a description of the LEDs.

Fibre Channel (FC) ports

The Block, File, and Unified VNX8000 platform SP does not come with built-in optical Fibre Channel (FC) ports on the rear of each SP (A and B). As a result, the 8-Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) I/O module or the 16-Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) I/O module is used to provide these FC ports (see “Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module” on page 48 and “Four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O

module” on page 51, respectively). These ports provide an optical interface for

connecting to the front end.

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Small form-factor pluggable transceiver modules

The FC ports on the 8-Gb/s FC I/O module support 2-, 4-, and 8-Gb/s Fibre Channels and on the 16-Gb/s FC I/O module supports 4, 8, and 16-Gb/s Fibre Channels using a small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+) transceiver module. The SFP+ transceiver modules connect to Lucent Connector (LC) type optical fibre cables. These SFP+ transceiver modules are input/output (I/O) devices. These SFP+ modules are hot swappable. This means that you can install and remove an SFP+ module while the SP is operating.

Figure 33 shows an example of an SFP+ module.

Note: Besides the FC I/O modules, the FCoE and the 10-Gb/s Optical I/O modules also use SFP modules. Each of these I/O modules use a different type of SFP. Refer to the Parts Location Guide for more information.

1 Dust plug (protective cap) 3 Send or transmit (TX) optical bore

2 Bale clasp latch 4 Receive (RX) optical bore

Figure 33 Example of an SFP+ module

Lucent Connector type interface

The Lucent Connector (LC) type interface was developed by Lucent Technologies (hence, Lucent Connector). It uses a push-pull mechanism. LC connectors are normally held together in a multimode duplex configuration with a plastic clip. These cables are usually colored orange for OM2 multimode optical fiber type cables and aqua for OM3 multimode optical fiber type cables. These cables have the duplex connectors encased in a gray plastic covering. To determine the send or transmit (TX) and receive (RX) ferrules (connector ends), these cables will show a letter and numeral (for example A1 and A2 for the TX and RX, respectively) or a white and yellow rubber gasket (jacket) for the send or transmit (TX) and receive (RX) ends (Figure 34 on page 47).

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IMPORTANT

1 Orange cable 3 Rubber gasket (jacket), receive (RX)

2 Rubber gasket (jacket), send or

transmit (TX)

Figure 34 Example of LC-type connectors

Storage processor I/O module types

Seven I/O module types are supported by the Block, File, and Unified VNX8000 platform SP. However, only ten slots are supported per SP (A0 – A10 and B0 – B10) in the File/Unified VNX8000 platform SPE. For more information, refer to the

Processor I/O modules and SFPs

https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to VNX tasks, then select Add VNX hardware. Next,

follow the steps in the wizard.

When adding new I/O modules, always install I/O modules in pairs—one module in SP A and one module in SP B. Both SPs must have the same type of I/O modules in the same slots.

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4 Ferrule (connector end to SFP+ module)

Adding Storage

document available online at

I/O module slots

Slots A8 and B8 will contain a fibre Channel (FC) I/O module for Data Mover connections to the first four system Data Movers. Additionally, slots A2 and B2 in each SP will contain another FC I/O module, if the eight Data Mover option for the File/Unified VNX8000 platform is ordered. Slots A5, A10 and B5, B10 will always contain a 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module in the SPE. Slots A4, A6 and B4, B6 in the SPE will contain another 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module if the 16-bus option for the File/Unified VNX8000 platform is ordered. The other available slots can contain any type of I/O module that is supported for the storage system, within the supported I/O module limits of the supported I/O modules per SP in the SPE. For more information, refer to the

Adding Storage Processor I/O modules and

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IMPORTANT

SFPs

document available online at https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to VNX tasks,

then select Add VNX hardware. Next, follow the steps in the wizard.

EMC requires that an 8-bus File/Unified VNX8000 platform with greater than four Data Movers be installed with four standard I/O modules per SP, leaving space for seven optional I/O modules per SP. Then, in a 16-bus File/Unified VNX8000 platform with greater than four Data Movers, EMC requires six standard I/O modules per SP, leaving space for five optional I/O modules per SP For more information, refer to the

Storage Processor I/O modules and SFPs

document.

Adding

The following I/O modules are supported:

◆ “Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module” on this page

◆ “Four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O module” on page 51

◆ “Four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module” on page 53

◆ “Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) I/O

module” on page 55

◆ “Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T iSCSI/IP I/O module” on page 57

◆ “Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module” on page 59

◆ “Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module” on page 61

Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module

The four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module (labeled 8 GbE Fibre on the latch handle) comes with four optical (fibre) ports, one power/fault LED, and a link/activity LED for each optical port (Figure 35 on page 49). This I/O module can interface at speeds of 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s.

The four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module uses SFP+ transceiver modules to connect to LC-type optical fibre cables (“Lucent Connector type interface” on page 46). These SFP+ transceiver modules are input/output (I/O) devices that plug into the FC port of the FC I/O modules. For more information about these SFP+ transceiver modules, see the “I/O

modules” section on page 45.

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1 Push button latch handle 3 SFP+ (optical) port (four)

2 Power/fault LED 4 SFP+ link/activity LED

Figure 35 Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module

Note: The 8-Gb/s I/O module uses a specific type of SFP module, ensure you are using the correct one. Refer to the Parts Location guide for more information.

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Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

The four-port 8-Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) I/O module has two different types of status LEDs.

Figure 36 shows the LEDs and Table 20 describes them.

Power/fault LED

Link/Activity LED

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Figure 36 Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

Table 20 Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

— Off I/O module is powered down.

Link/Activity

Green On 2- or 4-Gb link speed (suboptimal speed) (each port has one LED)

Blue On 8-Gb/s link speed (maximum speed)

Green or

Blue

Blinking Small form-factor pluggable (SFP+

faulted, unsupported, or optical cable fault.

— Off No network connection

1. Refer to the

VNX8000 Parts Location Guide

for the correct SFP+ part number.

) transceiver module

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Four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O module

The four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O module (labeled 16 Gb Fibre v1 on the latch handle) comes with four optical (fibre) ports, one power/fault LED, and a link/activity LED for each optical port (Figure 37). This I/O module can interface at speeds of 4, 8, and 16 Gb/s.

I/O modules

1 Push button latch handle 3 SFP+ (optical) port (four)

2 Power/fault LED 4 SFP+ link/activity LED

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Figure 37 Four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O module

The four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O module uses SFP+ transceiver modules to connect to LC-type optical fibre cables (“Lucent Connector type interface” on page 46). These SFP+ transceiver modules are input/output (I/O) devices that plug into the FC port of the FC I/O modules. For more information about these SFP+ transceiver modules, see the “I/O

modules” section on page 45.

Note: The 16-Gb/s I/O module uses a specific type of SFP module, ensure you are using the correct one. Refer to the Parts Location guide for more information.

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Four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

The four-port 16-Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) I/O module has two different types of status LEDs. Figure 38 shows the LEDs and Table 2 1 describes them.

Power/fault LED

Link/Activity LED

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Figure 38 Four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

Table 21 Four-port 16-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

— Off I/O module is powered down.

Link/Activity

Blue On 4-, 8-, or 16-Gb/s link speed (autonegotiates) (each port has one LED)

Blue Blinking Small form-factor pluggable (SFP+

faulted, unsupported, or optical cable fault.

— Off No network connection

1. Refer to the

VNX8000 Parts Location Guide

for the correct SFP+ part number.

) transceiver module

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Four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module

The four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module (labeled 1 GbE iSCSI/TOE on the latch handle) comes with four 1-Gb/s copper ports, one power/fault LED, and a link and activity LED for each port (Figure 39). The copper ports on this I/O module can interface at speeds up to 1 Gb/s for iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) networks

1 2

I/O modules

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1 Push button latch handle 4 RJ-45 link LED

2 Power/fault LED 5 RJ-45 activity LED

3 RJ-45 (copper) port (four)

Figure 39 Four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module

5. iSCSI is a protocol for sending SCSI packets over TCP/IP networks.

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Four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module LEDs

The four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module has three types of status LEDs. Figure 40 shows the LEDs and Table 22 describes them.

Power/fault LED

Link LEDs

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Activity LEDs

Figure 40 Four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module LEDs

Table 22 Four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

— Off I/O module is powered down.

Link (each

Green On Network connection port has one)

Activity

— Off No network connection

Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity (each port has one)

— Off No activity

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Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) I/O module

The two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax6 FCoE I/O module (labeled 10 GbE/FCoE on the latch handle) comes with two FCoE ports, one power/fault LED, and a link and activity LED for each port (Figure 41). The ports on this I/O module can interface at speeds up to 10 Gb/s for Fibre Channel over Ethernet networks. The two-port 10-Gb/s FCoE I/O module uses the SFP+ transceiver module. For part number label location, see the

Location Guide

available online at https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to Additional VNX documentation, and select the related documentation software for the model desired, then go to VNX Hardware Parts, next select the VNX8000 Parts Guide.

VNX8000 Parts

I/O modules

1 Push button latch handle 4 SFP+ link LED (right)

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2 Power/fault LED 5 SFP+ activity LED (left)

3 SFP+ (optical) port (two)

Figure 41 Two-port 10-Gb/s FCoE I/O module

Note: The 10-Gb/s FCoE I/O module uses a specific type of SFP module, ensure you are using the correct one. Refer to the Parts Location guide for more information.

6. The FCoE I/O module can also use active twinaxial (Twinax) cables. Twinax is a type of cable similar to coax, but with two inner conductors instead of one. These cables will be supplied in lieu of the SFP+ transceiver module when so ordered.

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Two-port 10-Gb/s FCoE I/O module LEDs

The two-port 10-Gb/s FCoE I/O module has three types of status LEDs. Figure 42 shows the LEDs and Table 23 describes them.

Power/fault LED

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Link LED

Activity LED

Link LED

Activity LED

Figure 42 Two-port 10-Gb/s FCoE I/O module LEDs

Table 23 two-port 10-Gb/s FCoE I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

Link Green On Network connection

Activity Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity

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— Off I/O module is powered down.

— Off No network connection

— Off No activity

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Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T iSCSI/IP I/O module

The two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T iSCSI/IP I/O module (labeled 10 GbE Base-T on the latch handle) comes with two 10-Gb/s Base-T copper ports, one power/fault LED, and a link and activity LED for each port (Figure 43). The Base-T ports on this I/O module can interface at speeds of 10 Gb/s for iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) networks Twisted Pair (UTP) or EIA Category 7 fully Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) copper cabling.

. The two-port 10-Gb/s Base-T I/O module uses EIA Category 6 or 6a Unshielded

I/O modules

VNXe-000751

1 Push button latch handle 4 Link LED (right)

2 Power/fault LED 5 Activity LED (left)

3 RJ-45 Base-T port (2)

Figure 43 Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module

7. iSCSI is a protocol for sending SCSI packets over TCP/IP networks.

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Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module LEDs

The two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module has three types of status LEDs. Figure 44 shows the LEDs and Table 24 describes them.

Power/fault LED

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Link LED

Activity LED

Link LED

Activity LED

Figure 44 Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module LEDs

Table 24 Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

Link Green On Network connection

Activity Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity

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— Off I/O module is powered down.

— Off No network connection

— Off No activity

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Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module

The two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active and passive Twinax I/O module (labeled 10 GbE v3 on the latch handle) comes with two optical ports, one power/fault LED, and a link and activity LED for each port (Figure 45). The optical ports on this I/O module can interface at speeds of 10-Gb/s networks. The two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module uses the SFP+ transceiver module. For part number label location, see the

Guide

I/O modules

VNX8000 Parts Location

1 Push button latch handle 4 SFP+ link LED (right)

2 Power/fault LED 5 SFP+ activity LED (left)

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3 SFP+ (optical) port (two)

Figure 45 Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module

Note: The 10-Gb/s optical I/O module uses a specific type of SFP module, ensure you are using the correct one. Refer to the Parts Location guide for more information.

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Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module LEDs

The two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module has three types of status LEDs. Figure 46 shows the LEDs and Table 25 describes them.

Power/fault LED

CNS-001672

Link LED

Activity LED

Link LED

Activity LED

Figure 46 Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module LEDs

Table 25 Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

Link Green On Network connection

Activity Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity

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— Off I/O module is powered down.

— Off No network connection

— Off No activity

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Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module

The four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module (labeled 6 Gb SAS v3 with an e inside a lock symbol on the latch handle) link/activity LED for each port (Figure 47). The ports on this I/O module can interface at speeds of 6 Gb/s for supporting serial SCSI protocol (SSP), serial management protocol (SMP), and SATA tunneling protocol (STP) networks. The four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module uses the mini-SAS

comes with four ports, one power/fault LED, and a combination

HD connectors.

I/O modules

1 Push button latch handle 3 port (four)

2 Power/fault LED 4 LED (four)

Figure 47 Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module

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VNX-000580

These connectors are 36-circuit small form-factor 8644 (SFF-8644) specification (sockets or receptacles, see Figure 48) using an SFF-8644 specification mini-SAS

HD 36-circuit

cable (plug) with a pull tab (see Figure 49 on page 62).

Figure 48 shows an example of the port connector (socket) and pinout.

Figure 48 6-Gb/s mini-SAS HD port connector (socket) and pinout

8. The e inside the lock symbol indicates that the I/O module supports encryption.

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IMPORTANT

Figure 49 shows an example of an mini-SAS HD cable connector (plug) with pull tab and

pinout.

White (release) pull tab

Figure 49 6-Gb/s mini-SAS HD cable connector (plug) and pinout

VNXe-000509

When connecting the mini-SAS HD cable connector (plug) into the SAS I/O module ports (sockets) 0, 1, 2, and 3, be careful of the orientation of the cable end with the port. On the SAS I/O module, the ports have nubs (or keys). While the cable end has a notch. This notch aligns with the nub (or key) in the port. On the other side of the cable end is a white release tab opposite from the cable notch.

To connect, gently slide the cable into the port until you hear a small click aligning the notch with the nub (or key) in the port. For the SAS I/O module the notch on the cable aligns with the nub (or key) on the right side of each port. The white release tab should be on the left side of the port.

Do Not force the cable into the port.

A video describing how to properly connect mini-SAS HD cables and mini-SAS cables to a DPE and a DAE, respectively, in a VNX product is available online at:

https://edutube.emc.com/, in the Search box, type in Mini-SAS HD Cable Connectivity.

The video will start immediately.

Note: The video does not show an example of the SAS I/O module, but the video does show how a mini-SAS HD cable connects to a mini-SAS HD port.

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I/O modules

IMPORTANT

Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module LEDs

The four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module has two types of status LEDs. Figure 50 shows the LEDs and Table 26 on page 63 describes them.

Power/fault LED

Link/activity LED

Figure 50 Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module LEDs

Table 26 Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Link/activity Blue On Network connection

Data Mover I/O module types

Four I/O module types are supported by the File/Unified VNX8000 platform Data Mover.

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VNX-000581

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

— Off I/O module is powered down.

Blinking Transmit/receive activity

— Off No activity

When adding new I/O modules, always install I/O modules in sets to each Data Mover within the File/Unified VNX8000 platform or failover group. All Data Movers in the File/Unified VNX8000 platform or failover group must have the same type of I/O modules in the same slots. For more information, refer to the

Mover

document available online at https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to VNX tasks,

Adding I/O modules to the Data

then select Add VNX hardware. Next, follow the steps in the wizard.

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I/O module slots

Slot 0 in each Data Mover is reserved for connections to the storage array and for optional tape backup devices. The other available slots can contain any type of network I/O module that is supported for the File/Unified VNX8000 platform. For more information, refer to the

Adding an I/O module to a Data Mover

document for the correct spes to add an I/O module to a Data Mover. This procedure is available at

https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to VNX tasks, then select Add VNX hardware. Next,

follow the steps in the wizard.

The following types of I/O modules are supported:

◆ “Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module” on page 64

◆ “Four-port 1-Gb/s copper I/O module” on page 67

◆ “Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module” on page 69

◆ “Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T iSCSI/IP I/O module” on page 71

Note: For SP module types, go to “Storage processor I/O module types” on page 47.

Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module

The four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module (labeled 8 GbE Fibre on the latch handle) comes with four optical (fibre) ports, one power/fault LED, and a link/activity LED for each optical port, as shown in Figure 51 on page 65. This I/O module can interface at speeds of 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s.

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Be careful when replacing or swapping out SFP+ modules, your Data Mover will lose access to the SP or tape drive to which it is connected.

This means that you can install and remove an SFP+ module while the VNX8000 platform is operating.

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I/O modules

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1 Push button latch handle 3 SFP+ (optical) port (four)

2 Power/fault LED 4 SFP+ link/activity LED

Figure 51 Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module

Note: The 8-Gb/s I/O module uses a specific type of SFP module, ensure you are using the correct one. Refer to the Parts Location guide for more information.

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I/O modules

Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

The four-port 8-Gb/s Fibre Channel (FC) I/O module has two different types of status LEDs.

Figure 52 shows the LEDs and Table 27 describes them.

Power/fault LED

Link/Activity LED

CNS-001670

Figure 52 Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

Table 27 Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

— Off I/O module is powered down.

Link/Activity

Green On 2- or 4-Gb link speed (suboptimal speed) (each port has one LED)

Blue On 8-Gb/s link speed (maximum speed)

Green or

Blue

Blinking Small form-factor pluggable (SFP+

faulted, unsupported, or optical cable fault.

— Off No network connection

1. Refer to the

VNX8000 Parts Location Guide

for the correct SFP+ part number.

) transceiver module

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Four-port 1-Gb/s copper I/O module

The four-port 1-Gb/s copper I/O module (labeled 1 GbE on the latch handle) comes with four copper ports, one power/fault LED, and a link and activity LED for each copper port (Figure 53). This I/O module can interface at speeds of 10 Mb/s, 100 Mb/s, and 1000 Mb/s (1 Gb/s). Another way to describe this type of module is that it runs Ethernet over twisted pair.

1 2

I/O modules

CNS-001751

1 Push button latch handle 4 RJ-45 link LED

2 Power/fault LED 5 RJ-45 activity LED

3 RJ-45 (copper) port (four)

Figure 53 Four-port 1-Gb/s copper I/O module

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I/O modules

Four-port 1-Gb/s copper I/O module LEDs

The four-port 1-Gb/s copper I/O module has three types of status LEDs. Figure 54 shows the LEDs and Table 28 describes them.

Power/fault LED

Link LEDs

CNS-001666

Activity LEDs

Figure 54 Four-port 1-Gb/s copper I/O module LEDs

Table 28 Four-port 1-Gb/s copper I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

— Off I/O module is powered down.

Link (each

Green On Network connection port has one)

— Off No network connection

Activity (each port has one)

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Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity

— Off No activity

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Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module

The two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active and passive Twinax I/O module (labeled 10 GbE v3 on the latch handle) comes with two optical ports, one power/fault LED, and a link and activity LED for each port (Figure 55). The optical ports on this I/O module can interface at speeds of 10-Gb/s networks. The two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module uses the SFP+ transceiver module. For part number label location, see the

Guide

I/O modules

VNX8000 Parts Location

1 Push button latch handle 3 Link LED (right)

2 Power/fault LED 4 Activity LED (left)

CNS-001756

Figure 55 Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module

Note: The 10-Gb/s optical I/O module uses a specific type of SFP module, ensure you are using the correct one. Refer to the Parts Location guide for more information.

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I/O modules

Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module LEDs

The two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module has three types of status LEDs. Figure 56 shows the LEDs and Table 29 describes them.

Power/fault LED

CNS-001672

Link LED

Activity LED

Link LED

Activity LED

Figure 56 Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module LEDs

Table 29 Two-port 10-Gb/s optical I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

Link Green On Network connection

Activity Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity

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— Off I/O module is powered down.

— Off No network connection

— Off No activity

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Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T iSCSI/IP I/O module

The two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T iSCSI/IP I/O module (labeled 10 GbE Base-T on the latch handle) comes with two 10-Gb/s Base-T copper ports, one power/fault LED, and a link and activity LED for each port (Figure 57). The Base-T ports on this I/O module can interface at speeds of 10 Gb/s for iSCSI (Internet Small Computer System Interface) networks Twisted Pair (UTP) or EIA Category 7 fully Shielded Twisted Pair (STP) copper cabling.

. The two-port 10-Gb/s Base-T I/O module uses EIA Category 6 or 6a Unshielded

I/O modules

VNXe-000751

1 Push button latch handle 4 Link LED (right)

2 Power/fault LED 5 Activity LED (left)

3 RJ-45 Base-T port (2)

Figure 57 Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module

9. iSCSI is a protocol for sending SCSI packets over TCP/IP networks.

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I/O modules

Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module LEDs

The two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module has three types of status LEDs. Figure 58 shows the LEDs and Table 30 describes them.

Power/fault LED

VNXe-000752

Link LED

Activity LED

Link LED

Activity LED

Figure 58 Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module LEDs

Table 30 Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T I/O module LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power/Fault Green On I/O module is powered up.

Amber On I/O module has faulted.

Link Green On Network connection

Activity Amber Blinking Transmit/receive activity

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— Off I/O module is powered down.

— Off No network connection

— Off No activity

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Disk-array enclosures

IMPORTANT

This section describes and illustrates the front- and rear-panel controls, ports, and LED indicators on the disk-array enclosures (DAEs) supported on the VNX8000 platform.

DAE configuration rules:

1.) Maximum number of enclosures per bus is 10.

2.) Maximum number of drives per bus is 250.

3.) Consider the maximum number of drives supported by the storage system model.

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Lifting the DAE and installing it into or removing it from a rack is a two- to three-person job. If needed, use an appropriate lifting device (portable mechanical lift). A fully loaded 2U, 25 DAE; 3U, 15 DAE; 3U, 120 DAE; or 4U, 60 DAE weighs approximately 45 lb (20.41 kg), 68 lb (30.84 kg), 165 lb (74.8 kg), or 213 lb (96.62 kg), respectively.

Disk-array enclosures

Because the 3U, 120 and the 4U, 60 DAEs are extremely heavy, EMC recommends a portable mechanical lift manufactured by Alum-A-Lift. For more information about the EMC recommended portable mechanical lift and an example illustration depicting the lift, go to “Appendix B: Field lift tool and accessory kit” on page 168.

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Access to the internal components in a 3U, 120 (DAE8S) or a 4U, 60 (DAE7S) enclosures mounted 31U (4.5 feet, or 1.38 meters) or higher above the floor requires an appropriate lifting device (portable mechanical lift) and is restricted to authorized service personnel only. Attempts to service disks, fans, or other DAE components mounted 31U or higher without a portable mechanical lift and personnel may result in serious personal injury.

For more information about the weight and dimensions of a VNX8000 platform DAEs, go to https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to the About VNX section, and then select View technical specifications. Next, follow the steps in the wizard.

The VNX8000 platform supports the expansion of four types of disk-array enclosures (DAEs) across a 6-Gb/s SAS bus:

◆ “2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE (DAE5S)” on page 77

◆ “3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE (DAE6S)” on page 85

◆ “3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE (DAE8S)” on page 94

◆ “4U, 60 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) DAE (DAE7S)” on page 111

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IMPORTANT

Number of supported DAEs and disks

The number of DAEs and the disks supported by the VNX8000 platform is variable depending on the type of DAE. Typically, the VNX8000 platform supports up to sixty 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAEs (for a total of 1,500, 2.5-inch disk drives), up to one-hundred 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) DAEs (for a total of 1,500, 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives), up to twelve 3U, 120 (3.5-inch) DAEs (for a total of 1,440, 2.5-inch disk drivers), or up to twenty-five 4U, 60 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) DAEs (for a total of 1,500, 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives).

Configurations with mixtures of 2U, 3U, and 4U DAEs are also possible dependent on the drive slot count. However, if the 3U, 120 or the 4U, 60 DAE is used as part of your request for a mixture of DAE types, due to the depth of the 3U, 120 and 4U, 60 DAEs, the Dense rack is always required and the storage system is not customer installable.

Additionally, you cannot build an environment beyond the supported software and hardware requirements for that VNX8000 platform. the software can support. The VNX8000 platform supports up to a maximum of 1000 disk drives.

Do not

try to add more disk drives than

General

Drive carrier

Each VNX8000 platform DAE typically consists of the following components:

◆ Drive carrier

◆ Disk drive

◆ Midplane

◆ Link control cards (LCCs)

◆ Inter Connect Modules (ICMs)

◆ Power supply

◆ Cooling modules

◆ EMI shielding

In a 2U, 25 and 3U, 15 DAE, the disk drive carriers are metal and plastic assemblies that provide smooth, reliable contact with the enclosure slot guides and midplane connectors. Each carrier has a handle with a latch and spring clips. The latch holds the disk drive in place to ensure proper connection with the midplane. Disk drive activity/fault LEDs are integrated into the carrier (Figure 59 on page 77 and Figure 67 on page 85).

10. The 4U, 60 disk drive DAE includes Inter Connect Modules (ICMs). “4U, 60 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) DAE

(DAE7S)” on page 111

11. The 4U, 60 disk drive DAE has separate power supplies and cooling modules (fans).

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Disk drives

Midplane

LCCs

Disk-array enclosures

For more information about the drive carrier in a 3U, 120 or 4U, 60 DAE, see the “3U, 120

(2.5-inch) DAE (DAE8S)” section on page 94 and the “4U, 60 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) DAE (DAE7S)” section on page 111.

Each disk drive consists of one disk drive in a carrier. You can visually distinguish between disk drive types by their different latch and handle mechanisms and by type, capacity, and speed labels on each disk drive. You can add or remove a disk drive while the DAE is powered up, but you should exercise special care when removing disk drives while they are in use. Disk drives are extremely sensitive electronic components.

In a 2U, 25 or 3U, 15 DAE, a midplane separates the front-facing disk drives from the rear-facing LCCs and power supply/cooling modules. It distributes power and signals to all components in the enclosure. LCCs, power supply/cooling modules, and disk drives plug directly into the midplane.

In a 2U, 25 or 3U, 15 DAE, an LCC supports, controls, and monitors the DAE, and is the primary interconnect management element. Each LCC includes connectors for input and expansion to downstream devices. An enclosure address (EA) indicator is located on each LCC (Figure 65 on page 83 and Figure 73 on page 92)

. Each LCC includes a bus (loop)

identification indicator (Figure 65 on page 83 and Figure 73 on page 92).

In a 3U, 120 DAE, an LCC supports, controls, and monitors the DAE, and is the primary interconnect management element. Each LCC includes connectors for input and expansion to downstream devices. An enclosure address (EA) indicator is located on each LCC (Figure 101 on page 119)

. Each LCC also includes a bus (loop) identification

indicator (Figure 101 on page 119).

In a 4U, 60 DAE, the primary functionality of an LCC is to be a SAS expander as well as to provide enclosure services to all the disk drives (60 in all). In other words, the LCC in a 4U DAE (Figure 111 on page 129) implements a version of the Common Disk Enclosure Sub-system (CDES) architecture. CDES consists of the PMC-Sierra PM8005 SXP 6G SAS expander, the Common Disk Enclosure FPGA (CDEF) and supporting logic.

In the 4U, 60 DAE LCC, two SAS expanders are available. As previously described, the SAS expanders are PMC-Sierra SXP36 6G (PM8005, rev C) components. Each expander functions or operates separately. That is, each expander has its own CDEF and supporting logic to support 30 drives each. A 4-lane SAS wide port connecting each expander to the Inter Connect Module (ICM) expander on the same side (A or B) of the 4U DAE is available. Each expander manages the drives it is connected to. The only shared resources are the LCC LED and the expander I

C (inter-integrated circuit) bus.

12. The EA is sometimes referred to as an enclosure ID.

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Disk-array enclosures

Power supply

In a 2U, 25 or 3U, 15 DAE, the power supply/cooling module integrates independent power supply and blower cooling assemblies into a single module.

Each power supply is an auto-ranging power-factor-corrected, multi-output, off-line converter with its own line cord. The drives and LCC have individual soft-start switches that protect the disk drives and LCC if you install them while the disk enclosure is powered up. A disk or blower with power-related faults will not affect the operation of any other device.

In a 2U, 25 or 3U, 15 DAE, each power/cooling module has three status LEDs (Figure 66 on

page 84 and Figure 74 on page 93).

In a 3U, 120 DAE, the power supplies and cooling modules or fans are separated. The power supplies are located on the rear. The power supply module has an orange knob used for removing and installing the power supply module from the DAE (Figure 78 on

page 98). The cooling modules or fans are located in the front and in the middle of the

DAE.

In a 4U, 60 DAE, the power supplies (Figure 102 on page 120) and cooling modules (Figure 94 on page 112) are separated and located at opposite ends of the 4U DAE. The power supplies are located on the rear of the 4U DAE.

Cooling modules

EMI shielding

In a 2U, 25 or 3U, 15 DAE, the enclosure cooling system consists of dual-blower modules in each power supply/cooling module.

In a 3U, 120 DAE, the cooling modules or fans are located in the front of the DAE and in the middle of the DAE. The cooling modules or fans can only be installed/removed by sliding the DAE forward, then sliding the DAE cover to the rear. You access the cooling modules or fans from inside the DAE (see the “Access to disk drives and fan modules

(cooling modules)” section on page 106 for more information).

In a 4U, 60 DAE, the cooling modules or fans are separate from the power supply modules. The cooling modules or fans are located on the front of the 4U, 60 DAE. The cooling modules or fans can only be installed/removed by sliding the DAE forward, then sliding the DAE cover to the rear. You access the cooling modules or fans from inside the DAE (see the Caution on page 123 for more information).

EMI compliance requires a properly installed electromagnetic interference (EMI) shield in front of the DAE disk drives. When installed in cabinets that include a front door, the DAE includes a simple EMI shield. Other installations require a front bezel that has a locking latch and integrated EMI shield. You must remove the bezel/shield to remove and install the disk drive modules.

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2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE (DAE5S)

The 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DAE used in the VNX7600 platform is 2U (3.5 inches) high and includes 25 disk drives. It uses a 6-Gb/s SAS interface for communication between the disk processor enclosure (DPE) storage processors (SPs) and the DAE.

Front view

On the front, the VNX8000 platform 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DAE includes the following hardware components:

◆ 2.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS, 6-Gb/s NL-SAS, or Flash disk drives (hot-swappable)

◆ Status LEDs

Figure 59 shows the location of these components.

Note: In a VNX8000 platform, when using the 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive carrier, the maximum amount of disk drives is 1,500.

Disk-array enclosures

1 2.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS or 6-Gb/s NL-SAS

drives

2 DAE fault LED (amber) 5 Disk drive status/activity (blue)

3 DAE power status LED (blue)

Figure 59 Example of a 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DAE (front view)

2 3

4 Disk drive fault LED (amber)

VNX-000276

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Table 31 describes the 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE and disk drive status LEDs.

Table 31 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE and disk drive status LEDs

LED Color State Description

DAE fault (see location 2) Blue On No fault has occurred

Amber On Fault has occurred

DAE power (see location 3) Blue On Powering and powered up

— Off Powered down

Rear view

Disk drive fault (see location 4)

Disk drive on/activity (see location 5)

Amber On Fault has occurred

— Off No fault has occurred

Blue On Powering and powered up

Blinking Disk drive activity

On the rear, viewing from top to bottom, a 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE includes the following components:

◆ Two link control cards (LCCs) A and B

◆ Two power supply/cooling modules (A and B)

Figure 60 shows the location of these components.

Power supply B

LCC B

6 Gb

SAS

Figure 60 Example of 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DAE (rear view)

2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE LEDs and connectors

Figure 61 on page 79 shows the location of the 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE LEDs, connectors,

and the latch handles:

◆ AC power supply (A and B) recessed power in (plug)

◆ AC power supply (A and B) LEDs (power and fault)

◆ AC power supply (A and B) latch handle

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LCC A

6 Gb

SAS

Power supply A

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◆ LCC (A and B) mini-SAS connectors (input and output)

◆ LCC (A and B) mini-SAS link LEDs

◆ LCC (A and B) bus ID

◆ LCC (A and B) LEDs (power and fault)

◆ DAE enclosure ID

◆ LCC (A and B) management (RJ-12) connector (not used in VNX7600)

◆ LCC (A and B) latch handle

Disk-array enclosures

9 10

6 Gb

SAS

6 Gb

SAS

VNX-000280

1 LLC B power supply LED (on, green) 7 LCC B bus ID

2 LCC B power supply fault LED (on, amber) 8 LCC B power and fault LEDs

3 LCC B AC power supply power in (recessed

9 DAE enclosure ID or address

plug)

4 LCC B SAS connector link LED (on, blue) 10 LCC B management (RJ-12) connector to

SPS

5 LCC B SAS connector (input); labeled with

11 LCC A power supply latch handle

a double circle (dot) symbol .

6 LCC B SAS connector (output); labeled

with a double diamond symbol

12 LCC A right latch handle

LCC

Figure 61 Example of 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DAE (rear view)

The 6-Gb/s SAS LCC supports, controls, and monitors the DAE, and is the primary interconnect management element. Each LCC includes connectors for input and output to downstream devices.

As described previously, the LCCs in a DAE connects to the SPE and other DAEs with 6-Gb/s SAS cables. The cables connect the LCCs in a system in a daisy-chain topology.

Internally, each DAE LCC connects to the drives in its enclosure in a point-to-point fashion through a switch. The LCC independently receives and electrically terminates incoming signals. For traffic from the system’s storage processors, the LCC switch passes the signal from the input port to the drive being accessed; the switch then forwards the drive output signal to the port.

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Note: If the target drive is not in the LCC’s enclosure, the switch passes the input signal directly to the output port.

Each LCC independently monitors the environmental status of the entire enclosure, using a microcomputer-controlled monitor program. The monitor communicates the status to the storage processor, which polls disk enclosure status. LCC firmware also controls the SAS PHYs and the disk-module status LEDs.

As shown in Figure 61 on page 79, an enclosure ID

indicator is located on each LCC. Each LCC also includes a bus (back-end port) identification indicator. The SP initializes the bus ID when the operating system is loaded.

LCC input/output ports and connectors — The 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE LCC supports the following I/O ports on the rear:

◆ Two 6-Gb/s PCI Gen 2 SAS ports

◆ One management (RJ-12) connector to the SPS

6-Gb/s SAS x4 ports

The DAE LCC supports two (one input and one output) 6-Gb/s SAS x4 ports (labeled 6Gb SAS 0 x4 and 0 x 1) on the rear of each LCC (A and B). This port provides an interface for SAS and NL-SAS drives on the DAE. This port is a 26-circuit SAS small form-factor 8088 (SFF-8088) specification (socket or receptacle) using an SFF-8088 specification mini-SAS 26-circuit cable (plug) with a pull tab.

Note: Each mini-SAS cable is keyed with an in and

out

connection to prevent incorrect

cabling.

A video describing how to properly connect mini-SAS HD cables and mini-SAS cables to a DPE and a DAE, respectively, in a VNX product is available online at:

https://edutube.emc.com/, in the Search box, type in Mini-SAS HD Cable Connectivity.

The video will start immediately.

Note: The first half of the video shows an example of how to connect a mini-SAS HD cable to a mini-SAS HD port while the second half shows how to connect a mini-SAS cable to a DAE LCC port.

13. The enclosure ID is sometimes referred to as the enclosure address (EA).

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Figure 62 shows an example of the 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port connector (socket) and cable

connector (plug) with pull tab.

6 Gb

SAS

Pin A1 A13

B1 B13

VNX-000094

Figure 62 6-Gb/s SAS port and cable connector

Table 32 lists the 2U, DAE 6-Gb/s SAS port pin signals used on the connector.

Table 32 6-Gb/s SAS port connector pinout

Pin Signal Pin Signal

A1 GND B1 GND

A2 Rx 0+ B2 Tx 0+

A3 Rx 0- B3 Tx 0-

A4 GND B4 GND

A5 Rx 1+ B5 Tx 1+

A6 Rx 1- B6 Tx 1-

A7 GND B7 GND

A8 Rx 2+ B8 Tx 2+

A9 Rx 2- B9 Tx 2-

A10 GND B10 GND

A11 Rx 3+ B11 Tx 3+

A12 Rx 3- B12 Tx 3-

A13 GND B13 GND

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6-Gb/s mini-SAS port LEDs and port direction (input or output) — Figure 63 shows the 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port LED—a bi-color (blue/green) LED next to the connector, either left or right—that indicates the link/activity of the mini-SAS port.

Latch handle

6 Gb

SAS

6 Gb/s SAS port

Link LED

VNX-000274

Figure 63 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port LED

Table 33 describes the 2U DAE LCC 6-Gb/s port LEDs.

Table 33 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port LEDs

LED Color State Description

Link/activity Blue On All lanes are running at 6 GB/s

Green On One or more lanes is not running at full speed or

disconnected

Alternating

Blinking Port is being marked by the host

Blue/Green

—OffNot connected

Management (RJ-12) port connector — Figure 64 on page 83 shows the management port

(labeled with two symbols; one depicting a telephone handset with a line through it and the other depicting a battery). The telephone handset with a line through it symbol means that you cannot connect telephone type circuits to this connector (see the following WARNING). This port connects the LCC (A and B) ports to the SPS (A and B) ports, respectively.

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6 Gb

SAS

VNX-000106

Figure 64 LCC RJ-12 port

The cable connecting the LCC to the SPS is an RJ-12 to RJ-12. It has an RJ-12 adapter (LCC side) on one end and a RJ-12 (SPS side) adapter on the other end (Figure 17 on page 31).

LCC enclosure ID (enclosure address) and bus ID

On the rear of the LCC (A and B), an LCC enclosure ID indicator is provided. This ID indicator is a seven-segment LED display for displaying decimal numbers. The LCC enclosure ID appears on both LCCs (A and B) which is the same ID number. The enclosure ID is set at installation (Figure 65).

Each LCC includes a bus (loop) identification indicator. This indicator includes two seven-segment LED displays for displaying decimal numbers. The SP initializes the bus ID when the operating system is loaded (Figure 65).

LCC power fault LED

LCC enclosure ID

LCC power on LED

Figure 65 Example of an LCC B enclosure ID and bus ID

Bus (loop) ID

6 Gb

SAS

VNX-000277

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Table 34 describes the power and fault status LEDs.

Table 34 LCC power and fault status LEDs

Led Color State Description

Power on Green On Power on

—OffPower off

Power fault Amber On Fault detected

— Off No fault or power off

AC power supply/cooling module

Figure 66 shows an example of the 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE AC power supply/cooling

module with a power in (recessed) connector (plug) and status LEDs.

Latch handle

Power supply in

Power fault LED Power on LED

VNX-000279

Figure 66 Example of 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE AC power supply/cooling module power in (recessed) connector (plug) and status LEDs

Table 35 describes the 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE power supply/cooling module LEDs.

Table 35 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE AC power supply/cooling module LEDs

Led Color State Description

Power fault Amber On Fault

Blinking During power shutdown and during overvoltage

— Off No fault or power off

Power on Green On Power on

—OffPower off

(OVP) and undervoltage protection (UVP) fault

The power supply/cooling modules are located to the left and right of the LCCs. The units integrate independent power supply and dual-blower cooling assemblies into a single module.

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Each power supply is an auto-ranging, power-factor-corrected, multi-output, offline converter with its own line cord. Each supply supports a fully configured DAE and shares load currents with the other supply. The drives and LCCs have individual soft-start switches that protect the disk drives and LCCs if they are installed while the disk enclosure is powered up. The enclosure cooling system includes two dual-blower modules.

3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE (DAE6S)

The 3U, 15 DAE (2.5- or 3.5-inch) disk drive DAE in the VNX8000 platform is 3U (5.25 inches) high and includes 15 disk drives. It uses a 6-Gb/s SAS interface for communication between the storage processor enclosure (SPE) storage processors (SPs) and the DAE.

Front view

On the front, the VNX8000 platform 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) disk drive DAE carrier includes the following hardware components:

◆ 2.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS, 6-Gb/s NL-SAS, or Flash disk drives (hot-swappable)

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◆ 3.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS, 6-Gb/s NL-SAS, or Flash disk drives (hot-swappable)

◆ Status LEDs

Figure 67 shows the location of these components.

Note: In a VNX8000 platform, when using the 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) disk drive carrier, the maximum amount of disk drives is 1,500.

VNX-000103

1 2.5- or 3.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS drives or

6-Gb/s NL-SAS disk drives

2 DAE fault LED (amber) 5 Disk drive on/activity LED (green)

3 DAE power on LED (blue)

Figure 67 Example of a 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) disk drive DAE (front view)

4 Disk drive fault LED (amber)

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Table 36 describes the VNX8000 platform DAE and the 3.5-inch disk drive status LEDs

Table 36 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE and disk drive LEDs

LED Color State Description

DAE fault (see location 2) Amber On Fault has occurred

DAE power (see location 3) Green On Powering and powered up with

backend bus running at 2 Gb/s

Rear view

Disk drive fault (see location 4)

Disk drive on/activity (see location 5)

Blue On Powering and powered up with

— Off Powered down

Amber On Fault has occurred

— Off No fault has occurred

Green On Powering and powered up

Blinking, mostly onDisk drive is on with I/O activity

Blinking at constant rate

Blinking, mostly off

— Off Disk is powered down

backend bus running at 6 Gb/s

Disk drive is spinning up or down normally

Disk drive is powered up but not spinning

Note: This is a normal part of the spin-up sequence, occurring during the spin-up delay of a slot.

On the rear, viewing from top to bottom, a 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) disk drive DAE includes the following components:

◆ Two 6-Gb/s SAS LCCs (A and B)

◆ Two power supply/cooling modules

Figure 68 on page 87 shows an example of the rear view of a 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) disk drive

DAE.

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Power supply B

6Gb SAS

LCC B

6Gb SAS

Power supply A

LCC A

Figure 68 Example of a 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) disk drive DAE with two LCCs and two power supply/cooling modules (rear view)

3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) DAE LEDs and connectors

Figure 69 on page 88 shows the location of the 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) DAE LEDs,

connectors, and the latch handles:

◆ AC power supply (A and B) recessed power in (plug)

◆ AC power supply (A and B) LEDs (power and fault)

◆ AC power supply (A and B) latch handle

◆ LCC (A and B) mini-SAS connectors (input and output)

◆ LCC (A and B) mini-SAS link LEDs

◆ LCC (A and B) bus ID

◆ LCC (A and B) LEDs (power and fault)

◆ DAE enclosure ID

◆ LCC (A and B) management (RJ-12) connector (not used in VNX7600)

◆ LCC (A and B) latch handle

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567 9

10 11 12

LCC B

1 LCC B AC power supply power in (recessed

plug)

2 LCC B power supply fan fault LED (on,

amber)

6Gb SAS

7 LCC B SAS connector (output); labeled

with a double diamond symbol

8 LCC B SAS connector (input); labeled with

a double circle (or dot) symbol

3 LLC B power supply LED (on, green) 9 LCC B bus ID

4 LCC B power supply fault LED (on, amber) 10 LCC B bus LED (fault, amber)

5 LCC B management (RJ-12) connector to

11 LCC B bus LED (on, green)

SPS

6 LCC B SAS connector link LED 12 DAE enclosure ID

1. The DAE enclosure ID is sometimes referred to as the enclosure address (EA).

Figure 69 Example of a 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) disk drive DAE with two LCCs and two power supply/cooling modules (rear view)

LCC A

VNX-000100

LCC

The LCC supports and controls one 6-Gb/s mini-SAS bus and monitors the DAE. A blue link/activity LED indicates a DAE operating at 6 Gb/s.

The LCCs in a DAE connects to the SPE and other DAEs with 6-Gb/s cables. The cables connect the LCCs in a system in a daisy-chain (loop) topology.

Internally, each DAE LCC uses protocols to emulate a loop; it connects to the drives in its enclosure in a point-to-point fashion through a switch. The LCC independently receives and electrically terminates incoming signals. For traffic from the system’s storage processors, the LCC switch passes the signal from the input port to the drive being accessed; the switch then forwards the drive output signal to the port.

Note: If the target drive is not in the LCC’s enclosure, the switch passes the input signal directly to the output port.

Each LCC independently monitors the environmental status of the entire enclosure, using

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As shown in Figure 69 on page 88, an enclosure ID14 indicator is located on each LCC. Each LCC also includes a bus (back-end port) identification indicator. The SP initializes the bus ID when the operating system is loaded.

Note: An LCC might be in either the A slot, as shown, or the B slot above it, depending on the DAE placement within a system. For example, the front DAE in some systems is in slot A; the rear enclosure LCC is inverted, and in slot B.

LCC input/output ports and connectors

The 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE LCC supports the following I/O ports on the rear:

◆ Two 6-Gb/s by four-lane SAS ports

◆ One management (RJ-45) connector to the SPS

6-Gb/s mini-SAS x4 ports

The 3U DAE LCC supports two (one input and one output) 6-Gb/s mini-SAS x4 ports (labeled 6Gb SAS x4) on the rear of each LCC (A and B). This port provides an interface for SAS and NL-SAS drives on the DAE. This port is a 26-circuit SAS small form-factor 8088 (SFF-8088) specification (socket or receptacle) using an SFF-8088 specification mini-SAS 26-circuit cable (plug) with a pull tab.

Note: Each SAS cable is keyed with an in and

out

connection to prevent incorrect cabling.

A video describing how to properly connect mini-SAS HD cables and mini-SAS cables to a DPE and a DAE, respectively, in a VNX product is available online at:

https://edutube.emc.com/, in the Search box, type in Mini-SAS HD Cable Connectivity.

The video will start immediately.

Note: The first half of the video shows an example of how to connect a mini-SAS HD cable to a mini-SAS HD port while the second half shows how to connect a mini-SAS cable to a DAE LCC port.

Figure 70 on page 90 shows an example of the port connector (socket) and cable

connector (plug) with pull tab.

14. The enclosure ID is sometimes referred to as the enclosure address (EA).

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3U, DAE LCC B 6-Gb/s mini-SAS ports

6Gb SAS

Pin A1 A13

B1 B13

Figure 70 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port and cable connector

Table 37 lists the 3U DAE LCC 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port pin signals used on the connector.

Table 37 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port connector pinout

Pin Signal Pin Signal

A1 GND B1 GND

A2 Rx 0+ B2 Tx 0+

A3 Rx 0- B3 Tx 0-

A4 GND B4 GND

A5 Rx 1+ B5 Tx 1+

A6 Rx 1- B6 Tx 1-

A7 GND B7 GND

A8 Rx 2+ B8 Tx 2+

A9 Rx 2- B9 Tx 2-

A10 GND B10 GND

A11 Rx 3+ B11 Tx 3+

A12 Rx 3- B12 Tx 3-

A13 GND B13 GND

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6-Gb/s mini-SAS port LEDs and port direction (input or output)

Figure 71 shows the LCC 6-Gb/s SAS port LED—a bi-color (blue/green) LED next to the

connector, either left or right—that indicates the link/activity of the SAS port. Figure 71 also shows a double circle (or dot) symbol

(for input) or a double diamond symbol

(for output).

3U, DAE LCC B 6-Gb/s SAS ports

6Gb SAS

3U, DAE LCC A 6-Gb/s SAS ports

Figure 71 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port LED

6Gb SAS

VNX-000101

Table 38 describes the 3U DAE LCC 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port LEDs.

Table 38 6-Gb/s mini-SAS port LEDs

LED Color State Description

Link/activity Blue On All lanes are running at 6 GB/s

Green On One or more lanes is not running at full speed or

disconnected

Alternating Blue/Green

Blinking Port is being marked by the host

—OffNot connected

Management (RJ-12) connector

Figure 72 on page 92 shows the management port connector (labeled with two symbols;

one depicting a telephone handset with a line through it and the other depicting a battery). The telephone handset with a line through it symbol means that you cannot connect telephone type circuits to this connector (see the WARNING on page 92). This port connects the LCC (A and B) ports to the SPS (A and B) ports, respectively.

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LCC B

6Gb SAS

Figure 72 LCC RJ-12 port

The cable connecting the LCC to the SPS is an RJ-12 to RJ-12. It has an RJ-12 adapter (LCC side) on one end and a RJ-12 (SPS side) adapter on the other end (Figure 17 on page 31).

LCC enclosure ID (enclosure address) and bus ID

Bus (loop) fault

status LED (amber)

Bus (loop) ID

6Gb SAS

Bus (loop) power

status LED (green)

LCC enclosure ID

LCC B

VNX-000107

Figure 73 Example of an LCC B enclosure ID, fault and power status LEDs, and bus ID

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Table 39 describes the bus (loop) indicator status LEDs.

Table 39 LCC bus (loop) status LEDs

Led Color State Description

Power fault Amber On Fault

— Off No fault or power off

Power on Green On Power on

—OffPower off

AC power supply/cooling module

Figure 74 shows an example of the 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) disk drive DAE AC power

supply/cooling module with a power in (recessed) connector (plug) and status LEDs.

Power supply in

Power on LED

Fan fault LED VNX-000104

Figure 74 Example of a 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE AC power supply/cooling module power in (recessed) connector (plug) and status LEDs

Power fault LED

Table 40 describes the 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE power supply/cooling module LEDs.

Table 40 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) disk drive DAE AC power supply/cooling module LEDs

Led Color State Description

Power on Green On Power on

—OffPower off

Power fault Amber On Fault

Blinking During power shutdown and during overvoltage and

undervoltage protection (OVP/UVP) fault

— Off No fault or power off

Fan fault Amber On Fault, one or both not operating normally

— Off No fault, fans operating normally

The power supply/cooling modules are located above and below the LCCs. The units integrate independent power supply and dual-blower cooling assemblies into a single module.

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IMPORTANT

The enclosure cooling system includes two dual-blower modules.

3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE (DAE8S)

In a VNX7600 platform, the 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE is only supported in a Dense rack configuration. This Dense rack is 40U or 5.1 feet (1.55 meters) high and 44 inches (17.32 cm) deep. Each 3U, 120 DAE that goes into the Dense rack weighs 50 lb (22.6 kg) empty and 165 lb (74.8 kg) fully loaded. As a result; whenever the 3U, 120 DAE configuration is ordered, it is assembled and configured at the factory before shipping.

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Access to the internal components in a 3U, 120 (DAE8S) enclosure mounted 31U (4.5 ft, or 1.38 m) or higher above the floor requires an appropriate EMC service ladder and is restricted to authorized service personnel only. Attempts to service disks, fans, or other DAE components mounted 31U or higher without a recommended EMC service ladder and personnel may result in serious personal injury. If an EMC service ladder is on site, this ladder is the property of EMC and is only available for use by authorized EMC service personnel.

If installing a new 3U, 120 DAE or replacing an existing 3U, 120 DAE above 31U is necessary, then an appropriate portable mechanical lifting device is required. For more information about this type of device, see “Appendix B: Field lift tool and accessory kit”

on page 168.

The 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE in the VNX7600 platform is 3U (5.25 in.) high. Figure 75 on

page 95 shows an example of the front and rear views of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE.

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Front

Rear

Figure 75 Example of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE (front and rear views)

Supporting 6-Gb/s data transfer speeds, the 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE has the following components:

◆ Ten fans (two separate rows of five fans each, front and mid-section), inside

◆ Up to 120 disks (six rows of twenty each), inside

◆ One system status card (SSC), front

◆ Two Link Control Cards (LCCs), rear

◆ Four power supplies supporting two types of power supply modules—a single DC

output and a dual DC output version, rear

Note: To see an example of the interior view of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE, go to Figure 86 on

page 104. In this illustration all of the main components except the power supplies and

the LCCs are shown.

Figure 76 on page 96 shows the front view of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE. The front shows

five fan modules or cooling modules

and a system status card (SSC) with three status

LEDs (an enclosure fault led, an enclosure power led, and an SSC fault led).

15. The 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE has a total of ten fan modules or cooling module (five in the front and five in the mid-section of the DAE).

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Fan module (5 places)

System status card

Figure 76 Example a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE (front view) showing the SSC fault (see location A) and DAE fault (see location B) LEDs (amber) and the DAE power LED (blue)

Fault LEDs

DAE power LED

Fan module (cooling module)

Five of the ten fan modules (cooling modules) of the 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE are located (Figure 76) on the front. Cooling is provided by these front fan modules and the five fan modules located in the mid-section of the DAE (Figure 88 on page 107). All of the fan modules are installed or removed with the DAE pulled out of the cabinet (for information about how to install or remove the fan module, go to “Access to disk drives and fan

modules (cooling modules)” on page 106). For a closer look of a fan module, go to “Fan module (cooling module)” on page 109.

System status card

The system status card (SSC) is a removable circuit board located on the bottom, front of the 3U, 120 DAE and provides the following functionality (Figure 76 on page 96):

◆ Three status LEDs (Table 41 on page 97)

• SSC fault LED

•Enclosure fault LED

• Enclosure power LED

◆ Fan voltage of 12 VDC is provided to two fans; fan 0 located in the front of the DAE and

fan 7 located in the mid-section of the DAE; this maintains proper cooling,

◆ An inlet temperature sensor that determines the ambient temperature outside the

enclosure

◆ SSC resume EEPROM for tracking manufacturing information

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Table 41 describes the 3U, 120 DAE status LEDs.

Table 41 3U, 120 DAE status LEDs

LED Color State Description

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Rear view

SSC fault (see location A in

Amber On Fault detected

Figure 76 on page 96)

— Off No fault detected

DAE fault (see location B in

Amber On Fault detected

Figure 76 on page 96)

— Off No fault detected

DAE power Blue On Powered on, normal

Off Not powered on or fault

Figure 77 shows the 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE includes two LCCs (A and B) and four power

supply modules.

LCC ALCC B

A0B0 B1 A1

Figure 77 Example of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE with two LCCs (A and B) and four power supply modules (locations A0, A1, B0, and B1)

The 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE supports one type of power supply module: a dual DC output power supply. Figure 77 shows the dual DC output power supplies having an orange knob to install and remove the power supplies to and from the enclosure.

Power supply module

As shown in Figure 77, the power supply module is described in the following paragraphs. For more information about the technical specifications of the single and the dual output power supplies, go to https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/, select View technical specifications. Next, follow the steps in the wizard for your desired technical specification. For information about replacing a power supply module, go to

power supply module in a 120-disk enclosure

https://mydocs.emc.com/VNX/ and go to VNX Tasks,

procedure available online at

then select Replace VNX hardware.

Next, follow the steps in the wizard.

Replacing a

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Dual DC output, knob-type power supply

The dual DC output, knob-type power supply (Figure 78) includes two status LEDs: a fault LED and a power LED. The dual output version is rated at 1080 W with two 12-V DC outputs (540 W at each) and one AC input per power supply. Table 42 describes the LEDs.

Fault LED

Figure 78 Example of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE DC dual output, knob-type power supply module (rear view)

Table 42 3U, 120 DAE dual DC output, knob-type power supply (fault and power on) LEDs

LED Color State Description

Fault Amber On Fault, under LCC control. Fans or outputs are

Power Green On AC Power on

Power LED

Knob

outside the specified operating range while the unit is in low power mode.

Blinking External fault, under LCC control. 12 VDC off due to

all LCCs not being present.

— Off No fault or power off

— Off AC Power off, verify source power

LCC

Figure 79 shows an example of the rear view of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE showing LCC A

and B with single output power supplies.

LCC ALCC B

A0B0 B1 A1

Figure 79 Example of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE showing LCC A and B (rear view)

Each LCC (Figure 80 on page 99) provides 4x mini-SAS small form-factor 8088 (SFF-8088) specification connectors (Figure 81 on page 100). These ports are connected to a SAS expander with 36 PHYs. The expander allows for traffic to pass through the enclosure upstream and downstream. It also provides access to the disk drive SAS sub-system. This disk drive sub-system is made up of four 36 PHY edge expanders in parallel. Each

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expander provides SAS connectivity to 30 disk drives. These edge expanders connect to the fanout expander (IO expander) through a five lane SAS wide port. For information about replacing an LCC, go to the

Replacing an LCC in a 120-disk enclosure

procedure.

LCC status LEDs

The following table describes the LCC status LEDS.

Table 43 LCC status LEDs

LED Color State Description

Power (bottom) Green On Power on

—OffPower off

Power fault

Amber On Fault

(top)

— Off No fault or power off

6 Gb SAS

X4 X4

2 43 5

101

810

6 Gb

X4 X4

SAS

1 LCC mini-SAS connector LEDs

(blue/green); for a closer view, see

Figure 81 on page 100.

2 LCC enclosure ID 7 LCC mini-SAS connector (input or primary);

6 LCC management (RJ-12) connector (not

used in the VNX7600 platform); for a closer view, see Figure 83 on page 102.

labeled with a double circle (dot) symbol

. The right port is labeled 0 and the left

port is labeled 1.

3 LCC enclosure bus ID 8 LCC power fault LED (amber); Table 43

4 LCC lock knob (orange) 9 LCC power on LED (green); Table 43

5 LCC USB connector (for a closer view, see

Figure 84 on page 102)

10 LCC mini-SAS connector (output or

expansion); labeled with a double diamond symbol

. The right port is

labeled 0 and the left port is labeled 1.

Figure 80 Example of a 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE LCC A (rear view)

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LCC input/output ports, connectors, and LEDs

The 3U, 120 (2.5-inch) DAE LCC supports the following I/O ports on the rear:

◆ Four 6-Gb/s PCI Gen 2 mini-SAS ports

◆ One management (RJ-12) connector (not used in the VNX7600 platform)

◆ One USB connector

6-Gb/s mini-SAS x4 ports — The LCC supports four (two input with a double circle

and

two output with a double diamond ) 6-Gb/s mini-SAS x4 ports (labeled 6 Gb SAS x4 1 or 0) on the rear of each LCC (A and B) as shown in Figure 81. This port provides an interface for SAS and NL-SAS drives in the DAE. The port is a 26-circuit SAS small form-factor 8088 (SFF-8088) specification (socket or receptacle) using an SFF-8088 specification mini-SAS 26-circuit cable (plug) with a pull tab.

Mini-SAS connector LED — A blue/green link/activity LED next to the mini-SAS port indicates the DAE connection status. Blue indicates that the port is established at a maximum bus speed of 6-Gb/s. Green indicates that a wide port width other than 4x is established or one or more lanes is not operating at the maximum bus speed.

Mini-SAS connector

LED (bi-color, blue/green)

6 Gb SAS

X4 X4

Mini-SAS connectors (output or expansion)

101

Mini-SAS connectors

Figure 81 6-Gb/s mini-SAS input and output connectors and LEDS

(input or primary)

6 Gb

X4 X4

SAS

Note: As described in the previous paragraphs, the first connection from the DAE comes from the four, 6-Gb/s mini-SAS ports. This connection uses a a 26-pin mini-SAS small form-factor 8088 (SFF-8088) specification connector (plug) with a pull (release) tab on one end of the cable, while the SPE side (SAS I/O module) uses a 36-pin mini-SAS HD small form-factor 8644 (SFF-8644) specification connector (plug) with a pull (release) tab (see

Figure 49 on page 62) on the other end of the cable.

A video describing how to properly connect mini-SAS HD cables and mini-SAS cables from a DPE to a DAE, respectively in a VNX product is available online at:

https://edutube.emc.com/, in the Search box, type in Mini-SAS HD Cable Connectivity.

The video will start immediately.

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