DLm8500 PowerMax Physical Planning Overview
A DLm8500 PowerMax configuration is composed of a VTEC cabinet with tape
emulation engines and switches. PowerMax system has maximum of two cabinets.
PowerMax does not have separate cabinets for system and storage. Each cabinet has
system and storage together.
CAUTION
The DLm8500 VTEC and PowerMax cabinet equipment enclosures and
power systems are designed to support DLm8500 system equipment only. Dell
EMC does not support any other components in these cabinets, and recommends
that you do not install any additional equipment in the DLm8500 cabinets.
Note:
Besides to the
DLm Release Notes
and
Dell EMC DLm User guides for
DLm8500
, see the
Dell EMC PowerMax Family Site Planning Guide
for additional
information.
VTEC cabinet
The DLm8500 VTEC cabinet contains:
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One to eight VTEs (VTEs 7 and 8 can be obtained only by RPQ)
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Two 10 GbE Dell S4048-ON 48 port switches
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Two 1 GbE Dell S3048-ON 24 port switches
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Two Brocade DS-6510B 16 Gb Fibre channel 48 port switches
PowerMax system cabinet and storage cabinets
This section provides an overview of PowerMax system cabinet and storage cabinets.
Dell EMC PowerMax Family Site Planning Guide
provides more information about the
PowerMax system cabinet and storage cabinets in the DLm8500.
If there is any difference between the
DLm Physical Planning Guide for DLm8500
and
the above-mentioned
Dell EMC PowerMax Family Site Planning Guide
, follow the
Dell
EMC PowerMax Family Site Planning Guide
.
DLm8500 with PowerMax Physical Specifications
This section covers the physical specifications for DLm8500 with PowerMax.
Physical data
This section provides the physical data requirements for DLm systems.
DLm8500 weight details
DLm8500 with PowerMax has a maximum configuration of one VTEC cabinet and two
PowerMax cabinets. PowerMax does not have separate cabinets for system and
storage. Each cabinet has system and storage together.
When fully configured, the weight of each cabinet is:
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VTEC cabinet—1077 lb (488.5 kg)
DLm8500 with PowerMax Physical Planning
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