EMC® VNX5300™ Hardware Information Guide
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EMC® VNX5300™ Hardware Information Guide
About this document
This document provides an overview of the architecture, components, and features of
the VNX5300 platform. The specific aspects of the Block, File, and Unified VNX5300
platform and its major components include the front and rear connectors and LED
indicators on the 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) or 3U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk processor enclosure (DPE),
the standby power supply (SPS), the Control Station, the Data Mover Enclosure
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(DME), and the 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) or 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive disk-array enclosure
(DAE).
Organization
The following describes the arrangement of the component descriptions presented in
this document:
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“VNX5300 Block and File front and rear views” on page 4
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“System component description” on page 9
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“VNX5300 front view” on page 9
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“Control Station front view” on page 13
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“VNX5300 rear view” on page 17
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“Standby power supply rear view” on page 17
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“Control Station rear view” on page 32
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“Disk-array enclosure expansion” on page 57
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“The 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE front view” on page 58
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“The 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE rear view” on page 60
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“2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE front view” on page 66
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“2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE rear view” on page 67
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1. The term Data Mover Enclosure is used throughout this guide. The term Data Mover
Enclosure is also referred to as a blade enclosure. These terms are interchangeable and
basically mean the same.