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EMC VNX VG2/VG8 Hardware Information Guide

Component description

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

cable.

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Mounting rails with hardware

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Front bezel with VNX VG8 badge

Component description

This section provides the exact details of the VNX VG2 and VNX VG8 components. These
details include illustrations and descriptions of the front and rear controls, connectors,
and LED indicators.

The components are:

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“VNX VG2/VG8 front view” on page 10

• 1U Control Station

• 2U Data Mover enclosure

– Power supply/cooling (fan) modules

– CPU modules

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“VNX VG2/VG8 rear view” on page 16

• 1U Control Station

• 2U Data Mover enclosure

– Management modules

– I/O modules

VNX VG2/VG8 front view

On the front, viewing from top to bottom, a VNX VG2 or a VNX VG8 gateway can include the
following hardware:

VNX VG2 front view

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One to two 1U Control Stations

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2U Data Mover enclosure (one to two Data Movers)

• Power supply/cooling (fan) modules

• CPU modules

Figure 5 on page 11

shows an example of a VNX VG2 gateway and the orientation of the

hardware components on the front of the gateway.

VNX VG8 front view

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One to two 1U Control Stations

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One to four 2U Data Mover enclosures (two to eight Data Movers)

• Power supply/cooling (fan) modules

• CPU modules

Summary of Contents for VNX VG2

Page 1: ... Storage Type Gateway Document ID 1342541992234 Reporting Problems To send comments or report errors regarding this document please email usercustomizeddocs emc com For Issues not related to this document contact your service provider Refer to Document ID 1342541992234 Content Creation Date July 17 2012 ...

Page 2: ...dules This guide is available online at https mydocs emc com VNX Go to the About VNX section and then select Learn about VNX Next follow the steps in the wizard Topics include Product software and hardware release revisions 2 Revision history 2 Where to get help 2 How this document is organized 3 Related documentation 3 VNX VG2 overview 4 VNX VG8 overview 6 Component description 10 Control Station...

Page 3: ...bsite to ensure that you are using the latest version of this document Revision history The following table presents the revision history of this document 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 ...

Page 4: ...r server related tasks go to the Server tasks for the VNX5100 section and then select the appropriate heading For example to download a PDF copy of Adding or replacing hardware go to Add or replace hardware and follow the steps in the wizard Title Description VNX VG2 overview on page 4 Describes and shows the front and rear views of a typical VNX VG2 gateway VNX VG8 overview on page 6 Describes an...

Page 5: ...d a 2U Data Mover enclosure with two Data Movers per enclosure Each Data Mover includes two power supply cooling fan modules and one CPU module Note Each CPU module is located below two power supply cooling fan modules as shown in Figure 5 on page 11 The CPU module includes its own left and right latch handles These CPU modules can only be installed or removed after you remove the power supply coo...

Page 6: ...U module consisting of one Intel Xeon 4 core 2 4 GHz processor with 12 MB of L3 cache Six DDR3 synchronous dynamic RAM SDRAM slots supporting up to 12 GB 6 GB factory installed per CPU module One Fibre Channel FC I O module in slot 0 or one Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE I O module in slot 0 SAN Note The FCoE I O module can replace the FC I O modules in a factory shipped system if desired Four p...

Page 7: ...e or two 1U Control Stations Each 1U Control Station consists of the following features Intel 2 0 GHz single core Celeron processor with 800 MHz front side bus FSB and 512 KB cache 2 GB of RAM One 250 GB SATA hard drive Two rear mounted USB ports and one front mounted USB port Four RJ 45 10Base T 100Base TX 1000Base T network interface connectors located on the rear panel Two integrated serial por...

Page 8: ...g fan modules and two CPU modules Note Each CPU module is located below two power supply cooling fan modules as shown in Figure 5 on page 11 The CPU module includes its own left and right latch handles These CPU modules can only be installed or removed after you remove the power supply cooling fan module Figure 3 VNX VG8 gateway components front view without front bezel Figure 4 on page 8 shows an...

Page 9: ...te In the VNX VG8 gateway a Data Mover is defined as a CPU module with I O modules Each Data Mover consists of One CPU module consisting of one 64 bit Intel Xeon 6 core 2 8 GHz processor with 12 MB of L3 cache Six DDR3 synchronous dynamic RAM SDRAM slots supporting up to 24 GB in six 4 GB DIMMs per CPU module 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0...

Page 10: ...r port 1 Gb s copper labeled 1 GbE on the latch handle Two port 1 Gb s copper plus two port 1 Gb s optical labeled 1 GbE on the latch handle Two port 10 Gb s RJ 45 Base T iSCSI IP labeled 10 GbE Base T on the latch handle Note The two port 10 Gb s RJ 45 Base T IP I O module requires VNX OE for Block R35 and VNX OE for File version 7 1 or later Two management modules per Data Mover enclosure Two po...

Page 11: ...losure Power supply cooling fan modules CPU modules VNX VG2 VG8 rear view on page 16 1U Control Station 2U Data Mover enclosure Management modules I O modules VNX VG2 VG8 front view On the front viewing from top to bottom a VNX VG2 or a VNX VG8 gateway can include the following hardware VNX VG2 front view One to two 1U Control Stations 2U Data Mover enclosure one to two Data Movers Power supply co...

Page 12: ... the number of components will vary for a VNX VG2 or a VNX VG8 Figure 5 Example of the VNX VG2 gateway front view Control Station front view On the front viewing from left to right the VNX VG2 VG8 gateway 1U Control Station includes the following hardware components DVD ROM drive USB 2 0 connector Control switch and status LEDs Figure 6 on page 12 shows the orientation of these components 1 Power ...

Page 13: ...t panel Figure 7 VNX VG2 VG8 Control Station switch and LEDs Table 1 describes the switch located on the front panel Table 2 on page 13 describes the LEDs located on the front panel 1 DVD ROM drive 3 USB 2 0 connector 2 Control Station switch and status LEDs for a closer view see Figure 7 DVD 1 2 3 CNS 001740 1 2 2 1 3 4 5 6 CNS 001744 Table 1 Control Station switch Switch Description Power push b...

Page 14: ...dules and two CPU modules installed Figure 8 Data Mover enclosure LEDs Table 2 Control Station LEDs LED Color State Description System status location 2 Not used System power sleep location 3 Green On Power on Blinking Sleep Off Power off Internal hard drive activity location 4 Green Blinking Hard drive access Off No hard drive activity Onboard integrated Ethernet NIC 1 and 2 locations 5 and 6 res...

Page 15: ...d all the FRUs in the enclosure are operating properly Off Data Mover enclosure is powered down Fault Amber On A FRU failed within the enclosure Note When the enclosure fault LED is amber look for the FRU within the enclosure that is causing the fault Refer to the other status LED definitions in this section to determine which FRU failed Off Data Mover enclosure operating normally AC AC AC AC CPU ...

Page 16: ...e every second 3 Loads the operating system blinking four times a second Blue 4 Operating system loaded blinking once every 4 seconds 5 Operating system starting Flare drivers blinking once every second 6 Flare drivers operating blinking four times a second Off Data Mover operating normally Unsafe to remove White On Data Mover is unsafe to remove Off Data Mover is safe to remove Table 4 CPU LEDs c...

Page 17: ...le of a VNX VG2 gateway and the orientation of the hardware components on the rear of the gateway VNX VG8 rear view One to two 1U Control Stations One to four 2U Data Mover enclosures two to eight Data Movers Management modules I O modules Note All VNX VG2 VG8 gateways have a 1U Control Station and a 2U Data Mover enclosure In the following sections the illustrations and corresponding tables descr...

Page 18: ...e Control Station while the RJ 45 NICs labeled B and MGMT are on a PCI e card in the expansion slot on the rear of the Control Station One DB 9 plug serial console RS 232 EIA 232 connector Two USB 2 0 connectors POST diagnostic LEDs 1 Control Station for closer view see Figure 12 on page 18 4 Two port 1 Gb s copper plus two port 1 Gb s optical I O module for closer view see Figure 27 on page 32 2 ...

Page 19: ...d dual port Ethernet ports labeled A and CS and two Peripheral Component Interconnect Express PCI e low profile card dual port Ethernet ports labeled B and MGMT in an expansion slot on the rear of the Control Station These ports provide an interface for connecting to 10 Mb s 100 Mb s or 1 AC power in connector 7 DB 9 serial console plug connector 2 PS 2 connector mouse not used 8 Two USB 2 0 conne...

Page 20: ...nnector adapter Figure 13 shows an example of the Ethernet RJ 45 port and cable connector Figure 13 Control Station Ethernet RJ 45 port and connector adapter Table 7 lists the 1U Control Station Ethernet RJ 45 pin signals used on the connector Table 6 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 pa...

Page 21: ...ion serial console DB 9 plug connector The back of the VNX VG2 VG8 1U Control Station includes a standard serial console Electronics Industries Association EIA RS 232 interface DB 9 plug connector labeled with a wrench tool icon on the right Notice the orientation of the pins as shown in Figure 15 Figure 15 Control Station serial console DB 9 plug connector CNS 001748 1 2 Table 8 Control Station R...

Page 22: ...ure 16 Control Station modem DB 9 plug connector Table 10 lists the Control Station Ethernet DB 9 pin signals used on the connector Table 9 Control Station 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 5 GND Ground 6 DSR Data set ready 7 RTS Request to send 8 CTS Clear to send 9 RI Ring indicator CNS ...

Page 23: ...odule Figure 17 Data Mover enclosure rear view Management module The management module on the 1U Control Station provides the management connections via three 10 100 1000 Ethernet RJ 45 ports The management module also includes one RS 232 EIA DB 9 serial socket connector for service laptop connection and several LEDs as shown in Figure 18 on page 23 1 Data Mover enclosure 4 Four port 8 Gb s FC I O...

Page 24: ...tage 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 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 as described in Table 6 on page 19 1 Power fault LED 5 NMI1 reset button 1 ...

Page 25: ...meric display blade enclosure ID Port 1 Activity LED Power Fault LED Port 0 Activity LED Port 2 Activity LED Port 1 Link LED CNS 001671 Table 11 Management module LEDs LED Color State Description Power Fault Green On Management module is powered up Amber On Management module has faulted Note LED is always illuminated at powerup until it is initialized Off Management module is powered down Link eac...

Page 26: ...on each I O module description includes the type of port copper or optical as well as a description of the LEDs The I O modules described are Four port 8 Gb s FC I O module on page 27 Four port 1 Gb s copper I O module on page 30 Two port 1 Gb s copper plus two port 1 Gb s optical I O module on page 32 Two port 10 Gb s optical I O module on page 34 Two port 10 Gb s Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE...

Page 27: ...an SFP or SFP module Figure 21 Example of an SFP or SFP module The 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 typ...

Page 28: ...n in Figure 23 on page 28 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 the SFP transceiver module Note For information about connecting the four port 8 Gb s FC I O module to a Tape Backup refer to the chapter describing the Optional tape backup device cables in the EMC VNX VG2 VG8 Gateway Configuration Setup Guide 1 Orange cable 3 Rubber gasket ...

Page 29: ...X VG2 VG8 Hardware Information Guide Component description Figure 23 Four port 8 Gb s FC I O module 1 Push button latch handle 3 SFP optical port four 2 Power fault LED 4 SFP link activity LED 1 2 3 4 CNS 001752 ...

Page 30: ...Activity LED CNS 001670 Table 13 Four port 8 Gb s FC I O module LEDs LED Color State Description Power Fault Green On I O module is powered up Off I O module is powered down Amber On I O module has faulted Link Activity each porthas one LED Green On 2 or 4 Gb link speed suboptimal speed Blue On 8 Gb s link speed maximum speed Green or Blue Blinking Small form factor pluggable SFP 1 transceiver mod...

Page 31: ... and a link and activity LED for each copper port as shown in Figure 25 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 Figure 25 Four port 1 Gb s copper I O module 1 Push button latch handle 4 RJ 45 NIC link LED 2 Power fault LED 5 RJ 45 NIC activity LED 3 RJ 45 NIC copper port ...

Page 32: ...26 Four port 1 Gb s copper I O module LEDs Activity LEDs CNS 001666 Link LEDs Power fault LED Table 14 Four port 1 Gb s copper I O module LEDs LED Color State Description Power Fault Green On I O module is powered up Off I O module is powered down Amber On I O module has faulted Link each port has one Green On Network connection Off No network connection Activity each port has one Amber Blinking T...

Page 33: ... a link and activity LED for each port as shown in Figure 27 The copper ports on this I O module can interface at speeds of 10 Mb s 100 Mb s and 1000 Mb s 1 Gb s While the optical ports can interface at a speed of 1 Gb s Figure 27 Two port 1 Gb s copper plus two port 1 Gb s optical I O module 1 Push button latch handle 5 SFP activity LED left 2 Power fault LED 6 RJ 45 copper port two 3 SFP optical...

Page 34: ... Two port 1 Gb s copper plus two port 1 Gb s optical I O module LEDs Activity LEDs CNS 001665 Link LEDs Power fault LED Table 15 Two port 1 Gb s copper plus two port 1 Gb s optical I O module LEDs LED Color State Description Power Fault Green On I O module is powered up Off I O module is powered down Amber On I O module has faulted Link each port has one Green On Network connection Off No network ...

Page 35: ...b s The two port 10 Gb s optical I O module uses the SFP transceiver module see the section describing the SFP and SFP Four port 8 Gb s FC I O module on page 27 for more information about the SFP and SFP modules The two port 10 Gb s optical I O module uses a different SFP hence the required SFP module uses a different part number see the VNX VG2 VG8 Parts Location Guide for more information Figure...

Page 36: ...igure 30 Two port 10 Gb s optical I O module LEDs 1 0 Link LED Link LED Activity LED Activity LED CNS 001672 Power fault LED Table 16 Two port 10 Gb s optical I O module LEDs LED Color State Description Power Fault Green On I O module is powered up Off I O module is powered down Amber On I O module has faulted Link Green On Network connection Off No network connection Activity Amber Blinking Trans...

Page 37: ...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 SFPs when so ordered Note If the FCoE I O module is located in slot 0 connect the tape backup device to any two ports of an FC I O module in a different slot for more information about connecting the four port 8 Gb s FC...

Page 38: ... 10 Gb s The two port 10 Gb s optical I O module uses the SFP transceiver module see the section describing the SFP and SFP Four port 8 Gb s FC I O module on page 27 for more information about the SFP and SFP modules The two port 10 Gb s optical I O module uses a different SFP hence the required SFP module uses a different part number see the VNX VG2 VG8 Parts Location Guide for more information 1...

Page 39: ...X VG2 VG8 Hardware Information Guide Component description Figure 33 Two port 10 Gb s optical I O module 1 Push button latch handle 3 Link LED right 2 Power fault LED 4 Activity LED left 1 0 1 2 3 4 5 CNS 001756 ...

Page 40: ...igure 34 Two port 10 Gb s optical I O module LEDs Table 18 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 Off I O module is powered down Link Green On Network connection Off No network connection Activity Amber Blinking Transmit receive activity Off No activity 1 0 Link LED Link LED Activity LED Act...

Page 41: ...Base T ports on this I O module can interface at speeds of 10 Gb s for iSCSI Internet Small Computer System Interface networks1 The two port 10 Gb s Base T I O module uses EIA Category 6 or 6a Unshielded Twisted Pair UTP or EIA Category 7 fully Shielded Twisted Pair STP copper cabling Figure 35 Two port 10 Gb s RJ 45 Base T I O module 1 iSCSI is a protocol for sending SCSI packets over TCP IP netw...

Page 42: ...gure 36 Two port 10 Gb s RJ 45 Base T iSCSI IP I O module LEDs Power fault LED Link LED Link LED Activity LED Activity LED 1 0 VNXe 000752 Table 19 Two port 10 Gb s RJ 45 Base T iSCSI IP 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 Green On Network connection Off No network connection A...

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