The EMC

Symmetrix

DMX-3 delivers scalable capacity and performance to consolidate systems, applications, and/or hosts while maintain-
ing high service levels. Incrementally scalable packaging facilitates the online addition of independent storage bays (currently 2,400 2Gb/s
high-performance Fibre Channel disk drives, and more as larger configurations are qualified). The Direct Matrix

infrastructure accommo-
dates non-disruptive addition of disk directors enabling increased performance when needed.
System Resources
Symmetrix DMX-3 systems are built on the field-proven Direct Matrix Architecture

which provides dedicated, non-blocking interconnects

between I/O directors and global memory regions. To support the massive scalability of DMX-3 configurations, the DMX architecture has
been expanded and enhanced to deliver higher throughput (1 GB/s links) and increased I/O performance (four dual 1.3 GHz PPC processors
per director).
DMX data paths 32128 8 per I/O director, 16 per Global Memory director
DMX data bandwidth 32128 GB/s
DMX message bandwidth 4.06.4 GB/s
PowerPC processors 16130 Four dual 1.3 GHz processor complexes per director
Global Memory 32512 GB* Available in 8, 16, 32 and 64 GB Global Memory directors
Concurrent memory transfers 1632 4 per Global Memory director
Logical volumes 64,000
*256 GB effective
Connectivity
Symmetrix DMX-3 is available in configurations supporting up to ten (10) high-speed Channel I/O Directors with four SMP-driven pipeline
slices each. Optimized hardware logic and data protection encoding ensures end-to-end data integrity with automated channel failover for
maximum availability and load balancing.
Symmetrix DMX

systems support all popular hardware and operating system platforms, storage area networks (SANs), and high-avail-
ability cluster environments.
Protocol Usable System Ports Channel Director
2Gb/s Fibre Channel host/SAN ports 264 18 per Fibre Channel Director
2Gb/s Fibre Channel remote replication ports 28 14 per Fibre Channel Director
1Gb/s iSCSI ports 240 14 per Multi-protocol Channel Director
2Gb/s FICON host ports 240 14 per Multi-protocol Channel Director
1Gb/s GigE remote replication ports 28 14 per Multi-protocol Channel Director
ESCON host ports 264 18 per ESCON Channel Director
ESCON remote replication ports 28 14 per ESCON Channel Director
Mixed combinations of the above port types depend upon the configuration. Higher numbers of usable front-end ports are only supported
on configurations with fewer disk channels. Refer to the EMC Support Matrix on EMC.com or contact your local EMC sales representative for
specific configuration support. "
Disk Drives & Drive Connectivity
The Symmetrix DMX disk drive infrastructure is architected with the latest 2Gb/s dual-ported Fibre Channel disk drives, each supported by
two independent disk I/O directors with automatic failover and fault isolation.
* Capacities greater than 1,920 drives available by RPQ.
Specification Sheet
EMC Symmetrix DMX-3
EMC Symmetrix DMX-3 systems are
available in two- to nine-bay configura-
tions for more than one petabyte of raw
storage capacity in a single system.
With incremental tiered storage capa-
bility for maximum TCO value,
Symmetrix DMX-3 systems are the
highest capacity, fastest, most scala-
ble, most capable storage systems
available and serve as the foundation
of todays most demanding intelligent
information infrastructures.
Disk Directors
Disk Channels
2Gb/s FC Disk Drives
Drives per Channel Pair
Available Drives:
Capacity
Rotational Speed (rpm)
Interface
Internal data rate (Mb/s)
Average seek time (read/write)
Raw Capacity
Formatted capacityopen systems
Formatted capacitymainframe
Formatted capacityiSeries
Min
2
16
96
4
73 GB
10,000
2Gb/s FC
470944
4.7/5.4 ms
73.41 GB
73.34 GB
72.40 GB
72. 82 GB
Max
8
64
2,400*
60
73 GB
15,000
2Gb/s FC
6851,142
3.5/4.0 ms
73.41 GB
73.34 GB
72.40 GB
72. 82 GB
8 ports per Director
Each drive supported by 2 disk channels for redundancy
146 GB
10,000
2Gb/s FC
470944
4.7/5.4 ms
146.82 GB
146.69 GB
144.81 GB
145.66 GB
146 GB
15,000
2Gb/s FC
6851,142
3.5/4.0 ms
146.82 GB
146.69 GB
144.81 GB
145.66 GB
300 GB
10,000
2Gb/s FC
470944
4.7/5.4 ms
300.00 GB
299.76 GB
295.91 GB
292.46 GB
500 GB
7,200
2Gb/s FC
470944
8.5/9.5 ms
500.00 GB
499.6 GB
493.19 GB
n/a
System Capacities in TB
Configurations with mixed drive capacities and speeds are allowed depending upon configuration.
24 GB of total capacity will be reserved for internal Symmetrix File System use.
160 to 640 GB of total capacity will be reserved for vaulting data from memory during system power down.
Each system will be configured with 312 global hot spare drives.
All capacities are based on 1 GB = 1,000,000,000 bytes.
Actual usable capacity may vary depending upon configuration.
*Usable capacity with currently available memory and 300 GB drives for minimum drive count.
** Capacities greater than 1,920 drives available by RPQ.
Disk Emulation
Open 3380K 3390-1 3390-2 3390-3 3390-9 3390-27 3390-54
Systems
MB/Volume 30,720 1,891 946 1,892 2,838 8,514 27,844 55,688
Bytes/Track 32,768 47,476 56,664 56,664 56,664 56,664 56,664 56,664
Bytes/Cylinder 491,520 712,140 849,960 849,960 849,960 849,960 849,960 849,960
Cylinders/Volume 65,472 2,655 1,113 2,226 3,339 10,017 32,760 65,520
Data Protection Options
RAID 0*: Data striped across two to eight hypervolumes (unprotected)
RAID 1: Mirrored pair of two hypervolumes
RAID 1/0: Data striped across four mirrored pairs of hypervolumes
RAID 5: Data striped on four or eight hypervolumes (with rotating parity)
*Not recommended as a drive failure in a RAID 0 group will result in data unavailability and data loss.
Physical & Cooling Specifications
Height** Width Depth Front and Rear Weight Power
Cooling
Service Area
(in/cm) (in/cm) (in/cm) (in/cm) (lb/kg) (kVA)
(Btu/hr)
System Bay 76.66/194.7 24.02/61.0 41.16/104.5 42.0/106.7 1,626/737.5 5.6
21,502
Storage Bay 76.66/194.7 30.02/76.3 41.88/106.4 42.0/106.7 2,422/1098.6 5.9
20,819
All dimensions are cabinet/enclosure size without shipping brackets or securing brackets.
Weight, power, and cooling are typical for a full configuration.
Cooling is front to top of all bays.
**An additional 18 in. (45.7 cm) is required for ceiling/top clearance.
Power Specifications
Redundant main and auxiliary power connections requiring two separate power sources.
2 (N) power zone redundancy in each bay.
North America and International
3-phase (Delta4 Wire) 3-phase (Wye5 Wire)
Input Voltage (VAC) 200240 200240
Frequency (Hz) 5060 5060
Circuit Breaker (Amps), recommended 50 32
AC Power Connections 2 per bay 2 per bay
Power Connector 9P54U2T Country specific
User Connector 9C54U2T Country specific
Environmental Specifications (operating)
Temperature
o
F/
o
C) 5090/1032
Altitude (ft/m), max. 7,500/2,286
Humidity (%), non-condensing 2080
Raised Floor Recommended
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Number of Drives
Raw Capacity
Open
Mainframe
Mirrored Capacity
Open
Mainframe
RAID 5 3+1 Capacity
Open
Mainframe
RAID 5 7+1 Capacity
Open
Mainframe
Min.
Capacity
96
7.04
6.95
3.52
3.48
5.28
5.21
6.16
6.08
Max.
Capacity
1920
140.82
139.02
70.41
69.51
105.62
104.27
123.22
121.64
Min.
Capacity
96
14.08
13.90
7.04
6.95
10.56
10.43
12.32
12.16
Max.
Capacity
1920
281.66
278.04
140.83
139.02
211.24
208.53
246.45
243.29
Min.
Capacity
96
28.78
28.41
14.39
14.20
21.58
21.31
25.18
24.86
Max.
Capacity
1920
575.54
568.15
287.77
284.08
431.65
426.11
503.60
497.13
Min.
Capacity
96
28.78
28.41
14.39
14.20
21.58
21.31
25.18
24.86
Max.
Capacity
2,400**
1,103.13
1,088.96
526.93
526.93
526.93
526.93
525.1
525.1
73 GB Drives 146 GB Drives 300 GB Drives 500 GB Drives*