EMC Vmax Architecture: Detailed Explanation
EMC Vmax Architecture: Detailed Explanation
1. System bay :
System bay contains all Vmax engines.Apart from Vmax engines,it contains
system bay standby power supplies(SPS), Uninterrupted Power
Supply(UPS),Matrix Interface Board Enclosure (MIBE), and a
Server (Service Processor) with Keyboard- Video-Mouse (KVM) assembly.
2. Storage bay :
The Symmetrix V-Max array Storage Bay is similar to the Storage Bay of the
DMX-3 and DMX-4 systems. It consists of eight to sixteen Drive Enclosures, 48
to 240 drives, eight (8) SPS modules, and unique cabling when compared
with the DMX Series. The Symmetrix V-Max array Storage Bay is configured
with capacities of up to 120 disk drives for a half populated bay or 240 disk
drives for a fully populated bay. Drives, LCCs, power supplies, and blower
modules are fully redundant and hot swappable and are enclosed inside Disk
Array Enclosure(DAE).One DAE holds 15 physical disk drives and one storage
bay has total 16 DAEs(hence a storage bay has maximum of 240 disk, 16*15)
Vmax Engine Front View :
Below is a Vmax engine front view.As described above,Vmax engines are
located in Vmax system bay.We can see the power supplies located at two
sides and cooling fan module located in middle.
Now that we have the general idea, lets take a look at how a system gets
fully populated. Still working from the inside,out alternating above and below
Engine 4, each engine is added until the System Bay is fully populated with 8
V-Max Engines. As more engines are added the corresponding Storage Bays
are added. In this example, the color coding indicates the relationship
between the engines and their associated Storage Bays. Fully populated, this
configuration allows for a total of 2,400. You will notice that Engines 1, 2, 7,
and 8 each manage two daisy chain attached Storage Bays. This represents a
supported system implementation, not a design limitation.
I tried to cover is,only the EMC Vmax architectural part in this post,not all
Vmax features.I will be writing more post related to Vmax features later. Hope
now you got an idea about Vmax architecture.