EMC VNXe and VNX Overview Version 1.

8 Q4/2011

Model VNXe3100 VNXe3300 VNX5100 VNX5300 VNX5500 VNX5700 VNX7500

Configuration types File & Block (iSCSi only) Block only Unified (File & Block); File only; Block only
Max. External Data Mover (2U) N/A(a) N/A(a) N/A 1-2 1,2 or 3 2,3 or 4 2-8
External Control Station N/A (a) N/A(a) N/A 1-2 1-2 1-2 1-2
CPU / Cores (Westmere) N/A N/A N/A 2.13GHz / 4 2.13GHz / 4 2.4GHz / 4 2.8GHz / 6
Cache per DM N/A N/A N/A 6GB 12GB 12GB 24GB
Max. TB per DM / FS N/A /16TB N/A /16TB N/A 200TB / 16TB 256TB / 16TB 256TB / 16TB 256TB / 16TB
I/O Slots N/A N/A N/A 3 4 4 5
1GbE / 4 Port copper; 10GbE / 2 Port optical
I/O Module to Network N/A N/A N/A
1GbE / 2 Port copper + 1GbE / 2 Port optical
I/O Module to Storage / Tape N/A N/A N/A 8Gb FC / 4 Port optical
Protocols - File CIFS, NFS N/A CIFS, NFS, pNFS, MPFS / iSCSI (RPQ only)
Storage Basic Unit DPE (2U) DPE (3U) DPE (3U) DPE (3U) DPE (3U) SPE (2U) SPE (2U)
Storage Processor Count 1 or 2 2 2 2 2 2 2
CPU / Cores (Westmere) per SP 1 x 1.74GHz / 2 1 x 2.13GHz / 4 1 x 1.6GHz / 2 1 x 1.6GHz / 4 1 x 2.13GHz / 4 1 x 2.4GHz / 4 1 x 2.8GHz / 6
Cache per SP/total 8/16GB 12/24GB 4/8GB 8/16GB 12/24GB 18/36GB 24/48GB
Max. Write Cache (WC) in MB per System 768MB 1024MB 801 / 571 (b) 3997 / 3129 (b) 6998 / 5324 (b) 10906 / 8446 (b) 14250 / 10830 (b)
Max. FAST Cache with EFDs N/A N/A 100GB 500GB 1000GB 1500GB 2100GB
Internal SSD + 49GB per Disk on the
OS / Vault location On the first four disks 0-3 (192GB per disk)
first disks package / eFLASH
Basic Host Connectivity per SP/total 2/4 x 1GbE 4/8 x 1GbE 2/4 x 8Gb FC 4/8 x 8Gb FC - Onboard (d) 4 x 8Gb FC - I/O Module
Max. FC 8Gb Ports per SP/total N/A N/A 4/8 8/16 8/16 12/24 16/32
Max. FCoE 10Gb Ports per SP/total N/A N/A N/A 4/8 4/8 6/12 8/16
Max. iSCSI Ports 1|10Gb per SP/total N/A N/A N/A 4/8 | 4/8 8/16|2/4 8/16 |6/12 8/16 |6/12
SAS - BE Ports per SP/total 1/2(c) 1/2(c) 2/4 2/4 2/4 or 6/12 4/8 4/8 or 8/16
SAS - BE busses per array 1(c) 1(c) 2 2 2 or 6 4 4 or 8
I/O Slots per SP/total 1/2 1/2 N/A 2/4 2/4 5/10 5/10
1GbE / 4Port 8Gb FC / 4 Port, 10Gb FCoE / 2 Port
I/O Module 1GbE / 4Port N/A
10GbE / 2Port 1Gb iSCSI / 4 Port, 10Gb iSCSI / 2 Port
Protocols - Block iSCSI FC FC, FCoE, iSCSI
Max. Disk in Basic Unit (DPE) 12 x 3.5" 15 x 3.5" 25 x 2.5" or 15 x 3.5" N/A
Max. Disk per System 48 or 96 120 75(e) 125(e) 250(e) 500(e) 1000(e)
Supported DAEs Types 12 x 3.5"(2U) 15 x 3.5"(3U) 25 x 2.5" (2U), 15 x 3.5" (3U) and 60 x 3.5" (4U - requeres High Dense Rack, no 15K disk support)
300GB 15K 300GB 15K 2.5" and 3.5": 300GB, 600GB, 900GB 10K | 900GB disk = 804GB usable
Supported SAS Disks
600GB 15K 600GB 15K 3.5": 300GB, 600GB 15K | 300GB disk = 268.3GB usable, 600GB disk =536.3GB usable
Supported NL-SAS Disks 1 and 2TB 7,2K 3.5": 1TB 7.2K 917GB usable; 2TB 7.2K = 1823.5GB usable; 3TB 7.2K = 2734GB usable
Supported Flash Disks N/A 100GB (3.5") 2.5" and 3.5": 100GB = 91,7GB usable, 200GB = 183,4GB usable
DXP config rules for the first disks (OE/Vault) N/A N/A 6 x SAS/NL-SAS (f) 8 x SAS/NL-SAS (f) 4 x SAS/NL-SAS 4 x SAS
4+1 Raid5 6+1 Raid5
SAS Disk Packs (Support only) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
3+3 Raid10 3+3 Raid10
NL-SAS Disk Packs (Support only) 4+2 Raid6 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Max. Hosts Initiator 64 or 128 256 512 2.048 4.096 4.096 8.192
Max. number of Pools | LUN N/A | 256 N/A | 512 10 | 512 20 | 2.048 40 | 4.096 40 | 4.096 60 | 8.192
Standard Hardware Maintenance 3 year Basic 3 year Enhanced
Uniphere Manager incl. Compression (File), De-Duplication (File), Virtual Provisioning, all File and Block Protocols
Software without cost Snap N/A SAN Copy Compression (Block), SAN Copy
VNX Operating Environment Licensing is in Unisphere Manager License included is licensed per TB
FAST Suite N/A N/A FAST VP, FAST Cache, Unisphere Analyzer, Unisphere Quality of Service Manager
Security & Compliance Suite VEE, File Level Retention (FLR) VEE (Event Enabler), File Level Retention (FLR), VNX Host Encryption
Local Protection Suite N/A Snap Snap View, Snap Sure, Recover Point/SE - CDP (without Server Appliances)
Remote Protection Suite Replicator Mirror View, IP-Replicator, Recover Point/SE - CRR (without Server Appliances)
Application Protection Suite Replication Manager Replication Manager, Data Protection Advisor (DPA) for Replication
Total Protection Pack incl. Suites N/A Local Protection Suite, Remote Protection Suite, Application Protection Suite
Total Efficiency Pack incl. Suites N/A N/A N/A Includes all 5 Suites
Total Value Pack incl. Suites All 3 available N/A Protection Pack N/A N/A N/A N/A
NEW VNX FAST licensing Additional to the FAST Suite it's now possible to choice FAST Cache and FAST-VP as a single license
!! VNX5100 support not FAST VP, VEE, FLR, Replicator, Snap Sure, Compression (File), De-Duplication (File), File Protocols | FAST Cache and Thin using at the same time
(a) As Virtual Appliances (b) usable WC when max. FAST Cache is installed, additional reducing by using FASTVP/Thin/Compression
Additional Information (c) There are two SAS Port per SP, (d) Two FC ports are reserved for Data Mover (not use for Host connect)
but only one is use (e) dependent on the used DAE Typ (3.5", 2.5") |(f) 4 Disks are use for Vault, rest can use in Raid groups and pools
Operation Environment (OE) VNXe OE Special version VNX OE Block version 31 (Flare) and VNX OE File version 7 (DART)
VNXe3100 single Controller When configure a VNXe3100 SC a Cache Protection Module with 1GB Cache for Write Protection is inclusive
Recover Point Appliances Recover Point Appliances can now be ordered within the VNX path when the Local and/or Remote Protection Suite is selected
VNXe OE Release MR-1 (8/29/11) features Hot Spare Option for NL-SAS, 8GB Cache per SP for VXN3100, 100GB Flash drive and NEBS Certified Drives for VNX3300,
VNXe OE Release MR-1 SP1 (9/23/11) features Field Upgrade for VNX3100: from 4 to 8GB Cache UPG, from one to two SP configuration
VNX OE Release Franklin (9/11) features Multi Domain, 60 Drive DAE, Mapped Pool (AVM) Performance Enhancement, Vmware: VAAI support for NFS; VASA requires Solutions Enabler 7.3.1.
Google Search Appliances Connector is an add-on to the VNX Event Enabler software. Indexing of new and changed content (can reduced searching from hours to minutes)
VNX-Pool limits: A Pool LUN can not use for - Clone Private LUN, - Write Intent Log, - Component of a Metalun, - Thin-LUN as a reserved Snap LUN | max. LUN size = 16TB | no disk removable
Unisphere Manager 1.1 for VNX support only one VNX and MV must be configured via CLI. Fixed Franklin Release; Write Cache is reduce by 1.6 MB DRAM per 1 GB of FAST Cache usable
VNX File recommendation - use traditional Raidgroup; today there is no Thin Provisioning option for NAS when using LUNs from FAST-VP Pool

Created by Matthias Kuhl EMC - VNXe and VNX Overview / internal use only ! October 2011
 EMC VNXe and VNX Overview Version 1.8 Q4/2011

Model VNXe3100 VNXe3300 VNX5100 VNX5300 VNX5500 VNX5700 VNX7500

Software N/A Snap View for Block with cloning and snapshots
Clones per storage system N/A N/A 128 256 512 1024 2048
Clones per source LUN N/A N/A 8
Clones per consistent fracture N/A N/A 32 64
Clone groups per storage system N/A N/A 64 128 256 512 1024
Clone private LUNs* per System N/A N/A 2
Snapshots** per storage system N/A N/A 256 512 512 1024 2048
Snapshots per source LUN N/A N/A 8
Reserved LUNs*** per storage N/A N/A 128 256 256 512 512
*Each clone private LUN must be at least 1 GB, A thin or thick LUN may not be used for a clone private LUN
** The limits for snapshots and sessions include SnapView snapshots or other applications, such as SAN
Additional information N/A N/A
Copy™ (incremental sessions) and MirrorView™/Asynchronous applications.
*** A thin LUN cannot be used in the reserved LUN pool
Software N/A SAN Copy for Block
Concurrent Executing Sessions N/A N/A 8 16
Destination LUNs per Session N/A N/A 50 100
Incremental Source LUNs* N/A N/A 256 512
Defined Incremental Sessions** N/A N/A 512 912
Incremental Sessions per Source LUN** N/A N/A 8 8
* These limits include EMC MirrorView/Asynchronous (MirrorView/A) images and EMC SnapView snapshot
source LUNs in addition to the incremental SAN Copy LUNs. The maximum number of source LUNs assumes
Additional information N/A N/A 1 reserved LUN assigned to each source LUN.
** These limits include MirrorView/A images and SnapView sessions in addition to the incremental SAN Copy
sessions.
Software N/A Mirror View Synchron for Block
Maximum number of mirros N/A N/A 128 128 256 512 1024
Maximum number of consistency groups N/A N/A 64
Maximum number of members
N/A N/A 32 64
per consistency group
For best performance, EMC recommends disabling FAST Cache on WILs. WILs already have optimizations for
Additional information N/A N/A
priority in write cache.
Software N/A Mirror View Asynchron for Block
Maximum number of mirros N/A N/A 128 256 256 256 256
Maximum number of consistency groups N/A N/A 64
Maximum number of members
N/A N/A 32 64
per consistency group
Software File Operation Enviroment
Max nr. File-Objects per DM (Data Mover) N/A N/A N/A 2048 (File Objekt = all Filesystems, Snaps, Replication together)
Max nr. File-Objects per VNXe / VNX 1000 1000 N/A 4096 (File Objekt = all Filesystems, Snaps, Replication together)
Max configured replication sessions per DM/Blade 1024
N/A N/A N/A
for Replicator v2 A maximum of 256 concurrently transferring sessions are supported per DM
Max nr. of checkpoints per PFS (Product FS) 96 96 N/A 96
Max nr. of NDMP sessions per DM N/A N/A N/A 4 8 8 8
Supported third-party antivirus engines same as VNX N/A Computer Associates, TrendMicro, Sophos, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec
VNXe and VNX Systems support VMware V-Center Plugin | VNX: VAAI Support for Block (FC) and new for NFS | VNX: VASA Support with V-Sphere 5
VNXe Limits:
FLR only with Windows (FLR-E - Yes / FLR-C - No); FMA only as target; no PNFS, MPFS and FTP Support; NFS-V4 support is planned but target date not available; no multiprotocol (CIFS and NFS)
support on the same share; RM only for iSCSI LUN (RM is need when using Snaps/Replication for iSCSI); no Cluster support for iSCSI LUN; no VAAI integration; no direct connect support (always over IP-
Switch); no direct Tape support (NDMP over IP and Backup Server); no VMware SRM support; no Tree quotas, User qoutas and 3rd party (CEPA) support (only windows user quotas);
no writable Snaps; no Standalone Server; max. usable capacity for 3100 single controller = 48TB, dual controller = 96 and for 3300 = 128TB

cable / Max. FC cable length (850nm) Max. Ethernet cable length (850nm)
speed 4Gb 8Gb 16Gb 1Gb 10Gb 40/100Gb
OM2 150m 50m
OM3 380m 150m 100m 1000m 330m 100m
OM4 480m 190m 125m 1000m 550m 150m

VNXe 3100 VNXe 3300, VNX5x00 DPE Chassis VNX5700 / VNX7500 SPE
DAE and DPE front view
and Data Mover Chassis
New DAE7S

25 Slot (2,5")

60 Slot (3,5")

15 Slot (3,5")
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