The document provides an overview of the EMC VNX storage system. It includes 21 modules covering topics like unified management, storage configuration, block and file provisioning, host integration, data protection features like replication and snapshots, and file system configuration. It also lists the various VNX models that scale up to 1500 drives and 1 million IOPS and provides flexible connectivity. The document is intended as a training guide for EMC customers and includes internal links to additional learning resources.

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EMC VNX
TECHNICAL
OVERVIEW
CUSTOMER NAME
SACHIN TYAGI : JUNE 2016

2. 2EMC CONFIDENTIAL—INTERNAL USE ONLYEMC CONFIDENTIAL—INTERNAL USE ONLY
R_MOD_00-Introduction-to-VNX-Unified-Management http://ouo.io/S53LiG
R_MOD_01-Unisphere_Security_and_Basic_Management http://ouo.io/mW6Ra
R_MOD_02-Storage_System_Configuration_and_Management http://ouo.io/XDiPI
R_MOD_03-Block_Storage_Provisioning_and_Management http://ouo.io/dm9rF
R_MOD_04-Managing_Host_Access_to_Block_Storage http://ouo.io/aCJdE
R_MOD_05-Host_Integration_Basics http://ouo.io/97Vug
R_MOD_06-Windows_Host_Installation_and_Integration_for_Block http://ouo.io/Lbzwsc
R_MOD_07-Linux_Host_Installation_and_Integration_for_Block http://ouo.io/q25auv
R_MOD_08-ESXi_Host_Installation_and_Integration_for_Block http://ouo.io/9Dq5l
R_MOD_09-Advanced_Storage_Concepts http://ouo.io/2167OK
R_MOD_10-VNX_Block_Local_Replication_Principles http://ouo.io/rEVICt
R_MOD_11-SnapView_Snapshot http://ouo.io/9tg1N4
R_MOD_12-VNX_Snapview_Clones http://ouo.io/dmva6
R_MOD_13-VNX_Snapshot http://ouo.io/9qUGt
R_MOD_14-Basic_Network_Configuration_for_File http://ouo.io/KJN16i
R_MOD_15-Virtual_Data_Movers http://ouo.io/tPSnM
R_MOD_16-Configuring_File_Systems http://ouo.io/tGyo9L
R_MOD_17-Exporting_NFS_File_Systems_to_UNIX_ESXi http://ouo.io/2CRKW
R_MOD_18-Configuring_CIFS http://ouo.io/doDYcV
R_MOD_19-Networking_Features http://ouo.io/WAGV7u
R_MOD_20-VNX_SnapSure_2 http://ouo.io/7VY5uh
R_MOD_21-Data_Mover_Failover http://ouo.io/Btome
STUDENT GUIDE & WORKSHOP & INTERNAL TRAINING & CONFIDENTIAL UPDATE DAILY
HTTPS://GOO.GL/VVMVZ0

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This Technical Deck is used to supplement the business specific EBC decks
VNX Hardware Technical Overview
VNX Management and Integration
Advanced NAS functionality
Core Block and File Architecture
Data Protection

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THE VNX FAMILY
THE RIGHT PLATFORM FOR ALL YOUR CUSTOMER’S NEEDS
Scales up to 1500 drives
Up to 1,000,000 IOPS
Starts under $12K
Up to 100,000 IOPS
VNXe3200 VNX5200 VNX5400 VNX5600 VNX5800 VNX7600 VNX8000
Software defined VNX
Community Edition – Free download!

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STORAGE CONNECTIVITY PROFILE IS
CHANGING
 Increasing emphasis on Ethernet-based connectivity options
 EMC offers all major storage connectivity options today
Source: IDC Worldwide Disk Storage System Forecast, March 2014
2010-2018
CAGR
Fibre Channel SAN 2.7%
NAS + iSCSI + FCoE 6.8%
Network-attached NAS 5.8%
iSCSI SAN 6.4%
External DAS -4.5%
Fibre Channel over Ethernet 70.9%
Switched SAS 14.9%
Worldwide External Storage (US $B)
$0.00
$2.00
$4.00
$6.00
$8.00
$10.00
$12.00
$14.00
$16.00
2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

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MORE PROCESSING POWER. SELF-OPTIMIZING POOLS. ANY NETWORK.
POWERFUL, FLEXIBLE MODULAR ARCHITECTURE
H A R D W A R E
Multi-core and multi-node scale: MCx technology
• MCx technology extends performance to unprecedented levels
• Add X-blades for the right amount of file sharing power
• Scales to 96 CPU cores and 4,000 drives (multiple back-ends)
Self-optimizing storage pools
• Active Data is automatically moved to Flash for fastest performance
• Inactive Data is automatically moved out of Flash to large disks for
lowest capacity cost
• Fully Automated. Always on. No management intervention needed.
Set-it-and-forget-it.
• Lowest transaction cost and lowest capacity cost—simultaneously!
Unified multi-protocol
• Full support for any network
• Unified block, file and object
• Share volumes and files
• Fully provisioned LUNs
SSD HDD
Future proof
• Flexible IO options
• Plug and play
• Low-end DC Unified
Options available*
SAN
BLOCK
iSCSI
FC
FCoE
NAS
FILE
CIFS
NFS
pNFS
MPFS
CLOUD
OBJECT
REST
SOAP
* DC NEBS Systems planned for Mid Q3

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NEW VNX CLEAN-SHEET DESIGN
UNLOCKING THE POWER OF FLASH
SP A SP B
32 LANES CMI
32
CPU
CORES
160
LANES
PCIE G3
1500*
SSDs or
HDDs
SAS 2.0SAS 2.0
FC, iSCSI,
NFS, pNFS
& CIFS
22
PCIE
IO SLOTS
FC, iSCSI,
NFS, pNFS
& CIFS

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Dynamic Multicore Optimization
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100%
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CoreUtilization
Core Number
Static Core Utilization
BREAKTHROUGH MIDRANGE INNOVATION!
RAID I/O DRAM Cache FAST Cache Data Services Management Available
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30%
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Core Number

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VNX SOFTWARE SUITES
Suites Contents Packages
VNX Operating Environment
(REQUIRED)
VNX OE for File (base file services)
VNX OE for Block (base block services)
This includes protocols, thin provisioning, block deduplication, block
compression,
file deduplication and compression, SAN Copy, and ODX Enabler
VNX Unisphere Management
Suite
(REQUIRED)
Unisphere (Unisphere for Block, Unisphere for File or Unisphere for Unified)
Unisphere Central
Unisphere Analyzer, Unisphere QOS
VNX Family Monitoring and Reporting (storage-only version of ViPR SRM)
EMC Storage Analytics VMware vRealize Operations Manager for VNX
EMC Adapter for VNX
EMC Data at Rest Encryption EMC Data at Rest Encryption
VNX Encryption and Retention
Suite
File Level Retention
Common Event Enabler (CEE) –Common AV Agent and Common Event
Publishing Agent
TotalEfficiencyPack
SoftwareEssentials
Pack*
VNX FAST Suite FAST Cache & FAST VP
VNX Local Protection Suite SnapSure, SnapView, VNX Snapshots
RecoverPoint SE CDP
Total
Protection
Pack
VNX Remote Protection Suite Replicator
MirrorView A/S
RecoverPoint SE CRR
VNX Application Protection Suite AppSync
* Software Essentials Pack Includes (15) RP VM licenses (5) VPLEX VE licenses

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To be used with Overview, Continuous Operations and VNX for NAS Modules
VNX Hardware Technical Overview
VNX Management and Integration
Advanced NAS functionality
Core Block and File Architecture
Data Protection

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VNX: MODULAR UNIFIED AND GATEWAY
• Easy to deploy, simple to manage
• Scale capacity at good performance
• Multi-protocol
– File: NFS (including pNFS), CIFS, MPFS
– Block: iSCSI, Fibre Channel, FCoE
– Object: REST, SOAP
• Leverage existing storage investment
• Maximum scale of performance and capacity
• Shared storage
• Add to existing block implementation
– File: NFS (including pNFS), CIFS, MPFS
– Object: REST, SOAP
UNIFIED STORAGE GATEWAY
VNX series
File
Object
Block
Servers
Gateway
Fibre
Channel SAN
VNX GWaySymmetrix / VMAX VNX Series
File
Object
H A R D W A R E

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VNX SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE
Flash drives
SAS drives
LCCLCC
SPSSPS
Power Supply
Power Supply
LAN
Near-Line SAS drives
VNX SP Failover
Clients
Database
ServersExchange servers
VNX Unified Storage
Application servers
SAN
Failover
VNX Data Mover
VNX SP
VNX OE FILE
VNX OE BLOCK
VMware and Hyper-V
FC iSCSI TBD FC iSCSIFCoE FCoE
VNX Data MoverVNX Data MoverVNX Data Mover
10Gb
Enet
10Gb
Enet
Object:
Atmos VE
H A R D W A R E
TBD
VNX Data MoverVNX Data MoverVNX Data MoverVNX Data Mover

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VNX SERIES DETAILS
MODULAR UNIFIED GATEWAY
VNX5200 VNX5400 VNX5600 VNX5800 VNX7600 VNX8000 VG2 VG8
Max. Drives 125 250 500 750 1000 1500 4000 4000
Max FAST Cache
(GB)
600 1000 2000 3000 4200 4200
N/A N/A
Drive types 2.5” and 3.5”; Flash, SAS and NL-SAS BE dependent BE dependent
FILE
Configurable I/O
Slots per DM
3 3 3 4 4 5 3 5
Data Movers (DM) 1 to 3 1 to 4 1 to 4 2 to 6 2 to 8 2 to 8 1 or 2 2 to 8
Capacity per Data
Mover (in TBs)
256TB 512TB 256TB 512TB
CPU / Cores /
Memory (per blade)
2.13GHz / 4
/ 6 GB
2.13GHz / 4
/ 6 GB
2.13GHz /4
/12 GB
2.4Gz / 4 /
12 GB
2.8GHz / 6 /
24 GB
2.8GHz / 6 /
24 GB
2.4GHz / 4 /
6 GB
2.8GHz / 6 /
24 GB
Protocols NFS, CIFS, pNFS
BLOCK
Configurable I/O
Slots per SP
3 4 5 5 5 11
N/A
Embedded I/O ports 2 Back-End SAS ports 0 N/A
CPU / Cores /
Memory (per SP)
1.2GHz / 4 /
16 GB
1.8GHz / 4 /
16 GB
2.4GHz / 4 /
24 GB
2.0GHz / 6 /
32 GB
2.2GHz / 8 /
64 GB
2x 2.7GHz /8/
128GB
N/A
Protocols FC, iSCSI, FCoE N/A
H A R D W A R E

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VNX5200 VNX5400 VNX5600 VNX5800 VNX7600 VNX8000
Max Pools 15 20 40 40 60 60
Max Pool LUNs 1,000 1,000 1,100 2,100 3,000 4,000
Max Classic LUNs 2048 2048 4096 4096 8192 8192
Max Storage
Groups
256 512 1024 2048 4096 4096
Max VNX Snaps 8000 8000 8200 16400 32000 32000
Max VNX Snaps
CG’s
128 128 128 256 256 256
SYSTEM LIMITS

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VNX5200 VNX5400 VNX5600 VNX5800 VNX7600 VNX8000
Max Drive Slots 125 250 500 750 1000 1500
Data Movers @ initial GA 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 or 2 1 - 3 2 - 4 2 - 8
Planned Data Movers
Upgrade (Q1 ‘14)
1, 2, or 3 1 - 4 1 - 4 2 - 6 2 - 8 2–8
Current Max File
Capacity per system
w/failover
256 TB 256 TB 256 TB 512 TB 768 TB 1.8 PB
Planned Max File
Capacity w Failover
~500TB 768TB 768TB 1.25 PB 3.5 PB* 3.5 PB*
DATA MOVER CAPACITY (AS OF SALMON RIVER)
* Maximum configuration based 512TB per Data Mover for these systems only

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BROAD SET OF CAPACITY, FIREPOWER & CONNECTIVITY CHOICES
VNX HIGHLIGHTS – NEW FLEXIBLE PLATFORMS
Mid-Market Platform
Front View
Rear View
Performance Platform
Front View
Rear View
Up to 6PB and 1.1M IOPS
>200,000 IOPs in 3U
Unified across the family
Up to 32 cores per system
Optimized for Applications
Up to 72 FC Ports
PCI-e Gen 3
H A R D W A R E

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 Block components: storage or data
processor enclosure*
– VNX Operating Environment for Block
– Dual active storage processors
– Automatic failover
– Flexible IO connectivity options
 Standby power supplies (battery backup)
− SPE Only, DPE has SPS within the DPE
 File components: Data Mover Enclosure
– VNX Operating Environment for File
– From 2 to 8 Data Movers (DM) supported with
configurable failover options
– Flexible IO connectivity options
 Control stations (1 or 2)
 Disk array enclosures
VNX UNIFIED STORAGE COMPONENTS
* DPE contains disks (2.5” only); SPE does not contain disks
DPE
(Disk Processor Enclosure)
3U
Control Station
Data Mover Enclosure
(X-Blade enclosure)
25x 2.5” Disk Array Enclosure
15x 3.5” & 2.5”
Disk Array Enclosure
SPS (SPE Only)
Disk Processor
Enclosure/Storage Processor
Enclosure
Optional Control Station
Start with FC or
iSCSI or NAS
Add other protocols
seamlessly, as
needed
Flexible IO options:
4-port 16Gb FC
4-port 8Gb FC
2 port optical10GbE
2 port copper 10GbE
4 port Copper 1GbE
2 Port 10Gb FCoE
4 Port 4 Lane 6Gb SAS





H A R D W A R E
60x 3.5” & 2.5”
Disk Array Enclosure
Simple Upgradeability: Block/File to Unified**
** VNX2 File/Block to Unified conversions will be in in a future release

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VNX FORM FACTORS
Block Only Base
 DAE = drives only
 DPE = storage processors + 2.5” drives
 SPE = storage processors
Drives
 Add DAEs up to the maximum capacity allowed
 Can mix drive types in the same DAE (e.g. 7.2K rpm +
SSD + 15K rpm +NL-SAS
 Can mix different DAES in a system (e.g. 15 drives, 25
drives and 60 drive DAEs)
File Only or Unified Base
 Need block hardware + file hardware
H A R D W A R E
CS (Control Station) 1 U
DME
(Data Mover Enclosure)
2U
2xSPS (Standby PS) 2x2U
VNX8000
DAE-15x 3.5” & 2.5” drives
(Disk Array Enclosure)
3U
DAE-25x 2.5” drives
(Disk Array Enclosure)
2U
DAE-25x 2.5” drives
(Disk Array Enclosure)
2U
VNX5400 to VNX7600
DPE
(Disk Processor Enclosure
includes 25 x 2.5” drive slots)
3U
CS (Control Station) 1 U
DME
(Data Mover Enclosure)
2U
DAE-25x 2.5” drives
(Disk Array Enclosure)
2U
DAE-25x 2.5” drives
(Disk Array Enclosure)
2U
DAE-15x 3.5” & 2.5” drives
(Disk Array Enclosure)
3U
SPE
(Storage Processor Enclosure)
4U

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• Easily upgrade to higher performance VNX platform
– No lengthy data migrations
• Cost-effective scaling:
– Conversions across the VNX family reuse installed SAS DAEs, drives,
and Flex IO Modules
• Considerations
– Conversions of DPE based systems only VNX5200 to VNX 5800
– For File or Unified platform, DM blades will be required to be
swapped coincident with the back-end change-out
– Small restriction on upgrade paths
• Systems with NL-SAS as vault not upgradeable if not supported
IN-FAMILY DATA-IN-PLACE CONVERSIONS
EXTEND VNX INVESTMENT PROTECTION; SCALE WITH MINIMAL IMPACT
Upgrade any VNX to
a more powerful VNX
with data-in-place
H A R D W A R E
VNX5400..VNX5800.. VNX7600
* Data in place conversions will be delivered in a future release.

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VNX8000: SCALING UP TO LEVERAGE INTEL ROADMAP
MCX: NEW STORAGE PROCESSORARCHITECTURE
0 1 2
3 4 5
6 7 CB
0 1 2
3 4 5
6 7 CB
0 1 2
3 4 5
6 7 CB
0 1 2
3 4 5
6 7 CB
QPI QPI
SP A SP B
8xCMI
8xCMI
8xCMI
8xCMI
H A R D W A R E

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• Block services
– Virtual Pools with thick and thin LUNs
– Flexible RAID options (1/0,5,6) provide optimal
performance AND protection
• Administration/management
– Through Storage Processor Ethernet ports
– Aggregated to single file/block view in Unisphere
• Single point of management/control
• High availability true Active/Active controller failover
• Connects to Hosts via FC, FCoE, iSCSI for flexibility of
connection
• Connects to disk shelves via 4 lane 6Gbit SAS
• Enabled for in-place Encryption in secure environments
VNX STORAGE PROCESSOR
TRUSTED, MATURE, HIGH PERFORMANCE BLOCK SERVICES
VNX Series
Storage Processors
Private
Network
Administrator
FC/iSCSI
SAN
Unisphere
H A R D W A R E