EMC VNX5600 Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE)

• 15 x 3.5", 25 x 2.5", 60 x 3.5" and 120 x 2.5"
• 3.5" & 2.5" SAS / NL-SAS / Flash
• RAID 0 / 1 / 3 / 5 / 6 / 10
• Fibre Channel (FC)
• 500 Max Disk Drives

EMC VNX5600 series unified storage system delivers uncompromising scalability and flexibility for mid-tier applications while providing market-leading simplicity and efficiency to minimize total cost of ownership. Using a modular architecture, the VNX5600 integrates hardware components for block, file and object with concurrent support for native NAS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel and FCoE protocols. The VNX5600 delivers file (NAS) functionality via 1-4 Data Movers and block (iSCSI, FCoE, and FC) storage via dual Storage Processors leveraging full 6Gbps SAS disk drive topology.

DELL EMC VNX5600 Base Knowledge.
The DPE has One CPU module with an Intel Xeon 4-core 2.4-GHz processor facilitating Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT). Eight Double Data Rate Three (DDR3) synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) slots support up to 24 GB of SDRAM per CPU module or SP using 4 or 8 GB DIMMs. The DPE can support Block, File, or Unified configurations.

Form Factor: 3U - 9U
Chassis: 3U 25 (2.5”)
Standby Power Supply:
Disk Array Enclosures (DAE): 4 Different DAE types
Max Drives: 500
Drives Supported: Serial attached-SCSI (SAS) and Flash
I/O Supported:
Support for File (CIFS and NFS), Block (FC, iSCSI & FCoE) and Object

Storage Processor I/O Supported:
The maximum number of I/O modules for the VNX5600 is 5 per SP. Any combination of the following I/O modules up to five per SP.

• Four-port 8-Gb/s FC optical (running at 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s)
• Four-port 1-Gb/s Base-T iSCSI I/O module
• Four-port 16-Gb/s FC optical (running at 4, 8, or 16 Gb/s)
• Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax5
• Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ45 Base-T iSCSI/IP
• Two-port 10-Gb/s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
• Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS

Data Movers Enclosure (DME):
One CPU module consisting of one Intel Xeon 4-core 2.13-GHz processor. Six DDR3 synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) slots supporting up to 12 GB per CPU module using 2 or 4 GB DIMMs Three PCI Gen 2, 8x lane I/O module slots (0 – 2) available for use

• Four-port 8-Gb/s optical (running at 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s); in slot 0 only;
• Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax;
• Four-port 1-Gb/s copper;
• Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ45 Base-T iSCSI/IP;

Control Station (CS):
On the front, viewing from left to right, the File/Unified VNX5600 platform 1U Control Station includes the following hardware components:

• One DVD-ROM drive
• Two USB 2.0 connectors (not used)
• Front control panel with various buttons and status LEDs
• Four hot-swappable SATA hard drive bays

Disk Array Enclosure (DAE)
The DAEs supported are a 25 drive 2.5-inch disk 2U enclosure (or DAE5S), a 15 drive 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk 3U enclosure (or DAE6S), a 120 drive 2.5-inch disk 3U enclosure (or DAE8S), and a 60 drive 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk 4U enclosure (or DAE7S). Expansion of up to nineteen 2U, 25 DAEs (a maximum of 475, 2.5-inch disk drives), up to thirty-one 3U, 15 DAEs (a maximum of 465, 3.5-inch disk drives), up to three 3U, 120 DAE (a maximum of 360, 2.5-inch disk drives), or up to seven 4U, 60 DAEs (a maximum of 420, 2.5- or 3.5-inch disk drives) is supported.

Note: When the 4U DAEs are implemented in the VNX5600 platform, the 40U Dense rack is required because of the depth of the 4U DAE.