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VMAX Architecture

storage arch.
Operating system on symmetrix/vmax - Enginuity
upto 5773 was dmx
from vmax onwards - 5874
On vmax3 - operating system is called Hpermax - enginuity is 5977
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------vmax is based on Engines
- Engine contain 2 directors ( this will contain IO modules - FE and BE IO modules),
cache,ps, sps, fan modules
Vmax has 2 models - vmaxse (single engine), vmax (2-8 engines)
So max engines in vmax = 8
Each director contains 16 multicore cpus
The first engine in vmax is - Engine 4

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