EMC VNXe and VNX Overview

Model
Configuration types

VNXe3100
VNXe3300
File & Block (iSCSi only)
N/A(a)
N/A (a)
N/A
N/A
N/A /16TB
N/A

Max. External Data Mover (2U)

External Control Station
CPU / Cores (Westmere)
Cache per DM
Max. TB per DM / FS
I/O Slots

Version 1.8

VNX5100
Block only

N/A(a)
N/A(a)
N/A
N/A
N/A /16TB
N/A

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

I/O Module to Network

N/A

N/A

N/A

I/O Module to Storage / Tape

Protocols - File
Storage Basic Unit
Storage Processor Count
CPU / Cores (Westmere) per SP
Cache per SP/total
Max. Write Cache (WC) in MB per System
Max. FAST Cache with EFDs

N/A

N/A

N/A
N/A
DPE (3U)
2
1 x 1.6GHz / 2
4/8GB

OS / Vault location
Basic Host Connectivity per SP/total
Max. FC 8Gb Ports per SP/total
Max. FCoE 10Gb Ports per SP/total
Max. iSCSI Ports 1|10Gb per SP/total
SAS - BE Ports per SP/total
SAS - BE busses per array
I/O Slots per SP/total
I/O Module
Protocols - Block
Max. Disk in Basic Unit (DPE)
Max. Disk per System
Supported DAEs Types
Supported SAS Disks
Supported NL-SAS Disks
Supported Flash Disks
DXP config rules for the first disks (OE/Vault)

SAS Disk Packs (Support only)

NL-SAS Disk Packs (Support only)
Max. Hosts Initiator
Max. number of Pools | LUN
Standard Hardware Maintenance
Uniphere Manager incl.
Software without cost
VNX Operating Environment Licensing
FAST Suite
Security & Compliance Suite
Local Protection Suite
Remote Protection Suite
Application Protection Suite
Total Protection Pack incl. Suites
Total Efficiency Pack incl. Suites
Total Value Pack incl. Suites
NEW VNX FAST licensing
!! VNX5100 support not
Additional Information

Q4/2011

VNX5300
VNX5500
VNX5700
VNX7500
Unified (File & Block); File only; Block only
1-2
1-2
2.13GHz / 4
6GB
200TB / 16TB
3

1,2 or 3
2,3 or 4
2-8
1-2
1-2
1-2
2.13GHz / 4
2.4GHz / 4
2.8GHz / 6
12GB
12GB
24GB
256TB / 16TB
256TB / 16TB
256TB / 16TB
4
4
5
1GbE / 4 Port copper; 10GbE / 2 Port optical
1GbE / 2 Port copper + 1GbE / 2 Port optical
8Gb FC / 4 Port optical
CIFS, NFS, pNFS, MPFS / iSCSI (RPQ only)
DPE (3U)
DPE (3U)
SPE (2U)
SPE (2U)
2
2
2
2
1 x 1.6GHz / 4
1 x 2.13GHz / 4
1 x 2.4GHz / 4
1 x 2.8GHz / 6
8/16GB
12/24GB
18/36GB
24/48GB

CIFS, NFS
DPE (2U)
DPE (3U)
1 or 2
2
1 x 1.74GHz / 2
1 x 2.13GHz / 4
8/16GB
12/24GB
801 / 571 (b)
3997 / 3129 (b)
6998 / 5324 (b)
10906 / 8446 (b)
14250 / 10830 (b)
768MB
1024MB
N/A
N/A
100GB
500GB
1000GB
1500GB
2100GB
Internal SSD + 49GB per Disk on the
On the first four disks 0-3 (192GB per disk)
first disks package / eFLASH
2/4 x 1GbE
4/8 x 1GbE
4 x 8Gb FC - I/O Module
2/4 x 8Gb FC
4/8 x 8Gb FC - Onboard (d)
N/A
N/A
4/8
8/16
8/16
12/24
16/32
4/8
6/12
8/16
N/A
N/A
N/A
4/8
N/A
N/A
N/A
4/8 | 4/8
8/16|2/4
8/16 |6/12
8/16 |6/12
1/2(c)
1/2(c)
2/4
2/4
2/4 or 6/12
4/8
4/8 or 8/16
(c)
1
1(c)
2
2
2 or 6
4
4 or 8
1/2
1/2
N/A
2/4
2/4
5/10
5/10
1GbE / 4Port
8Gb FC / 4 Port, 10Gb FCoE / 2 Port
N/A
1GbE / 4Port
10GbE / 2Port
1Gb iSCSI / 4 Port, 10Gb iSCSI / 2 Port
iSCSI
FC
FC, FCoE, iSCSI
12 x 3.5"
15 x 3.5"
25 x 2.5" or 15 x 3.5"
N/A
48 or 96
120
75(e)
125(e)
250(e)
500(e)
1000(e)
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
600GB 15K
600GB 15K
3.5": 300GB, 600GB 15K | 300GB disk = 268.3GB usable, 600GB disk =536.3GB usable
1 and 2TB 7,2K
3.5": 1TB 7.2K 917GB usable; 2TB 7.2K = 1823.5GB usable; 3TB 7.2K = 2734GB usable
2.5" and 3.5": 100GB = 91,7GB usable, 200GB = 183,4GB usable
N/A
100GB (3.5")
4 x SAS
N/A
N/A
6 x SAS/NL-SAS (f) 8 x SAS/NL-SAS (f) 4 x SAS/NL-SAS
4+1 Raid5
6+1 Raid5
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
3+3 Raid10
3+3 Raid10
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
4+2 Raid6
64 or 128
256
512
2.048
4.096
4.096
8.192
N/A | 256
N/A | 512
10 | 512
20 | 2.048
40 | 4.096
40 | 4.096
60 | 8.192
3 year Basic
3 year Enhanced
Compression (File), De-Duplication (File), Virtual Provisioning, all File and Block Protocols
Snap
N/A
SAN Copy
Compression (Block), SAN Copy
is licensed per TB
is in Unisphere Manager License included
N/A
N/A
FAST VP, FAST Cache, Unisphere Analyzer, Unisphere Quality of Service Manager
VEE, File Level Retention (FLR)
VEE (Event Enabler), File Level Retention (FLR), VNX Host Encryption
N/A
Snap
Snap View, Snap Sure, Recover Point/SE - CDP (without Server Appliances)
Replicator
Mirror View, IP-Replicator, Recover Point/SE - CRR (without Server Appliances)
Replication Manager, Data Protection Advisor (DPA) for Replication
Replication Manager
N/A
Local Protection Suite, Remote Protection Suite, Application Protection Suite
N/A
N/A
N/A
Includes all 5 Suites
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
All 3 available
Protection Pack
Additional to the FAST Suite it's now possible to choice FAST Cache and FAST-VP as a single license
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

(c)

There are two SAS Port per SP,

but only one is use

(d)

Two FC ports are reserved for Data Mover (not use for Host connect)

(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

VNXe OE Special version

VNX OE Block version 31 (Flare) and VNX OE File version 7 (DART)

Operation Environment (OE)

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

Model
Software

VNXe3100

VNXe3300

VNX5100

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

128

256

64

32
128

256

512

128

256

N/A

Clones per storage system

Clones per source LUN
Clones per consistent fracture
Clone groups per storage system
Clone private LUNs* per System
Snapshots** per storage system
Snapshots per source LUN
Reserved LUNs*** per storage

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Additional information

N/A

Software

Version 1.8

VNX5300
VNX5500
VNX5700
Snap View for Block with cloning and snapshots

N/A

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

Additional information

Software

Additional information

256
2
512
8
256

512

1024

1024

2048

512

512

64

16
100
512
912
8

Mirror View Synchron for Block

N/A
N/A

N/A
N/A

N/A

N/A

Software

128

128

256
64

512

32

1024
64

For best performance, EMC recommends disabling FAST Cache on WILs. WILs already have optimizations for
priority in write cache.

N/A

N/A

Maximum number of mirros

Maximum number of consistency groups
Maximum number of members
per consistency group

2048

* 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
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.

N/A

N/A

1024

8
50
256
512
8

N/A

Maximum number of mirros

Maximum number of consistency groups
Maximum number of members
per consistency group

512
8

SAN Copy for Block

N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A

N/A

VNX7500

*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
Copy (incremental sessions) and MirrorView/Asynchronous applications.
*** A thin LUN cannot be used in the reserved LUN pool

N/A

Concurrent Executing Sessions

Destination LUNs per Session
Incremental Source LUNs*
Defined Incremental Sessions**
Incremental Sessions per Source LUN**

Q4/2011

Mirror View Asynchron for Block

N/A
N/A

N/A
N/A

128

N/A

N/A

N/A
1000

N/A
1000

256

256
64

256

32

Software

256

64

File Operation Enviroment

Max nr. File-Objects per DM (Data Mover)

Max nr. File-Objects per VNXe / VNX
Max configured replication sessions per DM/Blade
for Replicator v2
Max nr. of checkpoints per PFS (Product FS)
Max nr. of NDMP sessions per DM
Supported third-party antivirus engines
VNXe and VNX Systems support VMware V-Center Plugin |

N/A
N/A

2048 (File Objekt = all Filesystems, Snaps, Replication together)

4096 (File Objekt = all Filesystems, Snaps, Replication together)
1024
N/A
N/A
N/A
A maximum of 256 concurrently transferring sessions are supported per DM
96
96
N/A
96
N/A
N/A
N/A
4
8
8
8
same as VNX
N/A
Computer Associates, TrendMicro, Sophos, Kaspersky, McAfee, Symantec
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 IPSwitch); 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 /
speed

Max. FC cable length (850nm)

Max. Ethernet cable length (850nm)

16Gb

1Gb

10Gb

40/100Gb

150m

100m

1000m

330m

100m

190m

125m

1000m

550m

150m

4Gb

8Gb

OM2

150m

50m

OM3

380m

OM4

480m

VNXe 3100

VNXe 3300, VNX5x00 DPE Chassis

VNX5700 / VNX7500 SPE

and Data Mover Chassis

DAE and DPE front view

New DAE7S
25 Slot (2,5")

60 Slot (3,5")
15 Slot (3,5")

Created by Matthias Kuhl

EMC - VNXe and VNX Overview / internal use only !

October 2011