Specs
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Quick Specs
- Product Name: EMC VNX7500 Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE)
- Form Factor: N/A, Block Only 6U – 7U | File Only 8U – 13U | Unified 8U – 13U
- Chassis Options: 15 x 3.5", 25 x 2.5"
- Max Drives: 500
- Drive Types: SAS, NL-SAS, Flash (SSD)
- RAID Levels: 0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10
- Protocols Supported: iSCSI, FCoE, Fibre Channel (FC), NFS, CIFS, MPFS, pNFS
- Data Movers: 1–2 with Intel Xeon 4-core 2.13GHz, up to 6GB RAM
- Control Stations: Installed in File or Unified configuration.
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Standby Power Supply: 1U 1.2KW or 2U is a 2.2 KW
Performs the same function whether it’s a 1U or 2U. - Supported DAEs: 4U 3.5” x 60, 3U 3.5” x 15, 2U 2.5” x 25
VNX Gen 1 Controllers:
- VNX5100
- VNX5300
- VNX5500
- VNX5700
- VNX7500
Ideal for:
- Corporate IT
- Data Analytics
- Database
- Virtual Desktop Interface (VDI)
- Virtualization
The EMC VNX7500 Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE) is a robust enterprise storage solution designed for high-performance applications across corporate IT, database management, virtualization, and analytics environments. With support for up to 1,000 drives using various DAEs—including 2U, 3U, and 4U enclosures—the VNX7500 delivers remarkable scalability. It supports SAS, NL-SAS, and Flash drives with multiple RAID configurations (0, 1, 3, 5, 6, 10), ensuring reliability and data protection. The VNX7500 supports both block-level protocols (FC, iSCSI, FCoE) and file-based services (NFS, CIFS, MPFS), making it ideal for unified deployments. Each configuration can include 1–2 Data Movers with Intel Xeon processors, and up to two Control Stations.
The VNX7500 system's modular design allows for flexible configuration as block-only, file-only, or unified. The storage processors and Data Movers support five Gen 2 PCIe slots, offering options like Fibre Channel, iSCSI, FCoE, and SAS I/O modules. Its intelligent power design includes either 1U or 2U standby power supplies with redundancy support for safe write caching. When paired with supported DAEs and Control Stations, the EMC VNX7500 becomes a reliable, scalable solution capable of meeting the rigorous demands of data-driven enterprises.
Block-only
Includes a storage processor enclosure (SPE), a 1U 1.2 KW or a 2U 2.2 KW standby power supply (SPS), and disk-array enclosures (DAEs) for holding hard disk drives that are integrated to facilitate Fibre Channel, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and iSCSI Block services to Windows and UNIX hosts.
File-only
Adds the Data Mover enclosure (DME) and Control Station (CS) to SPE, SPS, and DAEs to facilitate File services to CIFS/NFS clients.
Unified Block and File
Uses same hardware as the File-only configuration but adds FC, iSCSI, and FCoE I/O connectivity to provide Block services to host simultaneously so as to provide File services to clients.
Storage Processor I/O Supported:
The 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module is always located in slot 0 of SP A and SP B.Five PCI Gen 2 x4 I/O module slots supporting a combination of the following five UltraFlex ™ I/O modules:
- Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS (slot 0 only)
- Four-port 8-Gb/s optical Fibre Channel (running at 2, 4, or 8-Gb/s)
- Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax 3 (iSCSI protocol)
- Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax 6 Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
- Four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI
Data Movers Enclosure (DME):
Each Data Mover consists of a CPU module with an Intel Xeon 4-core 2.8-GHz processor with six Double Data Rate Three (DDR3) synchronous dynamic RAM (SDRAM) slots supporting 2-, 4-, and 8-GB SDRAM
Five PCI Gen 2 x4 I/O module slots supporting a combination of the following four UltraFlex I/O modules:
- Four-port 8-Gb/s optical (running at 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s); in slot 0
- Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax 6
- Four-port 1-Gb/s copper
- Two-port 1-Gb/s copper plus two-port 1 Gb/s optical
Any combination of these I/O modules is supported and must be the same for each Data Mover installed in the same VNX7500.
Control Station (CS):
One to two Control Stations. Each Control Station consists of the following features:
- Intel 2.0 GHz single-core Celeron processor
- 2 GB of RAM
- One 250-GB SATA hard drive
- Two rear-mounted USB ports and one front-mounted USB port
- Four RJ-45 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX/1000BASE-T network interface connectors(located on the rear panel)
- Two integrated serial ports, one for laptop/console redirection and one for the CallHome modem
- One DVD-ROM drive
Both the 1U and 2U SPS perform the same functions.
An additional SPS can be added for redundancy. Two SPSs provide higher availability and allow write caching, which prevents data loss during a power failure, to continue. A faulted or not fully charged SPS disables the write caching
Use a dual 2U SPS when a 4U DAE with Flash drives is used in a Vault drive configuration. Otherwise, the dual 1U SPS is used with the 2U or 3U DAE as the Vault drive.
4U 3.5” x 60
Max DAE's: 15 | Max Drive: 915
- VNX6GSDAE60
- VNX6GSDAE60P
3U 3.5” x 15
Max DAE's: 66 | Max Drive: 990
- VNX6GSDAE15
- VNX6GSDAE15F
- VNX6GSDAE15P
- VNX6GSDAE15PF
2U 2.5” x 25
Max DAE's: 40 | Max Drive: 1000
- VNX6GSDAE25
- VNX6GSDAE25F
- VNX6GSDAE25P
- VNX6GSDAE25PF
Spec Sheet 4
EMC VNX7500 Technical Specifications
| EMC VNX7500 TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS | |
|---|---|
| Form Factor | 2U Storage Processor Enclosure (SPE) (No Drives) |
| Storage Type | Unified |
| Maximum Raw Capacity | 2,970 TB |
| Max SAN Hosts | 8,192 |
| Max Number of Pools | 60 |
| Max Number of LUNs | 8,192 |
| Max LUN Size | 16TB (Virtual Pool LUN) |
| Max File System Size | 16 TB |
| Maximum Usable File Capacity per X-Blade | 256 TB |
| Dual Controllers (SPs) | Standard |
| Number of Drives (Min/Max) | 4/1000 |
| Drive Enclosure Options | 15x 3.5" SAS/Flash (3U) 25x 2.5" SAS/Flash Drives (2U) 60 x 3.5" SAS/Flash (4U) |
| Drive Options | 3.5" Drive Enclosures (15 x 3.5") & (60 x 3.5") 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS (VX-VS10-300) (15-Disk DAE) 300GB 15K 6Gbps SAS (VX-VS15-300) (15-Disk DAE) 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS (VX-VS10-600) (15-Disk DAE) 600GB 15K 6Gbps SAS (VX-VS15-600) (15-Disk DAE) 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS (VX-VS10-900) (15-Disk DAE) 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps SAS (VX-VS07-010) (15-Disk DAE) 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps SAS (VX-VS07-020) (15-Disk DAE) 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps SAS (VX-VS07-030) (15-Disk DAE) 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS (VX-DS10-600) (60-Disk DAE) 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS (VX-DS10-900) (60-Disk DAE) 1TB 7.2K 6Gbps SAS (VX-DS07-010) (60-Disk DAE) 2TB 7.2K 6Gbps SAS (VX-DS07-020) (60-Disk DAE) 3TB 7.2K 6Gbps SAS (VX-DS07-030) (60-Disk DAE) 100GB 6Gbps SAS 3.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (FLVXVS6F-100) (15-Disk DAE) 100GB 6Gbps SAS 3.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (VX-VS6F-100) (15-Disk DAE) 200GB 6Gbps SAS 3.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (FLVXVS6F-200) (15-Disk DAE) 200GB 6Gbps SAS 3.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (VX-VS6F-200) (15-Disk DAE) 100GB 6Gbps SAS 3.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (FLVXDS6F-100) (60-Disk DAE) 100GB 6Gbps SAS 3.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (VX-DS6F-100) (60-Disk DAE) 200GB 6Gbps SAS 3.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (FLVXDS6F-200) (60-Disk DAE) 200GB 6Gbps SAS 3.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (VX-DS6F-200) (60-Disk DAE) 2.5" Drive Enclosure (25 x 2.5") 300GB 10K 6Gbps SAS (VX-2S10-300) (25-Disk DAE) 600GB 10K 6Gbps SAS (VX-2S10-600) (25-Disk DAE) 900GB 10K 6Gbps SAS (VX-2S10-900) (25-Disk DAE) 100GB 6Gbps 2.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (FLVX2S6F-100) (25-Disk DAE) 100GB 6Gbps 2.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (VX-2S6F-100) (25-Disk DAE) 200GB 6Gbps 2.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (FLVX2S6F-200) (25-Disk DAE) 200GB 6Gbps 2.5" EFD (Enterprise Flash Drive) (VX-2S6F-200) (25-Disk DAE) |
| Block Components | |
| CPU / Memory Per Controller | Intel Xeon 5600 Series / 48GB or 96GB |
| Standby Power System | 1U 1.2KW 2U 2.2KW required for 60-Disk Array |
| Max Block UltraFlex IO Modules per Array | 10 |
| Embedded IO Ports per Array | 0 |
| Max Total Ports per Array | 32 |
| RAID Options | 0, 1, 10, 3, 5, 6 |
| 2/4/8 Gbps FC Max Ports per Array | 32 |
| 1 GBaseT iSCSI Max Total Ports per Array | 16 |
| 10GbE iSCSI Max Total Ports per Array | 12 |
| Max FCoE Total Ports per Array | 12 |
| 6 Gbps SAS Buses (4 Lanes per Bus) for DAE Connections | 4 or 8 (consumes 2 or 4 UltraFlex IO Modules per array) |
| File Components | |
| # File X-Blades | 2-8 |
| # Control Stations | 1-2 x 1U Server |
| X-Blade: CPU/Memory | Intel Xeon 5600 Series / 24GB |
| Max File UltraFlex IO Modules per X-Blade | 5 |
| Min/Max 2/4/8 Gbps FC Ports per X-Blade | 4 |
| Max IP Ports per X-Blade | 16 |
| Max 1GBaseT Ports per X-Blade | 16 |
| Max 10GbE Ports per X-Blade | 8 |
| Management | LAN 2x 10/100/1000 Copper GbE |
| Compatible Disk Arrays | VNX6GSDAE60 VNX6GSDAE60P VNX6GSDAE15 VNX6GSDAE15F VNX6GSDAE15P VNX6GSDAE15PF VNX6GSDAE25 VNX6GSDAE25F VNX6GSDAE25P VNX6GADAE25PF |
| Chassis Part Number | 100-562-178 SPE & DME Chassis Assembly, 2U SPE4 Empty Enclosure -CR 100-562-440 Chassis Assembly, 2U CX4 SPE Empty Chassis Enclosure 100-562-558 DAE Chassis D15 LF DAE Chassis with M/R 100-562-964 DAE Chassis 25 Slot Empty DAE Chassis 100-563-109 Chassis Assembly, 2U SPE4 Empty Enclosure Gen2 AC Only |
| Host Connections | 2Gbps Fibre Channel 4Gbps Fibre Channel 8Gbps Fibre Channel 1Gbps iSCSI 10Gbps iSCSI 10Gbps FCoE |
| ECS Warranty | 1-Year Parts Replacement Warranty |