August 2015
Frequently Asked Questions: EMC VNXe1600
Hybrid Flash Storage at Entry Level Prices
Question: What is EMC announcing?
Answer:
EMC is announcing the VNXe1600™ block storage array, purpose-built for the
price sensitive entry level SAN market. The aggressively priced VNXe1600 block
storage array leverages the VNXe “ease of use and install” heritage to provide
storage efficiency, simplicity, and reliability for SMB, ROBO, enterprise workgroup
and departmental application storage requirements. The small 2U footprint makes
it an ideal solution for these types of business environments.
Question:
When is the VNXe1600 orderable & available?
Answer:
It is fully orderable and generally available to EMC Channel Partners in Channel
Express (CXP) on August 10, 2015 and resides within the “EMC VNX Family”
store.
Question: What are the common use cases for the VNXe1600?
Answer:
The VNXe1600 is designed to be a customer installable/low touch, easy-to-use
and deploy system for small-scale mixed application and database workloads,
Exchange, and virtual server deployments for both VMware and Microsoft
environments. Additionally, the VNXe1600, with iSCSI OffLoad, presents an ideal
performance opportunity for 10Gb scenarios - delivering near 8Gb FC
performance.
Question:
How is the VNXe1600 priced?
Answer:
VNXe1600 configurations can start under $7,000 U.S. after discounting.
Question: Who are the primary competitors to the VNXe1600?
The primary competitive landscape for the VNXe1600 includes HP MSA
1040/2040, IBM V3700, NetApp E-Series, Dell SCv2000
Question:
Is the VNXe1600 block only?
Answer:
Yes, it will only be offerd as a block-only array. No file. No Unified.
Question: Describe the VNXe1600 hardware offering?
Description
Value
Form Factor
2U (12 LFF or 25 SFF)
Dimensions
19” Rack (SFF 17” or 20” LFF depth)
CPU
2x Ivy Bridge (2.6 GHz)
Processor Cores per SP
2 Core
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System memory per SP
8 GB
Maximum Drives
Up to 200 or 400TB
Max FAST Cache
200GB
Drive Types
6Gb Flash, SAS, NL-SAS
Protocols
iSCSI & Fibre Channel
Embedded Host I/O Ports per SP
2xCNA
Configurable Host I/O Slots per SP
1
I/O Slot Options Available
4x1GbaseT, 4x8Gb FC, 4x10Gb Optical
Question:
How is the OE handled with the VNXe1600?
Answer:
The OE is bundled with the base system (DPE) and with any additional capacity
(DAEs) at no additional cost.
Question:
Which drive types does the VNXe1600 support?
Answer:
The VNXe1600 supports the following drives:
Drive
Capacity
Description
12 Drive
(3.5” LFF)
DPE/DAE
3.5” Models
25 Drive
(2.5” SFF)
DPE/DAE
2.5”
Models
✔
V5-PS6F-100
✔
V5-2S6F-100
✔
V5-PS6F-200
✔
V5-2S6F-200
✔
V5-PS6FX-200
✔
V5-2S6FX-200
✔
V5-PS6FX-800
✔
V5-2S6FX-800
FAST Cache Optimized
SSD
100GB
FAST Cache Optimized
SSD
200GB
FAST VP Optimized
SSD*
200GB
FAST VP Optimized
SSD*
800GB
15K RPM SAS
300GB
✔
V5-PS15-300
✔
V5-2S15-300
15K RPM SAS
600GB
✔
V5-PS15-600
✔
V5-2S15-600
10K RPM SAS
600GB
✔
V5-PS10-600
✔
V5-2S10-600
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10K RPM SAS
900GB
✔
V5-PS10-900
✔
V5-2S10-900
10K RPM SAS
1200GB
✔
VS-PS10-012
✔
V5-2S10-012
7.2K RPM NL-SAS
2TB
✔
V5-PS07-020
7.2K RPM NL-SAS
4TB
✔
V5-PS07-040
Question:
Is there a drive and/or capacity limit with VNXe1600?
Answer:
Up to 200 drives or 400TB raw capacity - whichever occurs first
Question:
What DPE and drive configurations are available to order?
Selection
Configuration
Guidance
VNXe1600
Description
Select the
2.5" x 25 DPE,
VNX16K-B25
base DPE
order one DPE,
VNXe1600 ;2xSP DPE;25x2.5, no SFP, TwinAX
Enet
V5-SP-S6X300-15K
VNXe1600 2.5 System Pack 6X 300GB 15K
V5-SP-S6X600-15K
VNXe1600 2.5 System Pack 6X 600GB 15K
V5-SP-S6X600-10K
VNXe1600 2.5 System Pack 6X 600GB 10K
V5-SP-S6X900-10K
VNXe1600 2.5 System Pack 6X 900GB 10K
V5-SP-S6X1200-10K
VNXe1600 2.5 System Pack 6X 1.2TB 10K
V5-SP-S6X200-SSD
VNXe1600 2.5 System Pack 6X 200GB SSD
V5-SP-S6X800-SSD
VNXe1600 2.5 System Pack 6X 800GB SSD
VNX16K-B12
VNXe1600 ;2xSP DPE;12x3.5, no SFP, TwinAX
Enet
V5-SP-L6X300-15K
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 6X 300GB 15K
V5-SP-L6X600-15K
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 6X 600GB 15K
V5-SP-L6X600-10K
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 6X 600GB 10K
V5-SP-L6X900-10K
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 6X 900GB 10K
V5-SP-L6X1200-10K
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 6X 1.2TB 10K
V5-SP-L6X200-SSD
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 6X 200GB SSD
and one system
pack
3.5" x 12
DPE, order
one DPE, and one
system pack
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V5-SP-L6X800-SSD
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 6X 800GB SSD
V5-SP-L9X2TB-NL
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 9X 2TB NLSAS
V5-SP-L9X4TB-NL
VNXe1600 3.5 System Pack 9X 4TB NLSAS
Note: Order individual drives for additional capacity beyond the listed drive packs.
You can mix and match different types of drives.
Question:
How many DAEs can be added?
Answer:
Up to 7 DAEs can be added with the 25 drive DAE
Up to 15 DAEs can be added with the 12 drive DAE
Question:
How can usable capacity information be obtained?
Answer:
Use the Capacity Calculator to obtain usable capacity amounts for specific drive
and RAID configurations
Question:
What software and data services are standard with the VNXe1600?
Answer:
The VNXe1600 will include the following: FAST Cache, Thin Provisioning, native
Block Snapshots and Asynchronous Block Replication, Management & Reporting
(in Q4), Unisphere, and Unisphere Central - all of which will use standard ELMS
process for activation. VNXe1600 will come standard with Basic 3 Year Hardware
Warranty and 90 days Software Warranty. Enhanced and Premium options are
available.
Question:
What optional software is available for the VNXe1600?
Answer:
Currently, only PowerPath.
Question: What IO options are offered with the VNXe1600?
Answer:
The VNXe1600 includes an embedded Converged Network Adaptor (CNA) with 2
ports per Storage Processor and support 8Gb FC, 16Gb FC, or either a 10 Gb
iSCSI (optical), or 10Gb TwinAx (2, 4, and 6 meter cables top of rack) ports. With
each of these, you must use 2 of the same Small Form Pluggable (SFP).
These are the supported Small Form Factor Pluggable Trancevers (SFPs): There
are 4 total CAN ports (2 per SP). All 4 need to be configured the same way. For
example, all 4 would need to be 8Gb FC or all 4 would be empty. You cannot
configure only 2.
Model #
Model Description
VNX16K-8GSFP
8Gb SFP qty 4 for FC connection
VNX16K-10GSFP
10Gb SFP qty 4 for iSCSI connection
VNX16K-16GSFP
16Gb SFP qty 4 for FC connection
Also offered and optional (and separate from the CNA) is an eSLIC for 4x8Gb FC,
4x1Gb iSCSI, or 4x10Gb optical or TwinAx ports.
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Question:
Does the VNXe1600 support virtualized environments?
Answer:
Yes. The VNXe1600 will continue to support all the same virtualization integrations
as the VNXe3200 including support for VSI 6.6 and ESI 3.8 (in Q4).
Question:
Is there / will there be an upgrade path to a VNXe3200?
Answer:
No.
Question:
What technical information is available with the VNXe1600?
Answer:
A CSE paper titled “VNXe1600 Overview” is available that provides information
about the product and points to existing VNXe3200 white papers where
technology/features are the same. Also on this site, are new VNXe1600 videos
available including: 1) Connection Utility, 2) Initial Configuration Wizard, 3) Pool
based Provisioning, 4) VNXe1600 Unisphere Demo, and 5) Storage Provisioning
for Block - iSCSI.
Question:
Where is the VNXe1600 collateral located?
Answer:
All collateral will be located on the Enablement Center for VNX Family and the
VNX Family page on EMC.com.
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