System Bay: 

• VMAX Engines 
• Matrix Interface BOARD Enclosure (MIBE) 
• Power subsystem components 
• Standby power supplies (SPS) 
• Service Processor (server, keyboard/video/mouse, UPS). 

VMAX Engine: 

Symmetrix VMAX systems provide up to eight VMAX Engines within a system bay on standard configurations and up to four VMAX Engines on extended drive loop configurations. Each VMAX Engine INCLUDES: 

Two directors that support front-end, back-end and SRDF connections. Each director has:

• 16, 32, or 64 GB of physical memory 
• One System Interface board (SIB) that connects the director and the Matrix Interface Board Enclosure (MIBE) 
• Two Back End I/O Modules (2 ports, 4 Gb/s) that connect to storage bay drives. 
• Two I/ O Module carriers that provide connectivity between each director and the front-end I/O ports. Front End 

I/O Modules support: 

• Fibre Channel host connectivity (4 ports, 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s) 
• Fibre Channel SRDF connectivity (2 ports, 2, 4, 8 Gb/s) 
• FICON host connectivity (2 ports, 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s) 
• iSCSI host connectivity (2 ports, 1 Gb/s) 
• GigE SRDF connectivity. 
• Two Management Modules that provide environmental monitoring 
• Two VMAX engine power supplies 
• Four cooling fans. 

Storage Bay: 

• DISK array enclosures (DAEs) 
• Power subsystem: PDPs, PDUS, AC connectors 
• Standby power SUPPLY unit (SPS) 
• Disk array enclosures (DAEs) 

Each disk array enclosure contains: 

• Two redundant disk array enclosure power /cooling fans 
• Two link control card (LCC) modules 
• From 5 to 15 drives per direct-attach enclosure 
• From 4 to 15 drives per daisy-chain enclosure.

System Bay: 

VMAX Engine: 

Symmetrix VMAX systems provide up to eight VMAX Engines within a system bay on standard configurations and up to four VMAX Engines on extended drive loop configurations. Each VMAX Engine includes: 

Two directors that support front-end, back-end and SRDF connections. Each director has:

I/O Modules support: 

Storage Bay: 

Each disk array enclosure contains: