Table 3 Before you begin (continued)Task Comments and/or Providel Power, cooling and ventilation, humidity control, floorload capability, system placement, and service clearancesas required in the data center.VMAX All Flash packagingVMAX All Flash arrays offer the simplest packaging ever delivered for a platform. Thebasic building block is an appliance-based entity called a V-Brick in open system arraysand a zBrick in mainframe arrays. Each V-Brick or zBrick includes:l An engine with two directors (the redundant data storage processing unit)l Flash capacity in Drive Array Enclosures (DAEs):n VMAX 250F: Two 25-slot DAEs with a minimum base capacity of 13TBun VMAX 450F, VMAX 850F: Two 120-slot DAEs with a minimum base capacity of53TBun VMAX 950F (open or mixed systems): Two 120-slot DAEs with a minimum basecapacity of 53TBun VMAX 950F (mainframe systems): Two 120-slot DAEs with a minimum basecapacity of 13TBul Multiple software packages are available: F and FX packages for open systemarrays and zF and zFX for mainframe arrays.This document uses the term V-Brick for planning purposes. All guidelines that applyto V-Bricks also apply to zBricks.Pre-planning tasksVMAX All Flash packaging 17
