System information

5 of 114Release 7.0VNX™ System Operations
Introduction
System operations are common operation tasks that include powering up or
powering down a server, halting or restarting a Control Station, a Data Mover, or
blade, or setting the server time, date, and time zone.
This document is part of the EMC
®
VNX
™
Series documentation set and is
intended for use by system administrators responsible for performing day-to-day
operations of a VNX for file and for monitoring the server or resolving simple
operation problems.
System requirements
Table 1 on page 5 describes the VNX software, hardware, network, and storage
configurations.
Limitations
When you change Data Mover or blade names by using the command line interface
(CLI), the new names do not appear in the EMC Unisphere software™ until you
refresh the browser.
The VNX 1.0 Release Notes contain additional, late-breaking information about
VNX management applications.
Considerations
This document covers the operation of the following servers:
Gateway:
◆ VG2 and VG8
VNX for block:
◆ VNX5100, VNX5300, VNX5500, VNX5700, and VNX7500
VNX unified and VNX for file:
◆ VNX5300, VNX5500, VNX5700, and VNX7500
Table 1 System requirements
Software EMC VNX Series version 7.0.
Hardware No specific hardware requirements.
Network No specific network requirements.
Storage No specific storage requirements.