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DC-Powered CX4 Series Enclosures

Installation and Operation Guide

P/N 300-007-920
Rev A01
October 1, 2008

This document describes the few exceptions in which DC-powered CX4

series systems differ from their AC counterparts. Topics include:

Power considerations........................................................................... 2
Cabling DC power and powering the system up and down ......... 6

In general, you configure, operate, and maintain DC-powered systems

as you would the more common AC systems except:

DC power supplies in the SPE and DAE enclosures include power

on/off switches or buttons.

DC storage systems do not include standby power supplies (SPS).

For the most up-to-date and complete set of CX4 series documentation,
visit the Technical Documentation and Advisories section of the EMC
Powerlink website, http://Powerlink@EMC.com.

IMPORTANT
Systems with DC power are intended for use in environments with
redundant and highly available power sources (for example, "Central
Office" grade power within the telecommunications industry), and
DC power provided by the site must meet this requirement. The
sudden loss of all incoming DC power to a storage system may cause
unexpected abnormal behavior of the storage system and loss of
write-cache data.

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Power considerations
Power distribution must support the number of outlets required for
the device (2 per enclosure) and the device power rating. Table 1 and
Table 2 list the power specifications for CX4 series storage processor
and disk-array enclosures
Table 1

Storage processor enclosure (CX4-120, CX4-240, CX4-480) DC ratings

Requirement

Description (note all ratings assume fully configured systems)

CX4-120

DC line voltage

CX4-240

-36 to -72 V DC (Nominal -48 V or -60 V power systems)

Device rating maximum

13.0 A at - 36 V DC, 6.0 A at -72 V DC

DC line current
(operating maximum)

7.2 A max at -36 V DC,

5.4 A max at -48 VDC

7.5 A max at -36 V DC,

5.6 A max at -48 V DC

8.6 A max at -36 V DC

6.5 A max at -48 V DC

Power consumption
(operating maximum)

260 W max

270 W max

310 W max

Heat dissipation
(operating maximum)

9.36 x 105 J/hr,

(890 Btu/hr) max

9.72 x 105 J/hr,

(930 Btu/hr) max

1.12 x 106 J/hr,

(1,060 Btu/hr) max

In-rush current

18 A peak, per requirements in EN300 132-2 Sect. 4.7 limit curve

DC protection

20 A fuse in each power supply

30 A fuse in DC inlet cable

DC inlet type

Molex Incorporated 46394-0001

Mating DC connector

Molex Incorporated 46396-1000

Ride-through time
Current sharing

CX4-480

10 ms min at -48V input

10% of full load, between power supplies

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Table 2

Disk-array enclosure (DAE) DC ratings

Requirement

Description (note all ratings assume fully configured

systems)

DC line voltage

-36 to -72 V DC (Nominal -48 V or -60 V power systems)

Device rating maximum

11.0 A at - 36 V DC, 5.5 A at -72 V DC

DC line current (operating maximum)

11.0 A max at -36 V DC, 8.3 A max at -48 V DC

Power consumption (operating maximum)

396 W max

Heat dissipation (operating maximum)

1.43 x 106 J/hr, (1,350 BTU/hr) max

In-rush current

20 A peak, per requirements in EN300 132-2 Sect. 4.7 limit curve.

DC protection

20 A fuse on each power supply

DC inlet type

Positronic Industries PLB3W3M1000

Mating DC connector

Positronic Industries PLB3W3F7100A1

Ride-through time

10 ms min @ -48V

Current sharing

60% max, 40% min, between power supplies

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Power cords

Figure 1 and Figure 2 show the power cords provided by EMC.

Table 3 and Table 4 describe the pin outs.
+
-

CL4222

Figure 1

SPE power cord

Table 3

Cabling pinout
P1 designation

Description

Wire color

DC positive (+)

Black

DC negative (-)

Brown

Chassis ground

Green/Yellow

WARNING
The SPE power cord is not repairable, and the integrated fuse is not
replacable. Should any cord component fail, you must replace the
entire power cord.

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Figure 2

DAE3P power cord

Table 4

Cabling pinout
P1 designation

Description

Wire color

DC positive (+)

Black

DC negative (-)

Brown

Chassis ground

Green/Yellow

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Cabling DC power and powering the system up and down

Cabling DC power and powering the system up and down

After installing the storage-system hardware, cable DC power and
power up the system components. You must power up the DAE3Ps
in your system before connecting back-end (disk I/O) cables.
1. Verify that the power switches (A and B side) for each
device/enclosure are off. Refer to Figure 3.
DAE power switches (2)

PRI

EXP

PRI

EXP

#
PRI

EXP

PRI

EXP

SPE power buttons (4)

CL4021

Figure 3

DC power switches

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Cabling DC power and powering the system up and down

2. Connect each power supply to a DC power source. See Figure 4.

For high availability, be sure to connect the A and B power cords
in each enclosure to different power source feed circuits.
Ground lugs on the back of the chassis provide additional grounding sources
for NEBS-compliant environments.

PRI

EXP

PRI

EXP

#
PRI

EXP

PRI

EXP

B
#

3
1
0
10/100/1000

1
0

1
0

1
0

10/100/1000

3
1

10/100/1000

0
10/100/1000

0
10/100/1000

1
0

1
0

10/100/1000

CL4020

Figure 4

DC power cord connection

Powering up a DC-powered CX4 series system

1. Press and release the power buttons on the SPE power supplies.
2. Toggle the DAE power switches to the on (-) position.

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Powering down a DC-powered CX4 series system

Follow these instructions to power down CX4 series storage systems
with DC power.
1. Stop all I/O activity to the storage system.
Stopping the I/O allows the SP to destage cache data, and may take some
time. The length of time will be based on criteria such as the amount of
cache, the amount of data in the cache, the type of data in the cache, and
the target location on the disks, but it is typically less than one minute.

2. If the server connected to the storage system is running the UNIX

operating system, unmount the file systems.
3. On the storage processor enclosure, push the power button on
each power supply and hold the button in for two seconds.
Allow the power supply to complete its shutdown sequence before
removing the power source. An orderly shutdown that flushes all cache
can take up to several seconds before the host sends a STOP to the power
supply. We recommend that you wait two minutes before removing a
power supply from the SPE chassis.

4. Power down power strips A and B.

If you need to retain power to other systems in a rack/cabinet, leave the
power strips powered up. If necessary, toggle the DAE power switches to
the off position.

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