Revision 02

February, 2016

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EMC VMAX Power-down/Power-up Procedure
This document describes how to perform the following procedures on a VMAX3™ Family array or a VMAX All Flash
array:
l Power-down the array.
l Power-up the array.
A VMAX array is designed to stay powered up in all situations. It is recommended to call the EMC Service Support
Center for assistance before performing a power-down procedure. If the array needs repair, only qualified EMC
personnel or partners familiar with the array and their safety procedures for electrical equipment should access
components inside the cabinet.
Power Distribution Unit (PDU)
The figure below displays the system bay location of the PDUs (one per zone) and the power tee breakers with
corresponding on/off positions.
Figure 1 System bay power tee breakers

System Bay (rear view)

Zone B Zone A
40
39
38
Left side Right side
37
36
6
1

35
34
5
2
(With rear door removed)

33
32
4
3

31
30
1

PDU PDU
2

5
3

4
4

29
3
4

(With rear door )

5

2
6

28
6
Zone A

5
Zone B

27
3

4
2
5

26
5

2
6

25
1
6

24
23
22
21
20
19
18
17
16
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8 ON OFF
7
6
5
4
Power zone B 3
2
Power zone A
Left side 1
Right side Power zone B Power zone A
Left side Right side

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Power procedures
Power Down Procedure Power Up Procedure

NOTICE NOTICE

EMC Customer Engineers can perform a routine shutdown using
the Simplified SymmWin VMAX Shutdown script.
1. From the rear of the system, pull power tee breakers
1-6 for Zone A PDU and then 1-6 for Zone B PDU.
NOTICE
Do not pull the two blue arrow shaped tabs located between the
power tee breakers. Pulling the blue arrows unlatches the PDU
locking mechanism and allows the PDU to be removed.
The system is now powered down.
Figure 2 Power tee breaker ON (1) and OFF (2) positions
l When powering on the system, turn on power to all
breakers in all bays sequentially without significant
delay.
For example, do not turn on the power to system bay 2
ten minutes after system bay one.
l You can power on the bays in any order.
1. On the rear door of each bay, push in the power tee
breakers (1-6) for zone A to the ON position and
then immediately push in the power tee breakers
(1-6) of zone B.
Upon power up, the array starts the initialization procedure.
This may vary depending on the size and configuration type.
At the end of the power up procedure, all directors will be
online to the host.
Figure 3 Power tee breaker ON (1) and OFF (2) positions

1
2

1
2

Figure legend:
1. ON position Figure legend:
2. OFF position 1. ON position

2. OFF position