Concurrent maintenance on the EMC VMAX

Concurrent maintenance is the capability to complete I/O operations to the EMC VMAX while simultaneously completing maintenance operations on it.

Important: Service actions and update procedures can be completed only by an EMC Field Engineer.
The EMC VMAX is an enterprise-class device that supports nondisruptive replacement of the following components:
  • Channel Director
  • Disk Director
  • Cache card
  • Disk drive
  • Cooling fan
  • Comms card
  • EPO card
  • Operator panel
  • Power supply unit (PSU)
  • Service Processor
  • Batteries
  • Ethernet hub

The system and EMC VMAX also support concurrent update of the EMC VMAX firmware.