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.