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EMC VMAX Serial number – what & where
Posted by on December 14, 2013
Always wanted to know what is behind the serial number of a VMAX Array? I recently found out that the serial number of the VMAX contains at least 2 parameters that can tell you more about the box. If I find more I will update this article. For starters how cool is it to say “Oh that’s a 40K” when you only read the serial? Here is a short list:
- VMAX-40K – ****57*****
- VMAX-20K – ****26*****
- VMAX-10K(old) – ****59*****
- VMAX-10K(new) – ****87*****
- VMAX-SE – ****49*****
Next where was it build? Knowing EMC, somewhere in your region. But with only 3 manufacturing facilities building VMAX that would mean USA, Ireland and China. Anyone know where in China? The first 2 letters of the serial number shows the build factory. HK means Hopkinton (USA), CK means Cork (Ireland) and CN means somewhere in China. Now to find out the same for VNX and VPLEX, etc.
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