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Using the multicore emulation capability in PowerMax, the CPU processing is provided using CPU cores from the FA emulation. The cores are pooled for front-end, back-end, and for PowerMaxOS functions as shown in the following figure. All the CPU cores on the director can work on I/O from all the ports. This helps ensure the directors’ ports are always balanced.