Figure 55 Location of NVRAM and I/O modules (continued)
Slots 2, 3, and 6 (three I/O slots) are used for SAS I/O modules for systems without
Extended Retention (ER).
Slots 2, 3, 6, and 9 (four I/O slots) are for SAS I/O modules for systems with ER or
DD Cloud Tier software.
The table shows the I/O module slot assignments for the DD9500 and DD9800
systems. Each type of I/O module is restricted to certain slots.
The I/O module slot assignments for the DD9500 and DD9800 systems are the same.
Table 16 DD9500 and DD9800 I/O module slot assignments
Slot Base
configuratio
n
HA ER or DD Cloud
Tier
DD Cloud Tier
and HA
0 NVRAM NVRAM NVRAM NVRAM
1 Fibre Channel
(FC), Ethernet
or empty
Fibre Channel
(FC), Ethernet
or empty
Fibre Channel (FC),
Ethernet or empty
Fibre Channel (FC),
Ethernet or empty
2 SAS SAS SAS SAS
3 SAS SAS SAS SAS
4 FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
5 FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
6 SAS SAS SAS SAS
7 FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
8 FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
9 Not available
(contains a
filler)
Not available
(contains a
filler)
SAS SAS
10 FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
FC, Ethernet or
empty
11 FC, Ethernet or
empty
10 Gb optical
Ethernet for
interconnect
between the
primary and
FC, Ethernet or
empty
10 Gb optical
Ethernet for
interconnect
between the
primary and standby
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