Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Series - Poweredge MX7000 (Rear)

Chapter 1: Dell EMC PowerEdge MX Platform Overview
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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX
Networking Architecture Guide
Figure 5. Dell EMC PowerEdge MX5016s sled with the drive bay extended
PowerEdge MX7000 (rear)
The MX7000 includes three I/O fabrics. Fabrics A and B are for Ethernet and future I/O
module connectivity, and Fabric C is for SAS and Fibre Channel (FC) connectivity. Each
fabric provides two slots to provide redundancy. Figure 6 shows the rear of the
PowerEdge MX7000 chassis. From top to bottom the chassis is configured with:
• One Dell EMC Networking MX9116n Fabric Switching Engine (FSE) installed in
fabric slot A1
• One Dell EMC Networking MX7116n Fabric Expander Module (FEM) installed in
fabric slot A2
• Two Dell EMC Networking MX5108n Ethernet switches installed in fabric slots B1
and B2
• Two Dell EMC Networking MXG610s Fibre Channel switches installed in fabric slots
C1 and C2
• Two Dell EMC PowerEdge MX9002m modules that are installed in management
slots MM1 and MM2
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