EMC VNX Series

136 EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
VNX8000 DAE cabling
Figure 114 Example of the VNX8000 platform with eleven DAEs (2U, 25 disks) interleaved cabling
for a 40U rack 1
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
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B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
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6 Gb SAS
X4
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B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
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B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
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B
A
First 40U rack with 11, 2U DAEs
(25 disks per DAE).
Maximum number of disks 275.
Bus 0 and 1 are load balanced
and interleaved (daisy-chained)
from DAE 1 through 11.
SPE
0123
0123
0123
0123
SPS
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
EA 4/Bus 1
EA 0/Bus 1
EA 1/Bus 1
EA 2/Bus 1
EA 3/Bus 1
EA 0/Bus 0
EA 2/Bus 0
EA 3/Bus 0
EA 4/Bus 0
EA 1/Bus 0
EA 5/Bus 0
SPS
Use slot A5 and B5
ports 0 for Bus 0 and
ports 1 for Bus 1.
40U Rack (1)
Reserved space from
4U to 10U for File/Unified
upgrade.
VNX-000802