EMC VNX Series

142 EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
VNX8000 DAE cabling
Figure 118 Example of the VNX8000 Block platform with forty DAEs (2U, 25 disks) stacked cabling
rack 2 (continued)
Second 40U rack with 20, 2U DAEs
(25 disks per DAE).
Maximum number of disks 500.
Bus 1 is cabled from
SPE slot A5 and B5 port 1.
Bus 1 is stacked and load balanced
in a daisy-chain from DAE 1
through 10.
Bus 2 is cabled from
SPE slot A5 and B5 port 2.
Bus 2 is stacked and load balanced
in a daisy-chain from DAE 11
through 20.
40U Rack (2)
6 Gb SAS
X4
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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
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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
EA 5/Bus 1
EA 6/Bus 1
EA 7/Bus 1
EA 8/Bus 1
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
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B
A
EA 9/Bus 1
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
EA 1/Bus 2
EA 2/Bus 2
EA 3/Bus 2
EA 4/Bus 2
EA 5/Bus 2
EA 0/Bus 2
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
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
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6 Gb SAS
X4
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B
A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
EA 4/Bus 1
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
A
EA 0/Bus 1
EA 1/Bus 1
EA 2/Bus 1
EA 3/Bus 1
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
B
A
EA 6/Bus 2
EA 8/Bus 2
EA 9/Bus 2
EA 7/Bus 2
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