EMC VNX Series

VNX8000 DAE cabling
EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide 143
Figure 119 Example of the VNX8000 Block platform with forty DAEs (2U, 25 disks) stacked cabling
rack 3 (continued)
Third 40U rack with 10, 2U DAEs
(25 disks per DAE).
Maximum number of disks 250.
Bus 3 is cabled from
SPE slot A5 and B5 port 3.
Bus 3 is stacked and load balanced
in a daisy-chain from DAE 1
through 10.
40U Rack (3)
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
EA 7/Bus 3
EA 8/Bus 3
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
EA 9/Bus 3
6 Gb
6 Gb
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SAS
X4
X4
#
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
B
A
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6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
EA 5/Bus 3
EA 6/Bus 3
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
#
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6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
B
A
6 Gb
6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
#
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6 Gb
SAS
SAS
X4
X4
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B
A
EA 1/Bus 3
EA 2/Bus 3
EA 3/Bus 3
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
EA 0/Bus 3
EA 4/Bus 3
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