152 EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
Eight- and sixteen-bus DAE cabling
Eight-bus factory-shipped Block interleaved configuration
Figure 123 shows an example of two 40U racks having thirty-two 2U, 25 DAEs configured
in a Block interleaved configuration.
Note: The examples show a system with 800 drives.
Figure 123 Example of thirty-two 2U, 25 DAEs in a Block interleaved system
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Bus 5_1
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Bus 7_1
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Bus 2_2
Bus 3_2
Bus 4_2
Bus 5_2
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Bus 1_3
Bus 2_3
Bus 3_3
Bus 4_3
Bus 5_3
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