EMC VNX Series

32 EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
System component description
SPE rear view
Figure 18 on page 33 shows an example of the rear of the 4U SPE. The following modules,
connectors, status LEDs, and latch handles are described:
◆ Power supply, four (two for each SP)
• Four power in recessed connectors (plugs); two for each SP
• One power supply latch handle
◆ SP B (top of chassis) and SP A (bottom of chassis)
• Eleven PCI Gen 3 I/O module slots (A0 – A10 and B0 – B10) featuring the following
SP I/O module types:
– Four-port 8-Gb/s FC optical (running at 2, 4, or 8 Gb/s); labeled 8 GbE Fibre on
the latch handle
– Four-port 16-Gb/s FC optical (running at 4, 8, or 16 Gb/s); labeled 16 GbE Fibre
v1 on the latch handle
– Four-port 1-Gb/s Base-T iSCSI I/O module; labeled 1 GbE iSCSI/TOE on the
latch handle
– Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax5; labeled 10 GbE v3 on the latch
handle
– Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ45 Base-T iSCSI/IP; labeled 10 GbE Base-T on the latch
handle
– Two-port 10-Gb/s Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE); labeled 10 GbE/FCoE on
the latch handle
– f.) Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS; labeled 6 Gb SAS v3 with an e
3
inside a lock symbol
on the latch handle
• Two management modules (one per SP) featuring:
– Two (RJ-45) LAN connectors (labeled with a network management symbol and a
wrench symbol)
– Two (micro DB-9) RS-232/EIA connectors (labeled with a battery symbol and a
wrench symbol)
–One USB port (not used)
3. The e inside the lock symbol indicates that the I/O module supports encryption.