EMC VNX Series Hardware Information Guide

I/O modules
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Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module
The four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module (labeled 6 Gb SAS v3 with an e inside a lock symbol
on the latch handle)
8
comes with four ports, one power/fault LED, and a combination
link/activity LED for each port (Figure 47). The ports on this I/O module can interface at
speeds of 6 Gb/s for supporting serial SCSI protocol (SSP), serial management protocol
(SMP), and SATA tunneling protocol (STP) networks. The four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module
uses the mini-SAS
HD connectors.
Figure 47 Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module
These connectors are 36-circuit small form-factor 8644 (SFF-8644) specification (sockets
or receptacles, see Figure 48) using an SFF-8644 specification mini-SAS
HD 36-circuit
cable (plug) with a pull tab (see Figure 49 on page 62).
Figure 48 shows an example of the port connector (socket) and pinout.
Figure 48 6-Gb/s mini-SAS HD port connector (socket) and pinout
8. The e inside the lock symbol indicates that the I/O module supports encryption.
1 Push button latch handle 3 port (four)
2 Power/fault LED 4 LED (four)
0123
4
3
2
1
VNX-000580
D9
C9
B9
A9
D1
C1
B1
A
1
VNXe-000510

EMC VNX Series Specifications

General

Management Interface	Unisphere
Drive Support	SAS, NL-SAS, Flash (SSD)
RAID Levels	RAID 0, 1, 3, 5, 6
Protocols Supported	Fibre Channel, iSCSI, NFS, CIFS
Data Services	Deduplication, Compression, Snapshots, Replication
Processor	Intel Xeon
Operating System	VNX Operating Environment (block), VNX File Operating Environment (file)