EMC VNX Series Hardware Information Guide

Disk-array enclosures
EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide 77
2U, 25 (2.5-inch) DAE (DAE5S)
The 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DAE used in the VNX7600 platform is 2U (3.5 inches) high
and includes 25 disk drives. It uses a 6-Gb/s SAS interface for communication between
the disk processor enclosure (DPE) storage processors (SPs) and the DAE.
Front view
On the front, the VNX8000 platform 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DAE includes the
following hardware components:
◆ 2.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS, 6-Gb/s NL-SAS, or Flash disk drives (hot-swappable)
◆ Status LEDs
Figure 59 shows the location of these components.
Note: In a VNX8000 platform, when using the 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive carrier, the
maximum amount of disk drives is 1,500.
Figure 59 Example of a 2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DAE (front view)
1 2.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS or 6-Gb/s NL-SAS
drives
4 Disk drive fault LED (amber)
2 DAE fault LED (amber) 5 Disk drive status/activity (blue)
3 DAE power status LED (blue)
1
4
VNX-000276
5
2 3

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)