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108 VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide
VNX5500 DAE cabling
Figure 96 Example of the VNX5500 Block platform with nine DAEs (2U, 25 disks) interleaved cabling
40U rack
Maximum number of DAEs 9
Maximum number of disks 240
Maximum number of
DAEs per bus 10
DPE
Power
Power
Switch
Power
Power
Switch
X4
2
3
4
5
6Gb
SAS
8Gb
bre
1
0 X4
6Gb SAS
0
1
2
3
X4
2
3
4
5
6Gb
SAS
8Gb
bre
1
0 X4
6Gb SAS
0
1
2
3
SP B
S
P
A
2U DAE (25 disks per DAE)
SPS B SPS A
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
6 Gb SAS
X4
#
B
EA 2/Bus 1
EA 3/Bus 0
EA 3/Bus 1
EA 4/Bus 1
VNX-000571
Bus 0
3
Bus 1
1
Bus 1
2
Bus 0
4
EA 0/Bus 1
EA 1/Bus 1
EA 2/Bus 0
EA 4/Bus 0
EA 1/Bus 0