112 VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide
VNX5500 DAE cabling
The cables shown in Figure 98 are:
Note: The cable colors shown in the example are orange for Bus 0 and blue for Bus 1.
◆ Cable 1, blue, DPE to 1
st
DAE (labels SP A SAS 1 to LCC A)
◆ Cable 2, blue, DPE to 1
st
DAE (labels SP B SAS 1 to LCC B)
◆ Cable 3, orange, DPE to 2
nd
DAE (labels SP A SAS 0 to LCC A)
◆ Cable 4, orange, DPE to 2
nd
DAE (labels SP B SAS 0 to LCC B)
Figure 98 Example of the VNX5500 File/Unified platform with two DAEs (3U, 15 disks and 2U, 25
disks) cabling
Note: In Figure 98, the VNX5500 File/Unified platform shows a single 1U SPS (with an
optional SPS available), a DPE (with two SPs), a CS (with optional CS available), a DME
(with two DMs), an optional DME (with one DM), and a 3U 15 DAE and the 2U 25 DAE.
Data Mover enclosure 1
(optional) 2U
A
CS
B
MGMT
6 Gb
SAS
X4
#
6 Gb
SAS
X4
#
A
B
#
X4
6Gb SAS
X4
6Gb SAS
DAE 2
2U 25 disk
(optional)
DAE 1
3U 15 disk
(optional)
DPE 3U
SPS 1U
2
3
4
5
B
Power
Power
Switch
Power
Power
Switch
SP B
Data Mover enclosure 0
2U
Control Station1
(optional) 1U
Control Station 0
1U
6Gb
SAS
8Gb
bre
1 X4
6Gb SAS
X4
2
3
4
5
6Gb
SAS
8Gb
bre
1
0 X4
6Gb SAS
A
SP A
0 X4
B
A
Rear
Optional
Control Station
VNX-000573
LCC A
3
SP A SAS 0
SP A SAS 1
1
LCC A
LCC B
4
SP B SAS 0
LCC B
2
SP B SAS 1