118 VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide
Cabling the 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module in the VNX5500 platform
While the orange cable for Bus 0 is interleaved and daisy-chained through the remaining
DAEs:
◆ EA 2/Bus 0, 8
th
DAE
While the black cable for Bus 2 is interleaved and daisy-chained through the remaining
DAEs:
◆ EA 1/Bus 2, 9
th
and final DAE
Note: Figure 101 on page 119 shows 6U of reserved space to allow for upgrading your
VNX5500 Block to VNX5500 File/Unified platform. If you are planning to upgrade your
Block platform to a File/Unified platform, it is recommended that at least 6U of rack space
be reserved for adding one to two Controls Stations and one to two Data Mover
enclosures.