14 VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide
System component description
3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DPE
On the front, the Block and File (Unified) VNX5500 platform 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DPE carrier
includes the following:
◆ 3.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS or 3/6-Gb/s NL-SAS disk drives (hot-swappable)
◆ Status LEDs
Figure 4 shows the location of these components.
Figure 4 VNX5500 platform 3U, 15 DPE carrier (front view)
Table 2 describes the Block and File (Unified) VNX5500 platform DPE and the 3.5-inch
disk drive status LEDs.
1 3.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS drives or 6-Gb/s
NL-SAS disk drives
4 Disk drive fault LED (amber)
2 DPE fault LED (amber) 5 Disk drive on/activity LED (green)
3 DPE power on LED (blue)
1
23
4
VNX-000103
5
Table 2 VNX5500 platform 3U, 15 DPE and disk drive LEDs
LED Color State Description
DPE fault (location 2) Amber On Fault has occurred
Note: LED is always on at
powerup, until it is initialized.
DPE power (location 3) Green On Powering and powered up with
backend bus running at 2 Gb/s
Blue On Powering and powered up with
backend bus running at 6 Gb/s
— Off Powered down
Disk drive fault (location 4) Amber On Fault has occurred
— Off No fault has occurred