EMC VNX5500 - 8-Gb;s Fibre Channel (FC) Ports

System component description
VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide 31
8-Gb/s FC ports
The Block and File VNX5500 platform SP comes with four optical (fibre) 8-Gb/s Fibre
Channel (FC) ports (labeled 8GB fibre 2, 3, 4, and 5) on the rear of each SP (A and B).
These ports provide an optical interface for connecting to the front end. These ports
support 2-, 4-, and 8-Gb/s Fibre Channels using a small form-factor pluggable plus (SFP+)
transceiver module. The SFP+ transceiver modules connect to Lucent Connector (LC) type
optical fibre cables. These SFP+ transceiver modules are input/output (I/O) devices.
These SFP+ modules are hot swappable. This means that you can install and remove an
SFP+ module while the SP is operating. Figure 20 shows an example of an SFP+ module.
Figure 20 Example of an SFP+ module
The LC type interface was developed by Lucent Technologies (hence, Lucent Connector). It
uses a push-pull mechanism. LC connectors are normally held together in a multimode
duplex configuration with a plastic clip. These cables are usually colored orange for OM2
multimode optical fiber type cables and aqua for OM3 multimode optical fiber type
cables. These cables have the duplex connectors encased in a gray plastic covering. To
determine the send or transmit (TX) and receive (RX) ferrules (connector ends), these
cables will show a letter and numeral (for example A1 and A2 for the TX and RX,
respectively) or a white and yellow rubber gasket (jacket) for the send or transmit (TX) and
receive (RX) ends (Figure 21 on page 32).
1 Dust plug (protective cap) 3 Send or transmit (TX) optical bore
2 Bale clasp latch 4 Receive (RX) optical bore
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