EMC VNX5500 - I;O Modules; SP I;O Module Types; Four-port 8-Gb;s FC I;O Module

I/O modules
VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide 47
I/O modules
Several types of I/O modules are supported in the Block and File (Unified) VNX5300
platform. The SP supports six types of I/O modules (see the “SP I/O module types”
section on page 47) and the Data Mover supports six types of I/O modules (see the “Data
Mover I/O module types” section on page 58). In each of these sections, an I/O module
description is included with the type of port (copper, optical, or other) as well as a
description of the LEDs on the I/O module.
IMPORTANT
When adding new I/O modules, always install I/O modules in pairs—one module in SP A
and one module in SP B. Both SPs must have the same type of I/O modules in the same
slots. For more information, refer to the
Adding I/O modules and SFPs to the DPE
document.
SP I/O module types
The following I/O module types are supported by the Block and File (Unified) VNX5500
platform SP:
◆ “Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module” on this page
◆ “Four-port 1-Gb/s copper iSCSI I/O module” on page 49
◆ “Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax iSCSI I/O module” on page 51
◆ “Two-port 10-Gb/s optical or active Twinax Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) I/O
module” on page 53
◆ “Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module” on page 54
◆ “Two-port 10-Gb/s RJ-45 Base-T iSCSI/IP I/O module” on page 57
Four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module
The four-port 8-Gb/s FC I/O module (labeled 8 GbE Fibre on the latch handle) comes with
four optical (fibre) ports, one power/fault LED, and a link/activity LED for each optical port
(Figure 40 on page 48). This I/O module can interface at speeds of 2, 4, and 8 Gb/s.
Besides optical SFP or SFP+, it uses OM2/OM3 multimode optical fiber cabling to connect
directly to a host HBA or FC switch. OM2 cabling can usually be distinguished by the
orange color of the cable. While, OM3 cabling can be distinguished by the aqua color of
the cable.
6DSRData set ready
7 RTS Clear to send
8 CTS Request to send
9 RI Ring indicator (not used)
Table 27 Data Mover management module (DB-9) socket connector pinout (continued)
DB-9 Pin Signal Description