EMC VNX5500 - Page 93

Disk-array enclosure
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Figure 83 4U, 60 DAE disk drive layout and notation (top-down interior view)
Rules for disk drive population
To load the disk drives into a 4U DAE is (Figure 83):
1. Start at row (or bank) A, slot 0.
2. Fill up row (or bank) A before inserting any disk drives into row B.
3. Continue this order until you fill all the rows with row E being the last row filled.
Note: If a partially filled row is available, the remaining empty slots are to be loaded with
filler panel modules. Rows with no or zero (0) drives do not require filler panel modules.
Spare filler panel modules do not have to be placed into specific slots, but they must be
placed in the same row.
A
B
C
D
E
Rear of 4U DAE
Front of 4U DAE
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0 1 2 3 4 5 LCCA 6 7 8 9 10 11
Cooling Module Cooling Module Cooling Module
Power Supply Module Power Supply Module
Inter Connect Module (ICM) Inter Connect Module (ICM)
Disk drive
LCC B
LCC A