Cabling The Dpe To A Dae - EMC VNXe3200 Installation Manual

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Cabling the DPE to a DAE

2. When the DAE is in place, insert and tighten all of the screws.
It may be easier to install the screws working in a diagonal pattern, such as bottom
left and top right, bottom right and top left.
Figure 17 Installing a 2U DAE in the rails
If you have one or more DAEs, these components must be cabled to the DPE so that the
storage is available in the system.
The DPE contains dual storage processors, labeled SP A and SP B. The cables and cable
labels identify connections for sides A and B as well.
Cabling between the DPE and a DAE uses two 2-meter mini-SAS HD to mini-SAS cables.
These cables connect ports 0 and 1 on each SP of the DPE to Link Controller Card (LCC)
ports on the DAEs. The DPE-to-DAE cables are shipped in the DAE box while the cable
labels are packaged in the DPE shipping box. See the cables in
The DAE shipping container also contains two mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables. They have a
single diamond on one connector and a single circle
cables can be used for DAE-to-DAE cabling. They are not used for DPE-to-DAE cabling.
The VNXe system supports two back-end ports for connection to storage (DAEs). Port 0 is
connected internally to the SAS expander that connects all the disks in the DPE. Since
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