EMC VNX Series Hardware Information Manual page 154

Eight- and sixteen-bus DAE cabling
Sixteen-bus factory-shipped VNX8000 system
154 EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
The back end port numbering for a VNX8000 is set at system test (at the factory). Ports are
identified and numbered, low to high, left to right. The 6-Gb/s SAS I/O modules are in
slots 4, 5, 6, and 10 of Storage Processors A and B.
IMPORTANT
Slot 5, port 0 is reserved for connection to the vault drives.
A sixteen bus VNX8000 system with 6-Gb/s SAS I/O modules in slot 4, 5, 6 and 10
supports up to sixteen loops using standard x4 SAS cables
Table 56 A (sixteen-bus) VNX8000 scenario
I/O module slot
number Port
4 0
4 1
4 2
4 3
5 0
5 1
5 2
5 3
6 0
6 1
6 2
6 3
10 0
Back-end SP A an B cable labels
loop # (white w/black text)
1 SP A SAS 4 Port 0
SP B SAS 4 Port 0
2 SP A SAS 4 Port 1
SP B SAS 4 Port 1
3 SP A SAS 4 Port 2
SP B SAS 4 Port 2
4 SP A SAS 4 Port 3
SP B SAS 4 Port 3
0 SP A SAS 5 Port 0
SP B SAS 5 Port 0
5 SP A SAS 5 Port 1
SP B SAS 5 Port 1
6 SP A SAS 5 Port 2
SP B SAS 5 Port 2
7 SP A SAS 5 Port 3
SP B SAS 5 Port 3
8 SP A SAS 6 Port 0
SP B SAS 6 Port 0
9 SP A SAS 6 Port 1
SP B SAS 6 Port 1
10 SP A SAS 6 Port 2
SP B SAS 6 Port 2
11 SP A SAS 6 Port 3
SP B SAS 6 Port 3
12 SP A SAS 10 Port 0
SP B SAS 10 Port 0
(Table 56).
Back-end loop cable
label colors
Blue
Black
Green
Brown
Orange
Cyan
Purple
Pink
Yellow
Medium gray
Red
Tan
Light blue/green