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Upgrade to a sixteen-bus system
To upgrade to a sixteen-bus system, add two more 6-Gb/s SAS I/O modules to slots 4 and
6 of the eight-bus system in Storage Processors A and B
Table 58 A VNX8000 (sixteen-bus) scenario
I/O module slot
number Port
5 0
5 1
5 2
5 3
10 0
10 1
10 2
10 3
4 0
4 1
4 2
4 3
6 0
6 1
6 2
6 3
Back-end SP A an B cable labels
loop # (white w/black text)
0 SP A SAS 5 Port 0
SP B SAS 5 Port 0
1 SP A SAS 5 Port 1
SP B SAS 5 Port 1
2 SP A SAS 5 Port 2
SP B SAS 5 Port 2
3 SP A SAS 5 Port 3
SP B SAS 5 Port 3
4 SP A SAS 10 Port 0
SP B SAS 10 Port 0
5 SP A SAS 10 Port 1
SP B SAS 10 Port 1
6 SP A SAS 10 Port 2
SP B SAS 10 Port 2
7 SP A SAS 10 Port 3
SP B SAS 10 Port 3
8 SP A SAS 4 Port 0
SP B SAS 4 Port 0
9 SP A SAS 4 Port 1
SP B SAS 4 Port 1
10 SP A SAS 4 Port 2
SP B SAS 4 Port 2
11 SP A SAS 4 Port 3
SP B SAS 4 Port 3
12 SP A SAS 6 Port 0
SP B SAS 6 Port 0
13 SP A SAS 6 Port 1
SP B SAS 6 Port 1
14 SP A SAS 6 Port 2
SP B SAS 6 Port 2
15 SP A SAS 6 Port 3
SP B SAS 6 Port 3
EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
Eight- and sixteen-bus DAE cabling
(Table 58).
Back-end loop cable
label colors
Orange
Blue
Black
Green
Brown
Cyan
Purple
Pink
Yellow
Medium gray
Red
Tan
Light blue/green
Dark gray/green
Light gray
Peach
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