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Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module
The four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module (labeled 6 Gb SAS v3 with an e inside a lock symbol
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on the latch handle) comes with four ports, one power/fault LED, and a combination
link/activity LED for each port
speeds of 6 Gb/s for supporting serial SCSI protocol (SSP), serial management protocol
(SMP), and SATA tunneling protocol (STP) networks. The four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module
uses the mini-SAS connectors.
HD
1 2
4
VNX-000580
1 Push button latch handle
2 Power/fault LED
Figure 47 Four-port 6-Gb/s SAS I/O module
These connectors are 36-circuit small form-factor 8644 (SFF-8644) specification (sockets
or receptacles, see Figure
cable (plug) with a pull tab (see
Figure 48 shows an example of the port connector (socket) and pinout.
D1
C1
B1
A1
Figure 48 6-Gb/s mini-SAS HD port connector (socket) and pinout
8. The e inside the lock symbol indicates that the I/O module supports encryption.
(Figure 47). The ports on this I/O module can interface at
3
3
4
48) using an SFF-8644 specification mini-SAS
Figure 49 on page
EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
port (four)
LED (four)
HD
62).
D9
C9
B9
A9
VNXe-000510
I/O modules
36-circuit
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