EMC VNX Series Hardware Information Manual page 114

VNX5500 DAE cabling
114 VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide
2U DAE (25 disks per DAE)
Maximum number of
DAEs per bus 10
Maximum number of DAEs 9
Maximum number of disks 240
Figure 99 Example of the VNX5500 File/Unified platform with 9 DAEs (2U, 25 disks) interleaved
cabling
40U rack
B
EA 4/Bus 1
B
EA 4/Bus 0
B
EA 3/Bus 1
B
EA 3/Bus 0
B
EA 2/Bus 1
B
EA 2/Bus 0
B
EA 1/Bus 1
B
EA 1/Bus 0
B
EA 0/Bus 1
2
Bus 0
0 1
Bus 1
4
2
0 1
2
DPE
8Gb 6Gb
fibre SAS 1
2 3 4 5
Switch Power Power
SPS B
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
#
2
0
1
Bus 0
3
2
0 1
Bus 1
CS
IPMI port
B
MGMT
1
VGA plug
A
CS
IPMI port
B
MGMT
VGA plug
A
8Gb 6Gb
fibre SAS
X4 1 X4
2 3 4 5
0 X4 0 X4
6Gb SAS 6Gb SAS
Switch Power Power
SPS A
VNX-000572