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EMC VNX5400 Hardware Information Guide
VNX5400 DAE cabling
Shown in the upcoming figures (
are examples of two-bus SAS cabling in a DPE-based VNX storage platform, the VNX5400.
The Storage Processors connect to the DAEs with SAS cables. The cables connect LCCs in
the DAEs of a storage platform in a daisy chain topology.
Note: The following instructions and illustrations are very basic. Your system will probably
have a four- or eight-bus system. By following the instructions in the next paragraphs, you
will be able to cable your system for interleaved or stacked environments.
The DPE is automatically Enclosure 0 (EA0). The DAE connected to SAS output port 0 is
Enclosure 1 (EA1).
The first DAE connected to the Storage Processor mini-SAS HD output port 1 is designated
Enclosure 0 (EA0). Each DAE connected after the first DAE increments the enclosure
number by one. All enclosures connected to mini-SAS HD Port 0 will show an ID of 0, but
the addresses will increment.
shows the first example of a VNX5400 platform with two DAEs
(one 3U, 15 disk drive DAE and the other a 2U, 25 disk drive DAE) or a VNX5400 platform
with a total of 65 disk drives (as the DPE is a 3U, 25 disk drive device).
The mini-SAS HD ports on the VNX5400 platform DPE are labeled 0 and 1. SAS 0 is
connected internally to the SAS expander that connects the internal DPE disks. Since SAS
0 is already connected internally to the DPE disks, the first DAE is connected to SAS 1 to
balance the load on the SAS ports. The second DAE is connected to SAS 0, the third DAE is
connected to SAS 1, and so on.
In
, notice that each DAE device supports two completely
redundant buses (LCC A and LCC B).
The rule of load or bus balancing is applied to all DAEs. That is, Bus 0 is Enclosure
Address 0 (EA0), Bus 1 is EA0, and so on. In the case of the VNX5400 platform, Bus 0 EA0
is the DPE (SP A and B). So, to balance the load, Bus 1 EA0 becomes the first DAE (LCC A
and B) in the cabinet with the next DAE (LCC A and LCC B) as Bus 0 EA1, and so on. If you
have several DAEs in your VNX5400 platform, you can daisy chain them within that bus.
However, it is recommended that you balance each bus. In other words, always optimize
your environment by using every available bus, and spreading the number of enclosures
as evenly as possible across the buses.
Note: On the DPE and DAE, each cable connector includes a symbol to denote the
direction the cable needs to connect to. The cable connector that has a double circle
symbol
is the input to the device. The cable connector with the double diamond
symbol
is the output from the device.
IMPORTANT
Notice the description of the cable labels affixed to the SP to DAE cables.