{"id":6993,"date":"2021-06-11T15:51:54","date_gmt":"2021-06-11T13:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/?p=6993"},"modified":"2021-06-11T19:52:40","modified_gmt":"2021-06-11T17:52:40","slug":"vnx-dpe-dae-sas-cabling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/vnx-dpe-dae-sas-cabling\/","title":{"rendered":"VNX DPE \/ DAE SAS cabling"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>EMC cable requirement and configuration for VNX Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE).<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A quick note to clarify SAS cabling between EMC VNX and extra enclosures or DAE\u2019s as they are called.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When setting up a VNX with only the base DPE enclosure, there\u2019s no need for cabling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When adding the&nbsp;<strong>first and the second<\/strong>&nbsp;<strong>enclosure<\/strong>, you need a special kind of SAS cable, called the \u201cmini-SAS to mini-SAS HD cables\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sas-cables-for-the-first-two-disk-array-enclosures-DAEs.jpg\" alt=\"sas cables for the first two disk array enclosures (DAEs)\" class=\"wp-image-6995\" title=\"Required sas cables for the first two disk array enclosures (DAEs) in a VNX DPE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sas-cables-for-the-first-two-disk-array-enclosures-DAEs.jpg 480w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/sas-cables-for-the-first-two-disk-array-enclosures-DAEs-300x157.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"491\" height=\"309\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-hd-cable-sas-connection-to-the-ports.jpg\" alt=\"mini-SAS hd cable sas connection to the ports\" class=\"wp-image-6996\" title=\"Depiction of the mini-SAS hd cable sas connection to the ports\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-hd-cable-sas-connection-to-the-ports.jpg 491w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-hd-cable-sas-connection-to-the-ports-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-hd-cable-sas-connection-to-the-ports-320x202.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 491px) 100vw, 491px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When adding a&nbsp;<strong>third enclosure or more<\/strong>, you need a \u201cmini-SAS to mini-SAS cable\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/038-003-626-emc-1m-expansion-sas-cable-sff-8088-to-sff-8088\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"711\" src=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-to-mini-SAS-cable-1024x711.jpg\" alt=\"mini-SAS to mini-SAS cable\" class=\"wp-image-6997\" title=\"These mini-SAS to mini-SAS cables are available at Tekmart Africa\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-to-mini-SAS-cable-1024x711.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-to-mini-SAS-cable-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-to-mini-SAS-cable-768x533.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-to-mini-SAS-cable-800x555.jpg 800w, https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/mini-SAS-to-mini-SAS-cable.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time-approximately:<\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>EMC cable requirement and configuration for VNX Disk Processor Enclosure (DPE). By Tekmart Enterprise Support Team A quick note to clarify SAS cabling between EMC VNX and extra enclosures or DAE\u2019s as they are called. When setting up a VNX with only the base DPE enclosure, there\u2019s no need for cabling. When adding the&nbsp;first and the second&nbsp;enclosure, you need a<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/vnx-dpe-dae-sas-cabling\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":112,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,35,88,137,152,16,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-best-practices-for-data-center-operations","category-data-center-facilities","category-enterprise-data-storage-strategies","category-enterprise-infrastructure-management","category-how-do-i","category-how-tos-and-other-useful-tips-and-tricks","category-tekmart-enterprise-hardware-tips"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/112"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6993"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7007,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6993\/revisions\/7007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tekmart.co.za\/t-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}