System component description
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Overview
Front view
Besides status LEDs, on the front of the VNXe3150 platform, two types of disk drive DPEs
are supported:
◆
2U, 12 (3.5-inch) disk drive DPE carrier which includes either 3.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS,
6-Gb/s NL-SAS, or Flash disk drives (hot-swappable)
3
◆
2U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive DPE carrier which includes either 2.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS,
6-Gb/s NL-SAS, or Flash disk drives (hot-swappable)
3
2U, 12 (3.5-inch) disk drive DPE
shows the location of the disk drives and the status LEDs in a 2U, 12 (3.5-inch)
disk drive DPE.
Figure 6 Example of the VNXe3150 platform with a 2U, 12 (3.5-inch) disk drive DPE (front view)
describes the VNXe3150 platform with 2U, 12 (3.5-inch) disk drive DPE and the
disk drive status LEDs.
3. You can add or remove a disk drive while the DPE is powered up, but you should exercise special
care when removing drives while they are in use. Disk drives are extremely sensitive electronic
components.
1
3.5-inch SAS disk drive
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1. The VNXe3150 platform also supports 6-Gb/s NL-SAS or Flash drives. For more information about the disk
drives supported in the VNXe3150, refer to the
EMC
®
VNXe™ Series Storage Systems Disk and OE Matrix
document.
3
Disk drive ready/activity LED (blue)
2
DPE power on LED (blue)
Installation
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
SAS 450 GB 15K RPM
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VNX-000090
Table 1 Example of a VNXe3150 platform with a 2U, 12 (3.5-inch) DPE and the disk drive LEDs
LED
Color
State
Description
DPE power (location 2)
Blue
On
Powering and powered up
—
Off
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