Users Guide

Figure 17. Two PowerEdge MX7000 enclosures using Fabric Switching Engine
Cabling
PowerEdge MX5016s storage sleds are internally cabled and the PowerEdge MX5000s SAS IOM has no impact on external cabling.
Cabling for a dual PowerEdge MX7000 enclosure
configuration using Fabric Switching Engines
The following figures show the external cabling for a multiple PowerEdge MX7000 enclosure configuration when the MX9116n Fabric
Switching Engines and MX7116n Fabric Expansion Modules are used. The Customer Network Link Aggregation is shown as an example as
the upper layer connection is not specified except that it must use an LACP-enabled link aggregation group. You can add more enclosures
(up to a maximum of 10) that connect back to the upper level devices in the infrastructure. Additional PowerEdge MX7000 enclosures
require only two MX7116n Fabric Expansion Modules whose ports appear as additional ports on the MX9116n Fabric Switching Engines on
the first two PowerEdge MX7000 enclosures.
Physical layout
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