Dell PowerEdge 7150, PowerEdge 4210 Installation Manual

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RACK INSTALLATION GUIDE

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Notes, Notices, Cautions, and
Warnings

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data and tells you how to avoid the problem.

CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates a potentially hazardous situation

which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury.

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potentially hazardous

situation which, if not avoided, may result in severe injury.

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Safety Instructions

Safety Caution and Warnings

Use the following safety guidelines to ensure your own personal safety and to help protect
your server, storage system, or appliance from potential damage. For complete safety,
regulatory, and warranty information, refer to your system’s System Information document.

Precautions for Rack-Mountable Products

Observe the following precautions for rack stability and safety. Also refer to the rack
installation documentation accompanying the system and the rack for specific warning
and/or caution statements and procedures.

Servers, storage systems, and appliances are considered to be components in a rack. Thus,
“component” refers to any server, storage system, or appliance, as well as to various
peripherals or supporting hardware.

WARNING: Installing Dell system components in a Dell rack without the front

and side stabilizers installed could cause the rack to tip over, potentially
resulting in bodily injury under certain circumstances. Therefore, always install
the stabilizers before installing components in the rack.

WARNING: After installing system/components in a rack, never pull more than

one component out of the rack on its slide assemblies at one time. The weight of
more than one extended component could cause the rack to tip over and injure
someone.

NOTE: Dell’s servers, storage systems, and appliances are certified as components for use in

Dell’s rack cabinet using the Dell customer rack kit. The final installation of Dell systems and
rack kits in any other brand of rack cabinet has not been approved by any safety agencies. It is
the customer’s responsibility to have the final combination of Dell systems and rack kits for use
in other brands of rack cabinets evaluated for suitability by a certified safety agency.

• System rack kits are intended to be installed in a Dell rack by trained service
technicians. If you install the kit in any other rack, be sure that the rack meets the
specifications of a Dell rack.

• Do not move large racks by yourself. Due to the height and weight of the rack, Dell
recommends a minimum of two people to accomplish this task.

• Before working on the rack, make sure that the stabilizers are secured to the rack,
extend to the floor, and that the full weight of the rack rests on the floor. Install front
and side stabilizers on a single rack or front stabilizers for joined multiple racks before
working on the rack.

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• Always load the rack from the bottom up, and load the heaviest item in the rack first.

• Make sure that the rack is level and stable before extending a component from
the rack.

• Use caution when pressing the component rail release latches and sliding a component
into or out of a rack; the slide rails can pinch your fingers.

• After a component is inserted into the rack, carefully extend the rail into a locking
position, and then slide the component into the rack.

• Do not overload the AC supply branch circuit that provides power to the rack. The
total rack load should not exceed 80 percent of the branch circuit rating.

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• Ensure that proper airflow is provided to components in the rack.

• Do not step on or stand on any system/component when servicing other
systems/components in a rack.

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Contents

Rack Installation Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Rack Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1

Rack Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Before You Begin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Important Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Kit Installation Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Rack Stabilizer Feet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3

Recommended Tools and Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Installation Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

Removing the Doors From the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Marking the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Installing the Slide Assemblies in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Installing a System in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Installing the Cable Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-11

Installing the Cable-Management Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

Replacing the Rack Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-13

Installing the System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-9

Index

Figures

Figure 1-1. Rack Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Figure 1-2. One Rack Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Figure 1-3. Marking the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Figure 1-4. Installing the Slide Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Figure 1-5. Installing the System in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Figure 1-6. Installing the Cable Tray and

Cable-Management Arm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-12

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Figures

Figure 1-1. Rack Kit Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

Figure 1-2. One Rack Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Figure 1-3. Marking the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-7

Figure 1-4. Installing the Slide Assemblies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Figure 1-5. Installing the System in the Rack . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-10

Figure 1-6. Installing the Cable Tray and Cable-Management Arm

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