Cable Routing Procedures for
Dell™PowerEdge™R910Systems
A Dell™ Technical White Paper
Dell™ │ Datacenter Infrastructure Engineering
By Chris Kitten and Jose L. Flores
March 2010
Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ PowerEdge™ R910 Systems
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Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ PowerEdge™ R910 Systems |
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Contents |
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Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... |
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Section 1: Cabling a Dell™ PowerEdge™ R910 With a Cable Management Arm (CMA) ......................... |
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Connecting the CMA Cables to the System ....................................................................................... |
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Routing the Power Cables Through the Strain Reliefs...................................................................... |
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Routing the Cables Through the CMA................................................................................................. |
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Left-Side Mounting Instructions ........................................................................................................... |
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Right-Side Mounting Instructions......................................................................................................... |
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Section 2: Cabling a Dell™ PowerEdge™ R910 System Without a CMA.................................................... |
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Routing the Cables .................................................................................................................................. |
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Removing the CMA Brackets for Shallow Racks ................................................................................ |
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Section 3: Replacing a Power Supply on a PowerEdge™ R910 System With a CMA................................ |
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Replacing a Power Supply with a Left-Side Mounted CMA.............................................................. |
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Replacing a Power Supply with a Right-Side Mounted CMA ........................................................... |
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Table of Figures |
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Figure 1: System with Cables Installed .................................................................................................................. |
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Figure 2: Routing Power Cables Through the Strain Reliefs ............................................................................. |
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Figure 3: Routing the Cables Through the CMA ................................................................................................. |
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Figure 4: Left-Side Mounted CMA Installation..................................................................................................... |
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Figure 5: Right-Side Mounted CMA Installation .................................................................................................. |
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Figure 6: Cable Routing Without a CMA ............................................................................................................... |
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Figure 7: Removing the CMA Brackets for Shallow Racks................................................................................. |
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Figure 8: Replacing the Power Supply ................................................................................................................... |
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