Dell PowerEdge Rack Enclosure 2410 Cabling T320, PowerEdge Rack Enclosure 4620S Cabling T320, PowerEdge Rack Enclosure 2410 Cabling T420, PowerEdge Rack Enclosure 4620S Cabling T420 White Paper

Greg Henderson and Jose L. Flores

Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™

PowerEdge™ T320 & T420 Systems

This Dell Technical White Paper explains the best pract ices for routing
and securing the cables exiting the back of the T320 & T420 systems.

Data Center Infrastructure En gin eering

May 2012

Cable Routing Procedures for the Dell PowerEdge T320 & T420 Systems

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Cable Routing Procedures for the Dell PowerEdge T320 & T420 Systems

Contents

Introduction ............................................................................................................. 4

Section 1: Cabling a PowerEdge T320 & T420 system with a CMA ............................................. 4

1.1. Connecting the cables to the system ................................................................... 4

1.2. Routing the power cables through the strain reliefs ................................................. 5

1.3. Installing the CMA .......................................................................................... 6

Section 2: Replacing a hot swap power supply on a PowerEdge T320 & T420 system with a CMA ...... 8

2.1. Replacing a hot swap power supply with a left-side mounted CMA ............................... 8

2.2. Replacing a hot swap power supply with a right-side mounted CMA ............................. 8

Section 3: Cabling a PowerEdge T320 & T420 system without a CMA ........................................ 9

Figures

Figure 1. System with cables installed ............................................................................. 5

Figure 2. Routing power cables through the strain reliefs on hot swap power supplies .................. 5

Figure 3. Routing the power cable through the strain relief on a fixed power supply .................... 5

Figure 4. Left-side mounted CMA installation (preferred) ...................................................... 6

Figure 5. Right-side mounted CMA installation (CMA shown in service position) ........................... 7

Figure 6. Replacing a hot swap power supply ..................................................................... 8

Figure 7. Cable routing without a CMA ............................................................................. 9

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