Dell PowerEdge Rack Enclosure 4210 Cabling R815 White Paper

Cable Routing Procedures for
Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 Systems

A Dell™ Technical White Paper

Dell™ │ Datacenter Infrastructure Engineering

By Chris Kitten and Jose L. Flores

July 2010

Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 Systems

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Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 Systems

Contents

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................................... 2

Section 1: Cabling a Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 With a Cable Management Arm (CMA) ......................... 2

1.1 Connecting the CMA Cables to the System ....................................................................................... 2

1.2 Routing the Power Cables Through the Strain Reliefs ...................................................................... 3

1.3 Routing the Cables Through the CMA ................................................................................................. 3

1.4 Left-Side Mounting Instructions ........................................................................................................... 3

1.5 Right-Side Mounting Instructions ......................................................................................................... 5

Section 2: Cabling a Dell™ PowerEdge™ R815 System Without a CMA .................................................... 6

2.1 Routing the Cables .................................................................................................................................. 6

2.2 Removing the CMA Brackets for Shallow Racks ................................................................................ 6

Section 3: Replacing a Power Supply on a PowerEdge™ R815 System With a CMA ................................ 7

3.1 Replacing a Power Supply with a Left-Side Mounted CMA .............................................................. 7

3.2 Replacing a Power Supply with a Right-Side Mounted CMA ........................................................... 7

Table of Figures

Figure 1: System with Cables Installed .................................................................................................................. 2

Figure 2: Routing Power Cables Through the Strain Reliefs ............................................................................. 3

Figure 3: Routing the Cables Through the CMA ................................................................................................. 4

Figure 4: Left-Side Mounted CMA Installation ..................................................................................................... 4

Figure 5: Right-Side Mounted CMA Installation .................................................................................................. 5

Figure 6: Cable Routing Without a CMA ............................................................................................................... 6

Figure 7: Removing the CMA Brackets for Shallow Racks ................................................................................. 6

Figure 8: Replacing the Power Supply ................................................................................................................... 7

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