Dell PowerEdge Rack Enclosure 4210 Cabling T710 White Paper

Cable Routing Procedures for
Dell™ PowerEdge™ T710 Systems

A Dell™ Technical White Paper

Dell™ │ Datacenter Infrastructure Engineering

By Chris Kitten and Jose L. Flores

March 2011

Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ PowerEdge™ T710 Systems

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Cable Routing Procedures for Dell™ PowerEdge™ T710 Systems

Contents

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

Section 1: Cabling a Dell™ PowerEdge™ T710 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 Installation of the CMA ................................................................................................................................ 3

Section 2: Cabling a Dell™ PowerEdge™ T710 System Without a CMA ..................................................................... 5

2.1 Routing the Cables ....................................................................................................................................... 5

Section 3: Replacing a Power Supply on a PowerEdge™ T710 System With a CMA.................................................. 6

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: Right-Side Mounted CMA Installation .................................................................................................. 4

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

Figure 6: Cable Routing Without a CMA ............................................................................................................... 5

Figure 7: Replacing the Power Supply ................................................................................................................... 6

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