installing dell rack + extras

[cava83]

Hi there,

Installing the following,

A) 1 x Dell 4210
B) 2 x Dell™ RapidPower Power Distribution Units
c) 1 x APC 5000UPS 5U Rack Mounted 3750W

Any recommendations?

Have not used done the B and C's before, going to be fun, not.

C) Electrician is required.

Thanks,

G.

 

[Pete]

lol as soon as I spotted that model of UPS I was going to point out it needs to be hardwired in! Take the batteries out before trying to lift it into the rack as well.

As a rule I don't touch dell servers so can't comment on the first two.

 

[KDF]

Any recommendations?

Put the UPS at the bottom of the rack and don't electrocute yourself !

 

[cava83]

Put the UPS at the bottom of the rack

lol, ai, without a doubt!

The 5000 came in very cheap, hence getting it, could regret it soon though.

Dell servers meet out requirements fine

 

[ditz]

trying not to sound really ignorant (and this is pure curiosity)


what the hell are you all talking about?

 

[J0sh]

Hes setting up(?) a data cab. The thing that makes your office network run.


You supplying off a fused spur?


Oh, and as Pete said, take the batterys out the UPS when putting it in, makes like so much easier.

 

[KDF]

trying not to sound really ignorant (and this is pure curiosity)


what the hell are you all talking about?

UPS = Uninterruptable power supply (means server continue running for a while and shut down gracefully if there is a power cut.

RapidPower Power Distribution Units = Think mains extension lead, but bigger, heavier and designed to fit in a 19" rack.

Dell 4210 = A dell 19" rack.

Put UPS at bottom of the 19" rack, wire it to the distribution units then feed the servers off them


Dell Rack Installation 101 (in a nutshell)

 

[Dafthead]

We've got a 5000 in the bottom of one of our 4210 dell racks

and a load of blades/san in the other one

 

[KDF]

Nice blades ! I take it they are connected to the SAN via iSCSI or Fibre ?

 

[McBunny]

i have a rt8000rm xli with 3 additional 192v rm battery packs ITS FREAKING HUGE and just a tad heavy still waiting for teh blades and bulk data storage to go with it after the last solutions provider f**ked it up we are going virtual san (datacore) due to it been faster and much more flexable oh and a lot cheaper !

 

[Dafthead]

Nice blades ! I take it they are connected to the SAN via iSCSI or Fibre ?

Fook knows, I just place the orders hehe think it's iSCSI tho, as only seen fibre between the filers and shelves

 

[Dink]

You supplying off a fused spur?

would hope not as if the ups does ask for the full 3750w you are going to be over the current rating of it and i know there not the best

 

[cava83]

Hi,

Any chance of seeing how you have done the wiring in the back?

Thanks very much,

Gabi.

We've got a 5000 in the bottom of one of our 4210 dell racks

and a load of blades/san in the other one

 

[McBunny]

would hope not as if the ups does ask for the full 3750w you are going to be over the current rating of it and i know there not the best

mines running off 3 phase

 

[cava83]

Right,

Just had an electrician come in to do it, I'm not sure if I was correct, but I sent him packing.

The APC product requires a 25 amp circuit breaker.

All our circuits have 20 amp circuit breakers.

We have one spare circuit, all wired in.

The guy was saying we needed to hardwire the cabling all the way through to the mains by-passing the current circuit breaker??!! WTF

I presume an electrician can simply provide the correct cabling and socket end for the APC product, then change the spare circuit breaker from 20amp to 25amp and then we are ready to go....

Please correct me if I am wrong.

 

[Cookie]

You probably need an electrician that's dealt with server room power feeds before

 

[cava83]

Fancy coming in ?

You probably need an electrician that's dealt with server room power feeds before

 

[Cookie]

Fraid not, I'm not a sparky. Definitely not qualified to f**k about with it

 

[Dafthead]

Back Gabi, dark in there so not a great pic

 

[McBunny]

just doing you a pic of my ups

 

[McBunny]

 

[cava83]

Thanks guys

McBunny, that UPS is a beast, it's much different to mine.

This is proving to be a pain the building only supports 20amp cabling, so need to get a new circuit put in, something I did not budget for and entirely my fault, should have researched some more.

This pics are great, I will get some of mine done when it's setup

I really appreciate everyone's time on this.

McBunny, the red plug, what's the amperage on that, do you know? I have blue ones, should suffice, think they are up to 25, not sure.

 

[Cookie]

My UPS's are bigger than your UPS's

 

[McBunny]

mwhahaha

colour is just voltage its 400V no idea what rating though

 

[Cookie]

I know our UPS' are 500v, or something

 

[McBunny]

500 thats a bit odd is the plug black ?

 

[rctempire]

Is it wrong i just got hard over that UPS?

 

[Phill1978]

lol at this thread... il get some pics of our rack

 

[Cookie]

500 thats a bit odd is the plug black ?

Forgot to mention it's a proper server room UPS, it's not a rackmount

http://www.upspower.co.uk/powerwave_3000T.php

One of these..

Tis only a tiny server room tho

 

[McBunny]

ah its doing the room then makes more sense i wanted to go that way but we dont have the space